Alderbury v Wiltshire Touring Side

A message from our President

I want to thank all the members who participated in yesterday’s friendly match forJohn Snell against the Wiltshire Touring Team. It was, in my opinion, an exceptional event and blessed with outstanding weather. It was so lovely to see players in their whites enjoying the day, and for some, a win against some of the most experienced gentlemen players in the county.

But none of this would have been possible without the superb efforts of Margaret Sweetman and her team of wonderful ladies who made sandwiches, and for some others who spent the morning scraping new potatoes and for the rest of the day preparing food for the afternoon meal. It is because of them that the day was so successful. That said, I would also like to thank Stuart Sweetman who supported Margaret in every aspect of making the day successful.

I had many comments about how exceptional the food was, especially the desserts. I heard too that we are a great host club and I have to say I concur whole heartedly. One gentleman said to me that he had never been looked after so well - not even at home!

It was extremely hard work especially in the kitchen in that very hot weather but as always every member pulled out all the stops to make our guests welcome.

Also to Colin, who stayed all day running the bar. Colin did an excellent job keeping us refreshed throughout the day and made sure at the end of the game the drinks we ordered were ready for all of us very thirsty people to drink.

A big thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Sandie.

Thank you to  our Club Member, Chris Caryer and Howard from the Wiltshire Touring Side for photographs.