Dear Oxfordshire Cricket Member (Club and Individual)

On behalf of Oxfordshire Cricket, we would like to invite you to attend a members forum that will take place on Monday 7th of February following the conclusion of the AGM. We anticipate that the members forum will start around 7.40 PM. It will be at Jurys Inn Oxford, in the Blenheim Suite Meeting Room.

The member’s forum will cover a range of topics that will be focused on the upcoming 2022 season. 

The topics and speakers for the evening are as below. 

• Introduction – NP
• EDI update – SS/CC
• Governance update – CC
• Priorities  for 2022 – Performance – MB

• Priorities  for 2022 – Participation  – NP

• Questions – All
• Notices – NP

Please could you confirm by email to Nick Pinhol ([email protected])  if you would like to attend the members forum. 

Ruscote Lions 89-2 Muqbool 26no; B Ali 25no; and I Hussain 1-20 beat Chipping Norton 88-5 Ian Widdows 20 and U Kalid 1-20

Hook Norton 132-4 T Bartlett 40;  A Webb 17 & 2-40 and A Bennett 2-45 beat Cropredy 122-6 Jamil 29; Luke Cherry 25 & 1-42 and James Coleman 25 & 1-42

Sandford 82-5 Tom Goffe 25 & 1-15; Steve Dobson 24; Richard Murray 16 & 1-36 and Chris Thompson 1-28  beat Banbury Veterans 79-5 Steve Beck 27no; Ollie Murray 3-30 and James Risbridger 2-31

Banbury 77-3 Ben Cross 25no & 1-17 and Liam Manley 2-19 beat Shipston 76-6 Ryan Worthington 27; Marcus Ireland 1-28 and Sam Dexter 1-29

Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to announce that we have extended our partnership with Hartwell PLC for a further year up until the end of 2022.

The extension of the partnership will see Hartwell play a larger role in supporting our performance and participation programmes. They will be a key partner in supporting us with our delivery of highlights packages for County Men fixtures that are streamed. The now formerly known Bernard Tollett T20 Trophy will become the Hartwell Oxfordshire Senior Cup which will take place at Wormsley on the 17th of September. We will take the opportunity of tracking down the Tollett family and thank them for the 21 years of support they have provided. The day will now become the Hartwell Awards and Finals day which will encompass the T20 finals day, pathway and grassroots awards.

Established in 1919 in Oxfordshire, Hartwell PLC is a leading automotive group representing Ford cars and commercial vehicles. With eleven locations based across the UK. They assist customers with their motoring needs and have built a reputation for providing exceptional customer service and the highest quality vehicles. It’s this reputation, and the loyalty to their customers, that has seen their centenary in 2019.

In addition to the wide variety of new cars that they offer, they have a comprehensive stock of used vehicles for sale across their network. These include models from a range of franchises, and which can suit a variety of needs. Whether you’re looking for your very first car at an affordable price, or need to upgrade your existing vehicle to accommodate your growing family, they can help.

As part of the partnership, Hartwell PLC will attend a range of events throughout the year where you will be able to see some of their vehicles on display and speak to members of their staff. Players, clubs, officials, families and the wider cricket community will be able to use or reference Oxfordshire Cricket when they speak to anyone at Hartwell which will enable them to access any offers or discounts that are available. Another benefit of the newly announced partnership is it enables Oxfordshire Cricket to continue developing the sport throughout the county, whether it’s projects in the local community, supporting clubs or continuing to produce elite-level cricketers. 

Nick Pinhol, Participation Manager at Oxfordshire Cricket said: 

“We are delighted to be continuing our relationship with Hartwell PLC for the 2022 season which will see them be a key partner with Oxfordshire Cricket. Their reputation for providing exceptional customer service and the highest quality vehicles is impressive, especially given their connection to the Oxfordshire community. We are delighted that Hartwell PLC will be continuing to work with us, and we look forward to working with them”.

For more information on Hartwell please visit their website at https://www.hartwell.co.uk/ or follow them on social media: 

Twitter: @Hartwell_co_uk

Facebook: @hartwellplc 

Instagram: @hartwellplc

Congratulations to Moreton Cricket Club on winning this year’s Women’s Indoor League. 

Moreton secured the 2021/22 indoor league undefeated having won all their games. They used 13 different players over the 6 matches and crucially were never a player short (well done their Manager !). On average they lost only 2 wickets per game over their 6 matches, scored the most amount of 6s. Lucy Johnson picked up an impressive hattrick in the final game v Thame (all bowled). They also posted the highest net score of 190 v Oxenford on the 27th Nov.

The tournament saw 7 teams enter, Moreton, Banbury, Thame, Eynsham, Oxenford, Horspath and a mix of Charlbury, West Ilsley and Oxford made up an All-Stars Team.

Moreton won the title with a 100% record but it went down to the last weekend to confirm it as Banbury were chasing them down and still had an outside chance of the title. It wasn’t to be and Moreton proved too strong overall, Banbury having to settle for runners up, having lost one game all tournament, to the champions.

All-Stars sneaked into 3rd courtesy of better runs and wickets average. Jess Warren put in a particularly outstanding display in-game week 5 when she took a 5 wicket haul in her two overs.

Thame finished in 4th and level on points with All-Stars but a heavy defeat to Moreton on the final day saw their runs and wickets average take a tumble.

The final three places were occupied by Horspath, Eynsham and Oxenford. While Oxenford finished bottom, they introduced some new players to the game and they did take plenty of wickets, but found runs hard to come by. It was good to see the progress over the course of the season.

In October we will look to launch another indoor league and will hopefully gain more entries so we can split into two divisions. If you want to register your interest for the next season of the Women’s Indoor League then please email [email protected]

A special thank you to all the teams that took part in this years league, and we hope to see you all take part next winter.

Hook Norton 85-2 Tom Bartlett 26no; Andrew Stanley 24no and Adam Webb 2-28  beat Ruscote Lions 84-6 Banas Ali 18 and Riasat Ali 19

Cropredy 82-1 Will French 27no; Tony Vickers 18; James Coleman 1-11 and Tariq Jamil 1-30 beat Shipston 81-6 Maz Morris 20; Jack Murphy 18 and Sam Dexter 1-32

Sandford St.Martin 141-5 Steve Dobson 39no; Tom Goffe 20; Max Harris 19 and Richard Murrey 3-24  beat Chipping Norton 67-6 Ian Widdows 37

Banbury Veterans 135-4 James Mitchelmore 33; Ollie Murrey 33no & 3-39; Steve Beck 29 and Neil Megson 18no beat Banbury 127-5 Jack Lamden 29; Liam Manley 28no and  Andy Prior 24

This free entry level course is designed to provide you with all the skills needed to start scoring You don’t need any prior knowledge of scoring to participate.

The course covers the basics of scoring a game of cricket such as scoring symbols, umpire signals, dismissals and gives a helpful overview of the Laws of the game

You can complete the free online course by clicking here

For information about more scoring courses please click here

Annual General Meeting 2021 

Venue:- Jurys Inn, 

Godstow Road, Oxford, OX2 8AL

@7pm

The meeting will be followed by  members meeting #1 of 2022.

In keeping with our Articles of Association, we are giving appropriate notice of the Annual General Meeting of Oxfordshire Cricket Board Ltd which will be held on Monday, February 7th at Jurys Inn Oxford, in the Blenheim Suite Meeting Room.  If you wish to attend please email [email protected] to confirm your attendance. 

The AGM will take place from 7PM in order to transact the following business:-

• Apologies (please email [email protected])

• Minutes of the 2020 AGM – attached

• Matters Arising

• Chairman’s Report -attached

• Annual Accounts

• Director retirement by rotation

The Directors propose that Margaret Stevens be re-elected as a Director 

• Director elections – Please see profiles in the AGM Pack

1. Siri Siriwardene – Legal and Compliance
2. Munaza Dogar – Community Engagement
3. Paul Taylor – Club Facilities and Grants
4. Chris Mitty – Discipline and Fundraising
5. David Hanson – Competitions
6. Chris Parkinson – People Development 

For the proposed full Board of Directors please click here:- 

8. Membership 

1. The Board of Directors propose that full membership remains at £30 per annum and affiliate membership £20 per annum for 2022.
2. For information – Any money received less than £20 will be treated as a donation.

9. For information

A custom and practice request made by the members to have forward visibility of who will be Chairperson and Finance Director for the year ahead.

• Chairman: CJ Clements 
  • Finance Director and Company Secretary: JC Patey
• Zac Toumazi to continue as advisor to the Chairman

Full and Honorary Members are reminded that if they are unable to attend the meeting, they can nominate a proxy to vote on their behalf. Anyone who wishes to do so must notify the Secretary to the Board in writing indicating the name of their proxy. To be clear, only those individuals or clubs that have paid full membership of £30 will be entitled to vote.

By Order of the Board

Nick Pinhol

Board Secretary

E.Mail: [email protected]

Oxfordshire Cricket Board is a Company Limited by Guarantee (No. 7376156)

Directors: CJ Clements, JC Patey, Margaret Stevens, Fiona Currie

Attached Reports:

• 2021 Chairman’s Report
• 2021 Board Secretary Report
• 2020 AGM Draft Minutes

A full Board pack will be issued next week, following its final approval at the Board meeting on Monday 17th January 2022.

Purpose

Oxfordshire Cricket has developed considerably since incorporating in 2010. We have had many notable successes on the field and created a strong and stable infrastructure, upon which we can broaden and deepen cricketing participation in our county. However, life beyond 2024 is uncertain, the ECB’s Sky TV deal ends, placing up to 30% of our revenues at risk. Additional resources are critical if we are to sustain our adventurous programme which aims to make cricket available to everyone in our county. We want to get ourselves into a position where we are always able to make decisions on merit, rather than affordability. We also want to build our own ground and cricket centre to increase our facilities capacity.

We need the help of experts in the areas of stakeholder relationship building, fundraising and marketing; we are looking to our members, parents and supporters to volunteer their services and be an intrinsic part of our journey. We appreciate that the group will take time to form and perform, and as such would like to start the process as quickly as possible.

The Function of Advisory Group

Our aim is to develop a plan where we can generate new ideas, test our current thinking and move Oxfordshire to a more sustainable position in the long term. The remit of this group will be broad and it will have the potential to shape the future of cricket in the county. Mark Beard has agreed to support both myself and the group to reach practical solutions, which the Board of Oxfordshire Cricket can promptly implement. The group will be supported by at least one Director and the executive workforce.

Experience We are Looking For

We are looking for committed individuals with experience in relationship building, fundraising and sports marketing who are capable of shaping our long-term future. They will have the vision to see that cricket can be a mechanism for bringing communities together, widening our talent pool of players, coaches, administrators and advocates and creating more capacity for organic growth. 

Next Steps

If you are interested in being part of the advisory group:  Please contact Nick Pinhol – [email protected]

Yours Sincerely

Chris Clements

Chairman, Oxfordshire Cricket Board Ltd