To get the season kicked off in style, there will be a combined Youth registration and Senior players evening scheduled for Fri 26th March.

Location: Andover CC London Road Ground
Time: 6pm - 7:30pm (Youth) and 7:45pm onwards (Senior)
Subject: Invitation for members to sign up to Club, Youth section members to meet Managers, everyone to hear about new plans for 2010
Extras: Bar facilities/snacks will be available (maybe hot food...)
Clothing: Youth members get measured up for new Andover Youth playing shirt, Seniors to see the 2010 shirt (and maybe the full range of new ACC Leisure clothing)...

The 2010 Andover Cricket Club Fixture Card is now complete and available for download. It is more like a brochure this year, with format change to A5 and total of 40 pages. The document is primarily sponsored by Powells, who continue for another year to provide much needed support to the club. We are pleased to announce that there a number of new sponsors in 2010, we have 14 companies involved with the club this year. A massive thank you must go to Ali HOOPER whose efforts over the winter months have made this possible.

The brochure obviously lists all senior fixtures that Andover CC expect to play in 2010, but also includes important Club information, notes and guidance on administrative matters. Please take a few minutes to familiarise yourself with the new club operations some of which will require your own personal input.

You can find the Fixture card on the website under "FIXTURES" on the top menu. Once the document has opened you can either Print or Save a copy of the Card.

Happy reading...

The 1st XI will begin the new 2010 season in Divsion 2 of the Southern Electric Premier League on 1st May with an away trip to Burridge who finished in 3rd spot of the Division last season.

Please note that Indoor Nets sessions will resume this coming weekend (7th March 2010)at John Hanson School. Please keep your eye on the website or speak with Ali HOOPER on 07912 562952 or Phil KNIGHT on 07990 578409, alternatively email the club on andovercc2010@gmail.com for the latest updates...

A concern has been highlighted by the Youth section that we only have a limited number of active and qualified over 18 year old coaches in the club. This is a request to the whole membership of Andover Cricket Club, to see if there is anyone who is interested in helping out with coaching youngsters from Under 9s through to the U17 age group.

At the current time we are looking to encourage as many adult members (with or without children) to come forward and offer their services for the summer coaching sessions.

We are aware of the time commitment that this can take but just committing for a few weeks would help a great deal, even if a regular commitment is not possible.

If you are interested in completing a Basic Cricket Coaching qualification, or are able to help in anyway please contact Lesley MORGAN (01264 323990), Phil KNIGHT (02380 265170) or David RICHARDS (01264 781085).

Your help in this would be much appreciate…

The event will take place this year over the weekend of 26/27/28 March 2010. In 2009, Andover was one of over 1,500 clubs and an estimated 85,000 volunteers that signing-up to NatWest CricketForce. CricketForce encourages cricket supporters, their friends and families to give something back to their local community cricket club by volunteering to undertake major renovations to clubhouses and grounds.

Come and help us to make improvements at Andover Cricket Club's London Road ground, lets make this a roaring success at the "Home of the Lion and The Tree"...

At the recent AGM there were some significant changes announced at the top of the club. After almost 20 years loyal service to the club, 2 of its senior and most respected members have decided to take well-earned retirement from the Committee. Brian Funnell as Chairman and Andy Hooper as President will be succeeded by Paul Funnell and Tim Keighley in the respective roles. The club salutes Brian and Andy for their wonderful work over many years, and now support the new committee in taking the club forward.

A full list of the appointments can be found in the Executive Committee of the new website.

There is almost an entirely new look to the list of captains for the 2010 season, with Richie Taylor taking the reins of the 1st XI and Andy Sale moving up to become 2nd XI skipper. The other captain appointments are:-

3rd XI Saturday - Pete van der Westhuizen
4th XI Saturday - Matt Goodman
5th XI Saturday - To be advised
6th XI Saturday - David Richards
1st XI Sunday - Jonty Hadfield
2nd XI Sunday - Jody Everett

The other major change is to Chair of Selectors where we welcome Phil Knight into a new role.

There were some administrative changes also made which will be announced in early 2010, including some significant changes to subscriptions and match fees for the new season.

The new committee will meet for the first time on 7th January, where the planning for the season and development of the club will begin. The results of this are likely to be shared with club members in late March 2010.