Swardeston Cricket Club

The second of our senior winter indoor nets takes place tomorrow evening at the Cricket Gallery at Norwich School's Daynes Sports Centre.

The first of our youth winter indoor nets will take place at Ben France Cricket's Norwich Cricket Centre in Arminghall tomorrow.
🏏 See: group.spond.com/RGNCL

Last few tickets remaining for what will be an entertaining afternoon with one of Norfolk’s finest cricket entertainers! Do get in touch for tickets.

First senior indoor net of the winter takes place this Friday.

In March we will be staging a lunch at The Georgian Townhouse with Henry Blofeld as our guest speaker.

🗓️ Date: Friday 13 March 2026
🕑 Time: 12-4pm
🍽️ Location: The Georgian Town House
🎟️ Tickets: organiser George Walker on georgywalks@hotmail.com

Delighted that Swardeston's Lawrence DeCoteau has been recognised at national level by the ECB in the annual Coach Awards. Lawrence was named as Coach of The Year in the Norfolk Cricket Foundation Cricket Collective Volunteer Awards in September.
More: www.swardestoncc.co.uk/2026/02/lawr...

We are delighted that our retiring groundsman Pat Hall was commended by the ECB in the Lifetime Achiever Category of the National Cricket Collective Awards held in Leicester.
🚜 Read more: www.swardestoncc.co.uk/2026/02/pat-...

DATE FOR DIARIES: On the road with Swardeston.

🗓️ Monday 25 May 2026
🗺️ Frinton-on-Sea
🏏 Thurlow Nunn East Anglian Premier League Vitality Club T20 Group B
☑️ Frinton Ramsey Swardeston

10.00 Frinton-on-Sea v Ramsey
13.30 Ramsey v Swardeston
16.30 Frinton-on-Sea v Swardeston

We are pleased to publish dates for our youth winter indoor nets which will take place at Ben France's Norwich Cricket Centre in Arminghall from February to March. Limited spaces so registration required via Spond.
🏏 Please visit: group.spond.com/RGNCL

As we head through January we are pleased to publish dates for our senior winter indoor nets which will take place at the Cricket Gallery at Norwich School Daynes Sports Centre.

Good to see the club youth brigade picking up the darts baton. Nice one lads.

Lewis Reeder, Jamie Reeder, Lawry Williams, Awab Raja.

Happy New Year from Swardeston CC

Everyone at Swardeston Cricket Club would like to wish all our players, members, supporters, parents, volunteers and sponsors a Happy New Year.

Health and happiness for 2026.

Mange Tout. Annual Jolly Boys outing to the PDC World Darts Championship for the Swardeston Six. Once again, good to see Topcroft Cricket Club chair Benedict Davey guesting in the Swardeston crew.
Left to right: Matt Taylor, George Walker, Peter Lambert, Jeremy Elliott, Mark Thomas, Benedict Davey.

Wonderful two days at the MCG for long-time supporter, club member and now Vice-President & committee man Bethnal Green. Fulfilling a lifelong dream & honouring dad Mick who sadly died a couple of months ago, Simon saw our 1st win in an Aussie home Test Match for almost 15 years.

🎅 Merry Christmas from Swardeston CC 🎅

Everyone at Swardeston Cricket Club would like to wish all our players, members, supporters, parents, volunteers and sponsors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Our legendary groundsman Pat Hall sent us a thank you message and wishes all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Pat is bringing to a close his 68 years of outstanding dedication as Swardeston groundsman. We look forward to seeing him at games next summer... as a supporter.

Well done to the 19 Swardeston CEYMS playersselected from Under 13 through to Under 18 for the Norfolk Cricket Foundation county-age-group squads.

The draw for the 2026 ECB Rothesay National Club Championship has given us a preliminary round 2 tie at Bishop's Stortford on Sunday 26 April next year. We are in Group 14 with more than 260 clubs entered.
See draw: ecb.play-cricket.com/website/cup/...

Saddened by the death of Robin Smith and remembering fondly when The Judge was the guest speaker at our annual cricket dinner in 2002. A wonderful speech and then great conversations in the bar. Rest easy Judge.

REMINDER: Our Trustees’ annual meeting will take place tomorrow evening (Weds) at 8pm at the clubhouse. Come and join us.
🏏 View agenda: swardestoncc.co.uk/2025/11/annu...

Great to see our club professional Sagi Rajaguru offering bespoke cricket training in 1:1 and group sessions. Contact details in flyer below or follow Sagi's new page on Instagram:
🏏 www.instagram.com/thecricket.g...

Our clothing provider Mr Cricket Hockey are having a Black Friday sale online and in-store tomorrow (Friday 28 November 2025) with 20% off all equipment.

🏏 Use the code BF25 to access the discount.

Delighted to report that Sagi Rajaguru will be playing next season at The Common for the 5th year in a row.

The past four years have seen Sagi thrill us with:
💪 221 wickets
🏏 2928 runs
👏 Best bowling 7-30
🎯 Highest score 153

Here's to next summer Sagi. Bring it on.

Please sign up to support us on the easyfundraising app so we don’t miss out on a £2 bonus before it ends!
Using the easyfundraising app means you'll raise free funds for us whenever you shop online this Black Friday and Christmas — at no extra cost to you.
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/easyfundrais...

Our Trustees’ annual meeting will take place on Wednesday 3 December 2025 at 8pm at the clubhouse. Come and join us.

View agenda: www.swardestoncc.co.uk/2025/11/annu...

Pop along and support Friends of Swardeston Common.

Fixtures for the 2026 Thurlow Nunn EAPL are now out. We kick off the summer with a visit by Witham to The Common and round off the season by making the trip to EAPL newboys Ramsey.

Well bowled Sagi Rajaguru. Well done. Honours board for Norfolk for 2025 season.

Delighted that three of our club members were honoured in this year's Norfolk Cricket Foundation Cricket Collective Volunteer Awards. Well done to all three.
Winners:
🚜 Lifetime Achievement - Pat Hall
👏 Coach of The Year - Lawrence De Coteau
Runner-up:
🏏 Game Changer - Joe Beadman

Final graphic this evening is for the Top 10 fielding performances across the club.