Potterne Cricket Club
We are Clubmark Accredited,an ECB Focus Club and proud participants in the Chance2Shine scheme-bringing cricket back into state schools.
Under 13s - The Under 13's did the League double over Bishops Cannings securing a 4 wicket victory at The Grove on Thursday evening. Ethan Hyslop starred with the ball taking a hattrick and 4 in an over, dismissing Cannings for 105. Contributions from Nathan Dodds and Kieran Dickenson saw Potterne home with 4 overs to spare.
Summer Cricket Camp-as in previous years,Ollie Smith will be running a fun packed Summer School for young cricketers.This summer's camp will be on the 4th,5th and 6th August from 945am to 400pm at Potterne CC.This event is aimed at Boys and Girls aged between 7 and 13 and is excellent value at £20 per day or £40 for all 3 days.We urge you to send your kids along if you can-it is excellent fun and will benefit your child's cricket skills massively.Please call Ollie Smith on 07917 103678 to book a place.
Village KO- sadly Potterne were well beaten by Marshfield in the last 32 of the National Village Knockout-thanks so much for the excellent support and to Marshfield for their excellent hospitality-sorry we did not perform better on the day and good luck to Marshfield in the next round.Some excellent photos of the day are available to view on Marshfield's website at www.marshfieldcricketclub.co.uk Elsewhere this weekend the 1sts had a very good win against Malmesbury with Ollie Smith scoring an outstanding 142. Unfortunately the 2nds and 3rds suffered defeats.
200 Club-results for May and June available to view on the 200 Club section of this site
Potterne CC Bingo Night-Friday 3rd July 7pm-we need your support for what should be a really fun evening-please call Paul Clark on 07790 141354 or Graham Gaiger on 07860 955756 to book your places.
NatWest CricketForce 2009 - PCC made its TV debut this week showing its support for the ECB and NatWest's Cricket Force volunteering initiative aimed at rejuvenating the nation’s cricketing facilities. The video clips are being shown during the ad breaks of the England coverage on Sky Sports.
Junior Members!-we now have Club Jumpers in junior sizes available to purchase-cost only £20-see Graham Gaiger on training nights or e-mail Graham at graham@gaigerbros.co.uk Stock limited
"The Grove" - Limited Edition Prints - by Devizes artist Adrian Timbers now available. This is a very rare opportunity to acquire one of 100 limited edition prints signed by the artist. Adrian has superbly captured the The Grove on a matchday in this detailed pencil drawing, now on display in the pavilion. Prints (20"x16") are available loose at £29; mounted, backed and wrapped at £39; or framed (prices start at £55). To purchase please contact Ian Wheeler (07813) 777710 or Ed Fruen (07894) 708492.
potterne@play-cricket- Check out our section of the play-cricket website by following the link in the side menu. All season and career results, scorecards, averages and statistics can be found here as well as 1st and 2nd XI league tables. The 3rds league table can be found at the red WCCL link.
Forthcoming Social Events
1)Bingo Night-Friday 3rd July-Potterne Village Hall 7-930pm-entry free-just pay for your bingo cards as you require! Call Paul Clark (07790 141354) or Graham Gaiger (07860 955756) to book your place.
2)6-a-side tournament-Sunday 26th July -entry £25 per team
3)Poker Tournament-more details to follow.
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POTTERNE CC CLUBMARK We possess the 'Clubmark' seal of quality,awarded by the Wiltshire Cricket Board. Clubmark is the ECB's national accreditation and is used to create a benchmark for high quality community club cricket delivered in a safe and well organised fashion |
Club History
Potterne Cricket Club was formed, as part of Potterne Sports Club, in 1936. This isn't to say that the village hadn't been represented before that date - records of a match against Devizes in 1843 bear testament to the fact.
Few records exist of cricketing activities throughout the 19th Century, but an ignominious record was achieved early in the 20th. During a match in 1907 Potterne were bowled out for the score of 0, a feat that hopefully will never be repeated!
On March 27 1936, Potterne Sports Club was formed, covering cricket, football and tennis. The football section of the club didn't take off - the team wanted to play non-villagers, and that was against the club's rules. Interest died off in tennis, leaving cricket as the only sport represented by the club. This remained the case until the outbreak of the Second World War, when the Club ceased to function.
In 1947 interest in cricket was sufficient to enable the Club to start playing cricket again. Since then the Club has gone from strength to strength, and in this year has seen enough interest to run three teams on a Saturday for the first time in its history.
Now at the age of 73, the club is bigger and more successful than ever. The First XI are in the West of England Premier League Wiltshire Section , the Seconds in it's 2nd X1 equivalent,with the 3rds in Wiltshire League Division 6. We also have U9, U11,U13 and U15 youth teams as well as U12 and U15 Girls sides. We have also recently completed our pavilion extension, making our facilities some of the best in the league. With the recent award of the ECB Clubmark accreditation and being made a Focus Club by the WCB the future looks bright at Potterne.