Welcome to Great Horwood Cricket Club’s
website which went live in 2006. The Club would like to thank all our
sponsors for their support which is absolutely essential for the Club to
continue to progress as outlined in the Development plan included
elsewhere on the website.
Great Horwood Cricket Club has been in
existence for around 50 years. From initially fielding one side per week
we have now grown to having two sides playing league cricket on
Saturdays, a Sunday team playing friendlies and a midweek team playing
league cricket. In addition the Club has two youth teams playing league
cricket and a ladies team. Over the years of the Club’s life, membership
has grown from around fifteen players initially to its current level of
around one hundred. The Clubhouse has moved on from an old railway
station waiting room with no running water or electricity to the current
Clubhouse with large changing rooms, an umpires’ room and storage rooms.
Equally importantly there is a bar and main function room where the Club
holds many member functions throughout the year.
On the field of play we have an excellent
pitch and square in which the Club invests each year to continue
improving it. There are two good sightscreens and practice net
facilities and this year the plan is to improve these net facilities by
adding an artificial practice wicket and new netting.
The Club focus on the field is to
continue improving its success on the field and attracting new members
whilst developing the Youth Section. The Club will also continue to run
its successful Village 20:20 Competition and the George Ridgway Cup
contested between the two Horwood villages. The very successful annual
Ladies Six-a-Side competition will continue to be the feature of the
ladies’ calendar.
We look forward to the continuing support
of sponsors, members and guests to keep progressing both on and off the
field and Great Horwood Cricket Club would like to thank all those
people who have helped in the past and looks forward to seeing them at
the Club during the year.
