On Saturday 18th July Horsham Girls played Midhurst at Cricketfield Road in the fifth game of this very promising and successful league season.
Horsham batted and first made rapid progress, with many telling contributions to a great score of 336. Georgina Humphreys was top scorer with an impressive 23 runs. In reply Midhurst struggled against a determined effort in the field by Horsham, with Isabel Carne allowing just 2 runs off of her 3 Overs, and Ellie Monk taking the only catch to add to the 2 Wickets she took. It was a good all-round performance from the whole team, notably in the field with good backing up and support for each other, leaving Midhurst on 249 beaten by an impressive 87 runs.

Just a quick reminder about the race night this Friday – we will be down at the ground buying horses and losing some money (and hopefully winning some!) and we look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible. For those who didn’t go last year it was brilliant fun and everyone had a great time. See below for details:

“Following on from the massive success of the race night last year we are pleased to announce that the junior section at HCC will be hosting another race night this year. The race night will take place on Friday 17th July, racing starts at 8pm but make sure to be there early if you want somewhere good to sit! Entry is only £2 for adults and £1 for juniors and it is sure to be great fun. We hope to see you all there!”

Team selected to play Midhurst @ Horsham CC. Meet at 8.50am, Match Start 9.20am.

Ellie Monk (Captain)
Isabel Carne (V. Captain)
Megan Whitehouse
Libby Keefe
Lucy Keeling
Georgina Humphreys
Cydney Magnus
Vicki Quilter (Wkt Keeper)
Amy Jeremy (Sub)

Our substitute will take part in the game at some point when we are fielding subject to agreement with the opposition
Due to the fact that our last fixture was postponed we have selected as many of the same players as possible.

We will meet at Horsham CC at 08:50. There will be a £2 match fee to pay on the day.

Unfortunately it has been necessary to postpone tonights training session to Friday 8th (tomorrow) at 6pm this will be a soft ball session. The change is due to their being two matches on tonight so there will be very little space left for us to practice. I apologise but have to consider safety as well as looking to see if their is any space left to do decent practice.

In memory of the late Dr John Dew Horsham Cricket Club is holding a Colts 6-a-side Kwik Cricket Festival at Horsham on the Dr Dew Ground this Sunday starting at 12:30pm. All ages of girls and boys are welcome to play in this fun Horsham CC tournament. There will be 4 mini pitches with winners of there group games playing in a semi final and then a grand Final later on Sunday afternoon. Games are played with plastic stumps, bats and soft balls and a small coned boundary. The club are running a BBQ all afternoon and the bar will be open all day for beverages. I hope that you and your children are able to attend and enjoy the afternoon. There is also a fabulous cricket game in memory of the Dr, being played from 2pm on the main ground between present Horsham CC players v a past Horsham CC players. Chris Nash, Andrew Hodd and Robin Martin-Jenkins of Sussex and Horsham CC, are invited and we hope will also be at Horsham to celebrate the afternoon.

Horsham batted first at the beautiful ground at Findon where the parched outfield was rapid and held the prospect of a hard toil for the fielding side. The stand out batter was again Ellie Monk who stroked her way to an impressive 21 in the Horsham total of 292 – 3. Extras helped to boost the score underlining how important it is to bowl straight. In reply Findon struggled against the Horsham attack which saw Isabel Carne and Ellie Monk both snatch 2-18. Although Georgina Humphreys failed to take a wicket on this occasion she demonstrated fantastic control in her three overs only conceding eleven runs in all and she has not even reached 10 years of age yet! Jenny Leigh snared two fine catches as well as taking 1 – 9 with the ball. Rebecca Williams took a fine catch to add to her bowling figures of 1 – 9. Horsham were much sharper in the field and gave their bowlers great support as Findon finished on 260 – 7 and were defeated by 32 runs leaving Horsham the only unbeaten team in the West League at present.

Following on from the massive success of the race night last year we are pleased to announce that the junior section at HCC will be hosting another race night this year. The race night will take place on Friday 17th July, racing starts at 8pm but make sure to be there early if you want somewhere good to sit! Entry is only £2 for adults and £1 for juniors and it is sure to be great fun. We hope to see you all there!

As there is a fixture scheduled for Thursday night we will be unable to practice. However we have arranged for hard ball training to take place from 5pm – 6.30pm on Friday 3rd July and for the regular session to be rescheduled for Saturday 4th July at 9am – 11.30am. We hope that you can make it to one or both of these sessions.

Also could everyone please confirm their availability for a match scheduled to take place at Horsham CC on Saturday 11th July at 9.20am. If you would like to play we will need to know your availability by Friday 3rd July.

Team selected to play at Findon – 18:00 start.

Ellie Monk (Captain)
Tara Norris (V. Captain)
Rebecca Williams
Georgina Humphreys
Isabel Carne
Jenny Leigh
Amy Leigh
Ellie Clarke
Erin Clarke (Sub)

Our substitute will take part in the game at some point when we are fielding subject to agreement with the opposition
Due to the fact that our last fixture was postponed we have selected as many of the same players as possible.

We will meet at Horsham CC at 17:00, if you are planning to travel direct please let us know if you are not meeting us at the club. If you are travelling direct you should be at Findon for 17:30. There will be a £2 match fee to pay on the day.

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Directions: Head south towards Worthing on the A24 from Horsham. At the Findon roundabout head east on the A280 towards Littlehampton/Portsmouth. Findon CC is located 600 yards on the left just after the Kennels. Be careful of the concealed entrance!

Postcode for Sat Nav: BN14 0RJ

Just a quick note to let you all know that unfortunately the game has been postponed tonight due to a waterlogged pitch. We will however be offering a hard ball practice at Horsham CC from 5pm onwards for anyone that is interested.