Get Kitted Out!

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The club shop is now live! http://globesports.net/sports-clubs/cricket-clubs/sherston-magna.html As in the previous few seasons, Sherston Magna has its very own club shop! It is run by Globe Sports on our behalf and operates like any normal shopping website! You can either pay for delivery or wait for the club to pick up in large batches (This is dependent on someone going … Read More

Smiling Out Loud!

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What happened? A packed village hall on the weekend of 29 and 30 November was very well entertained by Nick Burridge and Neil Forster at the Smile Out Loud book launch. For those who don’t know Smile Out Loud is a book of poems and prose by Nick Burridge looking at aspects of modern life from a lighter angle. The … Read More

Success with Sherston Sixes!

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A great day with sunshine, sizzling burgers & sixes! The annual cricket celebration that is the Sherston Sixes took place on a lovely September day at the ground at Pinkney Park. Five sides of six took to the field in a ‘round robin’ event. The winning side Ben Dickenson’s Magna Magic won dramatically in a three-way bowl-off. Many thanks to … Read More

The Honours Board

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Congratulations to those players who added their names to the honours board this season, your name will be added to the great and the good. This season’s Saturday team performances are highlighted below: – Batting Ewen Kenny 113 vs Oaksey (h) Matt Goodwin 109* vs Coates (h) Bowling Harry Stevens 6-7 vs South Hill (h) Ian Gould 6-34 vs Oaksey … Read More

Stan seeing Stars for Charity

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A Saturday night in September saw the culmination of six months hard work for our very own Will “Stan” Mathews. During those six months he had trained at least five days a week, two of which were evenings in a boxing gym in Lambeth, and two 6.00am sessions with a personal trainer. It is understood that some of the Magna … Read More

A letter to the Editor

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At the recent awards dinner I was delighted to be given the clubman of the year award. I wanted to say thank you to all in the club that have made Kate and I feel so welcome from the moment we joined the club. Kate does however think that the Wednesday Club might not be necessary as often as I … Read More

Smile Out Loud!

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Help your cricket club there are just a few tickets available for an evening of entertainment with Nick Burridge, Neil Forster and Kevin Smith as they reminisce recite verse and recall the lighter side of life in conjunction with the book launch. Tickets just £7.50 per person. November 29th and 30th at Sherston Village Hall. If you can’t be there … Read More

A season in pictures highlights the talents of local photographer Nick Burridge

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Those who managed to make it to the photographic exhibition in the village hall as part of Sherston Arts Festival will have been reminded of summer, not only by the outstanding exhibits in the competition, but the remarkable collection of cricket photographs taken by local amateur photographer Nick Burridge. Nick followed the junior and senior sides during the 2013 season … Read More

DFP’s big day out!

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The weather couldn’t have been better for David Fitch-Peyton to realise a lifetime ambition of playing with some of the greatest players to have played the game over the twenty or so years. Accompanied by Sherston’s very own umpire John Burgess and a small but perfectly formed band of Sherston Magna CC supporters David proved he can mix it with … Read More

Successful GroundForce Day

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On a lovely spring morning good numbers showed up to support the clubs ground-­‐force day on 6 April. Work to prepare the covers, test the machinery, clean the pavilion, hand-­‐roll and mark the square and roll outfield kept everyone busy. Probably the most encouraging work completedwas the successful replacement of the rotten strut on one of the sightscreens. Both sightscreens … Read More