CHCC U9 Tournament - Match Report

A bumper crowd and eight feisty teams enjoyed a remarkable tournament at Castle Hill Cricket Club today. An extraordinary mix of weather which included some pretty grim showers could not dampen the fun. Or indeed spoil the appetite, as marvellous home made cakes and sandwiches made for a Sunday afternoon treat of a tea.

Certainly the tea was of the highest order but alas today our players fortunes were mixed. 

Of our two sides the Castle Hill Reds sparkled intermittently with some fine bowling by Archie Steddon, Ollie Paler and Elliot Freeborough; and super stroke play by Archie Steddon, Ben Perry and  Johan Jackson being especially noteworthy. Also there was some exceptional fielding by all with special thanks to the Ongley Dellar’s for putting their bodies on the line.

A special mention must go to the power hitting of Ollie Paler. The high energy and exciting play off game against (inevitably) Castle Hill Blues saw Ollie lash out with power and panache.  Ollie targeted the short boundary aggressively and so he sent the ball crashing through and over the boundary cones with amazing regularity. Ollie will certainly have bragging rights over his team mates for plenty of weeks to come!

The two wins and two defeats of the day meant the Reds finished with a flourish, winning their last two games and coming in Fifth in the tournament. So, well done to all the team: Robert Vizard, Archie Steddon, Ollie Paler, Elliot Freeborough, Jago Ongley Dellar, Ben Perry, Alex Alfageme, Maxim Ongley Dellar, Johna Jackson and Lucas Best.

Meantime the Castle Hill Blues scored big in each of their four games with Hugo Firmin, Aston Burford, Charlotte Ward and Alec Stephen doing well with the bat. The Blues also had their own big hitter with Henry Parton thwacking the ball over the boundary line to build some very impressive totals across his games. 

The Blues bowling was full of passion though occasionally a little wild so the wide deliveries did mount up. Nevertheless the team stuck to the task and did well in the field with Rafe Rayment bowling with pace and taking a super catch. A won one lost three record for the day seems harsh on the team who did play with spirit and commitment. 

The players did their best to very last ball: Henry Parton, Alec Stephen, Rafe Rayment, Aston Burford, Robert Henderson Pratt, Ben Anderson, Hugo Firmin, Charlotte Ward, Ethan Haggerty and Harry Bull.The Blues ended the tournament in sixth position.

u9 Festival Castle Hill 28th June

A reminder that the Castle Hill CC U9 softball festival is taking place at the club tomorrow/today from 1.30pm to 5.30pm.

Everyone is welcome to come along and see 4 matches taking place at the same time.  

Refreshments are available and the bar will be open!

Success at Robertsbridge for the U9's

The U9 team enjoyed a super successful morning winning the Robertsbridge tournament today, Sunday 14 June.

The boys played beautifully winning their league group and beating Robertsbrige in the final in front of a vocal home crowd. Captaincy rotated between Robert Vizard and Harry Leach who each led the team well.

The dull and cloudy weather conditions were in stark contrast to the power hitting and pace bowling display of our boys.

There were some stellar performances with the bat - boundaries flowed - with very high scoring partnerships in each match from Robert Vizard/Harry Leach; and Alec Stephen/Henry Parton.

Oscar Anderson, Elliot Freeborough, Robert Henderson Pratt, Tom Hobbs and Aston Burford all also played their part with the bat. They showed some strong defensive play and steely resolve to avoid losing wickets and help the team build some huge scores.
 
Also our bowling was excellent. Wickets were taken by most of the boys and the accuracy was really notable. Everyone made it difficult for the opposition to score runs with special mentions to Elliot and Tom.

The final itself was an excellent hard fought game with Robert Vizard and Henry Parton scoring big. Aston Burford then bowled with real pace to take 2 wickets, as did Henry Parton. The boys then feasted on the winners cakes with real gusto.

Well done U9s, we are all super proud!

u9 Capel Cricket Club Tournament

A beautiful sunny Sunday morning at Five Oak Green witnessed a really good performance from both of our two U9 teams – CH Lionhearts and CH Crusaders. The Capel CC tournament was our first of the year and our players made a fabulous start to the season.

Each team played 4 games winning 3 and losing 1.

Our teams were the two top performing teams in the mini tournament!

For the Lionhearts Robert Vizard excelled as Captain and all-rounder; with Alec Stephen a formidable big hitting batter and Henry Parton our stand out bowler. The whole team contributed very well with Ollie Paler a top performer in the field; plus Max Wakeham, Hugo Firmin, Oscar Anderson and Tom Hobbs helping the team to build some impressive batting totals.

Meantime for the Crusaders Harry Leach led the team with aplomb, bowling and batting well and taking a most spectacular one handed diving catch.  Archie Steddon also put in a fine all round perfomance,  Rafe Rayment, Aston Burford, Alex Alfageme and Samuel Bromley all bowled well, Ben Anderson played some lovely shots and Charlotte Ward and Felix West steadied the ship when batting, as wickets were tumbling around them.

CHCC News of the Week

Firsty, the senior game against Sissinghurst tomorrow has been called off - the opposition cannot raise a team.

Secondly, the U11 team have been told that there are some changes to their fixtures - please see the fixture list and U11 page for details.

Lastly please note that U9 practice sessionswill run from 1100 till 1230 on Saturdays.

Outdoor training start dates

Please click on your relevant squad pages to see more details of the start date for your team.

This weeks news

Firstly on our U9's page is a write up of last years Super 8 competition. Good reading ahead of our upcoming season.

Secondly we now have new signs on our gates at the club - the AGM decided we should have a refresh and include our web address.

Now with signs facing both ways, there should be no excuse for anyone not finding the ground.

Pictures from clean up day

Thank you very much to everyone that helped out today to get the ground shipshape for the coming season.  Here are a few pictures to highlight all the work that was done.

Just a quick reminder to all youth section players, please complete and return registration forms - thank  you!!

Peter Bateman giving the ground a first cut of the season ... and making impressive patterns on the outfield ... and the end result illustrated by a panoramic view of the ground ... not long to go until the season starts.

 

Plenty of people were hard at work in the pavilion as we opened up for the first time .... unfortunately Henry The Hoover didn't make it through the winter and has had to be retired .... can anyone spare a second-hand hoover?

 

The First Eleven captain and groundsman hard at work clearing around the pond area .... any excuse for a bonfire!!!

 

The pond area has been a hidden feature for a while ... we have great hopes for a flourishing wildlife oasis ....

Sadly we've had to cut down one of our large horse chestnut trees .... didn't know Hirsty could do that just with a strimmer?!!

Updated fixtures on fixture page to download/view.

Also attend the sign up day tomorrow and collect the 2015 Fixture card - back by popular demand

Youth Section Newsletter

As our thoughts turn to the pleasures of another English cricket season, so the youth section of Castle Hill Cricket Club is gearing up for the start of outdoor training.  Please see our first newsletter of the season by clicking here, for some details that you need to get started.

Photos from U9 victory at the end of 2014

Here are the promised photos from September last year - to read the report, visit the U9 page

Please remember that this Saturday is clear up day at the club - please come for however long as you can - things start at 9am - bring your old clothes, gardening tools etc etc

Updated fixtures now on the fixture page

Fixture cards will again be available this year from Saturday the 28th March 2015. 

Re-live our U9 victory from September

A tournament report is now available to read about the exploits of our U9 squad - click on their tab above to read all about our great win

2015 U11,U13 and U15 fixtures out

Yes - snow is still in the air but the 2015 youth cricket fixtures are out.

Click on the fixture tab above and you can find all the border league fixtures - in the coming weeks, we'll devise our usual list of just CHCC fixtures which will include confirmed days for the U11's - currently set at the usual Mondays but some may change like last year to avoid bank holidays etc

2015 Clean Up Day

Yes this years day for a clear up is 


SATURDAY 28th MARCH

The morning starts around 9am - please come along if you have any time to help tidy up the ground, do some running repairs on the clubhouse, perhaps a bit of painting etc etc.

Just wear old clothes (there are no fashion awards on this morning!) and bring gardening tools, fence painting brushes etc etc with you.

Without this day, the club wouldn't look neat and tidy during the season.

Cheers

The committee

CHCC's Phillip Hughes Tribute

Our thoughts are with everyone involved - #putoutyourbats

Winter Training with Tunbridge Wells District

Our Tunbridge Wells District Development Officer is running a series of indoor training sessions this spring - if you are interested please contact Brian via the details below

Castle Hill Cricket Club 2014 Party

This will take place on SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2014. Please keep the date free in your diary.

Following the success of our last party, it will take the form of a Dinner Dance - lots of fun and at the same time raising money for the club. - please start to think about who you would like on your table of 10. 

More details coming soon

6 wickets in one Weekend

Last weekend saw 6 wickets prepared on the main square - a busy weekend covering U9 cricket right through to two senior games - good job the weather was on our side!

U11 game - Home verses Linden Park - now Monday 2nd June 6pm start

Following last week's rained off fixture - this is the new date - this has not been included on the latest fixture card