Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club

Dear all,

I hope you are all well and raring to go for the new Cricket season! With the club taking possession of St Sebs from 1^st April, we have a couple of weeks to get the site and pavilion ready for a summer of cricket for our members (Men, Women and Youth sections).

In order to be ready, as ever, we will need volunteers to come to the club over the next 2 weekends at your convenience to help out. It is hoped that most, if not all members from all sections, can spare at least an hour or 2 over this period to make our home look and feel as great as possible before the season starts.

To give you an idea of what needs to be done, here is a list (not exhaustive) of the general work that is needed inside and out. Hopefully there is something for everyone of all ages to turn their hands to….

As ever, our aim is to “Make the club the best it possibly can be” which means a pristine site and welcoming pavilion.

Inside Pavilion:

1. Empty Store cupboards and sort items.
2. Equipment “stock take”
3. Equipment sorting
4. Signage printing and Laminating
5. Bar area cleaning
6. Labelling of equipment
7. Shirt Framing
8. Picture hanging
9. Bar room clear out.
10. Committee room clear out.
11. Kitchen cupboards sort out
12. Technology check (Laptops/scoreboard/Ipads etc)
13. Notice boards
14. General rubbish clearance
15. Etc etc

Outside:  (if you have any equipment you could bring to help with any of these things, please do so)

1. Pitch rolling – please contact John Cartledge directly if you want to get involved in this.
2. Car park Clearing
3. Patio Weeding
4. Banners put up
5. Leaf clearing around perimeter of site
6. Strimming
7. Debris such as stones and twigs etc clearing from field
8. Litter picking
9. Jet wash of sightscreens and potentially painting
10. Clearing of the bank at the far end of the field.
11. Anything else to make St Sebs look more presentable.
12. Bush/Hedge pruning
13. Etc etc

Admin: (can be done anytime)

1. Update your own details on the website.
2. Update availability on website.

Dates/Times for Club Setup: (i.e. when I’ll be there to open up etc.) Archery will be there on Sunday Mornings, also.

Inside:

Sat 2^nd – Any time from 11am -5.30pm

Sun 3^rd  – Any time from 1pm -5.30pm

Sat 9^th  -  Not open – I will be watching Football - unless someone else can open up.

Sun 10th   – Any time from 1pm -5.30pm

Outside:  (Lots of jobs can be done at any time at all and no keys or access required)

Sat 2^nd – Any time

Sun 3^rd  – Any time from 1pm

Sat 9^th  -  Any time

Sun 10th  – Any time from 1pm

If you have any suggestion or ideas of anything else you think we could do to enhance the club, please let me know! 😊\

Finally, as in previous years, we invite anyone who has anything that might be of use to the club that they no longer need, to consider donating it. You may have seen my message about laptops, ipads etc. But even things like kitchen items, boxes, stepladders can all be put to good use and saves the club outlaying on these things.  

Also if anyone feels like donating any items for the bar, this has proven a huge success in the past as a donated bottle of something can turn into a big profit over the bar...  Even a dusty bottle from the back of the cupboard is welcome for kangaroo court purposes.

Last year we had an incredible turn out and I hope people can dig deep and find a bit of spare time to help your club this year, too. If you cannot make it on any of the above days due to other commitments, please don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunity throughout the summer to get involved ;-)

Thanks,

Dan