Welcome to Lewes Priory
Welcome to Lewes Priory CC. We are a friendly family cricket club founded in 1831. Please note that we are phasing out our "lewespriorycc.co.uk" website (and associated email addresses). Contact details are available here under "About Us" and "Teams" (also training details). Please be sure regularly to check our News tab (above) for regular updates. Click on "search" to see all News items (e.g. for Half Term Cricket Application Form). For contact details please scroll down to the bottom of our "About us" page
New members are all welcome, including those with no previous experience of cricket or who have not played for a long time. Junior training normally begins from age six (although younger children with aptitude are welcome to have a go!). For details about juniors please (see below) and for our regular NEWS UPDATES please click on the News tab at the top (and click search to see past entries)
Fixtures are listed under "Matches" above. Please enter the correct date and team. We are currently adding Friendlies to this list so may appear to be missing for the next few days.
All members and players are asked to register with this play-cricket website (see "Register here" on the home page). Please remember to click "apply to join this club" (otherwise you will just be registered with play-cricket rather than with Lewes Priory CC at play-cricket!). Joining the club website is separate from the paper paper registration and does not involve any financial commitment.
Our primary sponsor is CHIS (CARE HOME INSURANCE SERVICES, www.chis.net). The club would like to express our sincere thanks to our sponsors for their invaluable support that permits us to pursue our development plans for the coming years. We encourage all members to support sponsors' businesses where possible and to mention that they are from Lewes Priory CC.
The club arranges a number of social events throughout the year and the clubhouse bar is open as often as possible.
Match results are added to this site after each game (click on Matches tab above) so please remember to follow these to see how we are doing! Wider sussex league results (i.e. other teams) are available at www.sussexcl.play-cricket.com/
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Junior Cricket
We are passionate in our belief that every child should enjoy developing their cricket skills. We welcome all boys and girls from age six, whatever their level of cricket experience. Five year olds with an eye for catching and throwing may also be eligible. As they progress, we encourage juniors to experience the fun of playing the game competitively. Our youth teams play in various leagues in the local area and participate in local cricket festival(s). No special equipment or clothing is required to play, although a range of club shirts and caps are available from InterSport in Lewes.
Junior ‘Winter’ training takes place from February until April, normally on a Sunday afternoon at Lewes Leisure Centre. After Easter, training usually takes place on specific weekday evenings (see section for each junior team according to age) at the Stanley Turner Ground, Lewes.
All our coaches have been CRB-checked. Use of a ‘hard’ ball is not normally introduced until juniors are aged at least 11. Further details of our policies (with particular reference to children) are listed below under 'club policies'.
Cricket is a fun and sociable sport which helps children to develop coordination, concentration and confidence. Juniors and parents alike are encouraged to come and have a go, whatever their previous level of cricket.
Please note the following definition for junior teams: Age groups are defined by the player’s age at midnight on 31st August in the year prior to the relevant season.
JUNIOR TRAINING DAYS AND TIMES
MONDAYS 6.30-8.00 u11s (Yr 6)
FRIDAYS 5.00-6.30 u8/9/10s (Yrs 1,2,3,4,5)
FRIDAYS 6.30-8.00 u12s (Yr 7)
SATURDAYS 9.30-11.00 u13s (Yr 8)
Please note that these timings may change across the season. If necessary, please contact the relevant manager.
AGE GROUP DATES FOR 2013 SEASON
Please note that the following age definition: Age groups are defined by the player’s age at midnight on 31st August in the year prior to the relevant season.
U/9 born before 01/09/2003; U/10 born before 01/09/2002; U/11 born before 01/09/2001; U/12 born before 01/09/2000; U/13 born before 01/09/1999; U/14 born before 01/09/1998; U/15 born before 01/09/1997; U/16 born before 01/09/1996
CRICKET WEEK for juniors HALF TERM (weather permitting)
FOUR DAYS
TUES-FRI 10.00 – 3.00
At the STANLEY TURNER GROUND
Boys and girls. All ages. All abilities.
TRAINING AND GAMES
£45.00 FULL COURSE FEE. Paid in advance
£15.00 per day
Please complete form below:
The junior cricket week (half term)application form is available at the end of this message. Please complete and send cheque to address as appropriate.
Lewes Priory CC Half-term cricket school
Tuesday 28th to Friday 31st May 2013 10am to 3pm.
Lead coach: Chris Turrell.
Coaching for all levels – beginners upwards. Specialist training of all skills.
To include master-classes in wicket-keeping and spin-bowling.
Junior’s Full Name:
Junior’s Date of Birth:
Junior’s Address:
Male or Female:
Parent/Guardian full name:
Parent/Guardian address (if different from above):
Parent/Guardian phone number (mobile and home):
Parent/Guardian email address
Please circle days for attendance:
Tuesday 28th May Wed 29th Thurs 30th Fri 31st
Please state any relevant medical diagnoses/medication:
Please provide any other relevant information below or overleaf
£45 prepaid. £15 by the day
Please make cheques payable to “Lewes Priory Cricket Club” and send to:
12 Roedean Crescent Brighton BN2 5RH. or give to David, Max, Mike or Richard
Please bring own lunch, drinks, sun cream, sun hat and a jumper. Cricket whites are not required.
If rain is unrelenting on any day, and/or playing conditions become unsafe, you will be contacted for pick-up.
Further information from Chris Turrell: turrell145@hotmail.com
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Annual Subscriptions - due before 1st June 2013
Seniors
Full membership: £85
Students (unwaged): £45
Women’s playing membership: £30
Juniors
(family incentive - £10 reduction per extra sibling)
U11s and over: £60
U10 and below: £50
Non-playing membership (allowing full use of bar): £10
OR Join the ‘49 Club’ for a chance to win a weekly prize and automatic non-playing membership
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Last Man Stands (LMS).... the exciting new form of cricket coming to Lewes Priory. Due to start Wed 22nd May at 6.30 pm at the Stanley Turner Ground. LMS is the evening form of cricket where:
1. 8-aside amateur Twenty20 league
2. Each game takes just 2 hours - perfect for a weekday evening!
3. 20 overs per side
5 balls per over, not 6
4. Each side consists of 8 players as opposed to the normal 11 5. Sides can only be bowled out when all 8 players are dismissed - the 'Last Man Stands'
COME AND HAVE A GO... all levels accepted!
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Wednesday evening Social Nets
Wed evening Social nets start on 24th April on 6.30 to 8.00 for those of us who may not wish to take cricket too seriously, but would still like to play a bit. We can net and , if enough of us play some 5 or 6- a –side. Then to the bar.
Ideal for dads returning to cricket with their sons or daughters at the club, or for those who would like to learn or improve – men and women.
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49 Club
The ’49 club’ is designed to help raise some much-needed funds for the cricket club, whilst giving you a bit of fun at the same time. It is based upon the bonus ball drawn in the main National Lottery draw every Saturday. If the bonus ball matches the number you have been allocated, you win! All you need to do is return the downloadable form below to the club Treasurer with the appropriate subscription. You will then be allocated a number, chosen at random, and notified. After that, just hope it comes up week after week after week!
Proceeds from this club will be used to purchase specific capital items for the club, which will be clearly identifiable
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Club Policies
Lewes Priory Cricket Club is committed to the safeguarding and protection of all children who play cricket with the club. The Club endorses and supports the ECB guidelines on safeguarding and protecting children as detailed in the ECB publication ‘Safe Hands’. It takes seriously its duty of care to all children to play cricket in a safe and enjoyable environment.
Coaches and club members who come into regular contact with children, in a position of trust, are all subject to an enhanced criminal records bureau disclosure. Club coaches are, or are in the process of becoming, qualified to coach via the latest excellent UK sport qualifications. These qualifications are moderated to a national standard. This also ensures that coaches are bound by a common code of practice as stipulated by the ECB Coaches Association.
The club takes every reasonable care to ensure best practice and equity in the coaching and playing of cricket. ECB guidelines on all issues which involve junior cricketers are followed. (E.g. Guidelines regarding juniors who play in open age adult cricket, guidelines regarding safe limits for fast bowlers). The club has been recognized by the ECB ‘club mark’ of quality, which emphasizes as one of its themes good child protection systems. The club elects a club welfare officer (CWO) who has undergone the requisite training stipulated by the ECB. He/she is the point of contact for all child protection issues.
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Club Honours
Sussex League Champions
1986 & 1990
Sussex League Division 2 Champions
1999, 2006 & 2008
Sussex League Division 2 Runners-up
2003
Sussex League 2nd XI Champions
1972
Sussex League 2nd XI Runners-up
1992
Sussex League 2nd XI Cup Winners
1995
Sussex Cricket Association Indoor Six-a-side Runners-up
1997 & 2003
Sussex Cricket Board Indoor Six-a-side Runners-up
2006
East Sussex Twenty20 Champions
2010
East Sussex Twenty20 Runners-Up
2011
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Club History
Lewes Priory Cricket club was founded in 1831 and is, thus, one of the oldest in the country. The club was Sussex League champions in 1986 and 1990 and Division 2 winners in 1999, 2006, and 2008.
Lewes is one of the cradles of English cricket. The second earliest recorded match took place here in 1694, followed in 1730 with a game between the 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sir William Gage's XI. Then again in 1735 Sussex beat Kent at Lewes.
The earliest roots of the Priory Cricket Club can be traced back as far as 1763 when the Gentlemen of Lewes played Uckfield and Isfield on Spital Hill (or Race Hill) for a considerable sum. All the early games were played on this hill which some six centuries before had seen the bloodiest fighting in the Battle of Lewes in 1264. In 1793 Lewes played Brighton for a handsome silver cup and lost by 45 notches.
In 1831 a Mr J Longford, one of the local brewers, bought 10 acres of the Lewes Priory Grounds from the Earl of Chichester and made some of the grounds known as the 'Dripping Pan' available for cricket, something that the cricketers of Lewes had been hoping would happen for many years. This event, in turn, led Mr J Verrell and a number of gentlemen to form the Gentlemen of Lewes into a properly constituted club which was initially known as 'The Dripping Pan' Cricket Club. Instead the Club was always referred to as the Priory Cricket Club and this name was soon adopted.
The Dripping Pan, which became renowned because of its peculiar construction was regarded as unique in the world of cricket, remained the home of the Priory Club for the next 135 years until the Club moved to the Stanley Turner Ground on the Western outskirts of the town in 1937.
The Dripping Pan, thought to be a fishing area excavated by the monks of Lewes Priory in the middle ages, is a rectangular area with sloping, grassy banks on its four sides and it provided a marvelous atmosphere for both playing and watching cricket. Boundaries only counted when the ball reached the path around the top of the banks. Unfortunately the ground also proved to be an ideal football pitch and eventually football was allowed to be played across the 'cricket square' and little by little the wickets deteriorated and became unsuitable for top class club cricket.
Early stalwarts of the Club prior to 1831 were the Verrells and Baxters and also W Lambert whose famous book 'Lambert's Cricketer's Guide' was published by Baxters of Lewes in 1816.
Many well-known cricketers played for the Priory during the Dripping Pan era, including the first two Presidents of the Sussex County Club, Viscount Pevensey (3rd Earl of Sheffield) and H.M. Curties. Herbert Whitfield, joint Captain of Sussex with C Sharpin in 1879 and on his own in 1883. Others included C.H. Ellis, who succeeded Tom Box as Sussex wicket keeper and after a short successful career became Landlord of of the Royal Oak at Lewes and Secretary and Caterer to the Priory Club, the Priory played a match against the United South of England XI in 1865 for his benefit. G.H.A. Arlington, A.L. Lucas, R.E. Foster (Worcestershire and England), Lord Willingdon (former Viceroy of India), F. Parris, W Quaiffe, J.R. King Sampson, P Cartwright, H.N. Hyndham, S.A. Leigh, A. Mynn and H.E. Roberts.
Since 1938 two Lewes players have played for Sussex: D.J. Smith and P.G. Laker.
The Club became one of the original members of the Sussex Cricket League which was formed in 1971 and continues to give a solid account of itself by playing attractive and entertaining cricket.
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Important Notice
Anyone using the Stanley Turner Ground and its facilities does so at their own risk. Lewes Priory Cricket Club cannot accept any liability (save in respect of the Club’s own negligence resulting in death or personal injury) to any person who suffers loss or damage arising from, whether directly or indirectly, their use of the Stanley Turner Ground.
Any person using the ground acknowledges that there are risks associated with the playing of cricket & sport, and agrees to accept those risks, to abide by the rules of their sport and to the use of the ground in a reasonable and responsible way, using all available safety precautions appropriate for their sport.
LPCC Committee, 2013
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