Location: Thatched Inn, Hassocks

Date/time: 1 November 2025 19:00

Agenda and minutes

1. Election of Chair. Terry elected Chairman
2. Welcome and Apologies: Dom, Chief, Dave D, Dev
3. Looking Back on 2025 

Part One:  Officers Reports: 

1. Captain  – captain’s report included below.
2. Vice Captain – will share anything from Dom
3. Treasurer  – Robbie proposed additional non-cricketers who stay at the house the following week will pay slightly more to a more equitable level. Proposal unanimously agreed.
4. Secretary – we have had an issue regarding submission of match reports, with only 12 reports produced out of total of 22 matches played.
   We agreed that at a minimum, a place holder report would be put up before the end of the following week. PSM winner can nominate someone from the pool of volunteers to take it on if they don’t feel they can complete the report that week.

4. Looking Forward to 2026 
   1. Election of Officers
      1. Captain.
         Ben nominated. Re-elected. Accepted.
      2. Vice Captain
         Dom nominated. Reelected. Accepted.
         Chris nominated declined.
      3. Treasurer
         Robbie – nominated, re-elected, accepted.
      4. Statistician
         Robbie – nominated, re-elected, accepted.
      5. Fixtures
         Alex – nominated, re-elected, accepted.
      6. Secretary
         Duncan – nominated, re-elected, accepted.
         
   2. Fixtures 2026
      Some fixtures to be dropped due to repeated last minute call offs. New fixtures list to include Fletching, Amberley, Withyam. Alex to circulate a full fixtures list ahead of the new season.
      
   3. Net Practice/Indoor Cricket 
      1. Nets will be at 7-8pm on Thursdays at the new cricket centre (not BACA) in Falmer.
         
         
5. BREAK :
   
6. Looking Back on 2025 Part Two:
   1. The stats section: awards for Batting, Bowling, Catching, Brokeback
      1. Batting: Dom won the batting trophy with 455 runs in 13 innings
      2. Bowling: Terry 28 wickets off 95.1 overs
      3. Catching: Chris caught the catching trophy
      4. Brokeback: Covill and Nicholls at Horsted Keynes with a total of 180 for third wicket.
      5. Greys records: highest 5th wicket partnership Ejaz and Tom of 112. Highest 9th wicket of 83 of Tim and Terry with Terry contributing one run.
         
   2. the Ian Sewell “Tasting Notes” to the Match Report Trophy
      1. Ram CC – 0 votes
      2. Cuckfield – 0 votes
      3. Hartfield –  0votes
      4. Pathfinders – 0 votes
      5. Southwater – 0 votes
      6. Tour (Eo) – 9 votes Wins
         
   3. Party Seven Moment of the Year
      1. Del catch – 1
      2. EO’s trousers – 3
      3. Del – breaking windscreen – 1
      4. Tim hitting 4 with last ball of innings to bring up his maiden 100 – 11 (Winner)
   4. Sidnell-Hoare Award
      1. Nominations: Jake; Robbie; Dave Day; Duncan; Dev (Chipstead); Dev (Wellington); Dev (Jevington)
         Winner: Jake
         
   5. Greysman of the Year
      1. Biff – 3
      2. Tim – 0
      3. Terry – 0
      4. Ben – 2
      5. Chris – 5 (Winner)
      6. Alex – 2
      7. Robbie – 2
      8. Tom – 0
         
7. Any Other Business.
   1. Home teas. Yes, do home teas. Biff to do the first one.
   2. Kites. Motion dismissed.
   3. Chris – loves the Greys more than Streat.
      

Skipper’s Report 2025

Season Outline:

Started out with a great win against RAM CC and a new TMG star in Ejaz. Chris played his first game for the Greys  and little did we know at the time that he would go on to play 20 games, open the bowling, take 27 wicket, 13 catches and score 123 runs down the order.

The low point of the season came early with a miserable injury affected game at Cuckfield. We lost the iron chancellor for the season, Dave Day for most of the season and Dom 

Injuries There isn’t really any point in us throwing ourselves around. I’d rather lose a few runs than lose a player to injury. I’m as guilty as anyone throwing myself into nettles after a lost cause in a rained off game. I guess that also means cutting people a bit of slack if they don’t throw themselves around.

Faced a very good bowling performance from Twineham

Then went on a strong run of 4 wins,

Including a brilliantly paced chase at Fletching (a game they REALLY wanted to win) and A great compliment from their skipper about our canniness as a team. hA d a close fought game at Bodle St. for once which we can out on the wrong side of but hopefully ensured Bodle don’t lose interest in playing us again.

We had a superb tour, winning both games but it was really EO stealing the show winning both PSMs, one for an act of athleticism, then next for what must be regarded as his magnum opus of arse flashes (it’s difficult to see how he’ll ever top it but I have faith that he will), and perhaps also his greatest work of match report writing.

Massive win at Horsted Keynes with big innings from Del and Tom.

Less successful 2nd half of the season as we seemed to struggle with availability and the results were mixed . and had to search around but a superb team performance at Findon

 And one of the all time great greys performances fro Tim in the last game against BH

Rejuvenated Shadow- leading wicket take, county call up.

4 century makers, 

Absolutely incredible effort by the officers of the club- Iron chancellor/Statto despite only playing 2, fixtures as always, dom as vice skipper 100% record

Incredible effort from Biff to be most capped player despite living in Kent. 

Great to have Louis, Dev and Ashu in as a new regular towards the end of the season. 35 players used.

Final analysis is 14 wins to 8 losses and another stinking season DFWTMG!