Although it seems a long way off, in 2013 the Wick will have the great honour of celebrating it’s 150th anniversary. This marks a great achievement for the club and in order to start this season of celebrations, the idea is to go on tour to Barbados. At the moment, the trip is very much in its infancy stage in terms of specific details. But this is what is planned so far:
1) Looking to travel for 9-10 days to Barbados
2) Depending on cost of flights, the ideal dates will be Friday 15th March – Monday 25th March (this period is over the Easter weekend), but with this being Easter holidays it may mean moving the trip to earlier in March if the costs/availability prove too much. Obviously with a few teachers/parents amongst us this will be the best time, but we cant get flight or accommodation quotes until 2012.
3) We are aiming for a tour party of 20-25 wick members, with the opportunity for family/older Wick members to book separately and join us out there.
4) Cricket schedule will be two 50 over games and 2 20-20 games against local opposition
5) Accommodation will be on a B&B basis
6) England are on tour in the Caribbean in Spring 2013 so there may be some overlap with watching them. All depends on dates/costs
Based on current prices, the trip is expected to cost £1000 for flights, transfers, accommodation (breakfast only) and some tour stash.
This is a large amount so what we would like at this stage is for people to sign up for a direct debit scheme set up by the committee. This will start on 1st April 2011 and be £40 per month. What this means is that come March 2013, each person signed up would have put £960 towards the cost of the trip. (£1.32 a day…)
There will also be other periods for people to join into the trip payment plan and pay a lump sum in September and next April, but at the moment we would like to get as many people signed up by 1st April. By signing up, it does not commit you to the tour (the deadline will be sometime in 2012) but it allows the tour committee to start planning, and for you to start saving for this once in a lifetime trip.
If you are interested in signing up to the direct debit scheme then please email hwrcctour2013@hotmail.co.uk
