With a lot going on at the moment, I am aware that you are all probably getting bombarded with notifications about everything coming up, so I thought I would put everything coming up in one notification.

Lottery

I’m sure you have seen some messages about this over the last couple of weeks. This is a great way of supporting the club and giving you a chance of winning some cash.

Every £10 ticket that is sold each month provides the club with £6 in funding. If we could sell 100 tickets a month, for a whole year, the club would receive £7200 in funding! You don’t have to be a club member to enter, and you can cancel at any time. It’s a great and easy way of supporting your club. Please follow this link and sign up today!

https://www.newmiltoncricketclub.co.uk/lottery

EGM

On Wednesday 26th we are having the promised EGM regarding Membership fee changes. There are also some constitutional changes to do with membership and voting rights. All documents are in the Documents section on the website. Please make every effort to attend.

Click on link to view the documents https://www.newmiltoncricketclub.co.uk/d/documents.html?group_id=23331

Click on Event https://www.newmiltoncricketclub.co.uk/calendar/event/egm-611123

Groundforce Day

Saturday 5th April is our groundforce day where we get the club ready for the season ahead. Please come up in the morning and help out. Register your attendance on the event, https://www.newmiltoncricketclub.co.uk/calendar/event/ground-force-day-610840

Golf Social

On Sunday 6th April we have a Golf Social at Highcliffe Castle Golf Course organised by Lucy Beck. It is open to all abilities. It will be a great opportunity to meet other members of the club and have a great social day. Please register your interest on the event. The more the merrier. Link to event https://www.newmiltoncricketclub.co.uk/news/golf-social-2907359.html. You can pay here

https://www.newmiltoncricketclub.co.uk/payments/golf-social-130020.html

Clubhouse repaint

On Saturday 12th we are going to repaint the Clubhouse. We need volunteers to help. Any painting paraphernalia donations will be very much appreciated.

https://www.newmiltoncricketclub.co.uk/calendar/event/clubhouse-repaint-611281

Sponsorship

The committee has been working hard behind the scenes trying to secure sponsorship. We have some really exciting sponsorship deals for the Juniors this year that we will be revealing closer to the season. The funds or equipment we get from sponsorship really does make a huge difference as you will see soon.

Overseas Players

Thaakier Davids will be back with New Milton on the 16th April and a huge thanks has to go to Anne Taylors very good friend for hosting him this year.

We also have Maeve Martin joining us again from Australia for the Ladies this year. We are still looking for a host a bit closer to New Milton so Maeve can help out with coaching the Juniors more this year and being even more a part of the club than she was last year. Any one who is interested in hosting Maeve this year please contact Paige Bailey the Ladies 1st Team Captain.

Ground Care

The Groundsmen have been hard at work over the last few months and the ground is looking really good. The wickets are coming along nicely and we should be in all ready for our first friendly matches in about 4 weeks time!

I hope to see as many of you as possible at the various events coming up.

Warmest Regards

Dan

Chair NMCC