More overseas news and this time it's for the First XI! Our First XI overseas for the 2026 season is South African batting all-rounder, Oliver Whitehead. Ollie hails from Cape Town and is currently contracted to Western Province in South Africa's state system. A schoolboy star for SACS High School, Ollie made a number of appearances in the Cape Premier League for the Sixers U17 side. His performances for the school and for Western Province U19 were enough to cement his place

Ahead of the Second XI's maiden season in Division 4 this summer, we are excited to announce that we have secured the services of an Australian import to bolster skipper Reeves’ ranks. Joining the club is 24-year-old Jack Bermingham, a 6ft 6in seam bowler who currently plays 1st Grade cricket for Western Suburbs in Sydney’s Premier Cricket competition. Jack plays alongside names such as Harjas Singh (NSW and Sydney Sixers) and Josh Phillipe (NSW, Sydney Sixers, and Australia)

The new divisions for the Sussex Cricket League 2026 season have been published and there are little surprises for the First, Second and Third XIs who sit in the Prem, Div 4 and Div 8 respectively but there is good news for our Fourth XI who have been bumped up into Division 11 after finishing as one of the best placed second place teams across the various Division 12s. We knew this was a possibility but it was always going to be at the league's descretion. Needless to say it

We are pleased to announced that Ben Lucking will be rejoining the club for the 2026 season! Lucko spent his entire junior career at WCTCC from U11 through to First XI before moving to Three Bridges CC in 2024 to pursue opportunities in the Sussex Premier League. Following our promotion in 2025, we are really pleased that Ben will be returning to the club! The last couple of years have been highly successful for Ben. In his first year in the Sussex Prem his 42 wickets saw him

Our indoor winter nets start in February. We're back at the fantastic facilities at Arundel Castle and will be running sessions on Saturdays, 11:30am - 1:30pm, starting 14 February and running through to 4 April. They are open to existing senior members and new players, all abilities are very welcome. Juniors who play cricket for our men's teams are able to attend however in order to manage the space our numbers are restricted therefore for our U16s and below if we have spac

We are really delighted to welcome Dominic Goodman to West Chilt. Dom will be one of our Sussex CCC pros for the 2026 season, the other being (of course) Charlie Tear. A first for WCTCC, but not unusual for SCL Prem sides, Sussex have a long tradition of assigning professional players to clubs in the top division so that they can continue to play cricket when not required by the county, and in turn support grass roots cricket by lending their support to general aspects of clu

We’re delighted to announce the signing of Tom Naish from Buxted Park! Tom is an accomplished wicketkeeper-batsman and will be joining West Chilt to take the gloves for our 1st XI next season. He finished last season 3rd in the league standings for wicketkeeping dismissals, with an impressive total of 21! It wasn’t just behind the stumps where Tom performed—he scored over 1,000 runs across all competitions at an average of just over 42. Tom's standout innings came against Bri

We are delighted to announce that Charlie Tear will return to West Chiltington & Thakeham CC in 2026! Charlie returns to his boyhood club as a full international, having represented Scotland in both ODI and T20I cricket. In 2022, Charlie signed his first professional contract with Sussex CCC, becoming the first professional cricketer to emerge from our fantastic youth setup. At the time of writing, Charlie has played 20 ODIs and 8 T20Is for Scotland, with his highest score of

Please be aware of two important meetings being held at the club on 7 November. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING West Chiltington Rec, 8pm Notice is hereby given that the AGM of West Chiltington & Thakeham Cricket Club will be held in person at the main ground on West Chiltington Rec on Friday 7 November 2025  at 8pm . Please do arrive in good time. Minutes from the previous AGM can be found here . All members are welcome to attend the meeting and are encouraged to pre-submit questions

It's with great pleasure that we are able to announce that Reuben Taylor has taken on the role of First XI captain. Reuben has been with...