Sparsholt Cricket Club members, club sponsors, CALA HOMES, ST JAMES PLACE, SYDENHAMS BUILDERS MERCHANTS, WINCHESTER GOLF ACADEMY, JACAMO CLOTHING, along with guests who travelled from London and as far a field as Norfolk to support the annual golf day which for the third year was held at Test Valley Golf Club on Saturday 17th September 2016

28 golfers took part in the 18 hole Stableford competition with some terrific and not so terrific golf being played on a lovely day! The eventual winner with a very creditable 45 points was the cricket clubs off spinner and BBQ King Mike Doubell who won for the second time in three years. Mike’s prize was a round of golf along with 2 guests at the wonderful Goodwood Downs Golf Club, very kindly donated by Marlon May of Eight Wealth Management Ltd.

Jon Foster came second, winning a Golf Bag, very kindly donated by Winchester Golf Academy.

There was a tie for third place between Tom Foster and golf day debutant Norman Gough.

Tom Foster won the longest drive and Colin Waite (Sydenhams builders merchants) nearest the pin. The team competition was won unsurprisingly by the Mike Doubell, Jon Foster, Tom Foster and Nick Doubell team.

The golfers, their guests, other cricket club members, wives and girlfriends attended a wonderful meal and presentation evening with the excellent prizes being presented by Gary Booth (Winchester golf academy) Colin Waite and Chris Douglas who very kindly sign-writes the club's honours boards.

Vice Chairman and event organiser Richard Edwards acted as master of ceremonies and thanked CALA HOMES for their magnificent and continued support of the cricket club as main sponsor and all their work in supporting the local community. CALA HOMES are the developers of the very exciting KINGS BARTON development of 2000 homes in Winchester. CALA HOMES show house complex will be opening very shortly.

Richard Edwards went on to thank everybody for attending the day and making it so enjoyable and hoped everybody would return next year.

A thank you was given to Test Valley Golf Club for hosting the event, providing an excellent venue, meal and making everybody feel very welcome. A very special thank you must go to Maria Mckenzie for all her help organising the day and to all the other staff for making it such a memorable day.

The golf presentations were followed by excellent and very amusing Cricket speeches and presentations made by Sparsholt league captains Andy Worth(1stXl), Andy Pryce(2ndXl) and Martin Patterson(3rd Xl).

3rd Xl players/ player of the year..Adam Trivett

2nd Xl players/player of the year…Mungo Patterson

1st Xl players/player of the year…. Nick Doubell

CLUBMAN of the year went to Greg Whiting for his unstinting commitment to the cricket club along with his willingness to play in any team when asked, putting the needs of the cricket club before his own. Greg was not able to be present to collect his prize but will receive a £100 voucher very kindly donated by Jacamo Clothing.

There was a very special presentation made to David Banks who, during the 2016 season, became the first batsman in history to reach 7,000 Southern Premier Cricket League runs since the leagues reorganisation in 2000. David who joined Sparsholt for the 2016 season has also become the club's new groundsman.

Andy Worth presented a brilliant slideshow and told stories of how he joined Sparsholt, the personalities he has encountered, his experiences and hilarious stories from his time at the cricket club and the 2016 season.

Richard Edwards rounded off the evening by saying that there are a lot of exciting developments being made by the cricket club and the future looks very positive. He then made a strong statement that the cricket club needs to strive to be the best and most professional it possibly can in everything it does, both on and off the field.

Sparsholt Cricket Club are always looking to welcome new cricketers of all abilities and volunteers to help with the many roles required in the running of a cricket club, anybody interested should contact Martin Harlow (chairman@sparsholtcc.co.uk) or Richard Edwards (vice-chairman@sparsholtcc.co.uk) or via the cricket club website.