Cricket club reveals ambitious plans for 2023 season

in 2016.

Since then, both their children have enjoyed playing in every age group to under-17, and Gracie is currently training with Gloucestershire U18s winter squad.

The club runs All-Stars and Dynamos cricket coaching for very young children, youth sides for under-11s to under-17s and three senior sides in the Bristol & District league, plus a ladies' softball team.

New players of all abilities are

Major refurbishment for Tennis Club

WINTERBOURNE Tennis Club ended last year on an unprecedented high.

The club secured generous funding from Winterbourne Parish Council and a grant from Enovert Community Trust for major refurbishment of its tennis courts.

Work on resurfacing the three courts and mini court, as well as new energy-efficient LED floodlights, should start at the beginning of April and be completed by mid-June.

This is not only a boost for the club but also a wonderful opportunity for the advancement of tennis in our local area.

The Winterbourne Tennis Club committee is working to secure an alternative venue to minimise disruption during the work - details will be published on the WTC website and Facebook page.

Tennis coach Rachel Cockcroft has been accepted on the training course for the new LTA Youth Girls Initiative, which will help with building the clubs junior girls’ team.

Junior player Zechariah Hamrouni has been invited to the prestigious national tennis camp at the LTA Tennis Centre, and has also been selected to represent team GB at the Junior Davis Cup qualifications in February.

The club welcomes new members of all abilities.

always welcome.

As a family-oriented club, you are sure of a warm welcome.

Members can enjoy the excellent bar facilities and family events planned throughout the year.

Also, members have the opportunity to hire the club for private functions.

You can find more details of the facilities on the website, www.coalpitheathcc.org.uk.

Bristol & West in charge

BRISTOL & West Hockey Club grabbed top spot in their division after an intense battle against former leaders Bristol University.

Currently, the men's 1st team is the only undefeated side in the league, retaining that accolade with an 8-1 thumping of Swansea away from home. A crucial fixture against Team Bath Buccs awaits.

The cold snap meant one round of fixtures had to be postponed across the club until February.

The 2nd team also won 8-1 away, to leapfrog opponents Whitchurch into 4th place in their division.

The 3rd and 4th teams were the only other Men’s sides to play after Christmas, both succumbing to defeats.

Like their male counterparts, B&WJ Ladies 1s are the only undefeated team in their league and are currently third, one point off top spot.

B&WJ2s also find themselves 3rd, 7 points behind top.

In December, eight players represented B&W at the annual West Indoor National Qualifiers in a gruelling all-day event.

B&W qualified in 1st place from their pool after comfortably beating Old Bristolians and Truro but they lost the semi-final 7-5 to Isca, who in turn went on to be thrashed by Bristol Uni in the final. The lads managed to place 3rd overall thanks to another victory (4-3) over Truro in the play-off. B&W’s Harry Bryant received the top goal scorer of the tournament accolade, with 14 goals in four games.

Elsa Looij

For more information or to apply for membership contact the club online at the website clubspark.lta.org.uk/WinterbourneTennisClub or email info@wtc.org.uk.

For more information please visit www.bandwhc.org.uk.