“The Cradle of Cricket”

With just 10 days to go before the start of the league season, Fantasy League 2025 is open for team entries!

The team budgets have been tweaked slightly since last year: you may now select a squad up to 40 points total, and your team budget is 30 points. In addition, there will be two transfer windows this year. Read the full rules here.

When you go to create a fantasy team, you will need to log in using the same account you use to manage your membership. If you don’t already have one, you will need to create an account.

Good luck to everyone!

As always, if you run into any issues, please get in touch with me (Seb).

We regretfully announce that Jacqueline (Jackie) Turner lost her long battle with cancer on Thursday.

Jackie, like many of the Turners, was a longstanding and integral part of the Hambledon cricket family. She represented Hampshire Women, and played 3rd and 4th XI cricket for Hambledon. But she will be most remembered — and missed — as the 1st XI scorer for the past 15 years.

I’m sure all at the club will join with me and the rest of the committee in extending our heartfelt sympathies and best wishes to Topsy, Sue, Ian, and all the Turner family; and to Jackie’s wife, Michelle, whom she married last year.

2025 sees an exciting new partnership with Masuri to provide our senior kit. The 1st XI and Ladies will play in stylish sky blue shirts, and all the kit features our new club sponsor, UTP.

The juniors will remain with Kukri for 2025; assuming all goes well, they will then transition to Masuri kit in 2026.

The online kit store is now open!

The kit allows for personalisation (for a small surcharge) with name and number on the back and initials on the front. Check on the Playing kit page where we are maintaining a list of assigned squad numbers – please contact us to claim your number before ordering kit!

Indoor training for all age groups in Hambledon Cricket Club starts on Sunday 12 January, at Crookhorn College, Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville PO7 5UD.

All are welcome, and new players too!

Schedule

Women and girls softball
Boys and girls Under 9 (Years 3 & 4), Under 11 (Years 5 & 6), Under 13 (Years 7 & 8)

Will train in their age groups:
Sundays on Jan 12 & 26, Feb 16, Mar 2 & 16
12.30pm to 2.00pm

Adults (men and women hardball)
Boys and girls Under 15 (Years 9 & 10)

Will train in their age groups:
Sundays on Jan 12 & 26, Feb 16, Mar 2 & 16
2.00pm to 3.30pm

Arrangements

Boys will play softball cricket at Under 9, and hardball cricket from Under 11 upwards. Girls will play softball from Under 9 and can choose to play softball or hardball from Under 11 upwards.

U11, U13, U15 - Please make sure you bring all of your hardball cricket equipment to each session as you would to outdoor training: Bat, pads, gloves, box, helmet and correct sized cricket ball to bowl with. Whites are optional for indoor training. Please note trainers must have a non-marking sole and preferably not black.

U15s & Seniors are training at the same time. However, U15 training will be undertaken separately. Those U15s who are seeking to play senior cricket this summer are welcome to join the seniors in the nets.

Costs

• Seniors will pay £5 per player per session. Pay on the day. PLEASE BRING CASH.
• Under 9s to Under 15s will pay £4 per player per session. Pay on the day. PLEASE BRING CASH.

To allow us to plan sessions please let the Youth Co-ordinator, Ian Pratt, know on [email protected] in the week before if Under 9s to Under 15s intend to come along to a session.

The divisions have been drawn up for the re-vamped Hampshire Cricket League for 2025. The new structure sees 10 teams per division, with each team playing all the others home and away.

Below are the divisions that Hambledon will be playing in:

2nd XI: Division 4D

• Compton & Chandler’s Ford 2
• Hambledon 2
• Liphook & Ripsley 2
• Trojans 2
• Bishop’s Waltham 2
• Froxfield 1
• Fair Oak 3
• Ropley 1
• Medstead
• Rowledge 3

3rd XI: Division 5J

• Kerala 3
• Compton
• Hambledon 3
• Clanfield 1
• Petersfield 2
• Waterlooville 3
• Portsmouth 4
• Steep 2
• Bedhampton 2
• United Services

4th XI: Division 6F

• Froxfield 2
• Bishop’s Waltham 3
• Locks Heath 4
• Sarisbury 5
• Petersfield 3
• Tichborne Park 2
• Burridge 5
• Hambledon 4
• Clanfield 2
• Purbrook 3