NOTICEBOARD

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The latest information was posted on here on the 16th January 2012

OUR GENEROUS SENIOR QUERIES

During the course of last year we learned that efforts were being made to resurrect Winterbourne Gunner CC. For those who are not aware, the  three Winterbourne villages - Earls, Dauntsey and Gunner - collectively known as The Winterbournes lie just  a few miles north east of Salisbury.  The inaugural Queries match was played against WGCC on the August Bank Holiday in 1933, and there are lots of 'senior Queries', and some not so senior, who have played Queries cricket on the ground over the years and have fond memories of the ground.

So the news that the Club was being resurrected resonated amongst the ranks of Query members. Obviously  the new club would need some funds to get things going and the senior Queries were asked if they would like to make a modest contribution.  In fact they collectively donated a total of £505, which has now been sent off to the WGCC project manager Jamie Harvey, who is himself a Wiltshire Query.  In addition, one of our senior members has donated two lawn mowers to WGCC, one of them a sit-on 3 gang machine! We have also offered the fledgling Club a fixture and they have accepted - so put 26th August in your diary!

Our thanks to all our senior members who contributed so generously.

I have received the following message from Jamie Harvey: Could you pass on our thanks to everyone who made a donation and assure them the money will be wisely spent! It will make a great difference and will help immensely towards the rebirth of WCC.

QUERIES SPONSOR THE BALLS

In response to an appeal initiated by Wiltshire Cricket Club, the Queries will be sponsoring the match balls for the home matches of the Wiltshire Academy side. A cheque for £125 has been sent to County Development Manager Pete Sykes who says that he is delighted with our generosity and will say as much in all of the Academy match programmes.

FIXTURES 2012

The fixtures list is now virtually complete.  Most matches are confirmed with a couple provisionally confirmed.
Please go to the Fixtures page to see the detail.

HIGH FLIER !

Jeremy Wilkins admiring the Towers
in Torres del Paine national Park in Chile

Minutes of a Committee Meeting held at 15 Sunnyside, West Lavington,
on 19^th October 2011 at 7.00pm. 

Present:  David Haywood (President), Simon Campbell (Hon Treasurer), Richard Brewer, Brian Thompson and Barry Aitken (Hon Secretary).
Apologies:  Hamish Horton, James Melhorn, Jeremy Wilkins and Freddie Coupe (both of whom emailed in some points).

Fixtures:  After considerable discussion it was decided not to repeat the Swindon GWR Old Boys XI and All Cannings CC  matches in 2012.

It was decided the invite the following Clubs for a fixture should there be available dates:

 Urchfont CC.
Winterbourne Gunner CC.
Malmesbury CC.
Trowbridge CC.
Bradford on Avon CC. 

Catering.  It was decided that the cost of catering at a full day home match would be £13 and at a half day match £5. It was further decided that adults would pay the full amount, but that the Club will subsidise students and the unemployed. Therefore at home matches, students and the unemployed will pay £8 for catering at an all day game and £5 for a half day game.  At away matches, the same charges will apply. At matches at which no catering charge is raised against the Queries, there will be a match fee of £5. 

Pre-season Nets.  It was agreed that DCH would investigate the availability of other locations for nets, eg Devizes or Warminster. It was decided that there would only be 2 pre-season net sessions. 

Match Managers.  The Committee acknowledged that Will Hopton would probably no longer be able to be an MM, and that Jeremy Wilkins would not be able to manage the SOA match.  The following were to be invited to become a match manager: 

Joe Dorgan.
Harry Farley.
Geoff Ramsey.
Sam Palmer. 

Yorkshire Tour.  A decision was taken not to change any of the fixtures on the Yorkshire tour. The Committee discussed the costs to players of participating in the tour and decided that in future the Club will subsidise the costs of the evening meal to the tune of £10 per head. 

Membership.  BA described the current membership as being healthy and reported which candidates had joined as full members.  Those who had yet to reply would be hastened. 

The pros and cons of a proposed membership spreadsheet were discussed. 

BA reported that James Stevenson had moved back to Wiltshire but would not be available for the 2012 season. 

Projects.

Winterbourne Gunner CC.  BA reported that he had invited the senior members to make a donation, in view of the nostalgic connections with WGCC where the Queries played their first match. Thus far £210 had been donated plus a possible promise of two lawn mowers.  More cheques had been promised. After a discussion it was agreed that we should approach WGCC to ask if they wanted a fixture.
Club Golf Day.  Following advice from BT it was agreed that any 2012 golf event should not be held at High Post GC where we had now played for 3 years.  North Wilts GC was suggested and BA will pursue this.
Club Dinner.  The Committee decided that falling numbers suggested that an annual dinner was too frequent and that the event should be organised every other year. As there had been a dinner in 2011, the next dinner will be staged in 2013 and following the advice from JW, it was suggested that it should be staged in a town, probably Devizes. The Bear Hotel was suggested.
Avon Valley CC.  SC described this project which involves building a new cricket ground on ground owned by the Wookey family at Rushall, near Upavon.
MCC Foundation Hub.  DCH described this new MCC project in which he is the leader of a pilot organised in Wiltshire involving Dauntsey’s School, the Devizes and Lavington Schools and Potterne CC.

Next AGM.  The date of the AGM would be announced when the dates of the pre-season nets are firm. 

Accounts.  SC distributed copies of the current state of the accounts, which were very healthy. There was some discussion about the amount and value of the stock held by BA and he will confirm the figures as soon as possible. 

Club Colours.  It was agreed that BA should purchase further stock of Club green polo shirts however the suggestion of a Club Blazer was not supported.

The Stats for the 2011 season

We had 40 fixtures on the 2011 card, and we have played 33 of them. 8 were cancelled by the opposition or by the weather but one - the Old Wellingtonians CC match - was replaced by a match at Farley CC.  So  7 were cancelled.

Of the 33 matches played, we WON 18, Lost 9, Drew 6 (3 completed and 3 abandoned as a draw).

THE 2011 SEASON'S BEST ACHIEVEMENTS 

Sam Ramsey wears his in the Windies	David Glanvill wears his in the nets
Ollie Sloane wears his in New York	Barry Aitken wears his on the road to the sand dunes of Sossusvlei in Namibia

RACIAL EQUALITY IN CRICKET

The Wiltshire Queries Cricket Club has adopted the policy that "membership will be open to all, irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, ethnic origin, creed, colour, social status and sexual orientation".