JESSE Bishop was re-elected as first team captain of Timsbury Cricket Club when it held its annual general meeting at the clubroom recently.

There is a new vice-captain, however, with Lewis Redwood, who enjoyed a first successful year with the club, replacing Kevin Sibley. The chairman Ben Hosford continues at the helm of the club but has decided to stand down as second team skipper. Adam Workman takes over with Dan Hill as vice-captain.

Hill made a presentation to Hosford and doing so thanked him for the wonderful atmosphere he had created in the team during his time leading out the successful second string which had included a number of promotions. Chris Rawlings continues as third team captain.

In his annual report the chairman said that it had been another challenging year but there had been a number of positives. The refurbishment of the clubroom under the guidance of Hill had been very well received and he thanked Mike Passingham for arranging the grant that had made it all possible. The bar set-up had worked successfully, the social media had been well supervised by Sol Thompson and the nets had been well attended throughout the year.

The first eleven has enjoyed a successful season and had been close to gaining promotion but had just missed out. There remained a good spirit in the club and a number of new members had joined boosting the club’s numbers. All Stars and Dynamos were again a great success and the chairman thanked Dan Hill and many others who worked to make it all worthwhile.

The under elevens had enjoyed a good year of league cricket and he thanked George Webb for all his work that had made it possible.

Looking to the future work is scheduled to be undertaken on the pitch and there are hopes of running more matches on Sundays than in previous seasons. The club will also be celebrating its 150th anniversary and a sub-committee was formed to organise the events for what should be a very enjoying year.

The election of officers were as follows: President Malcolm Tucker; Chairman Ben Hosford; Vice Chairman Dan Hill; Treasurer Ben Curtis; Secretary Greg Passingham; Fixture Secretary Martyn Sage; 1st Team Captain, Jesse Bishop; 1st Team Vice Captain, Lewis Redwood; 2nd Team Captain Adam Workman; 2nd Team Vice Captain, Dan Hill; 3rd Team Captain, Chris Rawlings