What will you do when the season finishes and there is no more cricket to enjoy? You could join The Cricket Society, a national organisation with a branch near you. The Durham and North East branch meets at The Riverside on the first Thursday of each month from October to March at 7.30pm. There is also an annual dinner in April. There are nearly two hundred members in the area and about ninety attend the monthly meetings.
Each month we have a speaker on cricket. These have included players past and present including Jon Lewis, Paul Collingwood and Martin Moxon; administrators such as our own Bob Jackson and visitors from other counties Peter Anderson and Jim Cumbes; as well as a selection of cricket people like Jack Chapman, Sidney Fielden and Keith Hayhurst.
To keep you up to date, all members receive the society's Journal twice a year and the Bulletin eight times.
Branch Chairman is Ian Howie who is a director of Durham CCC. Secretary Michael Gauntlett and a committee of Ian McMillan, Paul Murphy, Gill Dawson, David Henley and Bob Crosby help him. Finances are under the eagle eye of Tony Banks.
If you want to talk to somebody about what we do catch one of us when you are down at The Riverside or email Michael Gauntlett at michaelgauntlett@cricketsociety.com.
We hope to see you over the coming winter when the Cricket Society helps us all to overcome those end of season blues.