Dear YP Dads,

Encouragingly already this season, I have had a couple of YP Dads come up to me and ask me whether they can play a game or 2 of senior cricket and we have managed to get them involved despite the weather so far this year.

If you would like to have a game on a Saturday or a Sunday then please email or call me and we can get you involved. You do not have to play a full playing subscription for playing a handful of games per year and we would love to get more Dads playing.

Who knows - maybe this could mean you could also play alongside your son or daughter in future? J

SO – are you interested? Then please get in touch (njfielden@hotmail.com or 07796 515484).

Thanks,

Nick Fielden

P.S. The email is aimed at Dads but we do have a Women’s team also for any Mums interested (!)

The golf will be followed by a BBQ at 8.00pm ~ all non-golfing members and friends most welcome ~ lots of food and salads at only £9.50 per head. Yes, of course the bar will be open, all day and all evening!

Tee off will be from 4pm until about 6pm and you will play 9 or 18 holes, depending on when you turn up!  Pairings will be decided on a roll up basis.

As usual the Golf Club "dress rules" for the evening BBQ after the golf are relaxed - shorts and jeans are allowed but no jeans full of holes please. Proper golfing attire (no jeans) is required for golf.

This is a fun evening for all members as well as the opportunity to play PPGC at no cost.  It is especially appropriate to be there this year as our very own Thumper (aka Dave Holden) is the current Club Captain at Porters Park.

To book your places for the golf and/or the BBQ please email julia.pearce@jmp.u-net.com and george.copley@citi.com and let us know approximately when you would expect to arrive and your handicap as well as how many tickets you would like for the BBQ.  We will collect payment for the BBQ tickets in cash on the night.

If you have any questions please call Julia on 07930 349081.

After a series of gruelling training sessions and trial matches, I am pleased to announce that the following boys have been selected from their respective winter squads to represent Hertfordshire this summer:

Under 11's:        Rahil Thapar & Armando Shashoua

Under 12's:        Freddie Wright

Under 13's:        Sam Shashoua

Under 14's:        Alex Cook, Charlie Mack and Alex Willis

Congratulations to all.

I have now received the details for David’s funeral as follows:

The main service is at Homewood Road United Reform Church, St Albans AL1 4BH at 12.30pm on 5th April.

After that there is a service at the West Herts Crematorium, High Elms Lane, Garston, WD25 0JS followed by a reception at the Ardmore House Hotel, 54 Lemsford Road, St Albans, AL1 3PR. 

If people don't wish to go to the Crematorium, the Hotel says they are welcome to wait there (it's not far from the church).  Everyone is welcome at all three events.

Flowers are family only, but Helen has asked that if anyone wants to make a donation, it should be to the Cotswold Canals Trust, as that was a charity very close to David's heart.

Cheques made payable to the Trust should be sent to Helen at 10 Roestock Lane, Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0PR.

I am very sorry to have to tell you that David Marshall passed away yesterday after a short illness.

David was a Vice President of our club as recognition for his many years with the club as a player and committee man, taking on many roles and keeping us entertained with his good humour and his great singing talent. He was a long-term member and supporter of the Radlett Players and the Radlett Light Opera Society, and he will be very much missed by all of us.

We pass on our sincere condolences to his wife Helen and family.

Details of the funeral arrangements will be published on our website as soon as they are available.

Tony Johnson.

Chairman.