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NAT WEST CRICKET FORCE WEEKEND 27th/28th MARCH 2010

· SCCC close deal for Pro Player for 2010
· Pre-season nets running well
· Ladies Cricket Taster sessions scheduled
· £40,000 investment into the Practice Facilities at SCCC
· Photos from the Annual Dinner

NAT WEST CRICKET FORCE WEEKEND 27th/28th MARCH 2010

Please put this date in your diary. Cricket Force is a national annual ECB initiative that seeks to assist cricket clubs to improve their facilities by volunteer and community participation.
We really need everyone connected with the club to come down from 9am on Saturday 27th and/or Sunday 28th March.

Projects this year will include:
Spruce up lower ground changing rooms
Erection of old nets (pending installation of new nets - date to be confirmed)
Paintingand refurbishment of sight screens
Leaf removal
Clean covers
Work on the squares
Painting of tea/club room
Recent junior photos to replace some old photographs in tea/club room
Scrapping of one container on car park
Gardening

CRICKET FORCE IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR WHICH WE GET HELP FROM NAT WEST. IT IS A FIXED DATE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT COINCIDES WITH THE LORDS TRIP WITH AROUND 20 LUCKY PEOPLE GOING. WE THEREFORE NEED EVERYONE TO MAKE THE EFFORT IN 2010.

REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED

What we need please:
Lots of people to turn up!!!
Can anyone get a good deal/or free on - skip hire, paint, brushes, spray painter?
Junior Managers to bring along framed photos of recent (since year 2000) photographs. We estimate that the club has won in the region of 15 Warwickshire and West Midlands league trophies during this period. There must be photos.
-------------------------------------------------------------For your information: these are the projects for which we have obtained funding or are trying to obtain funding in 2010/11:
New nets (as previously announced)
New Groundsman's store, most likely to be an extension to the club house
Removal of remaining containers (pending the above)
Furniture replacement
Refurbishment/extension to lower ground changing rooms
Patio area for top pavillion
Improvement in drainage
Improvement in water access to both squares
New roller
New outfield mower

If you have any questions on Cricket Force please ring either Paul Heron (07792 794427) or Andy Sargent (07825 250799)

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PRE-SEASON PRACTICE by Mark Guest
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Pre-Season practice is going well with good numbers attending the juniors and senior sections. Just to remind those of you who may not have got their kit out of the attic yet;

Tuesday nights 6.00 – 7.30 Under 11’s

Thursday nights 6.00 – 7.15 Under 13 / Under 14
7.15 – 8.30 Under 14 / Under 16

8.30 – 10.00 Seniors / U17

As always, we plan to have a selection of Coaches at these sessions and we urge you to get involved now to get ready for the season ahead. In our next newsletter we will list out the Coaches in place for 2010.

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LADIES CRICKET ALL SET FOR LAUNCH - Kim Harvey
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As mentioned in the previous newsletter, we are going to start off with some “taster sessions” over the next couple of months and then look to setup regular practice in the summer as well as games throughout the season.The dates for these sessions are the 11th Feb and 11th March at Bishop Vesey’s. Please get in touch with us for more information

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SCCC secures funding for New Nets by Naeem Arif
*************************************************************I am pleased to say that following a lot of hard work and running around from the Fund Raising Committee, we are there (but for completion of some paperwork) in terms of securing the funding to replace our existing nets with a 3-lane state of the art practice facility at Rectory Park. This has been massively funded by a £30,000 grant from the ECB.

Thanks to Colin Greetham, Paul Heron, John Howard, Ken Lancaster & Peter Bell who have been involved in the fund raising work across the club

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Pre-Season Trip to Lords Saturday 27th March
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The trip will be a great opportunity to get some intensive net sessions under the supervision of some of the best coaches money can buy.

The trip is being booked for the 2nd weekend in March and will involved 2 sets of 2 hour net coaching as well as a Tour of Lords. The coaching will be quite intensive with the use of the MCC’s Hawkeye technology as well as the creation of DVD’s per lane to record the sessions
Please contact a Club Captain or Coach to register your interest.

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Stevo’s Social Scene by Andy Stevenson
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The next event on the horizon is the Games night being organised for the 19th Feb. This will be a fun and active evening so your chance to get back at your kids!

We will be running some games on the night, currently we have the following planned;

Skittles
Wii – Sports Resort
Playstation - Fifa 2009
Texas Hold’em Poker

We will also be arranging for some food on the evening as usual and will issue more details soon. Please let us know if you want to attend so we can plan numbers in advance

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NEW MEMBERS
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We are presently looking for new players who would enjoy a good standard of cricket. We run three teams on Saturdays and Sundays and if you enjoy a committed approach, friendly camaraderie and social side then please contact sccccomm@hotmail.co.uk to register you interest or for further information.

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