U13s Cap Off a Brilliant Season with Cup Final & Trophy Presentation 🌟

On Monday, 31st August, our U13s headed to Valley End CC to face Chiddingfold CC in the SJCC Tier 2 Cup Final. Competing against 30 teams just to reach the final was an incredible achievement in itself! After winning the toss, we elected to field first. The team put on an absolute masterclass, delivering arguably our best collective bowling and fielding performance of the entire season. While it wasn't our day with the bat despite a hard-fought battle right down to the final ball, we could not be prouder of the players. They conducted themselves brilliantly both on and off the pitch. Every player was awarded a fantastic silver medal, and the morning was made even sweeter as the team officially collected their League Winners Trophy. This is a group with immense talent, and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish in Tier 1 next year!

Our under 8’s were invited to a day of friendly matches at Chipstead CC on Sunday 23rd August. On a beautiful sunny day, made even better by Chipstead’s impeccable hospitality (tea and bacon butties a-plenty!) teams from Chipstead, Lingfield, Merstham and Merton played a round robin event, seeing Merstham finish the day with 3 wins from 3 games! An encouraging end to their first competitive season.

Merstham CC’s U11 A side finished as runners-up at both the Beddington and BJCH tournaments, capping off a season that has seen the boys grow into one of the most watchable teams around. Along the way they saw off strong opposition in Dulwich, Wimbledon and Sutton, with only eventual winners Esher getting the better of them. What stood out was not just the results but the way the team played: composed under pressure, sharp in the field and willing to back each other in every situation. By the closing stages of both tournaments the boys had become the side everyone else was keeping an eye on, and it is a credit to their hard work and attitude that they came so close to going all the way.

Read all about the last month at QS: https://mailchi.mp/mersthamcc/mcc-newsletter-sep-2026

The August edition is now live! Read to see where each of our teams are in the league, hear which juniors impressed this season and what we still have to look forward to this year! 

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On Friday 12th June, the annual Year 7 & 8 Girls State School Softball Festival took place at Quality Street. The festival was introduced two years ago with the aim of encouraging more girls from state schools to get involved in cricket, and it was fantastic to see such a strong representation from the girls’ section at Merstham Cricket Club across all the schools that attended.

Each player received a raffle ticket, giving them the chance to win one of several fantastic prizes at the end of the afternoon. Prizes included a Heather Knight London Spirit playing shirt, a signed Alex Hartley shirt, and two 60-minute coaching sessions at PowerPlay.

Home game held at the Ring

Merstham were first to bat with Lewis and Will being the first pair,  Priory were down a player so Sammy, Ibrahim, Will and Ollie alternated in assisting in fielding. Our team had a good innings and hit some fours. Sammy and Hugo were next in, and they both had some good runs and even a couple of fours from Hugo. Next in was captain Ollie Robinson alongside Charlotte,  who managed some good singles, but Reigate had some great bowlers, and one lad was super-fast, they had some good fortune and managed to get a couple of run outs.

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The 2 Under 8 teams continue to play brilliantly without quite getting the win that they deserve. At this level it’s often the case of the best team not winning, particularly if they are the better bowling side as we invariably are. 
We’ve seen some fantastic performances by all the children, and it’s great to see how they’ve improved over the last few weeks. It’s also been great watching the captains performing so well, and all the children supporting each other. 
Looking at the results from Saturday 30th May we saw a great catch at Beddington by Nat, along with excellent bowling by all the children, with wickets for Ethan and Jacob, and excellent batting, particularly by Felix with 27 runs. We did also see a fantastic catch by Sam from the opposition but let’s not dwell on that!
Against Ashtead both sides scored the same number of runs, but we lost 3 wickets to their 1 so came in just second. A superb performance against a big club, with a wicket for Austin, great batting from Kit, and Joseph McK, and great bowling from Kit, Dylan and Austin.
Finally, a special mention for all the volunteers who have stepped up to help, attended the First Aid course, and signed up for coaching courses, particularly Sara, Emily, Noel, Lyndon, Rachel, Eil, Dave, Tom, Matt and Vamsi. We couldn’t do this without you!