Cricket East

At the newly merged clubs AGM, its new Club badge was unveiled. The design which incorporates the Warboys witch and the St Ives bull in a modern design was very well received by those attending.

The launch of this was just another step forward in the merging of the two clubs in readiness for the coming season. A club which will have 3 Saturday teams playing in the Whiting and Cambs leagues and a Sunday team playing in the Fenland Invitation League and Cup competitions.

The new clubs' committee was elected and consists of long standing committee members across both former clubs. The club chairman, Martin Croucher, said "The merger has gone extremely well so far, and its very pleasing that existing committee members from both former clubs have wanted to continue on the committee and drive the Club forward. We have got everything in place now ready for the season. The great news is that across the 2 sites, we will be able to offer even more opportunities to our members and in particular our junior players to play cricket."

The club has elected its captains for the forthcoming season with Jack Haycock continuing as 1st XI captain, Matt Lavender and Jake Moore stepping in to look after the 2nd and 3rd XI’s and Kamal Ahmed moving over to look after the Sunday XI captaincy. On these appointments, Martin said: "The captaincy appointments this year were key for the Club, not just in terms of pushing for success on the field, but also in ensuring that players from across the 2 clubs are fully integrated into the new Club. We also have a lot of good young players at the club and all these captains will play a key role in their development."