ECB UPDATE ON OUTSIDE NET USE
Many of you may have seen new advice from the ECB today around practice nets. (see attached)
The committee will be sorting a plan out this weekend and communicating with you all how to book and use our nets from next week.
Although we are excited to be able to play some cricket we are also still concerned about member welfare and safety.
Once we have a plan and a system in place we will it announce it.
Thank you for your continued patience.
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Support Your Club During This Season
In these toughest of times any support that we can get from our members and supporters will go twice the distance than it usually would.
We have teamed up with the ECB to start a Crowdfunding campaign. The ECB will match the first £100 we receive.
Donate to the Crowdfunding Campaign:
https://www.spacehive.com/haroldwoodcc
This campaign will help on many levels:
1. Keep the club afloat at this time where we have very little income
2. Continue to support our disability section the Harold Wood Warriors
3. Make sure that the club is ready to go when we can play cricket again
Donate to the Crowdfunding Campaign:
https://www.spacehive.com/haroldwoodcc
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HWCC Bonus Ball Competition
How it works
· Participants select (or are allocated) a number between 1 and 59. This corresponds to a number in the Saturday National Lottery Draw.
· Every Saturday each participant who owns the number corresponding to the Bonus ball in the draw wins a cash prize of £35.
· Winnings are paid out monthly, directly into participants’ bank accounts.
What you need to do to participate
Set up a direct debit to Harold Wood CC Social Fund Acc No 03085832 Sort Code 30-97-13 for £5 per number every month. Email Ian Honeysett at irhoneysett@hotmail.com to:
· inform him that you have set up the direct debit
· give him a bonus ball number (or state that you are happy for him to allocate a number for you)
· inform him of the bank details that you wish any winning to be paid into.
He will confirm receipt of your email.
Message from the President
I am writing on behalf of Harold Wood Cricket Club to ask for your support in our Bonus Ball Competition. This has been running for a number of years and many of you already participate. I cannot underestimate how important this has been for the club. Each year the weekly draw has raised about £1500 towards club funds. This money goes directly into projects that maintain and enhance the infrastructure of the club. Over the previous few years, we have been able to use this money to buy:
· a triple mower to cut the fifth team outfield
· new sightscreens for the 3rd/4th XI pitch
· new covers so that we can now cover both grass pitches
· a new mower for the pitches and a line-marker
Our next project is to try and replace the storage container by the 3rd/4thXI pitch with a new larger container that will provide cover against the elements and house the scorer.
At the start of this year I have taken over the running of the bonus ball competition. Since I am now retired, I have the time to devote to the competition making sure that winning payments are made at the end of each month and winners are all notified.
Again, can I thank you on behalf of the club for your continued support if you already participate and to encourage you to join the competition if you do not. Perhaps there are other people that you know who may be interested in helping us? The minimum payment is only £5 a month which works out at only about £1.15 per weekly draw, for a weekly prize of £35. More importantly perhaps, it enables the club to continue to provide excellent facilities for cricket.
Best wishes,
Ian Honeysett
President, Harold Wood CC