Holmbury St Mary Cricket Club

After 9 matches, the boys now have 4 wins and one victorious concession. An average points of 20.5 has Holmbury at 4th in division one, with everything still in play as the season enters its business end.

Batting wise, plenty of starts at a good clip meant that 112 was chased down without much hassle. Captain’s knock from Aaron of 25* from 29 to bring it home the pick.

As has become the custom this season, the wickets were shared around with solid bowling performances from all. Oscar (5-1-15-2), Chris (8-2-21-3) and Iggy (2-0-12-3) were the picks of the bowlers, but cracking stuff from everyone in the field.

As predicted, our hosts Cranleigh 3rd CI were no match for the boys yesterday, who chased down a low total of 112 before the drinks break.

A very delayed pre-match presser from Mr C!

Tough loss for the boys today. Horsley and Send have put together a very strong squad! Great game nevertheless. Looking forward to the next one!

Absolutely buzzing for the game today away at Ockham! Bring it home, boys!!!

East Horsley grab the win with a six off the last ball. Absolutely fantastic game from two teams who will hope to be battling for the big prizes come end of the season.

At the halfway (well, 24 overs) stage, East Horsley are on 128/2. James (who else?!) breaks the century stand between Drake & Tindale to put the game back into the balance. This one looks set to go all the way to the wire! If you’re in the area, get yourself up the hill!

The lads finish on 261/8. Sensational from James with a 92 ball 119, with great support from Aaron, Feakes and the director himself Johnny Robinson. A challenging total for East Horsley to navigate now, after enjoying the best teas that Surrey has to offer!

Holmbury over 100 as the first wicket is lost, bringing captain Aaron Owen to the crease. Fantastic knock from James so far, who’s on 52*. 21 overs to come!

46/0 after 8 so far. DoC and last season’s top scorer Jimmy to the F going great guns so far.

Boys are batting first! Team for today: Aaron (C) Shannon Pienaar Jr Feakes O Furness J Furness B young ‘Thropy’ J Robinson M proud love Rahu

A new league season is upon us AND IT’S LIVE! Welcome back, @EastHorsleyCC . Whilst we can’t promise you a win, we can promise you some fantastic after match refreshments courtesy of our new sponsor Firebird! Pitch report from Mr Colvile to get you in the mood!

Thank you, sincerely, to everyone who’s assisted us, both big and small. Looking forward to confirming the good news about the new roof next week!

All of the remaining rewards can be seen on the crowdfunder page and we’d love for all of them to be claimed before the campaign closes to celebrate the marvelous support we’ve received from the Holmbury family.

For donations of £150, The Royal Oak will provide a meal for two while, for £250, the Firebird Brewery in Rudgwick will give a guided tour of the brewery for up to ten. There is also a limited edition print from renowned cricket artist Jack Russell.

Your fantastic support has also ensured that Sport England have promised a further £5000 which is simply fantastic. If you have thought about donating but haven’t yet, there are now 2 days to join the final push to get us over the line.

Over 150 different people, including our local councillor Bob Hughes and the Surrey Cricket Foundation, have gone onto to our crowdfunder page at crowdfunder.co.uk/p/holmbury… and put us within touching distance of achieving our aim.

8 weeks ago, we launched our crowd funder appeal to raise money for a new roof on the cricket club pavilion. Our target was £32,000. Now, with only 2 days to go, we have just about made it thanks to your incredible support.