Sport In Profile UK Issue 15 | Page 30

East Grinstead FOLLOW US ONLINE twitter.com/sportinprofile East Grinstead CRICKET CLUB Telephone: 01342 321210 e-mail: [email protected] www.eastgrinsteadcricketclub.org.uk Our Cricket club was established one hundred and sixty years ago and has been at the heart of the local community ever since. As a not-for-profit club we are run entirely by volunteers and rely on our membership, donations, grants and our generous sponsors to enhance our facility and to keep us moving forward. As an ECB ‘Focus Club’ we have a responsibility to allow access to host district games in addition to around the 130 home games that we prepare the pitches for each season on the two squares. The club runs five adult sides from the successful 1st XI Sussex Premier League side supported by a high standard Second Team squad to the Thirds and Fourth Elevens plus a Conference team consisting of parents and offspring with two Sunday Teams competing in the Surrey Trust league. There are two Women’s and Girl’s sides and ten Junior teams in all age groups from nine to U16s. We are also privileged to host Sackville School and Imberhorne School matches to help keep Cricket alive in our local state schools. As part of our continuing commitment to develop our talent, as witnessed by the success of our recent Sussex County players such as our captai