Merstham Cricket Club is applying to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for consent under section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 to carry out restricted works on Earlswood Common. The Planning Inspectorate will decide the application on behalf of the Secretary of State.

The proposed works are: For a rear extension to the cricket pavilion, to provide equipment storage.

Merstham Cricket Club continues to be guided by the England and Wales Cricket Board regarding health and safety and the coronavirus.

We have now been told by the ECB that all forms of cricket activity - from indoor training to matches and social gatherings - must be suspended. Therefore there will be no further sessions at St Bede's (adults and junior boys) or the Royal Alexandra and Albert School (girls). The indoor cricket leagues have also now closed.

As Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to dominate the headlines, at Merstham Cricket Club we want to share with you the latest set of guidelines that the ECB, via Sport England, has advised us to follow.

We are sure that many of your work places, too, will have adopted and shared the Government's advice.

With a question mark hanging over this year's cricket season, Merstham had to take every opportunity they were offered and for the U15s, who got off to a flying start with victory in their Friendly Indoor Cricket competition on Sunday March 8.

Registration for the 2020 season is now open. We require ALL members to register every year to ensure we have up-to-date details in our records and for insurance purposes.

Please note, at the AGM on the 19th January, an increase in membership fees was agreed, you can view the new fee structure on this page.

Our winter nets at St Bede's School, Redhill, will run for 10 weeks, from Saturday and Sunday February 1 and 2 - and it will soon be time to be thinking about Cricket Force and preparing our grounds for the season.

These are for adults and junior players as follows: Saturdays, 2pm-3pm U12s 3pm-4.30pm U13s 4.30pm-6pm U14s Sundays 10am to noon Adults and U16s 12-1pm U11s 1-2pm U8s and U9s 2-3pm U10s 3-4pm U15s The outdoor season will soon be here - after Cricket Force returns in early April in order to set up the ground for the season.

To all members

In accordance with the constitution, notice is given to all members that The Annual General Meeting of Merstham Cricket Club will be held on Sunday 19th January 2020 at The Pavilion, Quality Street, Merstham at 7pm.

We are honoured to announce that Merstham Cricket Club has been crowned Club of the Year 2019 at the Reigate & Banstead Sports Awards.
At the ceremony at Old Reigatian RFC, club chairman Richard Feist and members representing a range of the club's sections collected the award from the Reigate & Banstead Sports Council.

The citation for the award detailed how Merstham CC has reached new heights this year, continuing its success having nearly collapsed at the end of the 1990.
The nomination continued: "The effort put into encouraging local people to get involved has seen it field five Saturday sides, three Sunday sides, over 250 juniors, including two girls' sides and a disability squad all playing
competitive cricket within the Surrey leagues.

"The club also works hard with the Greenspaces section of the Council to keep cricket alive on
Earlswood Common, where cricket has been played for over 100 years. This relationship was at the forefront in getting games back on following the traveller's intrusion early in the season.

"In recognition of the safe environment provided by the club it has been Clubmark re-accredited
having maintained this status since 2006."

Its achievements (this year) are: U14 League Cup Winners; U9 League Winners; U11 and U14 girls league cricket; T20 Surrey Slam finalist; and the Disability Squad is unbeaten.

The "club of the year" award was sponsored by GLL Better and presented by its community sports manager Tony Brown.

It was one of about a dozen awards, given to a range junior and adult teams of the year, volunteers and coaches who had excelled in 2019. The evening, compered by David Kelly of Run Reigate, was attended by about 200 people.

Members are kindly requested to note that, after the end of the season, the outdoor cricket nets at Merstham Cricket Club are not to be used for training over the winter.

Indoor nets are due tol start up in January, for junior and senior members, and outdoor training is now over until April at the earliest. Members are requested to stay out of the nets during the winter months. Using the artificial surfaces in winter is not only dangerous as they are slippery, but hastens their wear and tear as they are not designed to be used at this time of year, and causes mess in the form of mud. Please respect your club, its equipment and the groundstaff who look after it, by refraining from using the outdoor nets in winter. Your co-operation is anticipated and appreciated.

After a "sad day" in which Merstham's first team were relegated from the Surrey Championship, first team skipper Laurie Nicholson handed his player of the season award to two people - one bowler and one batsman.

Asim Jaffrey, who took 37 wickets in the Division Five season and Ed Dawson, who scored 474 runs, shared the award.