General News

The guest speakers, venues and dates for our forthcoming members’ meetings have been announced, and can be seen here: https://wcaco.org.uk/monthly-meetings/

We look forward to seeing you there!

26 members came to see Warwickshire v Somerset on 20th August. It was great to see everyone, including Peter Ogden, who again travelled down from Manchester to see old friends despite not being in the best of health.

The Club looked after us very well again, with a good number of our members taking advantage of a new, very reasonably priced, lunch menu in the Warwickshire Suite.

A prize will be awarded, for the best photo caption, at our Members meeting on 4th November.

25 years on from Brian Lara’s world-record breaking innings for Warwickshire at Edgbaston, ‘501 Not Out’ tells the story of cricket’s first global superstar.

Exploring Lara’s remarkable ascent in 1994, the film also celebrates his development in Trinidad and features interviews with a number of iconic names from the world of cricket. These include his former international and county team-mates from the historic treble winning season, his friends and coaches in the Caribbean, fans who witnessed the marathon knock first-hand and those inspired by his heroics. Notable contributions come from Sir Curtly Ambrose, Allan Donald, Dermot Reeve, Gladstone Small, Dennis Amiss, Jonathan Agnew, Ian Bell, Deryck Murray, Bryan Davis and Trini Posse Group co-founders Nikki Borde and Nigel Camacho.

Our World Premiere screening is this Saturday 17th August at The MAC from 7pm and it is nearly sold out so GET IN QUICK WHILE YOU STILL CAN! It will be followed by a Q&A that will feature Tim Munton John Morris and also the film’s director. The after party will be at, where else, but the new 501* lounge and bar at Edgbaston straight after the premiere event has concluded where we have Marston’s sponsoring and providing us with a pop up bar. There will also be a second screening on Wednesday 21st August and we still have good availability for this screening.

Below I’ve attached the poster for our campaign, the official trailer and links to the MAC website where tickets can be booked online: 

TRAILER:

WORLD PREMIERE ON 17th AUGUST: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/501-not-out-q-a

SECOND SCREENING ON 21st AUGUST: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/501-not-out-director-q-a

We shall have a mid-season review meeting at Edgbaston on Monday, 22nd July, commencing at 7:30pm.

This is an excellent opportunity for newer and developing officials to share experiences and raise any issues they would like to discuss. We would very much welcome our more experienced officials to come along and provide guidance on how they have/would handle such matters and to share what life is like in the higher levels of recreational cricket.

Please note that we will not be able to provide tea and coffee at this meeting, due to Edgbaston increasing its prices. Nevertheless, we look forward to seeing you at Edgbaston!