On a blissfully dry Sunday afternoon last weekend, and on an afternoon in which the sun actually decided to show itself, Chalke Valley recorded their first victory of the weekend and in comfortable style too. David Brown has been the linchpin of the Club these past few months, taking over the demanding mantle of Fixture [...]

After all the excitement of our opening season at the new ground, and the fanfare of the Grand Opening Day, 2011 has been an altogether more sober year for the Club.  The biggest blow was the tragic loss of our President and benefactor, Carole Rawle.  She had been our greatest supporter and her death was [...]

The time has finally come for the club to dish out trophies to members of the club and what better way to do this than a night at the Horseshoes! We have booked out the pub for Sunday 27th November at 7pm. The cost is £15 per head and will include a 2 course meal [...]

Chalke Valley travelled to the town of Minehead for the second time in four years and enjoyed their most successful tour to date. Playing at some lovely cricket grounds in the West Country, particularly in the Exmoor national park, the Valley managed to win three games out of three. The tour started on a Friday [...]

Good news!  The Foundation for the Sports & Arts have awarded the Club a grant of £25,000 as part our Phase 3 of the New Ground Development – the new pavilion.  We learned our application had been successful on the opening day of the History Festival but have now received written confirmation.  Our sincere thanks [...]

I am glad to report that more than 3,500 people flocked to Butts Field on 7-9th July to enjoy the inaugural Chalke Valley History Festival.  Both Thursday and Friday were sell-out nights, while many of the eight Saturday events were met with capacity or near full crowds too. From TV historian, Michael Wood, to the [...]

Sunday, 3rd July 2011, was one of the historic days in our Club’s history, for beneath the bright sunshine of a glorious early July morning, Chalke Valley Under 11s recorded their first ever win.  And what a win: these eight boys and one girl absolutely crushed Steeple Langford.  It was a day of records: the [...]

It was a concerted team effort that saw Chalke Valley comfortably win against Steeple Langford at home last night.  On a sunny but blustery night, Dingle won the toss and chose to bat, our side hitting 141 in our twenty overs.  Most of the senior batsmen contributed, with a number of lusty blows – there [...]

It’s been a funny old season so far: cloudless skies and temperatures rising in April and May and then cloud and rain since the beginning of June.  Matches have been on one week, cancelled the next, either because of the weather or because of an opposing side calling off. As usual with Chalke Valley, performances [...]

It was good to see Adam Rouse in the field at the Rosebowl yesterday.  Adam was one of two Hampshire CCC cricketers who joined us at our Natwest Cricketforce Day back in April, where he not only played a soft-ball game with the Juniors but also gave a batting masterclass in the nets.  Yesterday, however, [...]