Chairman’s Column

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A long held dream of the club was finally realised on Sunday as the new practice facility was officially opened at Pinkney Park. I had the pleasure of introducing Neil Forster the club president and Steve Silk CEO of Gloucestershire Cricket Board. Neil took a few moments to reminisce about the early years of the club and Steve talked about … Read More

THE CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN

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2014 has arrived and with it on a wet and windy Tuesday night the clubs AGM took place. I don’t intend to go through the whole meeting and I am sure if you would like a copy of the minutes they are available. But as chairman I would like to thank Carey Smith for the hard and largely unsung work … Read More

Chairman’s Column

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The season is well and truly over and the ground has been put to bed, but the club does not sleep after what was a tremendously good season from all facets of the club. There have certainly been plenty of personal highs and lows many of which were captured in Nick Burridge’s fantastic photo exhibition in the village hall. These … Read More

Chairman’s Column

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Well over half the season has gone and all seems to be going well. The Saturday side are top of the league, the Sunday boys are having good competitive cricket achieving great results and the Junior set up seems to be going from strength to strength. To continue this progress the practice facilities at the ground need some updating and … Read More

Chairmans Column

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At this time of year we are anticipating things to come but I would like to start by taking this opportunity to thank our outgoing Saturday captain Andrew Tremellen. Although his final season in charge did not go out in a blaze of scorching summer weather or of scintillating scores on the board I would like to reflect on the … Read More