Wickman doesn't know about you, but he reckons it might be time for some fresh blood around the club. Everyone who has joined recently has been mined for useful information / sisters / attractive exes. Jimmy C is Sunday captain. Lloydy is 3s skipper.
And, like it or not Clarky, we need some new keepers now that Godfrey Evans lookalike Gareth has gone to Switzerland. So the time has come to stand outside stations in Surrey asking "do you play cricket?" before thrusting leaflets into to the hands of punters.
Last year this rather inexact method produced Kamran (leading runscorer and wicket taker in the club), Wrighty (50s for 2s and 3s) and a host of others. We need to do it again, because despite recruiting 15 new members, there were a couple of dodgy moments in July and August where, were the 3s in the league, there was a danger of us having to field Wickman's 94 year old Grandmother.
So the first thing is that we need to have some volunteers to man the Hampton Wick and Kingston train stations for 90 minutes on Thursday before nets. Can you email Wickman and let him know whether you can do? Wickman will email you the poster (created by Gareth again - its genius) and you can get on with. Wickman and Wickmutt are also planning a bit of door to door action in Hampton Wick over the coming weeks so if you have a spare hour...
However - and this is a big however - the BEST way to get people down the Wick is to encourage your friends and acquaintances to share the love. This is simple. You call them on the phone, email them or even poke them on facebook and say "listen, why aren't you playing at The Wick? We have nets at the Oval on Tuesdays if you are interested and in Kingston on Thursdays. Some of the guys are quite good fun really... etc etc".
Our target is to get 15 new people in again. Remember, if you introduce three friends you get your subs for free...
