Get ready – pre-season working parties.
Please come along on Saturday 13th &/or 20th April, between 9:30 and 12:30. Lend a hand to get the ground and our equipment ready to go.

All the details HERE or contact Simon Drew (Phone 07826 945780) and he’ll answer any questions you may have about how you can help out. Remember, it’s your club too and ‘many hands make light work!’.

Official Nets Opening - 26 April, 6pm. Come along and share in the celebrations!
Ribbon cutting, thanks to benefactors, sponsors and everyone who donated and contributed to this fabulously successful project.

All the Vandals junior & senior members and families are invited. The BBQ will be fired up, by the marquee and the bar will be open. Please come along proudly sporting your Vandals attire, so we can get some great pics for the album.

Junior cricket practice night too, in the nets and on our refurbished astro practice pitch.

Junior Cricket – U9s, U11s, U12s Mixed; Boys U14; Girls U14s
For those ready for taking the next step in cricket, we have sides in the local development leagues (running from May to the end of July). This is the next step if your daughter/son feels they would like to try cricket in a more organised setting.

PLEASE REMEMBER, if you are already a Vandals member, all three sports, Cricket, Rugby, Netball, are included in your membership at no extra cost.

Practice & Coaching Sessions: Details will be published via our respective WhatsApp Groups – so please keep an eye out for those. But the headlines are that we’ve set up the initial schedule as follows:

Monday’s 6pm to dusk: Girls U14s nets (starting 8th April – this will evolve as we move into May onwards, with details posted on the Girls U14s WhatsApp Group).

Friday’s: Junior Training nets, astro and some matches on both squares (starting 26th April – see ‘Official Nets Opening’ event details above).

Junior Surrey Cricket League Matches: These are scheduled now and the dates will be published via the WhatsApp Groups.

The headline for matches is that these will typically be played on Friday’s or Sunday’s. Opening fixtures are currently scheduled as follows:

U9s (Mixed - softball): Sunday 12th May, 9:30am (Home).
U11s (Mixed – hardball): Sunday 12th May, 9:30am (Home).
U12 (Mixed – hardball): Friday 10th May, 6pm (Home).
U14s (Boys - hardball): Wednesday 15th May, 6pm (Home). NB: 5 out of the 7 league matches are booked for Friday’s 6pm start.
U14s (Girls – softball): Sunday 5th May, 2pm (Home). NB: Match scheduling is ongoing with the respective opposition clubs – aiming to get as many as possible to start at 2pm.

If you would like to give it a go, and/or introduce a friend to play, please contact either:

Rob Bastin, Junior Cricket Participation Lead via Email: rob.bastin.vandals@gmail.com / Phone: 07900 565759
Liz Singleton, Girls Cricket Lead via Email: elizabeth_andrews@hotmail.com Phone 07932 476690
Graham Hills, Club Captain via Email: graham.m.hills@gmail.com Phone: 07956555402

All Stars & Dynamos
WVCC are running ECB All stars and Dynamos again this summer, aimed at 5-7 and 8-12 year olds respectively and with a focus on real game skills and fun. If your child is interested in playing cricket, the programs start on Sunday 5 May (10 to 11am) and run for 8 sessions. The cost for each program is £40 (set by the ECB), with a range of kit and goodies included.

Please don’t delay in booking as capacity is fixed and numbers have started to fill up fast. Please register here:

All Stars (5-7 y/o): https://ecb.clubspark.uk/AllStars/BookCourse/813af6fc-aab4-445d-86fc-59345ed4f8b3
Dynamos (8-12 y/o): https://ecb.clubspark.uk/Dynamos/BookCourse/74fbd933-caa6-4cfc-99fa-039f18d55cd4

If you have any questions please contact Rob Bastin (see contact details above).

Senior Player League, T20 and Friendly Cricket
We have a very full schedule of matches all set for the Centenary Season. All the details of our Matches and Training nights can be found via our website.

If you’ve not already done so, please register for that HERE

Please keep an eye out for prompts to register your match availability. Our opening games are scheduled for:

Saturday 20th April – 1pm start vs Old Woking CC [Away] – Mixed strength side across 1st, 2nd & 3rd XI’s.
Sunday 28th April – 1pm start vs Sunbury CC [Away] – Sunday XI
Thursday 2nd May – 6pm start vs Walton Wanderers CC [Home] – T20 squad
Saturday 4th May – 1pm start vs Ripley CC [Home] - Mixed strength side across 1st, 2nd & 3rd XI’s.
Sunday 5th May – 1pm start vs Morden CC [Away] – Sunday XI
Wednesday 8th May – 6pm start vs Shepperton CC [Away] – Surrey SLAM Cup Squad
Saturday 11th May – 1pm start [Home & Away] 1st, 2nd & 3rd XI League Squads
Sunday 12th May – 1pm start vs T20 Community CC [Home] – Sunday XI

Recruitment Drive and Training Nights
We’re very keen to get new members on board – Please make your friends and colleagues aware of our fabulous facilities and atmosphere at the Vandals.

Why not bring them along to:

a practice night, which are now starting on Tuesday’s & Thursday’s: 5:45pm to dusk
and then maybe look to get them involved in a T20 match, as an ideal way to get to know everyone and have bat/bowl in that short-format of the game.

Get back into Cricket
Please tell your friends and colleagues about our programme aimed at getting lapsed players back into the game. We’re running an ‘open day’ on Saturday 18th May – 12:30 to 16:30 Hrs. Come along to our new nets facility and give it a go.

If you have any questions about joining or introducing a friend, colleague or family member to our Cricket Club, please contact Graham Hills, Club Captain (contact details above).

And finally, an occasion to put in the diary – Saturday 8th June
We intend to celebrate our 100th birthday in stile with a ‘Centenary Cricket Ball’.

To be held in the marquee, we’re keen to make this an occasion for Vandals members, partners and families - with food, live music and dancing, from late afternoon through into the night.

More details will follow via our website and All-Club updates.