Message from the Chairman

The season is now well under way and the results have been pretty good considering the standard of cricket our teams are competing in.

The 1st XI have won two out of three Suffolk Premier League fixtures and the 2nd XI have one once in the Hunts County Bats League. The Wednesday XI also started with a win.

The tour took place last weekend with a party of twenty visiting Abbots Bromley CC and Four Oaks Saints CC. For once the weather was kind and the whole weekend was a great success.

In the Bernard Grundy Memorial match on Saturday ESCC won by seven wickets, whilst on Sunday, in the International Two Innings Twenty/20 Match at Four Oaks, after some big hitting and energetic fielding the result was a tie with around 650 runs scored in total.

There was plenty of off-field entertainment too and the bots acquitted themselves well in the Tug-of-War and various other traditional after-match games. The girls also won their challenge.

Young Player Practice nights begin on June 1st at the ground, under-11s at 6 p.m. and over-11s from 7 p.m. All youngsters are welcome to come and have a go, whether or not they have been before. A fully qualified coach will be in charge of the sessions and we are delighted that one of our own players has achieved this status. Well done Steve Lewis.

Trevor Spall, Hon. Chairman. May '09