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Just to remind everyone (although we are sure you already know) that the clocks are changing this weekend. Please don’t turn up to Grasshoppers an hour early … we won’t be there! Also – just to be absolutely clear we are running sessions every other weekend, not every weekend. Thanks!

Hope everyone who made it along to the session enjoyed themselves and even learned a thing or two! Don’t forget that as Nigel always says “The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement!”. This is certainly the case when it comes to cricket, and the winter is a great time to be breaking down your game into the basic skills and getting some extra practice in. This week we looked at batting, and in particular one of the most important shots in cricket – the straight drive. This can easily be practised with a soft ball and a tee as the most important thing is the footwork and position of your head. Remember what we showed you and aim to practice before the next session.

Next week we are going to introduce a new element to the blog – example videos starring the Grasshoppers themselves! Those who do well will be asked to demonstrate their skills for the camera and the videos will be shown right here on the blog. The idea is that if you forget – or want to carry on learning at home and need some help, you can check the videos to see how you are getting along. If you want to be included for the videos then please ask your parents in advance if it is OK for you to be on the blog.

The next session is going to focus on bowling! We look forward to seeing you there – please don’t forget that the session times switch this week so if you were at 9am last time you will be at 10.30am this time and vice versa. See you there!

Due to the excellent response we had for the indoor net sessions, coupled with the fact that demand for the younger group was very small when compared to the older session we have made a few changes to the plan for the indoor sessions. These are detailed below – please read through the information carefully.

1. Instead of having a younger and older group we will be running the same session for both groups at the same level. Any of the younger players having trouble keeping up will be supported by the coaches to ensure they don’t miss out on anything.
2. The groups have been selected based on nothing more scientific than by putting siblings in the same group as well as trying to keep together anyone who normally travels together. Please let us know if we have forgotten to pair anyone that we should have done – but please try and stick to the groups for the first week. We will review any change requests after the session.
3. Each week the two groups will rotate time slots. So for session 1 if you are in group A you will be starting at 9am, but will start at 10.30am for week 2. Group B will start at 10.30am on the first week, but at the 2nd session will start at 9am … and so on. Apologies to those of you who thought you would be getting a late start every week – this was the only way we could think of making it fair.

Here are the groups we will be starting with:

Group A – Week 1 – 9.00am Forest School 11th October

Victoria Quilter
Beth Quilter
Jenny Leigh
Amy Leigh
Megan Stevens
Nathan Hawkins
Lucas Rendall
Dominic Hawkins
Harry Kent
Jack Kent
Harry Austin
Charlie Austin
Brennan Denhart
Jacob Denhart
Ben Stevens
Aaron Ruben
Jamie Miller + Guest

Group B – Week 1 – 10.30am Forest School 11th October

Daisy Beddall
Evie Spreadbury
Connie Lewis
Tara Norris
Cameron Gourley
Adam Hall
Matthew Weller
James Bunch
Ethan Davis
Stanley Forrest
Jake Burns
Ben Moss
Louis Batten
Mattie Owen
Jordan Crow
Toby Edwards
Rowan Bridle
Tyler Shoare

Please get in touch either by replying to this email or by calling Nigel on 07712887337 or Jon on 07540854000. Don’t block your number because chances are we will have to call you back and if you do – we wont know who it is!

Thanks for taking the time to read the above essay – see you on Sunday 11th October for the first session!

Summer is gone – it is nearly October and the outdoor sessions are done. Indoor sessions start soon so if you havent booked your place then get in touch ASAP as we only have a few places remaining. See you all on the benches at Forest!

A quick note to let you all know that this weekend (Sunday 29th September) will be the final outdoor session for Grasshoppers for 2009. As it is the final week we will be doing a parents and Grasshoppers challenge grudge match so please all wear suitable footwear so you have no excuse not to join in … See you on Sunday!

Hello all – just to let you know that there is now a Horsham Cricket Grasshoppers Facebook group – anyone who is interested just type horsham grasshoppers into your search box and you should easily find it. Everything that goes on the blog will go into Facebook so you should never miss another bit of ever important Grasshoppers info! Enjoy!

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Morning all ! Just to let you know that Grasshopers is on today – see you all over at HCC at 10.30am as usual.

Hi All! First off thanks to everyone who came on Sunday was a good session and we fitted lots in – sorry we overran a bit at the end! The interest in the Winter Indoor Training this year has been very high and at the moment there are only a few places remaining for the older age group so please don’t take too long to get your forms in or you might miss out! We will send a confirmation out to those who have secured a place shortly so that you all know where you need to be throughout the winter. Those of you who are Under 8 and would like to attend the Winter sessions we still have plenty of space for you – tell your friends at school and get them to come along and try out Cricket – the indoor sessions are brilliant fun! If you would like to secure your place or are having trouble printing the form then we are able to accept payment with your card over the telephone. Please call 07540854000 and speak to Jon who will be able to help. Finally as we mentioned recently the outdoor sessions will continue until the end of September (weather permitting) so we look forward to seeing you all again on Sunday!