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this we will be able to play tennis again! Thanks
so much to our membership for your
understanding and support.
We are currently creating a new website at
www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/
PennandTylersGreenTennisClub and will post
updates on the website and also to our
membership by email.
This could be the perfect time to join your
local club and get into tennis for the first time,
or back into tennis after a break. Please contact
ptgtennisclub@gmail.com if you are interested
in joining our friendly club. Kate Noble
P&TG Cricket Club
There’s a joke
doing the rounds
amongst
slip-fielders: “I
don’t think
there’s much
chance of me
contracting a
virus during a
game of cricket.
I’ve been
playing for 30
years and I’ve never caught a thing”.
Alas, the reality is somewhat different and so
whereas this June article would normally reflect
on the start made by the Cricket Club to the
new season, along with pretty much everything
else, we have been on hold since late March
with still no firm indication of when things may
start up again.
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice June/July 2020
We remain confident, however, that some
cricket will be possible - after all, this is a sport
that naturally lends itself to social-distancing –
but we must remember how much more there is
to the game of cricket. The essential parts
played by the Tea interval, the camaraderie of
the dressing room and the time for reflection in
the bar afterwards are every bit as cherished as a
finely crafted 50 so as and when we do receive
the green light to resume, many of those
much-loved components that make up the game
may not be immediately possible.
Passing dog walkers and those out on their
daily exercise will have noticed how much work
has gone on at the Ground by Chris Judge and
his band of willing volunteers who have
observed the social distancing rules whilst
getting the playing surface into the best possible
condition ahead of resumption. This year, the
square has required a lot of attention following
an invasion of worms during the wet winter
(remember that?) and the lockdown has
afforded us the time required to get that sorted.
The outfield too is flatter than it has been for a
few years – again thanks to having more time
available with no cricket possible.
Junior cricket has been a casualty of the
lockdown with the entire season of league
fixtures wiped out. Under normal
circumstances, from July, families start to head
off on holiday but with that being unlikely in
2020, we will do our best to provide some
Junior cricket, including matches against local
sides, during the Summer months. Keep an eye
out on our Facebook page (‘Penn & Tylers
Green Cricket Club’) for further information.
So, if you are interested in playing cricket
yourself or on behalf of your sons or daughters,
you can get in touch with either Nick Barber at
nick.barber@sjpp.co.uk (adults) or ptgcccolts@
gmail.com (juniors).
We hope to bring you happier tales of actual
cricket in the next edition of VV but in the
meantime, we hope that all VV readers remain
safe and healthy during these unprecedented
times. Jon Wilson
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