STEYNING CRICKET CLUB CRICKET NEWS LETTER MARCH 2018 Welcome to Season 2018 U16s Festival Winners 2017
Sussex Representative Cricket 2018 Congratulations to: U13 Billy Maple U11 Charlie Dunne-Nguyen Sussex County Girls U15 Ben Spano Nelu Mendis Meenu Mendis Sussex Junior Cricket Festival Dates for 2018 w/c 30 th July 2018 under 12 s w/c 6 th August 2018 under 14 s w/c 13 th August 2018 under 13 s w/c 20 th August 2018under 16 s w/c 27 th August 2018 Under 11 s This is a county wide tournament with matches played throughout the week from 2.00 pm and can go on until 7.00 pm. The best two teams play a final at the weekend. It is a thoroughly enjoyable week and the colts can really learn from playing in a longer form of the game. Page 2
Thank you for supporting our team! Page 3
Donations There are various ways in which you could support Steyning CC ranging from donating a tea right through to sponsoring the club. Please consider supporting us if you are in a position to do so. If anyone (or business) is interested please either contact your age group manager or Richard Poyser. r.poyser@btopenworld.com Club Cricket Officials Welfare Officer - Lucy Maple lucymaple@aol.com Fixtures Secretary Mini Colts Manager - Michelle Poyser mpoyser@btinternet.com Colts/Girls Cricket Manager - Richard Poyser 07795 086968 Membership Secretary Seniors Cricket Manager - Dennis Goldsmith 07793 014683 Club Volunteer Vacancies: Chairman Club Secretary Membership Secretary Development Officer Colts Cricket Manager Page 4
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED I am sure you are aware that we rely heavily on volunteers to run the Colts and Girls cricket at Steyning CC. Colts and Girls Cricket Roles Each age group needs a Team Manager (mainly administration), Coaches and assistants, Scorers and Umpires, help with teas and collection of fees etc. We have a Team Manager for each of the youth teams for this season but I am sure all of them would be grateful for offers of help. Colts Manager - with overall responsibility for ALL Colts, League entries, representation at league meetings, co-ordination of coaches, training nights, nominations for representative cricket, Clubmark accreditation, representation at Club Committee, various issue resolution etc. Girls Manager duties as per the colts manager representing the girls cricket. Other Club Roles: Development Officer - work with Colts Manager and Mini-Colts Managers, ensuring Clubmark is maintained and looking forward, developing a 5 year plan. Membership Secretary - to process new and renewed Club Memberships on the Till System for all Club Members, chase lapsed memberships, produce lists and reports where required. We are looking for enthusiastic parents to take on the above roles If you wish to find out more please contact Richard Poyser. Support will be provided during 2018 to those who come forward. Volunteering for our club is a very rewarding What are you waiting for? Page 5
Fundraising Ideas and Volunteers to help run fund-raising events throughout the year would be very welcome. Please contact Richard Poyser r.poyser@btopenworld.com Page 6
Colts Registration Night FRIDAY 23 rd March 2018 6.30pm Please bring: a completed family membership form and one player profile form per player to the club as well as a cheque made payable to Steyning Cricket Club on the night. The forms are available on our website: http://www.steyningcricketclub.com/forms/ is well as our codes of conduct and policy documents. Family Membership Family membership of Steyning Cricket Club is required in order for Colts, Girls, Ladies and Men to participate in summer training, matches and for their families to enjoy the use of the club facilities. The cost of family membership (per household) is 40.00 per year plus an additional 10.00 joining fee for new members. Families will need to join or renew Club Membership on registration evening in order to sign up for summer training. Summer Training and Match Fees 35 for Colts/Girls & Ladies attending summer training. Adult Cricketers 40 attending summer training. Match fees: This applies to both home and away matches. Match fees will be collected at the games. No Pay No Play! Colt match fees will be 3 (includes simple Tea, Ground costs and Match Ball). Adult match fees 10 (includes Full Tea, Officials, Ground costs and Match Ball) Ladies match fees TBC (includes only Ground costs and Match Ball). Page 7
Friday Night Training From - 20 th April 2018 This season Friday Night Training starts on 20 th April 2018 for U6s - U12s and Girls. Please contact your age group manager for details of when training starts for all other age groups, ladies and adults. Page 8
Volunteer Award 2017 As part of the club's development plan it is recognised that the club does not function without our volunteers. The club celebrates all its volunteers from: administrators, register supporters, match fee collectors, club officials, umpires, scorers, managers, BBQ helpers, tea makers and coaches. In recognition of his efforts across the club: coaching the mini colts, girls and U13s as well as scoring colts matches Bart Poyser was awarded: the Volunteer of the Year award for 2017. A huge thank you to Bart from all at Steyning C.C. Help Required: - To run the BBQ on Friday nights. - Scorers and Umpires (tuition available at no cost). - To help with refreshments/catering during matches. - To help out with training sessions. - To write match reports for the local press. If you are able to support the club, please contact your age group manager. Page 9
A huge thank you to everyone who volunteers at the club! Page 10
Winter Training Colts and Girls One hour slots of winter nets are booked at Steyning Leisure Centre on 18 th 25 th February and 4 th, 11 th 18 th and 25 th March 2018-5 per session: U10s 12:00 U11s & U12s 13:00 U14s, Girls 14:00 U13s 15:00 U9s 16:00 U15s 17:00 Please contact your age group manager for more details. Adults Winter training for the Adults (including U16s):Thursdays in March 7-9pm Steyning Leisure Centre cost 5.00 per session. Sunday Cricket Sunday Cricket is great for senior players who just want to play social cricket and for juniors as an introduction to senior cricket in a friendly, relaxed and supportive environment. Two local clubs, Beeding and Ashurst offer this and are always looking for players: For Beeding contact Steve Collins thecollins@live.co.uk For Ashurst please contact Richard Poyser r.poyser@btopenworld.com Ashurst Page 11
Our Colts: I started playing cricket with the Steyning colts aged 6 and being coached by Andy Simmons at the Summer camp. 10 years on at 16 I m proud to have been the captain of one of the most successful colts teams Steyning has ever had. Our team won a total of 9 trophies in 7 years including 4 festivals in a row. We improved every year and it wasn t long before most of our players were being picked for the men s teams. As a team we showed the bigger, richer clubs that we weren t a push over and went from the Under 14 s to the Under 16 s only losing one game. Playing for the Colts was always something I looked forward to and will be something that I miss. But not as much as missing out on the chance to play at the County Ground in the Champions League Final this year due to rain! A big Thank-you to everyone at the club who has helped us along the way. Chris Barnett Colts Match Selection If a player reaches a suitable standard he/she may be asked to represent the club in a match. The coaches and managers will try to give everyone an opportunity to play competitive cricket during the session, however, this has to be balanced against the player s suitability and the needs of the team. Home Games take place at the Memorial Playing Field or Steyning Grammar School. Please check with your team manager. Page 12
Girls Girls matches are 8-a-Side: Matches played on Thursday evenings. Contact Details: Richard Poyser (Manager) Mob: 07795 086968 Email: r.poyser@btinternet.com Training night: Fridays from 6:30 until 7:45 pm Coaches: Richard Poyser In 2017, we had an influx of new players in u11 and 12 age groups which is great news for the future as, due to numbers, we tend to enter a mixed age team in the older girls League. Last year we had a good season in the U15 Girls league, with many competitive performances and a great win against Burgess Hill. In the Festival we combined with the U13 Colts team and between us, we improved throughout the competition finishing with a win. I really hope the new players from last season all re-join this year and bring a few more friends too. We are currently competing in an indoor Colts League, which is great experience for the coming season. We will be entering the U16 Girls League allowing all the players from last year to play again. See you all for indoor training in Feb and March Richard Poyser Page 13
Under 8 s and below (School year 1 to year 3 ) Training Night: Friday from 5:30 6:15 pm Co-ordinator: Michelle Poyser Email: michellepoyser@btinternet.com Mob: 07799888206 Age: Children must be in year 1 or above to attend. Due to the young age parents MUST ensure they are prompt to sign out the children at the end of the session. Coaches: Andy Simmons Dennis Goldsmith Bart Poyser Nathan Tyler Tim Redding Benjamin Bower Parents/carers: Are You Itching to get Involved on Friday Nights? Join in the fun by supporting a coaching station. This is a great way to give back to your community, be part of the actives and develop new skills. A huge thanks to the three dads who regularly supported the coaches. In order to run the session we need more helpers this year. If you are good at interacting with young children then your support as a member of the register crew will be very welcome. Contact Michelle if you are interested in supporting the Mini Colts. Mini Colts We are looking forward to seeing you all in the summer for lots of fun activities. You will be building on the fielding, batting and bowling skills you developed last year. Cricket Tournament for the U9s and U8s We ran an U8s and U9s mini competition in 2017 which was a great success and we hope to run more tournaments in 2018. Page 14
Under 9 s (school year 4) Identilam League: Matches played on weekday evenings Manager: Mark Groves 07802224252 mark@groveswindowcleaning.com Training night: Fridays from 5:30 until 6:15 pm Coaches: Andy Simmons Mark Groves will be running this age group in 2018. We wish Mark and the team good luck for the coming season. Under 10 s (school year 5) Identilam League: Matches played Saturday am. Training night: Fridays from 6:30 until 7:45 pm Manager: Cecily Tidley Coaches: Andy Dodd 07803 280880 We had great fun this season, from nail biting finishes to runaway wins. Having started the season slowly we got our first win against Horsham Trinity, this was the start of many more team performances that saw our boys and girls start to come together as a team. We lost a few matches during the season but the children came back stronger, with improving skills to win the last 2 games against West Chiltington and Southwater. As we look forward to Winter Nets, I am sure that all the children will continue to develop their skills with the hardball and become a squad that will rival our competitors in the up and coming league. Thank you to the parents that have scored, umpired and made teas this year, your involvement comes with gratitude but most of all, allows all the children involved to play and enjoy cricket. Page 15
Under 11 s (school year 6) South Area League: Matches played Sunday mornings. Home matches normally at Memorial Playing Field. Manager: Mia Glass 07527 623894 miaglass@gmail.com Training night: Fridays from 6:30 until 7:45 pm Coach: Andy Simmons U10s had a very enjoyable season with a good number of players in the squad giving all those who wanted to play the opportunity to do so. We finished the season around mid table in the IDentilam League. There were some excellent individual performances during the season but most importantly the team performed strongly together and were getting better and better as the season went on. The only problem was that the season ended too early for our liking as most of our players would have liked to carry on with matches. Our mantra for the season was to enjoy the game and do our best which is what we will continue to do next season! Page 16
Under 12 s (school year 7) Identilam League: Matches played Saturday morning. Contact Details: Abby Cochran 07884054066 pothillhouse@googlemail.com Training night: Fridays from 6:30 until 7:45 pm Coaches: Bart Poyser Abi Cochran will be managing this age group this year. The team would like to thank Chris Mandry for all his efforts over the previous years as team manager. Page 17
Under 13 s (school year 8) South Area Young Cricketers League Matches played Thursday evenings at 6:00 pm Contact Details: Paul Isaacs (Manager) Email: paul@otusliveincare.co.uk Mob: 07714770734 Training night: Mondays from 6pm until 7:30 pm Coaches: Mike Stevens George Isaacs Well a great season in many ways. Great individual performance and teamwork culminating in finishing second in the Identilam league by 1 point to Horsham it could not have been closer!! Looking at the statistics everyone contributed with the bat, ball or fielding every player got both runs and wickets this season. A few notable performances to highlight from the season Jaiden Semple Hughes scored a total of 142 (89 best score) in the festival, Billy Maple scored a total of 168 runs second highest in the league and a total of 145 runs in the festival. Strong bowling performance from Daniel McGuire, Dylan Dalgleish Quinn, Joe Stevens and Will Walton had a great first season as wicketkeeper/ batsman. Team captain Billy Maple has been selected once again for the Sussex area squad congratulations. Clearly evident as in previous seasons was the great team work, all the players supported each other both on and off the field. A key attribute of the team has been never giving up, they always kept going in every situation, we saw some spirted efforts and notable achievements. Well done to all the boys a great season in the league and festival matches you should be proud of yourselves. Page 18
Under 14 s (school year 9) Identilam League Matches Sunday mornings at Memorial Playing fields Contact Details: Shona Honey (Administration) Email: shona.honey@gmail.com Training night: Wednesday from 6.00pm Coaches: Bart Poyser At the start of the season, we weren t sure that we would be able to field an U13s team. We had lost our manager and players were thin on the ground. But the club pulled together with fantastic support from David Egginton who became our team manager, Andy Simmons and Bart Poyser who led weekly coaching sessions and Richard and Michelle Poyser who offered continual support to steer us in the right direction. Without them, this season simply would not have been possible. With the back-up team in place, we were able to recruit some new players and, bolstered with some younger players, we fielded a team for each league match and entered a joint girls/u13 team for the festival. We had some close matches in the league, and the team grew in strength and confidence throughout the season, leading to a very competitive and enjoyable festival. The following players were chosen by the coaches for awards. Batting: Jake Parr Bowling: Dan Anderson Fielding: George Tremewan Coaches Award: Ben Lane All Rounder: Noah Minchell As a team, we d particularly like to thank the parents who stepped up to make the matches possible, in many different roles. Steve Collins, Steph Wilkinson and Mark Minchell were regularly found umpiring, scoring and rallying the team. Lisa Piggot, Sally Parr, Sally Anderson, Polly Finch, Kirstie Minchell provided much needed teas. All in all, a season about team effort. Well done all. Page 19
Under 15 s (school year 10) Matches Mondays 6:00 pm at the Grammar School. Training: Thursday Evening Contact Details: Marco Spano (Manager) Coaches: Tel 01903 816915 Mob 07879 420104 Andy Simmons Email: marco@rocciallp.co.uk As U14 s in 2017 we performed very creditably in the league finishing 3rd having been promoted. The boys progressed over the season and I felt the season came to end too early for many of them as their belief in their ability grew. Winter nets are going to be crucial in 2018 to make sure we hit the ground running and hopefully we will have another good season enjoying ourselves and remaining competitive. Looking forward to it. Under 16 s (school year 11) South Area Young Cricketers League Matches Wednesday from 6:00 pm at the Memorial Playing Field. Training night: TBC Contact Details: Tim Warren (Manager) Coaches: Tel: 01903 785543 Mob: 07748 780396 Tim Warren Email: tw.timwarren@gmail.com We had an excellent 2017 season, building on last season s achievements and establishing ourselves as one of the most competitive teams in our league and area. We were runners up in both the league and our u16 Festival group. Again we combined fine individual performances with some excellent team play. Our lesson this year has been the importance of perseverance! A hat trick to salvage a tied league game and long periods on the receiving end in a Festival game showed it really isn t over till it s over. a lesson to take into next season and beyond. Once again we got things running really smoothly throughout but only because of the great support and willingness to pitch in, often at short notice. Thanks to all for that it really does make a huge difference. Special thanks as always to Andy for his coaching and support. Page 20
Senior Cricket Ladies Ladies matches are 8-a-Side: TBC Contact Details: Karen Duck (Manager) Email: karenduck@sky.com Training night: TBC Coach: TBC We are taking in new players so would welcome anyone interested, experience not necessary, just a keen interest in sports, team spirit and having fun. Please contact Karen if you are interesting in joining us. Steyning Sixers - U19's Karen Matches evenings or Sunday mornings. Training night: adult training Tuesday evenings. Contact Details: Coordinator: TBC TBC Our second year in the competition and we made it to finals day after narrowly missing out the previous year. In the league we had some close and exciting games, winning 5 and only losing the 1 against Brighton & Hove. After beating them on blisteringly hot day at the Neville (you won t hear that said very often), we lost by 1 run off the last ball at Steyning, having entertained the crowd with a combined total of 303 runs. The players and club received some very complimentary feedback from the away teams regarding the effort we put into hosting our games, giving the players and supporters the full T20 Blast experience. Thanks to all those who helped to make these games such a success. So to finals day, early on a chilly Sunday morning in September at Horntye Park, Hastings. Steyning were drawn against Cuckfield and chose to bat. We got off to a great start with an opening partnership of 66 and continued to score steadily to set a decent target of 148 for the loss of 5 wickets. Cuckfield also started well losing their first wicket on 56 and although they carried on scoring at the required rate they regularly lost wickets. Last over, 140 for 7 needing 9 runs to win but unfortunately for us their no.8 hit a 6 off the second ball and finished the game off the next one. Making finals day was a fitting way for Oli Collins, Sam Barnett, Gus Simon and James Yarrow to bow out of colts cricket to fully focus on their senior cricket. They leave the U19 s in the capable hands of Sam Sutterlin, Tom Chalmers, Bart Poyser, George Isaacs and the very talented U17 s. NatWest U19 T20 - South - 2017 P w l c a lcn wcn t Pen Pts Steyning CC 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Brighton & Hove CC 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 St Peters CC, Brighton 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 Henfield CC 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 Page 21
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First XI Captain Luke Chapman lukechappy1992@hotmail.com Vice - Oli Collins Luke Chapman will be captaining the team this season with Oli as vice captain. This will hopefully be a winning combination following Luke's success with the 2 nd XI and Oli's success with the U19s last season. Second XI Captain Simon Grant sgrant@rgare.com Vice - Ryan Matthews and George Isaacs A brilliant season for the 2nd XI, to be crowned champions of division six is an incredible effort and everyone who was part of it should be really pleased with themselves. One game in particular that really stands out for me and made us all believe we would become champions is the game against Stirlands 2nd XI at Home. To bowl a side out for 33 and to knock them off with all our wickets still remaining was great effort but an even better effort to beat the rain, which almost everyone thought the game would be a washout. A big thank you to everyone that helped out and supported us this year we really do appreciate it! Looking forward to another successful season in division 5. Third XI Captain Steve Collins, stevecollins3@live.co.uk Vice TBA The 3 rd XI continued to introduce new colts into the senior game, with some of the previous year s intake moving up to the 2 nd XI already. We had a great team spirit throughout the season and had we had better fortune along the way we could well have been promoted. Our cause was not helped by the fact that we had to concede one of our games to a promotion rival due to lack of players and we lost two games to the weather, both against sides that were subsequently relegated. However, winning 7 of our 14 games played and bringing in new players made for a successful season. There are lots of positives to be taken forward and notable performances from the new colts were Jake Martin and Zayn Khan, both with their first 50 s in senior league cricket and 86 not out for Ben Spano off just 64 balls, who knows what he could ve gone on to score that day if we hadn t have run out of overs. A massive thank you to the rest of the team, Jackie and Rosemary for scoring and the more mature element of our playing squad for their support and approach to each game, their role should never be underestimated and is vital for the progression of our younger players. Going forward we will continue to develop our colts by providing the stepping stone to the next level. The new season will bring about an exciting challenge following the league restructure. Page 23
Thank you to everyone who supported Richard's Braving the Shave Over 400 raised for Macmillan Cancer Support Page 24
SEE YOU ALL IN THE SUMMER! Newsletter Produced By Michelle Poyser Page 25