For only the second time this season, Saturday was a complete washout. Thankfully, Friday and Sunday were dry and saw the Old Boys and the Warriors play out two excellent games. Cricket, as always, was the winner!

Off the field two newsworthy events of note….. Firstly the Surrey Cricket Collective Awards were held at the Oval on Sunday. This is a celebration of all the off-field, behind the scenes work that goes into every successful, volunteer run cricket club in Surrey. I am delighted to say that we had several nominations across several categories. Notably, Dom Spray and Callum Donnelly were nominated for the Unsung Hero award and the following were shortlisted for their fantastic work and contributions to the Wick:

• Unsung Hero: Ben Houghton
• Growing the Game: Nick Dunmore
• Inspired to Play: Surbhi Agrawal
• Metro Bank Champion of Girls Cricket: James Watson

Topping them all was JAMES WATSON, winner of the Inspired to Play Award. Huge congratulations and thanks to James and all those shortlisted and nominated. I am so proud and grateful for the work they all put into making the Wick the great club it is. We owe them all a huge THANK YOU!!

Secondly, we received the latest update from the Surrey Championship about significant changes that likely to come to senior league cricket in 2025. I say “likely to come” because the changes still need a vote of approval from the current member clubs of the Surrey Championship and the two other leagues joining to create the Surrey Cricket Championship. Click here to view the proposals. The main update was that the player survey of more than 1,600 players across the three current leagues, including more than 50 Wick players, was overwhelmingly positive. For this reason the club will vote in favour of the dissolution of the Surrey Championship at the EGM to be held in mid-October.

Two weeks of league cricket to go….where did the season go?! Enjoy it while it lasts and, of course, UP THE WICK!

Sam Kemp

HWRCC Chairman