Hadleigh & Thu dersley Cricket Club Spo sored by HHOOWWZZAATTTT!!!!!! Volume 11 Issue 3 July 2017 Club Name Proudly Displayed I side this issue: Volunteers 2 Albert Collins 4 Lashings 4 Subscriptions 8 Planning Approval 8 Cricket )eek 9 Community Use 10 Special poi ts of i terest: Volunteers Ne ,ire E.it 1001 Club T hanks to the generosity of long-serving member, has been named for the first time in its history. Sport on TV %eith %lei Plans are also in place to install a ‘Visiting Team’ , our pavilion 2inner 2ance to have years ago) so that spectators can see ho e board (something that e used match days and don’t have to interrupt the scorer t the opportunity for an individual, or a local compa are playing against on o find out" There is al ays of the ‘Visitor’ board. If you are interested, ple ny, to sponsor the installation any other member of the Management team to discuss t ase contact the Secretary or erms. Volume 11 Issue 3 P a g e 2 3In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes4 5 6ohn Ruskin Where 1ould 1e be 1ithout our 0olu teers? eekday since the start of the season on preparing I t has taken a lot of hard ork by a small band of match ickets 5 atering, rolling, cutting and repair- committed members to finish off the pavilion im- ing icket ends - as ell as sorting out the pavilion provements and ensure that everything is ready for clock on many occasions over the past year. The eekend matches and special club occasions. )ho clock is no orking perfectly thanks to his efforts. said that nothing more needed to be done hen the He has also helped to put in the system that allo s contractors left the site in late ,ebruary8 members to see the up-to-date score on the TV Jack Holmes has done a great 9ob in getting the screens in the club hile games are in progress. public toilet ready for action as ell as finishing off Ala /la 0ille gave his time generously to put up the the Umpires’ Changing Room (No6). It is no onder netting for the practice net ne.t to the pavilion 5 a that his skills are much in demand. Reports from 9ob that took him several hours. This is no back senior League umpires suggest that they are e.- being used by young and older players alike on match tremely happy not to be changing in a indo less days, as ell as by some ‘casual’ users from the com- cupboard, ithout sho er or toilet anymore. 6ack munity during the eek. has given his time generously, and for this e are Chris Sutcliffe has found time during his orking really grateful. eek to be at the club to do anything that needed to Nick Poy ter and Craig Joh so have done a great be done from shifting furniture, cleaning changing deal of ork on fi.ing the interior and e.terior rooms, painting alls 5 the list is almost endless" lighting; finishing off the ne store room behind the ,ike Sibbo s lent us his Building Controls e.peri- bar; painting alls, ceilings and fitting skirting ence throughout the pro9ect from dra ing up the boards; repairing damaged ceilings and alls; bo.ing original plans, through the building phase and man- in pipe ork; sorting out problems in the score bo.; aged to keep a cool head hile all around seemed to fitting ne TVs; re-routing ne iring; putting up be heading for chaos" the safety netting hich means that the players ,ike .radley singlehandedly constructed the flo er don’t have to drag the batting cage out every Satur- bed at the entrance to the park and provided all the day". )e don’t kno here e ould have been ith- plants. )e kno that this is much appreciated by out their hard ork behind the scenes. park users as they often comment on ho nice it is Simo Wright has given his professional decorating as they pass by. skills to the club and has done an e.cellent 9ob. He alone completed most of the interior decorating throughout the club over the past three months, as ell as put up all the club photos and Honours Boards 5in his o n time and at no cost to the club. Paul Sales has installed all the electrical circuits in the Rectory Road end of the building 5 the darts area, ne Bar store room and Changing Rooms 5 and 6 5 another member ho has done all this ork in his spare time and at no cost to the club. ,arti Holmes has overseen all the electrical instal- lations and iring as ell as fi.ing a number of other electrical ‘problems’ in the process. Unsung hero, Ala .aker, has orked almost every (Continued on page 3) Volume 11 Issue 3 P a g e 3 3)e thought that because e had po er, e had isdom” 5 S V Benet (Continued from page 2) P3EASE DON6T TA%E Aur Chairman’s bounding enthusiasm and energy is DRIN%IN/ /3ASSES one of the key driving factors in getting all the re- O8TSIDE9 maining orks completed 5 so many thanks also go to %e0a for hat he has done since taking office f you are considering taking to make this all happen 5 he also provided many of I drinks outside and a ay from the bar area, the plants in the ‘other’ flo er bed adding a splash please ask for plastic glasses. This is in the inter- of colour (see belo ) after Nick and Craig had pre- est of everyone’s health and safety hile at the pared the ground and put on 4 tons of topsoil and club, so e ould appreciate your cooperation. laid some additional turfing. If anyone sees empty or abandoned glasses lying about here they shouldn’t be (e.g. ne.t to benches; left on outside tables, or even in the changing rooms), please return them to the Bar. To summarise, ithout the help of the ‘fe ’ in re- cent eeks and months, the ‘many’ ould not have facilities to be proud of. I hope that I haven’t Please do not park in missed off anyone else ho has contributed their time and skills to ‘finishing off’ the last remaining the roadway outside bits and pieces in the ne pavilion and the immedi- ate surrounding area. the club as this may So, all that hard ork means that e no have one of the best cricket pavilions in Esse.. It is to be cause an obstruction. hoped that members and park users generally do Please use the car their best to look after hat has been done, and treat the hole area, the pavilion and the hard park. orking volunteers ith the respect they deserve. Thank you to everyone ho has helped to make this Thank you. pro9ect a success and if there is anyone I have missed out, please accept my humble apologies. Ron Curtis 5 Hon. Secretary Volume 11 Issue 3 P a g e 4 3The key to leadership is influence, not authority.4- K Blanchard O8R VER: OWN A3.ERT ,E,ORIA3 3ASHIN/S INTERNA- T he club has taken delivery recently of a fine memorial bench honouring the life of Albert Colli s TIONA3 ,ATCH ho sadly passed in 2015. Aur grateful thanks go TH to Pat (Albert’s ife), the Collins’ family and his DA: – 18 July many friends ho contributed generously to ards creating this lasting memorial to this long-serving club member. Albert 9oined HCTCC in 1D46 and A n Tuesday 18th 6uly, for the 8th year in a played for over four decades as ell as giving years ro , the club hosted the Lashing All Stars In- of voluntary service as a member of the Club’s Man- ternational players for the annual charity agement Committee. cricket match held at 6ohn Burro s in associa- tion ith Bro n C Brand Estate Agents and rais- Albert as the club’s Bar Committee Chairman for a ing money for our o n charity, Havens Hospices. rd long period of time; alongside captaining the 3 EI This as the 2Dth year that the club has run and helping young cricketers graduate into senior this ma9or club and community event. all-age cricket. After he retired from playing Al- The Lashings team as filled ith stars from bert took up umpiring matches at Hadleigh and in international test cricket led by captain Chris the 2erbyshire League. He left 2erbyshire and Schofield (England) supported by players from moved back to Hadleigh ith his ife, Pat, here he )est Indies (Girk Ed ards, Sulieman Benn, and lived out his final years. ,idel Ed ards), India ()asim 6affer), Pakistan (Hasir Arafat), and England (Usman AfIaal, 2evon Malcolm, Martin Bicknell, Chris Le is and 6ohn Emburey). The team, managed by 2avid Smith (England) and Coach, Gordon Greenidge ()est Indies) as introduced to all the 2001 guests in the mar- quee before the start of play. The HCTCC Team as made up entirely of our o n players led by Club Captain, Richard Revell, supported by Paul and Mike Tibbenham, Ashley Bennett, Adam 2obson, Luke and Aliver Smith, 6ack )agstaff, Sam Handley, Austin Holmes and our overseas player, Gevin Renecke. Bro n C Brand sponsored the match ith Nick Poynter sponsoring the match balls. The um- pires, Bai9u Solanki and Tim Bennett, ere spon- sored by ,orbes Apticians as e kno that most umpires have difficulty seeing things, let alone hearing things as ell" The official scorer as our very o n Mary Tibbenham.