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West Chiltington & Thakeham Cricket Club (WC&TCC) is a cricket club based in the village of West Chiltington in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. thumb The club runs three adult league sides and plays 1st and 2nd XI cricket at the West Chiltington Recreation Ground; their 1st XI and 2nd XI will play in the Sussex County Premier League for the first time in 2016. The original West Chiltington Cricket Club (WCCC) was established in 1921 and for many years, enjoyed playing cricket against local sides. As the turn of the century approached, WCCC and the dormant Thakeham CC merged to create a more viable and competitive player base. This allowed the newly merged club to really challenge and be competitive in the old West Sussex League (WSL) whilst still offering more friendly traditional Sunday cricket. A new badge incorporating a windmill was designed and the club colours of the Green & Gold first appeared on shirts. In 2008, WC&TCC was welcomed into the Sussex Invitation Cricket League (SICL) representing a new stage of the Club's playing development and new challenges. ==History== Both the former clubs played friendly cricket for many years; WCCC subsequently joined the Sussex Championship League (later to be renamed the West Sussex Cricket League). At time of merger at the West Chiltington CC AGM in 2000, WCCC was a WSL Division Two side with many players of their small squad living in Thakeham. In 2006, the Club celebrated being crowned champions of the WSL First Division for the first time and in the following season, the Club created a second Saturday XI which entered SICL Division Four. In 2007, the Club hosted a testimonial match for the then Sussex CCC opening batsman Richard Montgomerie. The weather was kind and comfortably the largest crowd to ever watch WC&TCC play saw a Sussex CCC XI squeak home narrowly. The day raised funds for an excellent & loyal Sussex cricketer. The Club was awarded the ECB ClubMark accreditation in 2007 and recognised as a Sussex Focus Club in 2008. In the same season, the Club also joined the Sussex Invitation Cricket League. In 2009, three brand new nets were constructed near the tennis courts to accelerate both colts' and adult progression. These were opened in May by Murray Goodwin, Sussex CCC's beneficiary of that year. The Club also recruited its first overseas players that year and the 2nd XI were promoted for the first time. In 2010, covers were purchased and at the start of 2011, sightscreens were erected to further enhance playing facilities. A year later, Horsham District Council announced it had approved developer's plans to build on part of Sussex Mushrooms in Thakeham village. Part of the proposal was a new Thakeham cricket square and a pavilion, both to be situated on the site of the former Thakeham CC pitch. The Committee of the merged cricket club announced on its website that it had no plans to de-merge and planned to use the Thakeham pitch to run 3rd XI and colts' sides. The 2011 season was at that stage, the most successful in the merged Club's short history. The 1st and 2nd XI both won their respective West Sussex Invitation League divisions and the Under 12s won the Club's first ever colts' trophy - Sussex Junior Cricket Festival Shield Winners in the final against Crawley. In 2012, the Club launched a 3rd XI at Amberley CC and an appeal to secure funds to renovate their pavilion. At the end of August, the 1st XI were again crowned champions - this time in Division Two - and were promoted to Division 1 - just one division below Sussex county standard. The 2nds ended the season unbeaten in all competitions, finishing runners up in Division Six and were again promoted. In their first season, competing in Division Ten, the 3rd XI finished fourth with a strong second half of the season. In 2013, the 1sts achieved fourth place in their first season in Division 1, the 2nd XI were promoted for the third successive season and the 3rds also went up. In 2014, the most significant event off the pitch since merger occurred with the opening of a brand new sports' pavilion. The design was heralded by opposition players and local residents as completely in keeping with the surroundings and it was formally opened by local MP Nick Herbert on 17 June. The majority of colts' training was moved to Friday nights in an effort to bring the sides together and generate additional funds for the new pavilion. Friday nights were roundly praised as a huge success and will continue. The adult sides consolidated in 2014 before an astonishing 2015 unfolded. Four colts' sides won trophies before the 1st XI finally clinched promotion to the County League at the third attempt at the end of August. They achieved this with largely the same side which played in 2014 and no overseas player. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Chiltington & Thakeham Cricket Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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