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The Trinity
Club Club Cricket After a disappointing 2021 season, necessary changes have been made in key areas. Steve Richards, Trinity’s new Head of Cricket, has been appointed Senior Club Coach. Four new 1st XI recruits should strengthen us throughout with other new players joining and juniors playing their first senior matches.
A key positive from last season was that many young players showed great character and fortitude in difficult circumstances and the fact that a 4th XI was raised every week, bar one, was a remarkable achievement. The Surrey Trust League Tier 1 XI performed consistently well and enjoyed three excellent victories over Premier League opposition, reaching the semi-final play-off in only their second season in the competition. The Tier 3 side were competitive and the Sunday Friendly XI had a mixed season affected by poor weather. Senior playing numbers bounced back to pre-coronavirus levels and included 28 teenagers. These formats provide an essential transition for juniors into adult cricket.
The Junior Section continues to thrive, and membership has rebounded to 2018 levels (200+). Eleven age groups (U5s to U15s) are provided with quality coaching, indoors and outside, utilising a team of 40 coaches and assistants. Fifteen squads (U8s to U19s) play a mixture of pairs and conventional cricket. Almost every evening of the week and especially on Sunday mornings, TMWCC is filled with youngsters enjoying their training and match cricket; it is great to see and long may it continue. The coaches, assistants, managers, volunteers, and parents all deserve special thanks for their invaluable support. Come and play! Email: cricket@tsssc.co.uk tmwcc.co.uk/
Mitre Players In May, despite the many restrictions still in place, rehearsals started for the muchanticipated production of “Our House – The Madness Musical”. We packed up 3 vans and over 40 cars to head for Porthcurno in Cornwall and the world renowned Minack Theatre. We played to sell out audiences in this idyllic and unique location and enjoyed several standing ovations from an appreciative public who were delighted to see the return of live theatre. Our next production was “The Wind in the Willows” in October 2021 and was staged at the school’s Mitre Theatre. Despite some COVID casualties, we produced yet another successful and highly enjoyable show. In February ‘22 we started rehearsing for our Clubhouse production of “A Bunch of Amateurs”. Again, we had four sell out performances which were greatly enjoyed by the appreciative audiences in April and showed our depth of talent producing a challenging comedy. Rehearsals are underway for our Summer Musical “A Little Shop of Horrors” which will be performed at the Clubhouse Theatre in July and then taken on tour to the Apollo Theatre on the Isle of Wight in August.
If you would like to get involved, we would be pleased to hear from you. We have an open membership policy but retain strong links with Trinity and the Alumni and are hoping to work on a joint production with the drama department in the coming years. Mitres continue to go from strength to strength against all the odds - in the words of our Chairman “We love it, we love it all!”
Fancy getting involved? Email: committee@mitreplayers.org.uk mitreplayers.org.uk
