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Welcome to Crowhurst Park Cricket Club

Hello & Welcome

...just a little word to let you all know what we are about.

We are a friendly family club with a fantastic little clubhouse, boasting a brand new bar area with a superb atmosphere. There are many functions organised throughtout the year by our enthusiastic committee to suit all.

We are an expanding club which caters for cricketers of any age and ability. We boast 3 Saturday League teams that compete in the East Sussex League Divisions 1, 6 & 10, we have a Sunday & Midweek XI which play friendly games against local and touring teams, we also have 2 teams that take part in a midweek 20/20 competition, as well as that we also have 4 flourishing Junior sides (1 at Under 12, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 16) and finally during the long winter months we have 2 teams in each of the Weekend and Midweek Indoor League competitions.

Latest News

Latest: -

Match Reports Match reports are now in for 1st, 3rd and Junior XI's.

Gordon Busbridge T20 .

Park claim 9 wicket win against Robertsbridge to move into 7th consecutive final. Park will now face Pett or Bexhill in the final.

2009 League Season: -

1st XI 30pts Rottingdean Nil Point. Park blow 2nd placed Rottingdean away.

2nd XI Jump into 2nd place with a win over Lewes St Michaels.

3rd XI Get the better of 2nd placed Glynde in high scoring victory.

Intersport Of Lewes Trophy: -

Park cruise into Semi-Final with an emphatic win over Rye in 2nd Round of Trophy. Park will face Rottingdean.

Park progress into 2nd Round with a high scoring victory over Herstmonceux...more info to follow.

Many Thanks: - Thanks to everybody that sponsored me on my quest round the hills and vales of the Hastings Half Marathon, I have raised a reasonable sum of money for The Eve Appeal...again many thanks Laurence.

Many Thanks: - Crowhurst Park Cricket Club would like to thank Martin Hawkins Building Ltd for their continued help and support.

Observer T20 v Hastings Priory U15

Match Report for Hastings Priory U15 vs. Crowhurst Park. Tues. 26th May 2009

Crowhurst Park 119 for 5 from 20 overs. Hastings Priory U15 125 for 3 in 18.1 overs. Hastings Priory U15 won 7 wickets.

Park set a moderate total but could not defend it against the youthful experience of Hastings Priory, winners by 7 wickets.

On a slow flat track, moving the ball around, running fast between the wickets and sharp fielding were always going to provide the keys to this encounter and youth certainly triumphed over experience. On the sizeable Horntye pitch Park found boundaries difficult to come by. Mick Flanagan fell for 11 before the major stand of Park’s innings was played by Ed Smissen (50) and Curtis Coombes (31), both juniors. All the Priory bowlers kept it tight making scoring difficult and yet the pair managed to garner a decent total. Excellent fielding certainly gained Priory between 10-15 runs, perhaps providing the winning margin. A great caught and bowled by J. Shonk to finally remove Smissen encapsulated the effort. Two wickets for Henry Smith (2-25) removing both openers, provided the early pressure.

Priory started at a gallop with Tom Gillespie’s 55 from 41 balls steadily taking the game away from Park. His 8 boundaries included two sixes. An early wicket for Phil Dalton, removing B. Ferguson caught by Smissen brought in J. Powell, whose 41 from 45 balls assisted the comfortable progress. However on Gillespie’s dismissal by Chris Pigram the score stalled at 90 and Park had a small chance, until Shonk smashed 16 from one over and finished the game.

Mick Flanagan

Observer T20 v Mountfield

Match Report for Crowhurst Park vs. Mountfield. Tues. 19th May 2009

Mountfield 163 for 3 from 20 overs. Crowhurst Park 90 all out in 16.3 overs. Mountfield won by 73 runs.

Mountfield’s big total proved Park’s undoing in the first round robin of the Observer 20/20 competition.

Tight early bowling saw Graham Nicholls (22) and Tarq Desoutter (11) trying to force the pace and making 5 an over. Nyle Ahmed’s fine catch to remove Desoutter and Curtis Coombes’ removal of Nicholl’s looked promising for Park but a series of dropped chances failed to increase the pressure and Mountfield took advantage. A fine aggressive 60 from 61 balls by Adrian Bidwell and 42 from 30 by Ben Southworth accelerated the run rate to 10 an over and set a huge total of 163.

Park started at a decent rate with 66 from 10 overs compiled by Curtis Coombes (6), Jon Message (14), Mick Flanagan (19) and Ed Smissen (19). T. Titmarsh (3-24) swung the ball and accurate bowling from R. Marchant (2-19) and Nicholls (2-12) meant Park slowed and succumbed to the persistence of the attack, fading to 90 all out, despite a swashbuckling 10 from Richie Lade.

Mick Flanagan

Archive News

Chairman Michael Legg being presented with Lottery Grant cheque by local MP Michael Foster

Crowhurst Park £10,000 Lottery Win!

Last year Crowhurst Park Cricket Club had continued success on the field, winning the East Sussex League Division 1, the Gordon Busbridge Shield, the Observer Cup and the U12 league. Crowhurst Park is looking to expand its reach into the communities it serves by investing in the infrastructure and strengthening its commitment to the youth section.

We applied to Awards for All for a grant to purchase a new high quality wicket mower and a new wicket maintenance system for scarifying. We were very pleased to be granted the full £10,000 we wanted.

Pictured is local MP Michael Foster presenting the cheque to club chairman, Michael Legg, surrounded by many of the youth cricketers.

This grant will enable the club to increase the number of youth sides from 3 to 4, now running at U12, U13, U15 and U16 levels. This supports a smooth transition from youth into adult cricket, where we run 3 Saturday league sides. The club is committed to paying for coaches to become ECB qualified, with L1 and L2 coaches already in place.

The ground staff are volunteers, working approximately 20 hours a week and the effort needed to maintain a ground is considerable. This equipment is vital to enable the club to function and grow.

The expansion of the youth section to 80 players has necessitated splitting the training into four sessions. Separate sessions for the U13s and U16s are on Saturday morning from 9.30-11. Training for the U12s (and all younger players) is on Sunday from 9-11, with the U15s from 11-1. All are welcome to come along to practice, train, learn and most importantly, enjoy the game.

The club is regenerating through its commitment to a policy of growing the youth section and providing a vibrant open club for all members of a very wide set of small communities. Crowhurst Park Cricket Club serves the villages surrounding Crowhurst and Battle as well as the local towns of Hastings, St. Leonards and Bexhill.

Over the last few years it has become apparent that the demand for youth cricket has soared and that the local club provision has failed to keep up. Many local adult clubs do not run youth sections and those that do are overwhelmed. Our expansion is an attempt to fill some of that gap.

The club has hosted school team competitions as the development of cricket within schools improves and this has led to a growing awareness of the club. Last summer we ran a three day coaching course, open to all. This attracted twenty five players, only half of whom were existing club members, as well as raising £450.

The social side of the club has also expanded. Last March the clubhouse was renovated using four man weeks’ labour and £2,000 worth of materials donated by club members. This improved the appearance and atmosphere at the club and many more people used the facility as a result, particularly at the weekends. The club performs an important social function for all of its members and a Saturday evening after the game when the sides return from their travels is an opportunity to maintain long established friendships between players in clubs across the county.

Anybody interested in joining the club should contact Mick Flanagan on 07940 589173.

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