Potterne Cricket Club

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We are Clubmark Accredited,an ECB Focus Club and proud participants in the Chance2Shine scheme-bringing cricket back into state schools.

Congratulations to Steve Patten-Hall and Steve Fortune who have both passed their ACO Umpiring courses recently.Thanks also to Steve Fortune for organising a very enjoyable Junior Disco last Friday

200 Club winners for February are available to view on the 200 Club section of this site

Senior Nets-with the new season now very close to starting please see detailed below our pre-season senior players net programme.All sessions will be at Dauntsey's School from 6-8pm and are on-

Sunday 21st March

Tuesday 30th March

Friday 9th April

Friday 16th April

Tuesday 20th April

Please make every effort to attend-with 3 teams promoted last year and a newly created 4th X1,there are plenty of reasons to practice hard-the sessions will be managed by Shane Cloete and Ryan Higgins-two excellent coaches.

Easter Junior Coaching Programme-following the success of the Half-Term programme,we have again teamed up with Shane Cloete to offer an exellent pre-season programme for our junior members in the Easter Holidays,again at Dauntsey's School.The dates and times of the sessions are as follows

13th and 14th April- U11's 9-11am,U13's 11am-1pm,U15's 2-4pm

15th April-All Girls-9am-1pm.

The sessions will cost £5 in total,or £3 per session.Please contact your team manager asap to book.

New Club Shirts-are now in stock.Please call Graham Gaiger on 07860 955756 to get yours-they will be issued only upon receipt of your Subs for 2010-£60 Adults,£30 Juniors/Apprentices/Students/UB40.

Test Match Trip-this years trip is on Friday 6th August to Edgbaston to see England vs Pakistan.Cost is £80 including coach travel-please contact Graham Gaiger on 07860 955756 to book your place asap.TICKETS RUNNING OUT FAST!

PCC Mugs with club logo now available.

Please contact Ed Fruen 07894 708492 or Ian Wheeler 07813 777710.

£5.50 each.

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) Pre-season General Knowledge Quiz-Friday 26th March at Potterne Village Hall, 7.30pm, Can we really allow Bishops Cannings CC to successfully defend their title? Surely somewhere within Potterne CC there is a team of 4 that can come out on top?£12 entry fee. Book early to avoid disappointment. To reserve your team place contact either Ian Wheeler (07813 777710) or Graham Gaiger (07860 955756)

2)Junior Signing-on session-Sunday 11th April at 2pm.Come along and register for the new season and meet all the coaches before the season starts.

3)Edgbaston Test Trip-Friday 6th August-cost £80 including coach travel-contact Graham Gaiger on 07860 955756 to book your places.

4)Annual Dinner-Friday 24th September at Devizes Sports Club.More details to follow later in the year

5)Benidorm Tour -Sept 2010-contact Dave Evans for more details-07733 002243

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, 2010, the Club will run four teams on a Saturday for the first time in its history.

Now at the age of 74, the club is bigger and more successful than ever. The First XI are in the West of England Premier League Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Section , the Seconds in it's 2nd X1 equivalent,with the 3rds in Wiltshire League Division 5 and the 4th X1 in Division 8. We also have U9, U11,U13 and U15 youth teams as well as U13 and U16 Girls sides. We have also recently installed a fantastic 2 lane practice net, making our facilities some of the best in the league. With the possession of the ECB Clubmark accreditation and being an ECB Focus Club the future looks bright at Potterne.