Cricket week, the highlight of our cricketing and social year, is now less than 3 weeks away. As usual, there are matches every day between Monday 5th and Friday 9th August.
The bar will be open every afternoon, tea will be available for supporters as well as players, and there will be home-cooked supper every evening. And this year we will be finishing the week with a lamb roast and barn dance on the Friday evening, which we hope will be great family occasion to round things off.
Members and guests are most welcome on any day during the week – some locals come every day and enjoy a full week of evening meals! If you are not already a member or part of the visiting team’s party, we ask that you sign up as a social member before buying drinks, which you can do very easily on the spot.
For details of the meal each evening, see below. The meal will generally be served from about 7.30pm onwards, though a bit earlier on the Friday. Prices vary but will be between £12 and £15 each evening. There will also be vegetarian options and strawberries and cream and/or ice cream available.
To help us assess numbers in good time and to guarantee your meal, we strongly encourage everyone who plans on coming on a particular evening to let us know in advance by emailing our social secretary, Alex Jones (blackheathalex@gmail.com). Those wanting a vegetarian option must pre-book.
For tickets for the Friday (which includes the barn dance as well as the lamb roast), please go to this link: Barn Dance and Lamb Roast.
We’ll look forward to seeing you during the week!
Monday 5th August: Blackheath v Blackheath (South East London) (2pm start)
In a change to our Monday fixture, we welcome a team from "the other Blackheath" (in South East London) this year. For the past few years we have been playing them as our last Sunday fixture in September and it has always been a good contest.
Captain: Ronny Harrison
Umpire: Alan Stone
Evening meal: Chicken Laksa, cooked by Pete Melhuish.
Tuesday 6th August: Blackheath v Grasshoppers (2pm start)
Grasshoppers are a strong wandering side drawing many of their players from Farnham CC and they invariably provide tough opposition.
Captain: Tom Vickers
Umpire: Eric Simpson
Evening meal: Pasta Bolognese, cooked by Simon Jones.
Wednesday 7th August: Blackheath v Kenya Kongonis (11.30am start)
The Kenya Kongonis have been coming to Blackheath for many years as part of their annual tour. This is an all-day game with lunch in the marquee for players and a limited number of supporters and guests. As in past years, in the evening we will be raising funds for the East Africa Character Development Trust, a charity associated with the Kongonis which supports deprived children in and around Nairobi.
Captain: Pete Melhuish
Umpire: Alan Stone
Evening meal: Thai Buffet, cooked by Cill Culverwell.
Thursday 8th August: Blackheath v Jack Frost (2pm start)
We’ve long had close links with Jack Frost with quite a few players being members of both clubs over the years. Since they became part of our cricket week, we’ve almost always had great matches involving a close finish.
Captain: Danny Harrison
Umpire: Eric Simpson
Evening meal: Chilli con Carne, cooked by Lucy Horitz.
Friday 9th August: Blackheath v Old Cranleighans (2pm start)
The culmination of our cricket week this year sees the return of the Old Cranleighans, whom we play in alternate years. They are invariably a strong side and it is a high standard match.
Captain: Will Melhuish
Umpire: Terry Brockman
Evening meal: Lamb spit roast with crispy potatoes and vegetables, cooked by Ranald Schultz. Food will be served from around 7pm onwards and there will also be a barn dance from around 8pm. For tickets go to Barn Dance and Lamb Roast.
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