Wisbech
Wisbech
CRICKET CLUB
W
isbech Town CC
play in the National
Trust
parkland
attached to Peckover
House and is a terrific example of a
community establishment that plays
an important role in their local area.
We caught up with their Chairman
Bob Burgess to find out more about
the good work that they’ve been doing
lately.
Involvement
He told us, “I first got involved with
the club when my son, who is now 23,
turned 12 and needed to play cricket at
a club with his secondary school mates.
Until then he had been at the village
club that I was playing for at the time.
As he got older and started playing for
senior teams I began to play for Wisbech
when I had no match at my main club.
managed the under 9s and under 11s.
Eventually I was asked to become club
secretary. This was followed a year or
so later by being asked to take up the
Chairmanship.”
At the time I ran the youth set up at
the village club, but as time went by I
realized that the club was losing their
youngsters. With a heavy heart, having
played there for twelve seasons I left
the old club, essentially to retire, but
was talked into joining Wisbech by the
then chairman to play and to join the
coaching set up at Wisbech.
The Role
This was in 2008 and I was able to play
for a further two years. Since then I have
“The most challenging and rewarding
aspect for me as Chairman is to ensure
that the youngsters want to keep coming
back to Wisbech and play cricket. We
are unusual in Wisbech as we have
a fee paying grammar school on our
doorstep which is a hive of sporting
activity as well as some large primary
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