Seniors and girls at Horsham CC get ready for an exciting season
and first team stalwart Ben Williams told the County Times: “We’ve signed two excellent young players registered with Sussex – Bertie Foreman and Charlie Tear, it’s great they want to come to play for us.
"Three of our other young players have received specialist coaching while playing abroad this winter – Joe Willis and Sam Martin-Jenkins were at Darren Lehmann’s Academy in Adelaide, while Ollie Haines was with Gary Kirsten’s Academy in Cape Town.
"And our Kiwi overseas, Ben Lister, will be rejoining. What we want as a club is all-round progress, with each team doing well and enjoying their cricket.”
Meanwhile, Joe Willis’s fantastic 100 in last year’s Under-18 tournament versus Horley, when he reached his ton before opening partner Alfie Haines was off the mark, is recorded in the new edition of Wisden.
Horsham’s home fixtures are available at www.horshamsportsclub.com
Meanwhile, Horsham CC are expanding their successful girls’ section and inviting girls to try the sport – for fun and friendship.
No experience is necessary and girls’ development manager Katharine Lee says: “It's a really exciting time for women and girls’ cricket, with careers really opening up in the game.
“Our girls’ section is thriving, with U11, U13 and U15 teams, and girls making up more than a third of the club's junior membership.
"We’ve 13 girls on the Sussex Pathway, three having made it into the Southern Vipers Emerging Players Programme.
"It’s amazing to see Horsham’s Tara Norris in the inaugural Women’s Premier League for Delhi Capitals, taking 5/29 in her first game.”
U15 girls’ captain Emily Hall said: “The first time I ever played cricket was when my school stopped playing rounders. And after joining Horsham I soon realised that cricket is a unique sport. You get to work as a team whilst also having individual successes. I now work with younger children at the club, ensuring that they love cricket as much as I do!”
Keen to get involved? Email Katharine Lee on katharinelee@hotmail.com.