13th May

In memory of Phil Fisher

“Great spell Phil, take a rest old friend“

WELCOME

A Message from our Chairman

Hello all, and welcome as we kick off the 2023 summer season I hope everyone has enjoyed a restful off-season and all are excited to be getting back to outdoor cricket Let's hope for some decent weather !

The Winter period hasn't been entirely silent on the cricket front, as this year has already seen our women ' s team compete in their first competitive fixtures (capped off with a maiden victory!) and participation at both junior and senior indoor nets has been great - our plan for growing an inclusive and welcoming club is progressing nicely To give an indication of what this growth means, I'll turn to my best friend numbers! This coming summer we ' re fielding six competitive teams, playing in 85 fixtures (that's excluding friendlies and festivals), and are scheduled to be hosting upwards of 43 matches on the Hill That should definitely cover #CricketForAll all supporters too! None of this is possible without the hard work and support of many people who volunteer their time to organise, coach, administrate, etc, so I'd like to offer a huge thanks to all who work to make this club what it is, you ' re very much appreciated! As ever, if anyone else fancies helping out, please don't hesitate!

You may also notice that this year we are being supported by a range of wonderful local businesses who have engaged with us as club partners for the season, in what we hope is a mutually beneficial relationship We're extremely grateful to them for being so generous with their support, which helps enable us to provide the facilities and opportunities for cricket that we do - I'd strongly encourage all our members to repay them in kind with your patronage if possible! We're always looking to expand our ties with the local community, so if you know of anyone who may be interested in a similar partnership do get in touch

This programme (we hope you enjoy it!) is one of the first of a number of new initiatives being put in place this season to better engage with all members and further build our club as a community Others include the new fantasy cricket league (still time to enter, some bargains to be had!), more social events (curry club will be continuing) and more social media output If you ' re not following the club's social accounts then please do... You'll also be aware that we ' ve restructured how we collect match fees and subscriptions this year - hopefully this new approach is easier for all parties. We have some big ideas for improving the club's facilities (more at a later date) so your continued support is vital.

On a final note, I'd like to share my key desire for how we approach our cricket this summer and how we want to represent our club, whether it be training or matches. We're all ambassadors for Ruardean Hill, so play hard and play to win, but play fair and with RESPECT. Respect on the field and off the field, for the facilities, for opponents, for officials, and for team-mates. Win graciously and lose graciously (but hopefully not too often), enjoy the game and do the club proud.

Until next time, Up The Hill! Cheers,

Andy

A WORD FROM OUR CAPTAINS

ADAM COLE - 1ST XI

And as predicted last week, the rain beat near enough the whole of the county! With such a strong XI it would have been nice to have seen how we would have gone, but on to this week as we welcome Witcombe to the Hill. Hoping for more promising weather conditions this weekend as we aim to kick start our season! I would also like to take this moment to send my thoughts to the friends and family of Phil Fisher, Phil was a longer serving member of the club, full of love and patience, in my early years I would spend our innings scoring with Phil which I'm very grateful for as it stops me umpiring these days! Thank you Phil, you'll be truly missed.

DEAN WHITE - 2ND XI

After last week’s washout, we hope to get our season off and running this week against Highnam Court. Both sides had one win apiece from our two encounters last season, so here’s hoping for another epic tussle! I would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Phil Fisher, who sadly died this week. As a teen, I played alongside Phil and was in awe of his control as a bowler; in later years I was grateful for his wisdom and encouragement from the sidelines when I moved into captaincy. Phil was a lovely man who will be sorely missed by all at Ruardean Hill.

SAM WHITE - WOMEN'S

On coronation weekend, RHCC ladies took the festive energy to play in our first softball tournament These events provide the opportunity for teams to play multiple games, but within a supportive and relaxed atmosphere Overall, we took 2 wins against CCC; current softball league winners for their division and Down Hatherly, with our loss against newly formed Bradley Stoke by only 2 runs, making us joint overall winners Player of the day goes to Leigh Stephens for her performance with the bat and an excellent catch in the deep My thanks go to everyone who made themselves available on such a historic weekend – may this be the beginning of RHCC making history!

TEAM NEWS

1ST XI V WITCOMBE, 13:00 (H)

ADAM COLE

RM Cole Agricultural Maintenance

JACK ROBINS

Dean Electrical

ALFIE JAYNE

B&C Builders

NICK JAYNE

Kelmer Homes Ltd

JAYDEN JONES

Mapledean

FIN JONES Available

ANDY O'CONNELL

CPT Engineering

ANDY PEARCE

Bryony Pearce Author

KERRY POWELL

S.I.D Maintenance

PAUL WEAVING

Apex Movement

JACK WEAVING Available

2ND XI V HIGHNAM COURT

13:00

(A)

DEAN WHITE

FOD Kettlebells

DAN MATTHEWS

Available

BOBBY BROWN

Andrew Brown Technical Services

TRENT BROWN

Lancett & Co

ALUN CHESWORTH-RIKARDS

Caradoc Conditioning

FREDDIE GWILLIAM

Hartpury College & University

ANDY MILLS Available

AIDEN MOORE Available

JOSS MOORE Available

PETE MOORE Available

TONY WILLIAMSON

Blackfriars Wealth Management

ON THIS WEEK

SATURDAY 13TH MAY

1st XI v Witcombe (h) 13:00

2nd XI v Highnam Court (a) 13:00

SUNDAY 14TH MAY

U13 v Cinderford St John (h) 10:00

MONDAY 15TH MAY

U15 v Huntley (a) 18:00

TUESDAY 16TH MAY

U11 v Cinderford St John (a) 18:00

WEDNESDAY 17TH MAY

Women's Training 18:00

THURSDAY 18TH MAY

Junior Training 18:00

FRIDAY 19TH MAY

U13 v Parkend (a) 18:00 - Cup

2023 FIXTURES

1ST TEAM

2ND TEAM

2023 FIXTURES

JUNIOR TEAMS

(A) 18:00 15 15s v REDMARLEY (H) 18:00 16 13s v BREAM (H) 18:00 18 13s v CINDERFORD ST JOHN (A) 10:00 19 15s v DYMOCK (H) 18:00 20 11s v CINDERFORD ST JOHN (H) 18:00 22 15s v PARKEND (H) 18:00

23 13s v DYMOCK (H) 18:00 25 13s v LYDNEY (H) 10:00

WOMEN'S TEAM

LEAGUE TABLES

LEAGUE TABLES

BABY GOT BAT

Who is the RHCC Star?

Last Week... Jack Robins

FANTASY CRICKET LEAGUE TABLE

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