On Saturday, Chalke Valley took their stands and ticket tent to the RAFA Air Show at Shoreham-on-Sea in Sussex.  Thanks to Phil Hill, the team were helped by Zoe and Alice, two friends from Shaftesbury who leant their services to a day of hard selling.  Also helping was Brian Jeffery and together they used their [...]

As England were performing heroics at the Oval to clinch the Ashes, Chalke Valley were getting their revenge for last season’s 2-1 deficit with a clean sweep 3-0 series win against old rivals, Sixpenny Handley.  On a lovely late August afternoon at Handley, Chalke Valley batted first and chalked up 218-7 with Toz Judd continuing [...]

Congratulations to Chalke Valley skipper, Anthony Dingle Mercer, who on Sunday’s game against Bedouins hit his thousandth run for the season.  Dingle, who has hit two centuries and a plethora of fifties, has been in fine form ever since the last game of last season when he scored the first of his Chalke Valley hundreds.  [...]

The new ground continues to thrive thanks to the bountiful amounts of rain this summer.  The outfield has already had its first cut, as has the square, which now has beautiful green stripes.  The water supply has now been connected and there is a tap next to the entrance gates. The Spitfire Competition has begun [...]

It was Chalke Valley’s first cup final and there was no doubting it was able to field one of the season’s strongest sides against old enemy, Fovant.  Around a hundred people turned up at the neutral Steeple Langford ground on a warm and sunny evening.  Fovant batted first, posting a reasonable total of 146-6, with [...]