28.04.2008
CONSTITUTION MOTORS PROVIDE CAR FOR SHAW
We are highly delighted to announce a sponsorship deal has been struck with Constitution Motors for this season and beyond where they will kindly supply our overseas professional, Lance Shaw, with a car for the season.

GWCC thanks Ian Coates and Constitution Motors for their generous support.

www.constitutionmotors.co.uk

24.04.2008
SUCCESS FOR UNDER 16'S
The clubs Under 16 indoor side have taken won the final of the Indoor 6-a-Side Cricket Norfolk Champion Of Champions 2008 competition. They beat the West of Norfolk champions North Runcton in the final, after being crowned the Norfolk Region champions. The team was lead by Sam Arthurton, and included Tom Knight, Ben Ringer, Jack Such, Dale Reynolds and James Hale.

20.04.2008
Lilly Putts to Victory
GWCCs Annual Golf Day held at Weston Park last Friday saw a new team take the prestigious winner's title. 2nd XI Captain Richard Lilwall's side came through the pack to narrowly beat Cameron Black's team to claim the glory, with past victors Graham Richardson's team making a spirited defence of the title in 3rd place. Richardson was seen with his head in his hands and a glass of bitter lemon as he struggled to comprehend how his side could have been beaten.

The two nearest-the-pin winners were Graham Littlewood on the 5th and Chairman, Drew Payne, with an exquisite approach to the 16th. Longest drive on the 9th was awarded to Graham Richardson although the stewards were far from happy with the recording of the shot as money was rumoured to have changed hands.

Thanks to all who took part on the day and we look forward to Lilly defending his title later in the year. Details to follow.

20.04.2008
CLUB DINNER A BIG SUCCESS!
Mike Gatting and Steve Kindon were the guest speakers at last Thursday's annual club dinner held at the Ramada Jarvis, Norwich.

Former England Test Captain Gatting ran through an array of stories from his career including his eye-witness recollection of the 'ball of the century' delivered by Australian legend Shane Warne.

Kindon had the audience in stitches with an hilarious account of his career as a professional footballer spanning 15 years, where he made over 400 league and cup appearances and scored 160 professional goals.

The evening included comedian Lea Roberts and an auction of various sporting memorabilia.

Many thanks to all who attended and special thanks to Simon Chipperfield who organised this thoroughly successful evening.

Look out for details of next years event!

17.04.2008
JUNIOR COACHING DATES
The ever popular Monday night Junior coaching sessions will begin again on Monday 28th April and thereafter on the dates listed below at Walcis Park 6.00pm - 7.30pm. £2 per session. All welcome!

Mon 28th April
Mon 5th May
Mon 12th May
Mon 19th May
Mon 26th May
Mon 2nd June
Mon 16th June
Mon 30th June
Mon 7th July
Mon 14th July
Mon 21st July
Mon 28th July
Mon 4th August
Mon 11th August
Mon 18th August

For further details please contact Graham Richardson.

27.03.2008
Indoor Net Date Added
Due to popular demand, there will be a further net session at Taverham High School next Thursday, 3rd April between 7.30-9.30pm.

27.03.2008
Touch of Garlick Added to the Pot
18 Year old Australian allrounder Alex Garlick is the latest name to be added to the first team squad for the coming season. Alex plays for the Adelaide Cricket Club in the South Australian Cricket Association where he has learnt his trade, and recently had the opportunity to bowl at the touring Sri Lankan national side. Alex will also be involved with the coaching of the juniors on a Monday night. All at Gt. Witchingham welcome him to the club, and look forward to seeing him perform during the coming season.

21.02.2008
Shaw re-signs for 2008
Lance Shaw will once again lead the first team bowling attack after re-signing for season 2008 and all at the club will be looking forward to him providing the same sort of return as last season when he finished as the 2nd leading wicket taker in the EAPL. Lance has also scored his maiden first class fifty for Auckland during the current New Zealand season, so we are hopeful that he will spend more time at the crease wielding the willow as well!

21.02.2008
Local Players Sign Up
Ben Harvey and Jonathan Spelman have signed up for the coming season and will be looking to make the most of the increased opportunities on offer at Gt. Witchingham CC.

Ben played for Fakenham last season in the EAPL where he scored over 300 league runs. He will also take over the wicket keeping duties from Drew Payne.

Jon represented Vauxhall Mallards in 2007, and he will undoubtedly relish the extra opportunities with both bat and ball after being starved of them at Vauxhall. He is also a member of the Norfolk County squad, along with brother James.

It is hoped they will both also be involved with the Youth coaching on a Monday evening.

The club extends a warm welcome and looks forward to many match winning performances.

21.02.2008
Change at the top
There is a new chairman and president after last nights AGM.

Paul Rogers takes over from John Medlar as President, and Drew Payne will take on the role of Chairman from Graham Richardson after retiring from playing at the end of last season.

The club passes on it's thanks to both John and Graham for their efforts they have put in during their time in office.

01.01.2008
Date re-set for AGM
The Club's AGM has been rescheduled for Wednesday, 20th February with a 7.30pm start at the Club house.

All Club members, old and new, are welcome to attend.

07.12.2007
Golf Day 2008
Festive Greetings to you all. The build up to next season continues with the club golf day taking place on Friday, April 18th at Weston Park. Club Chairman and title holder Graham Richardson has put his team on a strict diet over the Christmas Season as he attempts to defend the coveted trophy. All the details are in the social events section

20.11.2007
Speakers Confirmed for Club Dinner
The Club's Annual Dinner will be held on April 10th, 2008 at the Jarvis Hotel where Mike Gatting and Steve Kindon will be the star attractions.
Gatting had a distinguished England career, before moving into coaching and commentating, and he is now employed by the ECB as Managing Director Cricket Partnerships, which covers first-class as well as recreational cricket, with a view to enhancing communications between the various levels of the game.

Kindon is one of the genuine "characters" of football, a great raconteur whose contribution to any dinner is guaranteed to have the audience rolling with laughter. With over 160 first-class goals to his credit, this former strikerleft winger starred with Wolves, Burnley and Huddersfield in the 70’s and 80’s and he also won caps for England in the Youth team, the under-23’s and England B.

Comedian Lea Roberts will round things off for what promises to be a great night.

Please see the social events section for all the details.

22.10.2007
Chairmans Weston Victory
The 3rd Great Witchingham CC Golf Day was held last Thursday at Weston Park and chairman Graham Richardson's team came out on top in a very close finish, just pipping Cameron Black's team by 0.2 on the scorecard.

Richardson was naturally delighted after several woeful displays over the past two years, although several eyebrows were raised at his selection policy of scouring the county for any Norfolk County Golf Player who fancied a game!

Drew Payne's team finished in third place to complete the top three positions.

The winners of the two nearest the pin holes were Geoff Roff and Noel Alexander, with A. Wimmer taking out the longest drive prize.

Thanks to all who took part, and we look forward to seeing you next time with Richardson seen on the phone to Tiger Woods as he starts preparing his side to defend the title!

16.10.2007
Winter Net Dates Confirmed
Winter Nets have been booked at Taverham High School on the following dates between 7.30-9.30pm.

Thursday 10th & 24th January
Thursday 7th & 21st February
Thursday 6th & 20th March.

All members old and new are welcome to attend.

28.08.2007
Date for Golf Day
The club's annual Golf Day will take place at Weston Park on Friday, October 19th. All the relevant details can be found in the social events section.

24.07.2007
Net Bay Officially Opened
The new double net bay at Walcis Park got the official seal of approval last Saturday. The sponsors including Graham Andrews (TMA Bark), Trevor Groves (Aire-tek Services), Freddie Jay (Gladedale Homes) and Graham Dacre (Porsche Norwich) were all present along with Graham Richardson and a collection of the youth section of GWCC. The club also extends its thanks to Van Thurston of DGT Steel and Cladding, and Karen Prothero of Sportsmatch.

10.05.2007
Annual Dinner a Great Success
The Club's Annual Dinner held last Monday was a great success and raised significant funds which will be used to further improve facilities at the ground.
Speakers Alec Stewart and Geoff Miller entertained the 180 strong audience with many tales from their own cricketing experience.
Many thanks to all those who attended, and sponsors for the evening Gladedale Homes.

02.04.2007
JUNIOR COACHING STARTS
Our popular Monday night junior coaching sessions will restart on Monday, April 23 between 6-7.30pm at the ground. These are open to 6-15 year olds and cost £2 per session. The sessions will run throughout the summer cricket season.

For more information please contact Youth Development Officer Graham Richardson on 0777 889 0243. If there is a Parent/Supporter who is interested in taking over this role from Graham please contact him for further details.

24.03.2007
TAYLOR COMPLETES SEASONS SIGNINGS
Yorkshire born Ryan Taylor, a top order batsman and left arm seam bowler, is the latest addition to the 1st XI squad for the coming season.

Ryan represented the Welsh Universities in last years' Home Nations Universities tournament and as a youngster played through the age groups for Yorkshire. He is a level II qualified coach and will be part of the coaching team for the Monday night Junior coaching sessions.

All at GWCC welcome Ryan to the Club and wish him every success for the coming season.

24.03.2007
SPORTSMATCH AGREE FUNDING
The Club are very pleased to announce that Sportsmatch have agreed to match the funding the club has raised to enable us to put in a double net bay at Walcis Park. Work will start mid April with the net bay hopefully ready for use on May 11th 2007.

The Club wishes to express its thanks to Van Thurston of DGT Steel Cladding, Trevor Groves of Aire-Tek Service Ltd and the Lind Trust for their kind sponsorship.

This new facility will help the club to provide even better practice facilities for all club members and associated schools and continue the club's aim of developing home grown players for the future.

04.02.2007
LANCE SHAW'S UP WITCHINGHAM BOWLING
NZ first class player Lance Shaw has signed to play for GWCC in the coming season.

Lance plays for Auckland in the New Zealand domestic competition where he is an opening bowler and lower order batsman. The cooler UK weather will come as no surprise to Lance as he has had two previous seasons playing for Bradford and Bingley in the Bradford League, where he took over 100 wickets in the two seasons.

As a qualified coach, Lance will be involved in the popular Monday night junior sessions.

The Club extends a warm welcome to Lance and looks forward to him taking plenty of wickets during the 2007 season.

04.02.2007
JAMES LOOKING TO WEAVE SPELL FOR WITCHES
Norfolk batsman James Spelman has joined GWCC for the forthcoming season.

After spending seven successful seasons with Vauxhall Mallards, James has decided to embark on a new challenge and is looking forward to helping Witchingham establish themselves in the EAPL.

James will opening the batting with fellow Norfolk player Carl Rogers and will also provide some variety for the bowling attack with his leg spinners.

All at the Club welcome James and wish him a successful start to his Witchingham career.

28.12.2006
STEWART AND MILLER STAR ATTRACTIONS AT CLUB DINNER
Former England internationals Alec Stewart and Geoff Miller will be the guest speakers at the clubs Annual Dinner which will be held at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel on Monday, 30th April, 2007.

Tickets are £45 per head to include a three course meal and are available from Simon Chipperfield on (01603) 871262 or Graham Richardson on (01603) 870254.

08.12.2006
***WINTER NET DATES 2007***
The following dates have been booked for our winter nets.

Please try to make every effort to attend some, if not all, of these nets as it is for your benefit.

The nets will be held at Norwich High School for Girls, Newmarket Road, Norwich.

Tues 16th Jan 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Mon 29th Jan 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Thu 15th Feb 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Mon 26th Feb 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Mon 12th Mar 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Mon 2nd Apr 7.00pm - 9.00pm

04.12.2006
GREAT WITCHINGHAM CC AGM
GWCC are holding the AGM on Thursday 7th Decmber at 7pm at the Clubhouse.

All welcome.

14.09.2006
EAPL Target Secured
A historic day in the club's history was achieved on Saturday, 9th September when the 1st XI beat Mildenhall by 71 runs in the play-off final to gain promotion to the East Anglian Premier League for next season. It was a victory achieved against the odds as 5 of the regular 1st XI were unavailable. However, the replacements more than held their own as Witchingham scored 232-6, with Stephan Le Roux leading the way with 88n.o., well supported by father and son, Shaun and Sam Arthurton, who scored 32 and 41 respectively. In reply, Mildenhall were bowled out for 161 with Gary Reynolds taking 3 wickets and Simon Chipperfield and Stephan Le Roux taking 2 each.

Chairman Graham Richardson was almost lost for words but managed to say how proud he was of the players, especially those who came in and performed so well on the day.

The hard work really begins now as Witchingham plan for the coming season.

13.09.2006
LEAGUE TITLE REGAINED
Great Witchingham regained the Howes Percival Premier Division title after securing a winning draw at Beccles in the final league game of the season. After posting 210-7, Great Witchingham kept Beccles to 136-7 and this result meant the title was returned to Walcis Park.

All the players have played a part in this success during the season, the highlight being Carl Rogers smashing his run total record by scoring over 1,400 league runs.

12.09.2006
2nd XI finish Runners Up
Richard Lilwall led his side to 2nd place behind Ashmanuagh in Norfolk League Division 1.

This was an encouraging 1st season at Division 1 level for the 2nd XI in their quest for promotion to the Alliance. Plenty of the clubs youngsters got a chance to play and this augurs well for the future of Great Witchingham CC.

12.07.2006
SHOCK DEFEAT FOR SKIPPER
1st team captain Dennis Rogers suffered a shock defeat in his companies world cup fantsay football competition to his wife Amanda. Dennis has been seen eating humble pie for the last few days as he made acomment before the tournament about amanda not knowing the offside rule let alone who francesco totti was but it appears the italians done it for her

23.05.2006
Arthurton run continues
Shaun Arthuron continues his good run with third consecutive hundred when scoring 159 against stow in the carter cup 1st round

01.05.2006
Arthurton has great start to season
Shaun Arthurton has great start to the season scoring back to back unbeaten hundreds over the first weekend of the season. 129 no against vauxhall mallards on saturday and followed that up with an unbeaten 101 against topcroft in the first round of the biss knockout trophy

01.05.2006
McAlister makes debut 100
Aussie Kyle McAlister makes 116 on debut for the second team in the defeat to Ashmanhaugh

20.04.2006
Le Roux Completes Overseas Quota
18 year old South African Stephan Le Roux is Great Witchingham's 2nd overseas player for the coming season. Stephan, a middle order batsman and leg spin bowler comes from Johannesburg where he has represented his province of Gauteng at Under 19 level. Stephan will also play a major part as a coach with the club's juniors on a Monday evening.
All at the club welcome Stephan and wish him good luck for the coming season.

27.03.2006
AUSSIE IS FIRST OVERSEAS SIGNING
19 year old Kyle McAlister from the North Melbourne Club in Victoria joins us as one of this seasons two overseas players.

Kyle is a seam bowling all-rounder who played for Kidderminster CC last season. Kyle is keen to further his cricket skills and will have a role in the Monday night junior coaching sessions.

The club welcomes Kyle and wishes him all the best for the coming season.

14.03.2006
Junior Coaching
This season's junior coaching will start on monday 24th april at the ground
Times will be as follows 6.00pm - 7.30pm

Age Range is 6 yrs old up to 15 yrs old
girls and boys all welcome

6 ecb qualified coaches will be taking the sessions every week barring bank holidays through until september

12.02.2006
Trio Triumph at League Awards
Congratulations to our three trophy winners at the Norfolk Alliance League Presentation night at the end of the 2005 season.

Carl Rogers won the Batsman of the Season for all divisions of the Alliance beating his own league aggregate record along the way. Carl also holds the highest batting average for a season with a new record of 117.

Young Sam Arthurton, who represented the south of England during the 2005 season, won one of two runners up awards in the Youth Cricketer of the Year section.

Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, Graham Richardson aka 'The Chairman', was rewarded for all his time and effort in winning one of the two runners up awards in the non-playing category of the Youth section.

Congratulations to all.

31.10.2005
First XI Finish Runners Up
After a hard fought season, the 1st XI could not quite emulate last season's success and had to settle for the Runners Up spot this year.

Our drive to regain the Premier League title was curtailed somewhat by some inclement weather and a strong Horsford team.

On an individual level, Carl Rogers and Shaun Arthurton were both outstanding with the bat and Stuart Evans took over 30 League wickets. This was backed up by vital contributions by all the squad throughout the season and we look forward to regaining the title next season.

24.08.2004
Great Witchingham Champions
Great Witchingham are crowned champions of the howes percival premier division with one game left after the thier game at Norwich Wanderers was called off. they now go into the east anglian play off games at the end of the season

13.05.2004
Tours To Norfolk- Click Here!!
If you think that a tour to Norfolk would be a great opportunity for your club, but, it may be a nightmare to organise, look no further!
We have very close links with Lenwade Country House Hotel (click on the link below). The Hotel is only 500 yards from the ground and is owned by one of the GWCC's Vice Presidents. We will not only play your side, but, will assist in finding other fixtures for you!
For further details regarding the Hotel contact Mark Shortt on 01603 872288, with regards to cricket Graham Richardson on 07778 890243.

14.04.2004
Are you moving to Norfolk and looking for a club?
We are always delighted to welcome new players. Why not contact Club Captain Dennis Rogers, Telephone (01603) 772168 dennisbrogers@hotmail.com or Chairman Graham Richardson, Telephone 07778890243 GrahamRichardson@bpipoly.com, with a view to joining us.