Overseas Return!
Sun 21 Jul
|West Chiltington and Thakeham Cricket Cl
Dave Robinson and Mick Armstrong are back for a friendly (cough) game of cricket.


WHERE & WHEN
21 Jul 2019, 13:30
West Chiltington and Thakeham Cricket Cl, West Chiltington and Thakeham Cricket Club, Mill Road, West Chiltington, Pulborough, UK
ABOUT
We haven’t always been such a big club and had overseas players. They are complex things to sort out! Aside from the paperwork, finding people who are not only good enough (for us), have money for air fares, but also warm to us and we warm to them. Our first stab was in 2009. I made contact with two Victorians (Australia) in late 2008 who said they wanted to come over and watch the Ashes plus play a bit of cricket. Most of us never believed it would happen but over they came and we suddenly had two contrasting Aussies on our hands!
The colts section was half the size it was today but the kids immediately loved them. Our adult sides certainly benefited (no 3rd XI in those days) and the poor guys started off living in a caravan before being rescued by Martin and Tracey Glover. Son Toby…