Following on from our recent AGM, there's plenty of news to keep you updated on going into the 2023 season!
Election of New Officers:
- President: After three fantastic years, Anna Tait's term as President comes to a close. We are delighted to welcome John Woodhead into the role; please give him a warm welcome as he takes on this post!
We would like to place our enormous thanks on record to all outgoing officers for their time, dedication and commitment to the club and we look forward to working with new officers as the club continues to move forward!
A full list of officers of the club can be found here.
Our changes in captaincy come in our Women's & Sunday sections. We are pleased to announce Bethany Bidwell as our new Women's 1st XI captain. Bethany replaces the outgoing Charlotte Boland, and we thank her for her contributions over a number of years. In our Sunday XI, we are excited to welcome Matt Miller as our Team Manager to oversee selection and appoint match day captains. The full list of 2023 captains can be found below:
2023 Captains:
- Men's 1st XI: Lloyd Sabin (VC: Ollie Wright)
- Women's 1st XI: Bethany Bidwell
- 2nd XI: Justin Lambden
- 3rd XI: Neil Megson
- 4th XI: Joe Wetherill
- Sunday XI (Manager): Matt Miller
- Midweek XI: Andrew Prior
Subscriptions:
The subscriptions and membership fees were proposed at the AGM and are as follows:
- Full Playing Membership: £120
- Women's, U18, Students and Unemployed: £75
- Youth (U11s upwards): £75, £65 (U9s), £50 (All-Stars) - plus sibling discount
- VP: £45 Associate: £35
This represents no change from 2020, 2021 or 2022 and continues to provides fantastic value.
Reminder that you can gain a £10 discount on subscriptions by being a member of the 100 club; contact Eddie Phillips for a form!
Match fees also remain at £6 for adults and £3 for U18, Students & Unemployed.
We will once again be offering the Player Sponsorship package for £300 (inc.VAT) for any players / companies interested - this should be in place in advance, much like annual subscriptions!
Other News:
Winter nets are back for Men, Women & Youth as follows:
- U11s - from Friday 27th Jan - 6:30pm to 8:30pm - North Oxfordshire Academy (£5 per session) sign up details via Spond
- Women & Girls - from Sunday 29th Jan - 2pm to 4pm - Bloxham School Dewey Centre (£5 Seniors / £3 Juniors per session)
- Youth (U13 upwards) - from Sunday 29th Jan - 4pm to 5pm - Bloxham School Dewey Centre (£3 per session) sign up details via Spond
- Senior - from Sunday 29th Jan - 5pm to 7pm - Bloxham School Dewey Centre (£5 Seniors / £3 Juniors per session)
We have a great number of sponsorship opportunities available to prospective business, local companies and individuals to support local cricket at Banbury (including match ball sponsors - NEW for 2023!) We are hugely grateful to local support to help us provide continued opportunities to everyone across Oxfordshire - if you would like to be part of this, check out our Sponsorship Brochure or contact Martin.Phillips@swangroup.co.uk or Johnwoodworthbrfc@msn.com
Do you fancy winning £100 every month, whilst supporting your club? Why not join our 100 club, for just £5 a month! Contact ed.r.phillips9@gmail.com to get involved and in the draw! Find all the latest draws here!
We are still on the look out for new officials to support us with umpiring or scoring for 2023. All volunteers would be provided with training, support and expenses for their respective roles. To find out more, head to the website.
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