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N E W C L O S E N E N E W C L O S E N E W S June 2020 photo © Dave Reynolds FROM MARTIN GARDENER - CHAIRMAN OF THE NEWCLOSE TRUSTEES Editor: Hugh Griffiths On behalf of the Gardener family I extend our sympathies to everyone affected by these very challenging times. I am sure that once this is over, we will bounce back and carry on email: editor@ where we left off before all this started. newclose.org mobile: Our thanks go to the team at Newclose for keeping us going throughout. 07768 552682 CONTENTS Page 1 The Gardener Family’s thanks Andy Butler’s The photos above show Andy Butler’s outstanding pre-season work to maintain and, efforts in places repair, the Newclose playing area. Andy has been ably supported by Newclose volunteer Angus Robertson’s work on the outfield mower; read more on page 2. Plans: ‘What’ and ‘When’ AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHALLENGING START TO THE 2020 CRICKET SEASON AT NEWCLOSE Page 2 As well as dealing with the day-to-day operational issues at a uniquely challenging time, the Newclose Trustees, Staff, Groundsman and Club Committee, are mindful of the need From the Club to develop plans for WHAT we should be doing to improve and develop Newclose as a Captain cricket ground. The WHEN is largely beyond our control and will be determined by Government and ECB decisions as we move into what many describe as the ‘New Normal’. Membership This may continue beyond the end of the 2020 cricket season and could even affect the Report 2021 season. For now, we can only do our very best to ‘control the control-ables’. Page 3 We still await news from the English & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Hampshire Cricket th about County Cricket in general - and ‘our’ match scheduled for 9 August in particular. The Newclose Despite that, and with the clear goal of maintaining our status as a top First Class County Playing Area Cricket ‘Outground’, all at Newclose are fully aware of the standards we need to achieve A good read: for 2021 and the seasons beyond. ‘Gunner’ Over the coming months our priorities for cricket will be (i) to maintain the quality of the playing area; and (ii) consider the state of the scoreboard and scoring systems in line with Quiz Question e modern standards for all levels of cricket up to the professional game. We also recognise that there may be other priorities that emerge as we move forward and, Page 4 as we go to press, the issue of practice nets has become a particular issue. Whatever Scoreboard schemes and plans we make will come at a cost and will require support to make them happen. Given that background, we make no apologies for appealing for help via donations, Funding the membership subscriptions, sponsorship and volunteer work, which are vital to achieve Future Brian Gardener’s long-term vision for Newclose County Cricket Ground. Beer Snakes Hugh Griffiths 1 FROM THE CLUB CAPTAIN Two months after what should have been the start of the 2020 cricket season we are delighted to announce that, in a very limited way, the sound of ‘bat on ball’ can be heard at Newclose. Latest guidance from the ECB and the Government enables us to invite any local cricketers to use either the artificial net or a net on the square. This will be subject to strict conditions to limit the spread of coronavirus and, as we go to press, it means that ONLY TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME can practice together in one of the two nets - though this stipulation could be relaxed by the ECB later in the month. The Newclose nets can be booked from 10:00am to 5.00pm each day. The charge is £10 for a 50 minute 14-year-old Will Mew misses another of my cunning session (free for bookings by Newclose Cricket Club away swingers - perfected after 53 years of trying members). To use these superb facilities you must (ie: since I was 10!). pre-book by contacting the Newclose office on 01983 824570 (or 07768 552682 out-of-hours) or by emailing: [email protected]. On acceptance of your booking you will receive instructions on how you will need to prepare and the necessary processes to which you must adhere whilst on site. Murray Jones Club Captain MEMBERSHIP REPORT If I’d had a choice of when I took up duties as Newclose Cricket Club Membership Secretary, it would not have been in February 2020! Since then, we’ve had no cricket at all; instead we’ve had coronavirus; the 2 metre rule, social distancing; the R value; lockdown and ‘test and trace’ – which have made this a rather challenging ‘debut season’. The primary role of a Membership Secretary is to recruit new members and secure renewals from the previous year’s members who pay a subscription annually; I set myself a target of 100 of these in 2020. How have I done? Well, here at the start of June, I have acquired 13; yes, just 13. But for me - my lucky 13; so thank you to those 13! So, if you aren’t already a 2020 member, can I invite you to try out the new online system at www.newclose.org and spend the 2020 season as a Social member? It’s only £10 and it would keep you in the loop - so please think about it. Such a move would be very altruistic on your part as we can’t guarantee much in return this year - but expenses continue to be incurred (cricket or no cricket) and Newclose does need to cover its not-insignificant costs. We have 63 Life members, many of whom have now been members for ten years or more. Thank you very much to these – particularly those who have given donations this year which, you can be sure, are so very much appreciated in these most challenging of times. Jon Matthews Membership Secretary 2 THE NEWCLOSE PLAYING AREA I can’t believe that it is a year since Newclose became a First Class County Cricket ‘Outground’ and I prepared my first of (hopefully) many Hampshire 1st XI pitches; a proud moment for us all. What follows is a basic description of the work that has been carried out during lockdown and which will continue in June and throughout the season. The square gets mown 3 times a week at a height of 15mm; the regular mowing encourages the grass to ‘tiller’ thicken up. Twice a month scarification and ‘verti-cutting’ is carried out which removes lateral growth and unwanted grasses. Fertiliser is applied on a monthly basis and pre-season rolling was carried out during March, April and the early part of May. This has now stopped as the square has been consolidated. Irrigation is being carried out regularly during this very dry period. Volunteer Angus Robertson has been of great assistance mowing the outfield weekly; Jack Lax has also been helping in maintaining the grounds; and Rosie Bright has been doing gardening work around the pavilion. I have carried out repairs on the isolated bare areas that suffered during the extremely wet winter. So, I’m looking forward to preparing pitches for play just as soon as the ECB gives the ‘go ahead’. Andy Butler Newclose Groundsman BOOK OF THE MONTH ‘GUNNER – My Life in Cricket’ - IAN GOULD (RRP £19.99) …. is the revealing and absorbing autobiography of Ian Gould, the former England cricketer who became one of the best umpires in the world. During a 13-year career as an elite umpire, ‘Gunner’ was centre stage for some of the biggest controversies in world cricket, including the infamous 'sandpaper' Test in 2018. In this candid story of his life in cricket, he is refreshingly honest about the characters and controversies - and he opens up about his battle with depression after the introduction of DRS technology made the pressure on him intolerable. There are colourful tales too from his days as a player and coach with England, Middlesex and Sussex and about how he nearly became a professional footballer instead of a cricketer. This included a stint at Arsenal which earned him the nickname ‘Gunner’: https://www.waterstones.com/book/gunner/ian-gould/9781785316302 LOOK OUT FOR WATERSTONES IN NEWPORT - RE-OPENING SOON! “Shines a brilliant light into the hidden world of an international umpire.” (Tim Rich of the Daily Mail) STARTER FOR 10….no conferring (answer on page on 4 – and no peeping!) Which batsman has hit the first ball he has faced in a Test match innings for 6 on three separate occasions? A: Shane Warne; B: AB de Villiers; C: Muttiah Muralitharan; D: Chris Gayle. 3 OUR ELECTRONIC SCOREBOARD It is OK for 2020; we had nervous moments in 2019; but have big question marks for 2021. Newclose’s main scoreboard is now twelve years old and, on the face of it (excuse the pun), the information it displays is what is needed for a professional cricket match. It was modelled on scoreboards at The Oval and Hampshire’s County Ground at the Rose Bowl (as was), as well as Sussex’s County Ground at Hove, when the Newclose was established in 2008. However, its detail is more than required for a recreational fixture and operating it is not the simplest of tasks. Like a car of its age we could repair, renovate or replace it but, with 1st XI County Cricket in prospect, we cannot afford for it to fail as spectators of professional cricket look for ball-by-ball information on the state of play.
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