Poole Town
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Poole Town
CRICKET CLUB
P
oole Town CC currently
competes in the Premier
1 Division of the Dorset
Cricket
League
and
is a terrific example of a well-run
community establishment that plays
an important role in their local area.
They are led by Chairman Peter
Dooker who is supported by Secretary
Jo Pilley and the club has made a
considerable amount of progress under
their guidance.
In 2014 their first team put together a
campaign to remember as they compiled
a record of fourteen wins and just four
defeats from their twenty matches with
the other two scheduled fixtures being
abandoned. This saw them finish the
year as champions with 306 points on
the board.
This was a terrific achievement
for everyone involved with the club
and was a reflection of all of the hard
work that has gone into making them a
success. This is not a club that will sit
“As the 2015
season draws
ever closer there
is plenty of optimism
around Poole Town
CC as they look to
repeat their successes
of last season.”
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back and relax after their title however
and their focus has now switched
towards making saw that they are
successful again in 2015. As long as they
are able to retain their current group of
players and perhaps make one or two
quality additions to freshen up their
squad they should be challenging once
again.
Poole Town is not a club to focus
solely upon their senior section however
as they also have a number of youth
sides in place. These teams look
to provide youngsters
from the local
area with an
opportunity to play the game in a safe
and enjoyable environment whilst
helping them to reach their full potential.
It is important for any club to be able
to produce their own talent if they are to
be successful, particularly in the current
financial climate and this is an area that
Poole Town appears to have covered.
Coaching staff involved with the
youth sides are confident that they’ve
a number of players currently involved
with the potential to go on and have a
successful future in
the
game.
It will