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Tel: 01275 392719
Email: [email protected]
A batsman and he was selected for
the full Test team against Bangladesh,
but the recent terrorist atrocities in
Christchurch, sadly, meant that the
tour has now been abandoned.
James Bracey joined us a few
years ago from his childhood club
Winterbourne in an effort to make
the grade as a country cricketer
with Gloucestershire CCC. Through
his own hard work and skill, he
has managed this and has now,
unfortunately, but understandably,
gone back to his ‘home’ club to help
them out. We wish him all the best
for the season ahead, but maybe not
so against us!
So, we are missing some 1500
league runs at 1st team level, which
is not a trivial amount. However, we
are quietly confident that the players
we have at the Club will be able to
bridge this gap. I fully expect over
half of the 1st XI to be made up of
ex youth players - the likes of Will
Tavare (current Gloucestershire
CCC), Lisle Durrans, Sheridan Leech,
Louie Shaw and Fin Trenouth (both
England U19), Tommy Probert, Jack
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Ellison and Vir Lakhani will have
every opportunity to make telling
contributions for the Club. With Will
Rudge (ex-Gloucestershire CCC) as
1st XI Captain and opening bowler,
we are well placed to challenge for
honours.
CC: How would you say the off-
season has gone for the club?
HE: Good progress has been
made in ensuring that we have the
right infrastructure up at the Club.
We are investing in top coaches to
ensure all of our players get the very
best coaching. This is important for
all players, but none more so than
the younger ones. As such, we have
recently made Andy Stovold Head
Coach. Stov was a key player for
Gloucestershire CCC as ‘keeper/
batsman for many years and he has
been involved at Bristol CC for a
number of years, but he is now taking
on even more responsibilities.
CC: What are your plans for 2019?
HE: We want to compete hard at
all levels. The League is important
to us for all three teams and we
would also be looking for a good
run in both the ECB National KO
and the National T20 competitions.
We played some good cricket last
year and comfortably won the WEPL
T20 competition before eventually
going out in the Regional Finals.
Going forwards we want to go
back to running four teams on a
Saturday, so that we can offer even
more opportunities for junior players
coming through.
On the money front, we are
looking to do more fund-raising
and to get in more sponsors as we
want to keep moving forward. We
are fortunate to have the best square
in WEPL and have a Partnership
agreement with Gloucestershire CCC
who use our ground for practice and
both 2nd team and Academy games.
Going forward, we will be looking to
replace a couple more strips on the
main square to keep improving our