Hethersett & Tas Valley Cricket Club

It has been a while since our last update, but it has been anything but quiet down at Tas. 2022 was our most successful season to date and our club continues to thrive, with over 245 members of the community participating in our 15 teams. Our new committee was elected in November, and we have since benefited from an influx of volunteers from within the club to help develop ideas for this year and beyond.

By the time you read this update, the club will be well into preparations for the new season, which will be our 1st XI’s first in the Norfolk Cricket Alliance Premier Division. Indoor net sessions have been ongoing since January for our U9, U11, U13 and U15 age groups, with our U17 and senior teams, including ladies, starting in early February. For some of our players there has been no break from cricket, with our U16 Indoor Team winning the Norfolk Cricket Board Indoor League and our U12 team also competing in the league for their respective age groups. At the time of writing, our senior indoor team are unbeaten in the South Norfolk Indoor League.

Our outdoor season will commence in April, with Senior nets on a Tuesday, Ladies on a Wednesday, and Junior members on a Thursday evening. We are always welcoming of new members for all teams and would particularly like to encourage new members for our ladies’ hardball and softball teams.

Off the pitch, the club is keen to continue developing as an asset to the local community and we are working on improvements to our clubhouse and bar that we hope will attract additional social membership from the local catchment area of Flordon, Tasburgh, Newton Flotman and the wider Tas Valley. During the 2023 season we will be increasing opening hours at the bar, with a selection of draught and bottled beers from our new partnership with Grain Brewery available whenever there is activity at the club.

Recognising the cost-of-living increases impacting society, we at HTVCC are keen to ensure that we provide a value for money social environment for the community. As a result, we have again frozen the cost of playing memberships in 2023 and reduced Social Membership from £15 to £5. We will be offering an inclusive, affordable social environment for the local community with several events throughout the year and we would love you all to be a part of it!

Our 2023 fixture list will be released in early March. Details of all fixtures will be available on our website; https://htvalley.play-cricket.com/home https://club.spond.com/landing/signup/htvcc

We welcome new members and therefore if you are interested in joining us in either a playing or social capacity, we would love to hear from you, either by signing up on our membership service or by dropping me an email.

Matt Bird, Club Chair, matthew.bird@me.com