News Update – Feb 22

Preseason preparation is now underway and we welcome any interested adults and children to make contact with the club if they would like to play, coach or support the cricket club this year.

Indoor training is in full swing for both the adults and children. Adults are practising on a Monday evening at Sparsholt College and the colts on a Tuesday and Wednesday evening at Prince’s Mead. Girls train on a Thursday evening at St Swithun’s School.

Outdoor training will commence in early April at the David Roth cricket pitch in Easton as follows:

Mondays – Colts – U9s and U11s
Tuesdays – Colts – U13s
Wednesdays – All Girls training
Thursdays – U15 Colts and all Seniors training
All Stars – TBC

Our first men’s league matches are scheduled for May 7th and Head Groundsman, Lee Padwick, has already started pitch preparations for the season ahead. The erratic weather these days ensures the groundsman’s work is as unpredictable as it is for any gardeners; mowing grass in early February would have been unheard of a few years ago!

Anyone interested in joining any of these cricket activities should contact the relevant names at the end of this article.

David Marsh RIP

We are sorry to report on the recent passing of David Marsh; a previous valley resident and a club cricketer.

David was a founder member of the cricket club in 1946, a past Trustee and a serving Vice President. David lived at Malm Gate in Easton as a child and following employment at Kings Worthy Foundry as a young apprentice, he enrolled in the merchant navy. Later he started his own construction company. Both of David’s parents were part of extended families within Easton and the surrounding area. Ben Marsh, his uncle, was a good cricketer in the 1950s. Ben and Eric Thompson laid the commemorative stone for the new Easton Village Hall in 2009. David’s younger brother Mick, another talented cricketer, also played for the club and held various administrative posts. Only last December David was enquiring about the current club activities and plans for the season ahead. Our condolences go out to the Marsh family.