Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 19, 2014 15:24:15 GMT
'Nuthurst CC Show Tenacity and Flair as They Aim to Fundraise £120,000 for a New Pavilion'
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It is unfair for any cricket club to be nicknamed ‘The Nutters’ - especially when in just 18 months they have raised over £65,000
towards a new pavilion - but the flair and tenacity shown by this West Sussex village club to achieve such a feat is bordering
on the crazed.
Nuthurst lyes around 3 miles south of Horsham and has a population of less than 2,000. The ‘Black Horse Inn’ and ‘St Andrew’s
Church’ are two of its better known landmarks.
Founded in 1830, Nuthurst CC is a thriving village club today with over 60 members, 40 of which are active players ranging from
teenagers to 60 years+. They have a fixture list of around 26 games a season which includes an annual tour of East Kent. All matches
are friendly. Their first recorded game occurred in 1850 against ‘Eleven Gentlemen of West Grinstead’. Their ground is on the Common
at Mannings Heath close to the famous golf course. The senior team won the 'Gullick Cup' this season.
www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuthurstcricketclub/
'Gullick Cup' 2014 Winners
Nuthurst CC represents the best of rural Southern England’s ‘green and pleasant land’ as they strive to build their new pavilion. It’s all
hands to the pump to save the club. If they don’t raise sufficient monies it is likely this ancient sporting fellowship will close. Echoes
of Blake’s ‘Jerusalem’ pervade.
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England's green & pleasant Land
Their present pavilion was built before the war and is simply falling apart. It is an old army tailors hut. The timbers have rotted and the
general construction decayed. No-one at the club has any previous fundraising experience. At the helm is Chairman, Kevin Barnes, a
retired exporter of nuts and bolts. Alongside him is scribe David Boorman who has written a book entitled, ‘The West Sussex Cricket
League, 1898’ where all monies go towards the fund.
www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuthurstcricketclub/news/the-west-sussex-cricket-league-1898--dave-boormans-new-book-1265086.html
A local artist, Jo Willis, has produced an oil painting of the club’s ground, and is selling limited edition prints (125 run for each 3 different sizes)
for £170, £300 and £350. The club have even produced sets of 12 blank cards with the painting image on the front where amazingly 862 packs
have sold at £4 each bringing in revenue of £3,448.
'Cricket on the Common'
Oil Painter Jo Willis
It might be unfair to say the club’s approach is all a bit Heath Robinson, but it’s working. Donations have brought in £10,500, a
recent ‘Mannings Heath’ golf day £5,000 and now Nuthurst CC are left with £55,000 to raise.
If anyone feels an affinity with the club’s plight and wishes to help out, they can contact Nuthurst CC Chairman, Kevin Barnes at:
Tel: 01403 242018
email: barnekevin@gmail.com
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It is unfair for any cricket club to be nicknamed ‘The Nutters’ - especially when in just 18 months they have raised over £65,000
towards a new pavilion - but the flair and tenacity shown by this West Sussex village club to achieve such a feat is bordering
on the crazed.
Nuthurst lyes around 3 miles south of Horsham and has a population of less than 2,000. The ‘Black Horse Inn’ and ‘St Andrew’s
Church’ are two of its better known landmarks.
Founded in 1830, Nuthurst CC is a thriving village club today with over 60 members, 40 of which are active players ranging from
teenagers to 60 years+. They have a fixture list of around 26 games a season which includes an annual tour of East Kent. All matches
are friendly. Their first recorded game occurred in 1850 against ‘Eleven Gentlemen of West Grinstead’. Their ground is on the Common
at Mannings Heath close to the famous golf course. The senior team won the 'Gullick Cup' this season.
www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuthurstcricketclub/
'Gullick Cup' 2014 Winners
Nuthurst CC represents the best of rural Southern England’s ‘green and pleasant land’ as they strive to build their new pavilion. It’s all
hands to the pump to save the club. If they don’t raise sufficient monies it is likely this ancient sporting fellowship will close. Echoes
of Blake’s ‘Jerusalem’ pervade.
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England's green & pleasant Land
Their present pavilion was built before the war and is simply falling apart. It is an old army tailors hut. The timbers have rotted and the
general construction decayed. No-one at the club has any previous fundraising experience. At the helm is Chairman, Kevin Barnes, a
retired exporter of nuts and bolts. Alongside him is scribe David Boorman who has written a book entitled, ‘The West Sussex Cricket
League, 1898’ where all monies go towards the fund.
www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuthurstcricketclub/news/the-west-sussex-cricket-league-1898--dave-boormans-new-book-1265086.html
A local artist, Jo Willis, has produced an oil painting of the club’s ground, and is selling limited edition prints (125 run for each 3 different sizes)
for £170, £300 and £350. The club have even produced sets of 12 blank cards with the painting image on the front where amazingly 862 packs
have sold at £4 each bringing in revenue of £3,448.
'Cricket on the Common'
Oil Painter Jo Willis
It might be unfair to say the club’s approach is all a bit Heath Robinson, but it’s working. Donations have brought in £10,500, a
recent ‘Mannings Heath’ golf day £5,000 and now Nuthurst CC are left with £55,000 to raise.
If anyone feels an affinity with the club’s plight and wishes to help out, they can contact Nuthurst CC Chairman, Kevin Barnes at:
Tel: 01403 242018
email: barnekevin@gmail.com
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