Shirts & Caps

If you want a shirt and/or cap and have not told me, can you please do so via the club e-mail address. I cant order all of them until i have confirmation of numbers.

Club Shirts & Caps - Ordering!

Those people who filled in the poll and requested that they would like to buy a club cricket shirt - can you please e-mail me as soon as possible and let me know the size you require (S,M,L,EL). If you would like a cap, please include this information in the email. I cant order the shirts until everyone who wanted one lets me know!

E-mail: eastkeswickcc@gmail.com

Congratulations to Ashfaq...

...on passing his driving test. If he drives like he bats then he be fine as he will miss most things. He doesn't have a car (just yet) so all pedestrians round Hyde Park are currently quite safe!

Cricket Nets - Change of Times!

Just a reminder that the last two pre-season nets, starting from tomorrow, are from 4pm - 6pm.

Player Profiles - Updates

Three more players have had their profiles added to the website. If you haven't done yours yet you can complete the form online by clicking here.

East Keswick vs. Kirk Hammerton

We are pleased to confirm that on Sunday 10th April at 12.30pm East Keswick will take on Kirk Hammerton in two games of 20/20 (at East Keswick). Players who wish to be considered for the games should let the club know via e-mail as soon as possible.

Providing the weather stays fine there will be a BBQ along with the usual cricket teas. There will be no costs involved other than the food and drink on offer.

Please note that this match will replace the final net session at Headingley indoor cricket centre.

Pre-Season Friendlies

The club are currently working on providing a pre-season friendly on Sunday, 10th April against Kirk Hammerton Cricket Club. This will involve both 1st and 2nd teams with full details will be announced shortly. If you are unavailable to play on this date please can you let the club know so we can take this into consideration when making team selections.

IMPORTANT - Cricket Club Registration Fees

Please read!

The club are now accepting the Registration Fees. As previously mentioned the cost is £20 per person, or the provision of one cricket tea (for a home game) during the season (this generally comes to around £20)

We'd encourage all players to pay the £20 rather than provide a tea, although this is entirely your choice. If you choose to make a tea you must inform us of this before Sunday, 3rd April - failure to do so will require you to pay the £20 cash amount instead. If you want to pay the £20 but are unable to do so in one amount, we will accept payment in smaller amounts but this must be paid in full before the end of April.
This money is vital, without it there would be no cricket as it goes towards the substantial running costs of the club. You can read the full breakdown of costs here, but as one example the club has to find a minimum of £530 to cover the costs of buying enough cricket balls for the season.

Before you do anything else please e-mail the club on: eastkeswickcc@gmail.com and state how you wish to pay the £20 registration fee and whether this will be in one or more payments. You can bring the money along to the cricket nets at Headingley.

Edit: Anyone playing the occasional game will not be required to pay £20 fee.

Edit: Most other clubs charge £40+ for their player registration fees!

Club Shirts & Caps - Important

The club is looking to have made some more shirts and caps this season - ideally we would like every player to have at least a shirt with the logo stitched on. To have the shirts made will cost £15 each, caps £7. Whilst the club might look to subsidize some of the costs, and allow people to pay in installments, we'd like players to indicate how much they will pay for the shirts. To help please take part in the poll over on the right side of the website!

The shirts look like this:

East Keswick CC Shirt

WCL Website

Taken from the Wetherby Cricket League website

As well as e-mailing three nominated officials at every club we will also be posting the latest news and information on the WCL website www.wetherbycricketleague.co.uk.

To ensure you do not miss anything why not try www.changedetection.com. Just enter the WCL website address and your e-mail address and Change Detection will send you an e-mail whenever anything new is added to the WCL homepage.

Please could you also inform your club members of this service to enable them to keep up to date with everything on the WCL website.

Statistics - Update

Some the links on the statistics and documents page have been failing to work. I've now amended them so there should be no further problems...fingers crossed.

Statistics update

The statistics page has been updated with the Overall Fielding stats added.

Player Availability - 2011 Season

One of the main issues in sorting out two teams for each week of the season is knowing when players are available for selection. Therefore if you already know that you will be unavailable on a particular Saturday (between the 16th April and 10th September) can you please let us know now so we can plan accordingly.

Additionally please try and remember to inform the club of your unavailability as the season progresses. The more notice you can give us, the better - although we accept this is not always possible.

Averages - Update

Overall bowling statistics have been added to the Statistics page for the period 2008-2010. Fielding statistics will also be added in the next few days.

Additionally the website is undergoing a few changes to accommodate new information, so you might notice pages being removed or added in the next few weeks. For instance there will be a new Documents page added (replacing the Match Reports page which will be removed. This will host links to a variety of club documents available to download, one of which will be Cricket Stats Tracker Solo - a very handy (and free) Excel spreadsheet used to keep track of your individual batting and bowling performances over the coming season.

Player Profiles

The player profiles page has been updated. If you haven't completed the player profile form then you can do so by emailing the club at: eastkeswickcc@gmail.com and you'll be sent the link.

1st Team Scorer Required - PAID JOB!

Under WCL rules the 1st team must provide someone outside of the 11 selected players to act as the clubs scorer for each Saturday game. As a result East Keswick are looking for someone (or some people) to do the job throughout the season.

The club would pay £15 per game, provide a free cricket tea as well as transport to and from the games. If you would like to do this job (or know of someone who might!) then please contact the club at: eastkeswickcc@gmail.com. If you have not scored before or need refreshing on what to do, then training would be given.

Note: At present it is possible that not everybody wanting a game will play each and every week due to the number of players we have. So if you are intending on playing for the club but are tempted by earning some money on a Saturday afternoon should you not make the final XI, then please get in touch.

IMPORTANT - Player Fees

East Keswick CC wants to make sure that everyone who wants to play can afford to play, so with this in mind the club has agreed the following prices for the 2011 season. Please read the following carefully and if you have any questions or concerns please contact Andrew Hirst on: eastkeswickcc@gmail.com

Match Day Fee: (price to play per home/away game)

£5.00 (Adults in full-time work)
£3.00 (Students, unemployed)

Home Games: Optional cost of buying a tea:  £2.50

Away Games: Compulsory payment by each East Keswick player to the home team for providing a tea (whether you want one or not) : £2.50

Registration Fee: £20 (All players)

This can either be paid as a one off payment of £20, OR as many players choose to do by providing a tea (ie. sandwiches and snacks) for just ONE home game during the season. Exceptions will be made for people playing a limited number of games.

As an example of the costs....If you are a student and the game is at home it would cost you £3.00, or £5.50 with a tea. If you are a student and playing away from home you would have to pay £5.50 each week as the Wetherby Cricket League states that away teams must pay a fixed amount per team for their teas*.

The club hopes these costs are affordable for everyone who wants to play for the club. Other teams charge considerably higher prices for registration and match day fees. However, if you genuinely think you cannot afford the cost then contact the club at the e-mail address mentioned above.


*If you are wondering why you have to pay for a tea away from home, even if you don't want anything to eat, it is because in recent seasons home teams have made food for the away team only for their players to choose not to eat anything. This resulted in a waste of food, time and money. The WCL decided therefore to make each away team pay a fixed amount for the tea which works out at £25 per team, or roughly £2.50 each player)

Email Subscription

Im not sure when the last reminder came out but some maybe unaware that there is an email subscription service available. Once subscribed all updates to this website will be automatically emailed to you, this would include team selections etc.

Also, I have recently found that my email address has had issues with the email subscription service and have had to resubscribe. Older users may not know that they have the same problem and may wish to do the same..

If you scroll down the webpage, you will see a "Click here to subscribe" (just below the twitter feed).

Stay frosty people.

Matt Bishop Joins the Blog world

This is a big fat huge test! Fingers crossed the posts that come from these fair hands increases in subject matter appropriately.. (and that my spelling doesn't fail me)

Averages Update

Batting and bowling statistics are now available to view in as PDF files from the 2008 to 2010 seasons. You can find them HERE. Statistics from the 2011 season will appear on the same page during the course of the season.

Player Profiles

Just a reminder to all players to fill in the player profile form so that 'The Players' section of the website can be updated. The link can be found on the East Keswick CC Facebook page. If you haven't joined the page yet send a request and I will add you to the group. If you aren't on Facebook then drop me an e-mail at eastkeswickcc@gmail.com and i'll send the link on to you.

Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held this Thursday, the 3rd March at 7pm in The Duke public house in East Keswick. All players welcome.

PC Sports Sale

Last season the club was sponsored by PC Sports who are a 20 minute journey outside Leeds city centre. With a good range of cricket equipment they are a good choice for anyone wanting to buy new gear before the start of the season. On Sunday 6th March from 10am - 4pm they have a massive sale on - see below. The club are currently looking at getting some (more) official cricket shirts and caps (i'll post details later in the week), so avoid buying a shirt for the time being if you need a new one and don't already have an official club shirt!

I have plans to go myself on Sunday afternoon so if anyone needs any equipment and wants to come along then drop me an e-mail.