Author: peter.j.reynolds

For the third year in succession we will be taking part in the All Stars Cricket programme, which is aimed at 5 to 8 year olds. We’ll have a new Activator this year, in Lizzie Pattison, who will be leading most of the sessions. The first session will commence on Monday 20^th May and will continue for 8 consecutive weeks until 8^th July and as an addition we will be adding an extra family fun day, aimed at the All Stars and their parents on Sunday 14^th July, which is the day of the cricket World Cup final.

Even at this early stage we have 7 All Stars signed up to take part in the programme, which is much healthier than we had at this stage last year. Please let any family and friends know about our All Stars programme, which has been a great success over the last couple of years. The programme costs £40 which includes the 8 coaching sessions, a personalised All Stars tee-shirt, ruck-sack, bat, ball and cap and the website to register is as per the attached link https://allstarscricket.co.uk/rainhamcc

Our annual signing on night will take place down the club on Friday 29th March (BREXIT deadline day) from 7pm, so please come along for for a bit of a social and political debate (the bar will be open) and to pay your annual subscriptions, costs as follows:

Age 26 plus – £90

Age 22 to 25 – £70

Up to 21/Students/Youth – £50

New club kit may also be available to collect and pay for on that night.

The following day Saturday 30th March will also be our annual Nat West Cricketforce day to ensure the club is ready for the new season with jobs such as tidying the outdoor nets, clearing the gutters, de-weeding the patio and if Keith allows (skills dependant) a bit of painting. Please try and spare an hour or two, from 10am, so our facilities are ready for the new season

Rainham CC have been successful in applying for funding from the Co-op Community Fund and the way it works is as follows:

Go to the Co-op website coop.co.uk/membership to apply for Co-op membership, which will cost £1.

Then selcet a cause you wish for 1% of everything you spend with the Co-op whether it be at a supermarket, insurance, legal services, elctrical or any other service they provide. The Rainham CC cause is via the following weblink https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/22244

It will take a week before your membership card arrives. Once it arrives present it after you have spent with the Co-op and then 1% of what you spend will go towards the cricket club and our effort to extend the existing outdoor nets.

Our local supermarket Co-ops are in Elm Park, Hornchurch and Upminster and probably places near where you work.

There are also benefits of being a Co-op member such 5% going back into your membership account and potential share in Co-op’s profits.

Please spread the word as we have up until October 2019 to raise funds.

 

This year’s annual dinner and dance returns to our new club sponsor, The Berwick Manor Hotel and Restaurant.

Tickets are £35 per person for a 3 course meal and after dinner entertainment and are avaialble from the following:

Jas Hothi – 07794949771

Harry Light – 07794526627

Biren Patel – 07947755973

Format is reception drinks at 7pm, sit down for the meal at 7.30pm and after dinner entertainment until 1am.

There will be the normal presentations for players of the year and the prestigious Chairman’s award and we promise this section won’t last anywhere near as long as it took last year!

It’s a great night out so contact Jas, Harry or Biren to secure your tickets.

 

Youth presentation night for under 11s to under 16s.

Don’t forget to post your parents youth team player of year vote to Joe Attfiled prior to 9th September and any nominations for the prestigious Champagne Moment of the season to Peter Reynolds.

Bring friends and family along to support our youth section presentation night on Friday 14th September at 7pm at the clubhouse in Spring Farm Park.

There will be 26 awards in all including the prestigious Campagne Moment award, so if anyone has any special moments from the season please let Peter Reynolds know so they can be included in the nominations.

Awards will be from under 11s through to under 16s.

This will be a nice way to get together and celebrate our 2018 season.

Our annual President’s day takes place on Sunday 26th August at Spring farm Park in Rainham. This is an all day event for all club members family and friends.

The format of the day wil be as follows:

9am – 20/20 inter club youth match with a mix of under 11 and under 13s in the terrier format

12pm – Live draw for the Prsidents v Chairman’s inter club match

12.30pm – President’s XI v Chairman’s XI 20/20 match (Is the President’s team winning in this series?)

4pm-9pm – a BBQ will be available provided by Allmans Catering

4.10pm – Parents v under 16s 20/20 match (currently 4-2 to the parents in the series)

DJ from 9pm to 1am and an Ice Cream van will be available during the day, as well as our bar being open from 11am.

Will Umer be able to stay on his feet all day? Come along and enjoy the end of season social day at Rainham Cricket Club courtesy of our club President Barry Bumpstead .

 

 

 

Come and support te under 11s tonight 14th August at the home of Essex Cricket The County Ground New Writtle Road Chelmsford as our under 11s play 3 matches at the mini matchplay festival. The first match starts at 6pm.

As usual at this time of year games are a plenty with the under 15s playing Hornchurch Athletic at Springy on Wednesday 15th August in a 40 over freindly against Hornchurch Athletic starting at 1.30pm. Any help to score or umpire would be most apreciated.

On the 16th August our 1st XI play their t20 semi final at Springy starting at 5.30pm and the under 11s play a friendly at Belhus starting at 5.30pm. Any help with umpiring or scoring would be much appreciated at the Belhus match.

On Friday 17th our under 13s play Upminster in a Havering League match, again at Springy starting at 5.30pm.

Come and support the club as the season nears its conclusion.

It’s time to make an effort and dress 90s style at Rainham CC’s next social night.

Scour those charity shops or look through Pete Reynolds wardrobe to find some 90s gear: The decade where ‘Brit Pop’ ‘Boy Bands’ and ‘Girl  Power’ were at their height, the ‘Macarena’ was the dance craze, ‘Marathons’ became ‘Snickers’, the England football team had one of their most successful decades ever, England were shocking at Cricket and Maggie Thatcher was finally ousted as Prime Minister.

If this is anything like as enjoyable as the 70s and 80s nights, then it will be a great night.

Bring along family and friends and dress up 90s style where a prize will be on offer to the best dressed.

 

 

Please bring along your family and friends for our World Cup Karaoke night down the club from 8pm on Saturday 16th June with Kebabs supplied by club sponsor Village Kebab House.

Order you kebabs on the night which will be either Lamb doner or chicken shish wrap, as the social committee will take the order and arrange delivery to the clubhouse.

Also wear you club or country colours as a Karakoe sing off will take place.

Croatia v Nigeria is the big game on the TV, so a bar voucher for the best dressed who comes supporting either of these teams (Jono stands an excellent chance of winning as he turned up on the Indian night in classic Nigerian dress!) .

It sounds like bedlam and probably will be, so come along and enjoy a good night at Rainham Cricket Club