St Albans Cricket Club News pages




12 Dec 2011 : NETS COMPLETE
The security fence has now been finished, so the net project is complete.
The gates have been padlocked for the winter and the nets stored away.
We will have to put the nets up prior to the start of next season, but all looks good for the new facility.
I hope to arrange some sort of official opening ceremony on the evening of the first Friday of Colts training next season.

Happy Xmas and a prosperous New Year to one and all

Phil Caley    

06 Dec 2011 : Annual Subs/Winter nets payment details
Hi All,

As with last year we will be offering a one off payment to cover membership for the whole year. £300 will get you annual subs, winter nets, and unlimited cricket without match fees. If you wish to take up this option payment is due before the 13th January. If you play more than 15 games a year this rate represents a great discount.

If you wish to just pay the discount rate of £50 for winter nets this is also due by the Tuesday 10th January (the second net session).

Please make your payments to the account below and include your name in the reference.

St Albans Cricket Club
NatWest

Sort code 60-18-11

Account No. 68919085

Regards,

St Albans CC

30 Nov 2011 : NETS UPDATE
The nets themselves are now finished.
The security fence is due to be started on Monday 5 December and finished on Thursday 8 December.
It's looking good for next season!!! 

30 Nov 2011 : Winter Nets 2012
Dear members,

Winter nets start on Tuesday 3rd January @ Choice indoor school, Redbourn (address below for those who don't know it) for 15 weeks. They run from 9pm - 10pm and all adult members are welcome. Certain junior members will be invited by the colts section over the next few weeks.

The price is £5 per session per person, or an up front discounted rate of £50 payable in the first 2 weeks. Toby Furnival will be collecting the money in each session and recording any debts. Please keep up with your payments as the club pays for this facility up front.

Any questions please let me know.

Martin

Address: Choice Cricket Centre, Flamsteadbury Estate, Redbourn, Herts AL3 7DJ

20 Nov 2011 : 23/11/11 - Updated nets photos
23/11/11 - Updated nets photos Photos of the nets progress can be viewed in the Nets gallery 

20 Nov 2011 : Herts League Averages
Please see the link below for Herts League averages from 2011.

http://www.hertsleague.co.uk/SHCL%20Averages%202011.doc

Well done to all our members, especially Alex taking the Div 1 batting averages.

16 Nov 2011 : NETS
We are off!!
The nets project began on Monday.
The turf has been dug, levels measured and things are progressing.

Hopefully, pictures will be appearing on the web site (courtesy of Nick James) to keep you updated regularly with the progress.  

Phil Caley

05 Nov 2011 : Phil Milton
Phil Milton

Phil Milton 1956-2011

There are not many men who have contributed so much to so many St Albans clubs as the late Phil Milton, who passed away last week at the age of 55.

 In his younger days he played for Phoenix Football Club, and later started a team at the Camp Liberal Club (now the Hatfield Road Sports and Social Club). He joined their Committee in 1983 and became Treasurer in 1985, a post he held until last summer. He also played in the darts and dominoes league, and extended his football activities by acting as Treasurer of the London Road Football Club for many years.

His cricket activities started at the St John Fisher Cricket Club in 1970, where he was a noisy and large presence behind the stumps. As a batsman he didn’t believe in much defence and his favourite shot he called  the Milton Hoike (in more refined terms  something like a slog-sweep).  He encouraged the social side of this club and became one of its first Vice Presidents.

But it was at St Albans Cricket Club that he made his biggest contribution. In 1999 after observing the Friday night junior practice sessions, he volunteered for the role of ‘looking after the mums’ and recruiting more volunteers, while the coaches (who later envied him!) got on with the serious business of teaching cricket.

Phil then took on the financial responsibilities for the club’s Junior section and maintained all the administration records, which later proved vital for the clubs’ Clubmark application. This job expanded as membership numbers increased significantly, from approximately 50 then to 300 last year. Furthermore, he succeeded in increasing the number of volunteers running the club, to over 40. This included active support of the parents who started the famous Sizzling Sausage barbeque held on Friday evenings and the Cricket Café on Sunday mornings, and was more often than not found watching the home matches and helping the team managers.

Phil became overall Chairman of St Albans Cricket Club in 2008, during a time when there were serious problems with the club finances, and in 2010, he added to his workload, becoming the Bar Manager. His common sense approach to finance and his efforts to unite all different areas of the club have left it  in its best state for years, both financially and socially. His tireless support for other members trying to improve the Club have led to significant improvements, the main one of which will be a new state of art nets facility at Clarence Park, which he only recently learned was going ahead but unfortunately will never get to see it completed. It is sure that Phil’s legacy will live on long into the future.

As a man, no one ever had a bad word to say about Phil Milton. Everyone at St Albans Cricket Club will miss his larger than life personality, his affable humour and boundless kindness that set him apart from others. It was impossible not to be smiling in his company. A father figure to all junior members at the club and a friend to all, he was one of the nicest and warmest people you’ll ever meet. Phil was a man who gave so much to so many, but asked for only thanks in return.

In the words of one 10 year old junior cricketer, “Phil put the light into cricket”.


04 Jan 2011 : Tweet Tweet...
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