Wickman doesn't care what everyone else thinks. The Chairman's Award is special. By all means knock off 500 runs at 50 or take 60 wickets. Perhaps you could take 15 fearless catches at short leg.
What makes a cricket club special is not the cricket. Everyone at a cricket clubs up and down the country plays cricket. But some people put in hideous amounts of effort for others to be able to just turn up and play. It's the behind the scenes stuff that makes a cricket club what it is.
This year any number of people struggled valiantly to make the club a success. And Wickman has forgotten a few no doubt. Chairman Nips spent more man hours than anyone at the club over the summer. Golby took over the running of the bar and got out Sunday sides. Hibby organised and compered socials. AJ did fixtures. Ali scored. JT and Frank Lips umpired. DBW expended energies on egg sandwiches. Cransey rolled and organised. Kirky, Mooray, Joey, Lloydy, Tun-Up, Doddy, Del, Mackie and, hilariously, Garf, DIYed. Others did too. Coley did kit. Garf worked with the Colts and did the website. Massive efforts all.
Matty D did just about everything you could ask. Leafletting in the Winter. Nets. Selection. More nets. Calling people to beseech them to play. More beseeching. Skippering the 1s. Opening up. Closing down. The small matter of hewing a tour from the solid rock. What a year. Well played.
And Dom Lowns and Clarky were the ones who were nominated despite others putting in just as much. On behalf of all those others (and countless who Wickman forgets, his fourth glass of ving rouge swilling down his purple gullet) these two were picked out as representatives of the general effort. Dom because, as the Chairman said, he is the Wick's Mr Fixit. He's delivered TWO Wick Dinners in six months, organised countless events, dragged Poles in to cleanse the club, made deals with printers and sourced ingredients for all sorts of socials. Clarky was mentioned in dispatches for painting, plumbing, blogging (who IS Wickman?), compering, burger cooking and generally making life on the committee a bit lively.
The winner was Fudgey. Fudgey is the exemplar of Wickness. His year started in November with the planning meetings for recruitment. It continued through Nets in January. He didn't let it lie there by playing almost every pre-season game. He attended and ran socials. He Djed. He revitalised the 2s and took them to promotion. He socialised. He cajoled. He selected. He stapled together 3s sides. And he demanded the same commitment from others. What a year he had. Well deserved. Take a bow... You are Wick and you are LIVELY.
Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club * 1863 - 2013 * 150 Glorious Seasons
Wednesday 26 September 2007
Wick Dinner 3 - Chairman's Award
Wickman doesn't care what everyone else thinks. The Chairman's Award is special. By all means knock off 500 runs at 50 or take 60 wickets. Perhaps you could take 15 fearless catches at short leg.
What makes a cricket club special is not the cricket. Everyone at a cricket clubs up and down the country plays cricket. But some people put in hideous amounts of effort for others to be able to just turn up and play. It's the behind the scenes stuff that makes a cricket club what it is.
This year any number of people struggled valiantly to make the club a success. And Wickman has forgotten a few no doubt. Chairman Nips spent more man hours than anyone at the club over the summer. Golby took over the running of the bar and got out Sunday sides. Hibby organised and compered socials. AJ did fixtures. Ali scored. JT and Frank Lips umpired. DBW expended energies on egg sandwiches. Cransey rolled and organised. Kirky, Mooray, Joey, Lloydy, Tun-Up, Doddy, Del, Mackie and, hilariously, Garf, DIYed. Others did too. Coley did kit. Garf worked with the Colts and did the website. Massive efforts all.
Matty D did just about everything you could ask. Leafletting in the Winter. Nets. Selection. More nets. Calling people to beseech them to play. More beseeching. Skippering the 1s. Opening up. Closing down. The small matter of hewing a tour from the solid rock. What a year. Well played.
And Dom Lowns and Clarky were the ones who were nominated despite others putting in just as much. On behalf of all those others (and countless who Wickman forgets, his fourth glass of ving rouge swilling down his purple gullet) these two were picked out as representatives of the general effort. Dom because, as the Chairman said, he is the Wick's Mr Fixit. He's delivered TWO Wick Dinners in six months, organised countless events, dragged Poles in to cleanse the club, made deals with printers and sourced ingredients for all sorts of socials. Clarky was mentioned in dispatches for painting, plumbing, blogging (who IS Wickman?), compering, burger cooking and generally making life on the committee a bit lively.
The winner was Fudgey. Fudgey is the exemplar of Wickness. His year started in November with the planning meetings for recruitment. It continued through Nets in January. He didn't let it lie there by playing almost every pre-season game. He attended and ran socials. He Djed. He revitalised the 2s and took them to promotion. He socialised. He cajoled. He selected. He stapled together 3s sides. And he demanded the same commitment from others. What a year he had. Well deserved. Take a bow... You are Wick and you are LIVELY.
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