“The Cradle of Cricket”

Founded in 1750, Hambledon Cricket Club was once the most powerful club in the country and earned its reputation as the “cradle of cricket”.

The club now plays at the idyllic Ridge Meadow – its home since the 1780s – and fields four adult league teams on Saturdays. We play friendly matches on Sundays, and occasionally mid-week. We also have a thriving Youth section, with over 150 junior playing members.

Hambledon CC provides cricket coaching for men, women, boys and girls aged 6 upwards. We also give them the opportunity to represent the club in competitive cricket matches in the various Hampshire Leagues.

The club has achieved ECB Clubmark accreditation. ECB Clubmark is the ECB’s club accreditation scheme for cricket clubs with junior sections.

We are always looking for keen players, so if you are interested please get in touch!

Club working party - Sunday 24 March, 10am

Come and help for a couple of hours to get the ground ready for the new season! Many hands make light work, etc...

2024 Club Tour to Devon: Update

The Hambledon CC Tour 2024 is going to go ahead (assuming it eventually stops raining!) and we are only a few short of the ideal number of 16/17 players.

As a reminder, the tour is planned for the end of July/first week in August, with fixtures already arranged for 29th, 30th, 31st July, 1st August. We need deposits to pay upfront for accommodation, match fees and ground hire, so any interest needs to be confirmed with a deposit into the club bank account. Even if you cannot pay immediately, please can you let Jamie know your intentions so he can get an idea of numbers.

The deposit is £50 into the club account below:

Account name: Hambledon Cricket Club
Account number: 00171487
Sort code: 30-99-20 (Lloyds Bank)
Reference: "Tour" + your name

A few players have mentioned attending part of the tour rather than the full four days. That is fine but please pay the deposit to confirm your place and then a reduced rate will be agreed depending on the number of days you are joining for. You also need to let Jamie know the days you are attending so that he can include you in the playing XI for those days.

Please get in touch with tour manager Jamie Lewis if you have any questions.

2024 memberships now available

The online membership system is now starting its second season. The process is much the same as before, but will be simpler for those who registered last year...

To get started, go to the Membership page, where you will see a summary of the 2024 subscription rates, and click on the big “Add and manage membership(s)” button.

If you joined online last season, log in with your existing username and password. If you've forgotten your password, click on the Forgotten password? link.

If you are a new member, click on the Sign up now link and fill in the details.

Accounts on the website are for members aged 18 and over. For members under 18, a parent or guardian will need to create an account in order to register their child or children. Members up to the age of 21 may still be registered by a parent or guardian (this is required to take advantage of any multi-child discounts).

Once you are logged in, the Manage membership page will give you the option to add a membership for yourself (if you are a playing member), or to add children to your account – or both, if applicable. If you are simply registering for children, you only need to fill in the junior registration form. And if you registered children last year, they should be listed on the page with the option to add a subscription for the 2024 season. If you registered last year, most of the information will be prefilled for you.

Once you have filled in the information requested on whichever form you have chosen, you will have the option to add more memberships before paying; then click on the pay button. You can pay by credit or debit card, or by Apple Pay or Google Pay if your device allows. And once you’ve paid, you’ll receive an email confirming your payment and membership.

As always, if you run into any problems, please drop me a message and I’ll get you sorted...

The Hambledon Club: new members invited

The Hambledon Club is a private members’ dining club, revived in 1999 with the purpose of honouring the achievements of the Hambledon Club, 1750-1796. The club also supports cricket here at Hambledon Cricket Club, with prize draws raising money for the club’s youth cricket.

The club holds luncheon events twice a year at the Bat and Ball, at the start and end of each season, each event featuring a guest speaker.

The next luncheon will be held at the Bat and Ball on Saturday 23 March, where the guest speaker will be Annie Chave, Editor and a Director of County Cricket Matters, and vocal supporter of county cricket in general.

If you are interested in attending the luncheon and becoming a member, please see the club’s website for full details and booking information.

Extraordinary General Meeting: Appointment of Trustees

An Extraordinary General Meeting of the club will be held at 7.00 pm on Thursday 1 February at the Bat and Ball, Broadhalfpenny Down.

The purpose of the meeting is to propose the appointment of three new Trustees to replace two trustees who wish to stand down, and to keep the total number up to the minimum number (4) required by the Club’s constitution.

The resolution is as follows:

To re-appoint the Chairman Mark Le Clercq; to remove current Trustees Jane Shinn and Tony Smith; and to appoint the Secretary Seb Duggan, the Honorary Treasurer Imogen Restell and committee member Jamie Lewis as Trustees.

The background to this is that, in order to secure the grant from Sport England for the newly re-laid wickets 10 years ago, Sport England required a charge over the Club’s freehold property and in order to achieve this it was necessary for the Club’s title to be registered at the Land Registry. For legal reasons the land had to be registered in the name of four Club’s Trustees. One has since died, and two of the three existing trustees, Jane Shinn and Tony Smith have asked to stand down. Therefore it is necessary to appoint new Trustees in whose name the land will be registered.

Please let me know if you are planning to attend, as we need to ensure we have the minimum quorum of 12 voting members as laid down in the club's constitution.

Seb Duggan
Secretary
25 Jan 2024

Winter Indoor Net Training 2024

Indoor training for all age groups in Hambledon Cricket Club starts on Sunday 7 January, at Crookhorn College, Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville PO7 5UD.

All are welcome, and new players too!

Schedule

Women and girls softball
Boys and girls Under 9 (Years 3 & 4), Under 11 (Years 5 & 6), Under 13 (Years 7 & 8)

Will train in their age groups:
Sundays on Jan 7 & 21, Feb 25, Mar 3 & 17
12.30pm to 2.00pm

Adults (men and women hardball)
Boys and girls Under 15 (Years 9 & 10)

Will train in their age groups:
Sundays on Jan 7 & 21, Feb 25, Mar 3 & 17
2.00pm to 3.30pm

Arrangements

Boys will play softball cricket at Under 9, and hardball cricket from Under 11 upwards. Girls will play softball from Under 9 and can choose to play softball or hardball from Under 11 upwards.

U11, U13, U15 - Please make sure you bring all of your hardball cricket equipment to each session as you would to outdoor training: Bat, pads, gloves, box, helmet and correct sized cricket ball to bowl with. Whites are optional for indoor training. Please note trainers must have a non-marking sole and preferably not black.

U15s & Seniors are training at the same time. However, U15 training will be undertaken separately. Those U15s who are seeking to play senior cricket this summer are welcome to join the seniors in the nets.

Costs

  • Seniors will pay £5 per player per session. Pay on the day. PLEASE BRING CASH.
  • Under 9s to Under 15s will pay £4 per player per session. Pay on the day. PLEASE BRING CASH.

To allow us to plan sessions please let the Youth Co-ordinators, Ian and Theresa Pratt, know on [email protected] in the week before if Under 9s to Under 15s intend to come along to a session.

Next home fixture

Saturday 13 April, 1:00pm

Friendly (tbc)

Ridge Meadow

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Upcoming fixtures

Sat 13 Apr

Friendly (tbc)

Home,

Sun 14 Apr

Friendly (tbc)

Home,

Sat 20 Apr

Friendly v Bognor Regis 1

Away,

Friendly v Bognor Regis 2

Home,

Sun 21 Apr

Friendly (tbc)

Home,

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1st XI: SPL Div 1

Team P Ave
Basingstoke & North Hants 18 17.93
Andover 18 16.80
Calmore Sports 18 16.29
Portsmouth 18 14.93
Rowledge 18 12.80
Sarisbury Athletic 18 12.67
Hook & Newnham Basics 18 12.27
Ventnor 18 12.00
Hambledon 18 11.53
New Milton 18 4.64

Calendar

Sun 24 Mar

Pre-season Working Party

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