It has been a fantastic season at W&H this year and with one league Saturday left to go we are celebrating three promotions and a third place which, we're sure you agree, is a fantastic effort. The 1st and 3rd XI were both promoted on Saturday which follows the 4th eleven who won their league two weeks ago. Now with just one game of the Surrey Championship season left the first eleven are top of their league and require victory on Saturday at home to Staines & Laleham to win the championship. The game starts at 12.00.
To honour the club's best ever season we will be holding a celebration party on Saturday at the clubhouse. The club will be providing some champagne and some (note the some here ladies and gents!) soft drinks for those who have made this such a wonderful year. We would like to see plenty of you at the club on Saturday, even if you are not playing, and we know Ryan and his team would really appreciate your support. Even if you can't make it for the evening then please come down earlier in the day.
As mentioned earlier there will also be a number of awards to give out:
- Player of the Year for each team
- Newcomer of the Year
- Bowler of the Year
- Batsman of the Year
- Young Player of the Year
- Clubperson of the Year
- Fielding Trophy
...and a number of light hearted awards that highlight some of the more amusing moments.
The presentation will start about 7.30 once the various teams have returned back to the club, though the bar will be open early on Saturday - probably from about 5.30. There will be a BBQ after the game as well.
As usual everybody is welcome so we hope to see you all there.
This Saturday afternoon sees the 1st XI take on fourth placed Staines and Laleham for the chance to win the league outright. Having already secured promotion last weekend, the 1sts are keen to finish the job and bring home the title for the club for the first time in more than 10 years.
WHCC has now taken delivery of a brand new electronic scoreboard at Brewery Rd. The scoreboard, which has been generously sponsored by GTL Europe Limited, will be used at all home games and shows runs, wickets, overs, last innings and both batsman's current scores. This is a vast improvement on the existing mechanical score board which displays much less information and has been prone to breaking down in recent times. We look forward to many years worth of use for the new scoreboard at the ground and sincerley thank GTL Europe Limited for their ongoing support..jpg)
On a damp and murky evening, Woking & Horsell U17s continued their excellent season by capturing the WSYCL championship in an exciting final against Bagshot. The match was in doubt due to heavy rain in Bagshot during the day, but the neutral umpires decided it was playable and, on winning the toss, W&H decided to bowl first. Despite the slippery conditions, W&H’s opening pair of Calum Chisolm and Dougie LeBrocq kept the Bagshot top order quiet. Calum’s extra pace was particularly difficult for the Bagshot batsmen to deal with. Bagshot recovered and were progressing at almost 5 an over – thanks to some strong performances from their middle order. However an impressive spell of 5-13 in his 4 overs by Henri Peters left the hosts on 112-8 at the close.
