Great Horkesley Cricket Club website news

AGM on Sunday

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Players, members, fans and spectators are reminded that on Sunday the club are holding their AGM at The Rose & Crown Pub starting at 7.30pm
Lots of things to discuss on which you can have your say.

Tillingham await

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley's first ever game in the nPower Village Championship will be against Tillingham CC in the Second Round after The Hawks were awared by in the First Round. Tillingham, a village of just under one thousand residents are on the Dengie Pen

Hawks Celebrate Season in Lavish Finale

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Well, perrhaps it wasn't that lavish but 23 hardy souls braved the winter weather to descen upon The Rose & Crown for the 2005 Awardss Dinner.
The winners were a replica of last season. Allan Conybeare just sneaked enough games before injury fini

Hawks In Div 4 Next Season

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley Cricket Club will play in Division 4 next season against the following teams:

Cavaliers II's, Cressing, Little Baddow, Little Clacton, Maldon, Real Oddies, Tendring, West Bergholt, Wormingford

As also noted elsewhere

Hawks Face Derby In Cup Clash

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

At the PDQ AGM held tonight, Great Horkesley CC have been drawn at home to play Cavaliers in the PDQ Cup. Tie to be played on 4th June 2006.

BBQ Cancelled

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Due to poor ticket sales, Friday's BBQ with Live Music has been cancelled.

Saturday Win over West Mersea II

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

To see the match report and scorecard click here. Alternatively go to the the results section of this site.

Won One, Lost One Over Weekend

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley lost their first match in four weekend days on Sunday when their terrific run of form deserted them in the final over at Spring Lane. It looked close at one stage, but the Hawks inability to bat out their 45 overs cost them dear with

Hawks in Double Weekend Win

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley had a fine weekend as they picked up two wins at The Chantry. Solid batting helped them see off West Bergholt by over a hundred runs on Saturday before an inspired seventy-eight run partnership for the tenth wicket enabled a close vic

Conybeare Ton Lifts Chantry Clouds

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Allan Conybeare scored his maiden century for Great Horkesley on Sunday afternoon as the Hawks completed a 24 run win for the Second String against The New Inn.
Led by David Walker, and without many of their first team regulars the side put toget

First Victory of the season against Boxted

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley recorded their first win of the season when they defeated Boxted 3rds in a Division Four derby at The Chantry. With five first team players unavailable, including skipper Graeson Laitt who missed his first League game for five seasons

Hawks Suffer Friendly Defeat

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley suffered defeat in their opening game of the season at The Chantry this afternoon in a friendly with Division Five side Real Oddies. The visitors racked up 131 for 6 as all the Chantrymen had a chance to bowl. In reply, despite gettin

W&G Midweek Interfirm fixtures for 2005 Announced

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The 2005 midweek interfirm league fixtures have been announced. On the left hand menu go to W&G Midweek 20:20. There will no doubt be a number of friendlies added to the list in the comming weeks, so plenty of midweek evening cricket to be had. Check

Net Practise has started

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Nets have begun at Phillip Morant School in Colchester so that we can prepare ourselves for the season ahead. They take place on Tuesday evenings - until the 5th April at the moment - from 6pm to 7pm in the Gym

All players of all abilities a

HAWKS PROMOTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley CC will be playing inDivision Four of the PDQ North Essex Cricket League next season after their promotion was confirmed at the leagues AGM on Wednesday evening.
The club had finished the season comfortably in third place behind M

Hawks Finished Third

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley CC have finished no worse than third in Division Five this season following Sunday's win over Cavaliers second string.
Nearest contenders Real Oddies cannot overtake the Chantrymen's average point tally for the season after an ele

Gig At The Ground

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley Cricket Club are pleased to announce that they will be holding another of their succesful "Gigs at the Ground" on Friday 10th September at The Chantry. They will once again be welcoming back "Sticky Wicket" for the evening, and they h

Hawks Make Ground on Second Place

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Gt Horkesley won the game of the day in Division Five of the PDQ League as Third met Second at The Chantry. Coggeshall Town were asked to bat first and scored 153-6, a score kept down thanks to some tight middle-innings bowling by Horkesley skipper G

Hawks in Impressive Weekend Double

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley CC made up more ground in the Division Five promotion race with two home victories over the weekend. Saturday saw the third placed side ease to comprehensive ten wicket victory over Great Braxted & Tiptree, but they were made to work

Experience Counts as Hawk Collapse Gives Oddies Hopes

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In the second Division 5 game to be played with coloured clothing Gt Horkesley stuttered to victory against The Real Oddies. Chasing 108 on the unpredictable Mile End pitch looked effortless enough as the Hawks got to 80-2 but a flurry of late wicket

Hawks Into Third Place

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Gt Horkesley effortlessly moved into 3rd place in the Division 5 table on Sunday with a comfortable victory over local neighbours Colchester Cavaliers 2nds. After restricting their hosts to 118 in under 45 overs, the Chantry boys completed victory in

Game Off

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Gt Horkesley's Division Five encounter with struggling Abberton 3rds was called off today at 12:45 after another downpour had left the surface unplayable.
Despite valiant efforts by the ground staff over the weekend, heavy rain on Saturday had pr

Hawks chase 302 in nail biter

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The Hawks put on a opening stand of 175 against Great Braxted & Tiptree, Sarat tsb (125) and Nihal Jayasuriya (48) set about chasing down the mammoth total of 302, with determination taking 20 odd runs off the first two overs, unfortunately it ended

Chairman's Game Details Announced

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Plans have now been finalised for Sunday's Chairman's Game. As you may know, it is the England-France Euro 2004 fixture in the evening and we were concerned that we may lose people to it, rather than stay for a BBQ. Therefore, the timetable for the d

Kelvedon beaten by Horkesley

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

A slightly under-strength Gt Horkesley came up trumps with victory over Kelvedon & Feering 3rds at Rye Mill Lane. The Hawks batted first and racked up 205 for 6 in their alloted 45 over allocation thanks to Srikanth's 60.
In reply, things looked

Mixed Weekend For The Hawks

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Gt Horkesley suffered a mixed time with a victory and defeat over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
Saturday say the side go down to Gt Bentley while Sunday's game, played in coloured clothing and with a white ball, saw a comfortable victory over the Rea

Groundbreaking Game

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Sunday will see a first in the PDQ North Essex Cricket League as Day-glo stumps, coloured clothing, and white cricket balls are used for the very first time. Gt Horkesley CC are proud to host this first ever fixture against local neighbours The Real

2nd XI Win

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

GHCC 2nd Xi beat New Inn on Sunday afternoon in a close encounter, with just two wickets to spare. The 12-a-side game saw both sides give plenty of opportunities to their players with Dave Laitt (53), and A Conybeare (33) getting the home side off to

GHCC Stripped Of Win

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

News has reached the club that the win over Marks Tey will be expunged from the PDQ Div 5 League record books following the club's withdrawal from the league. Tey, who had played with only nine players at The Chantry, also faced Mistley without a ful

Div. 5 Round-Up

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The Division's big two rattled two high scores at the weekend - making a farce of the Division Five Championship. Mistley scored 358-3 against Abberton with Griggs getting 109*, and Turbane also finishing unbeaten two short of his century. In reply,

Horkesley beat Ardleigh II's by 70 runs

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

GHCC beat Ardleigh II's on Sunday afternoon by 70 runs - the full scorecard is on the site - but both openers Sarat and Jayasuriya scored 50's as the Hawk's posted a total just one shy of the captain's estimated total.
In reply, Ardleigh were bow

Marks Tey Withdraw From League

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Marks Tey CC have today withdrawn from the PDQ North Essex Cricket League with immediate effect. Tey, who Gt Horkesley beat in their opening game of the season, have so far been unable to field eleven players and have suffered two big defeats - by ei

Match Off

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley's Division Five encounter with Mistley was called off today as the pitch was not going to be ready in time thanks to the inclement weather.
As per the League rules, this game is not re-arranged, but neither side will count it towa

Mistley thump Marks Tey

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In this weekend's fixtures, the biggest win came for new boys Mistley who thumped Marks Tey by ten wickets. Tey, who had suffered defeat at the hands of Gt Horkesley the previous week, were dismissed for just 36.
Elsewhere, two other new sides ba

Coggeshall Win

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In the only other Division Five game of the weekend, Coggeshall beat Great Bentley at The Green by ten wickets. Actual scores have not yet been released.

R&C Sponser Website

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Gt Horkesley are pleased to announce that The Rose and Crown Public House have agreed to sponser the club's new website for the season.

We would like to thank them for their support. Their latest menu will be avilable on the site shortly and

More Nets

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Another Nets session has been arranged for this Thursday 20th April at Phillip Morant School from 7pm to 8pm as requested.

Hopefully, we won't have to worry about Jazzercise this time!!!!!

No Games Last Weekend

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Because of the poor weather conditions, all three games over the weekend were cancelled. Those games were Abberton Vs Kelvedon, Coggeshall Vs Marks Tey and Kelvedon against Real Oddies.

Welcome To GHCC

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley Cricket Club welcome all our visitors to this, our first ever website in readiness for the 2004 season. The club, from just outside Colchester in Essex, play in Division 5 on the PDQ North Essex League and have high hopes for a succes

Great Horkesley Cricket Club chooses HitsCricket

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley Cricket Club recently chose to try out the new HitsCricket software to manage their own website

Hawks in Opening Day Win

Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley CC won their opening league game of the season against Cressing by 7 wickets on Sunday afternoon.

Allan Conybeare took 4-19 and Ed Long-Price scored 68* as the Hawks got off the best possible start. Match report now available

Congratulations!

Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Congratulations from Gt Horkesley Cricket Club on the news that middle-order batsman James Wallis and wife Emma have added to their collection of children with another girl!

Mother and baby are doing fine - James hoping to start coaching the

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!!!

Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Please book this date in your diary now!

Bank Holiday Monday 29th May 2006 at The Rose & Crown, Gt Horkesley from 7pm

'TIME OUT' Auction

Tickets for all kind of places, and for all ages, will be auctioned off to raise money

Long-Price Hits Long Knock at Maldon

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Ed Long-Price hit his way in the GHCC record books with one the highest scores in recent history as he plundered the Maldon attack on the way to 162 not out. Batting at number 4, he put on 178 with Allan Conybeare who scored 73 before being caught an

2007 Fixtures now on-line

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:21:57 GMT

This season's fixtures can now be found on this website.

New Regime For Hawks in 2007

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:12:23 GMT

Great Horkesley Cricket Club have a new regime on the playing field following a succesful AGM held at The Anchor Inn, Nayland recently.

Zimbabwean Allan Conybeare has taken over the reigns of captain from former skipper Graeson Laitt who steps

New Sponsor For Gt Horkesley CC

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:14:09 GMT

Great Horkesley Cricket Club are delighted to announce that Bunting & Sons have kindly agreed to sponsor the club for the next two seasons.

Although details of the package are still to be ironed out - the new deal will see the players of Great

Sponsorship Opportunities

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:21:21 GMT

Great Horkesley are pleased to announce that they have a range of sponsorship opportunities for businesses to assist in the running of their local club.

We are looking for sponsorship for the following items:

Match ball sponsorship (£2

Bill Gray RIP

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:30:02 GMT

It is my sad duty to inform members of the club that former Chairman Bill Gray has passed away aged 79. Bill, a former auctioneer, gave countless hours to support the club and was famous for his Chairman's matches where he had picked the best of the

Lords Awaits

Sun, 06 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley begin the route to Lords on Sunday afternoon (May 13th) when they entertain Fyfield CC in the 2nd Round of the nPower Village Cup.
The tournament, which sees a final played on the main ground at Lords, is purely for villagers and

Hawks in Cup Shock

Sun, 06 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley skipper Allan Conybeare led his side to the weekend's major cup upset at The Chantry this afternoon. Playing in the Extra-Preliminary Round of the PDQ Cup against Division 1 side Chappel & Wakes Colne, the Chantrymen bowled the visito

Sid McLean RIP

Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

It is with great regret that Great Horkesley Cricket Club has to announce that popular wicket-keeper Sid McLean passed away last weekend.

Sid joined Great Horkesley in 1997 whilst still the captain and organiser of Taverner's Cricket Club, h

Hawks in to Plate Semi-finals

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley made it to their first ever Plate Semi-final today with an 8 wicket victory over divisional rivals Little Clacton. Ed Sheen led the way with 69* able supported by opener Rishi Sharath with 44* as the Hawks chased down Little Clacton's

Nets Practise

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We have been able to book 5 net sessions in readiness for our first fixture on April 19th.

They will be at the Sports Hall, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park at the following times.

DATES/TIMES
Sunday 22 March 2009 1800-200

NSW await

Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Following Sunday's Cup defeat, The Hawks will travel to North Springfield Wanderers in the Plate preliminary round.

A Unique Achievment?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Great Horkesley's First Team created a bit of club history on Sunday with not one, but two victories on the same day. At 1pm, the Hawks bowling line-up won their Plate Preliminary Bowl-off against North Springfield Wanderers with a 3-0 victory. A few

Naveed Day

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Debutant Naveed created another bit of Horkesley history today by becoming the first player to hit a century on debut as the Hawks brushed aside Boxted's 233 total for a 5 wicket win. Naveed was eventually out for 140, with Ed Sheen also adding 55.

2nd Century of the Weekend

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Congratulations to Nihal Jayasooriya who scored his maiden century this afternoon at Gt Braxted & Tiptree. Jayasooriya scored 138* which include 23 fours, and 3 sixes meaning that he scored 110 in boundaries along or an incredible 80%! Nihal's knock

Hawks in to Plate final

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
A superb 107 from Niall Fitzgerald helped the Hawks in to the Plate Final on Saturday 19th September 2009. His hard-hitting innings saw nine 6's, and 8 fours and clearly didn't last 107 balls. I'll try to work out ho many balls later. Sayed also scor

Hawks Beaten In Final

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
A Man of the Match performance from Bobby Don of Bocking helped the Braintree based club overcome Great Horkesley by 8 wickets in the Plate Final. The Hawks batted first but could only score 148 - a total that looked below par - with Ed Sheen and Nia

Double Blow For Horkesley

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Great Horkesley's excellent 2009 season came to a juddering halt on Monday morning with the realisation that they were going to come up just short on both fronts. Following Saturday's 8 wicket defeat in the Plate Final, defeat against Lexden on Sunda

Cup Draw

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In the draw for the PDQ Cup 2010 that took place on Wednesday evening, the Hawks were drawn against Real Oddies in a local derby at Mile End Road Playing Fields. It will be the first competitive fixture between the two sides since Rishi Sharath & All

Division Three Confirmation

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
At Wednesday's AGM of the PDQ Cars North Essex Cricket League, Gt Horkesley were confirmed as members of Division Three for the 2010 season. They missed out on promotion by just one place and will again face Lexden, West Mersea II's, Abberton II's, H

Match Report GHCC vs Kirby added

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Kirby match report

Match Report Hawks vs Oddies added!

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Match Report Hawks vs Oddies

Match Report Hawks vs Bergholt added!

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Sunday saw a close match shaded by the Hawks, who made hard work of chasing a modest total but a brown envelope called for by Graeson Laitt eventually did the trick...

Match Report Hawks vs Braintree College added!

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Another close match shaded by the Hawks, who made hard work of it after getting the three key wickets early on.Hawks vs West Mersea

Hawks in fine win at 2nd place Gosfield

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Horkesley knocked off the 205 needed for the loss of five wickets. More to follow...

Treble Tile T20 Competition

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT
More silverware for The Hawks as they won the Treble Tile T20 Competition yesterday at West Bergholt...more info to come.

Final Game Off

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Unfortunately, Eight Ash Green 2nd XI have been unable to raise a side for Saturday's fixture and therefore have conceded the game to us. We do, for this, receive the win and the accompanying 20 points.

Presentation Dinner 14th October

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT
This year's Presentation Dinner will take place on Friday 14th October 2011 at The Treble Tile, West Bergholt at 7:30pm for an 8:00 mean. The 3 course mean will cost £20pp. Partners are more than welcome to attend this event. Please confirm your atte

Hawks Finish 4th

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Great Horkesley's season came to an end with a victory over Eight Ash Green who were unable to raise a team for the occasion. The result meant that the Hawks finished 4th in the Division having 9 of the 13 games they actually completed. That includes

GHCC has moved!

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT
We will be playing our home games at Abberton for the 2012 season.

Annual Subs Now Due!

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT
Please pay your Annual Subs - £25 please. Cheques can be made payable to GHCC and sent to J.Wallis, 69 Coach Rd, Gt Horkesley, Essex CO6 4DY

Thanks

Annual Subs 2012

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:31:13 GMT
Hello all,

Hope you had a good winter break, and are fully fit and raring to go! This summer sees us at a super new ground (complete with electric scoreboard) and I am pleased to say we have purchased some brand new kit (batting pads, gl