A Spotlight on Kent clubs this Get Set Weekend

With the sun shining across the county, volunteers in Kent were out in force getting their clubs ready for the 2025 season on Get Set Weekend. With nearly 70 clubs taking part on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April across Kent, we asked clubs to share a little insight into how they had used their weekends.

Recreational cricket relies on an army of volunteers, and we’re delighted to provide a snapshot of just some of the hard work that took place across the county last weekend in our Spotlight on Kent clubs series.

Thank you to the clubs below for sending in some brilliant photos and stats.

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Blackheath CC

Special mentions from Blackheath CC to Brent for organising and for bringing Marius – a ringer when it came to painting!

📝15 volunteers

✅ Jobs ticked off

• Painted the pavilion and it looks very smart
• Put up the sight screens and covers
• Varnished the benches and generally gave the place a good clean.

Borstal CC

Borstal CC had a very productive day on Saturday and worked their way through a long task list.

📝15 volunteers

✅ Jobs ticked off

• Put covers back together
• Cut back brambles from boundary fence and repaired fence
• Hand rolled the square and repairing roller
• Repaired broken plaster on clubhouse
• Cleaned out and inventory of equipment storage room
• Cutting back of verge areas

Harvel CC

20 volunteers came together at Harvel CC. The club wished to give a massive shout-out to club legends Murray Saunders and Malcolm Stubbs for their huge efforts this weekend.

📝20 volunteers

✅ Jobs ticked off

• Deep clean of the interior and exterior of the Clubhouse
• Assembled sight screens
• Refurbished outfield furniture
• Wound the clubhouse clock back an hour
• Organised the store cupboard

Mersham Sports Club

A real club effort for Mersham as they gear up for a busy season.

📝20 volunteers

✅ Jobs ticked off

• Assembled covers, sightscreen & mobile net
• Cleared and repainted lines in the cricket nets
• Cleared debris off the pitches
• General tidy up of clubhouse & car park

Sibton Park CC

Sibton Park worked their way through a huge task list over the weekend.

📝32 volunteers

✅ Jobs ticked off

• Nets– Swept and cleared grass growing over the sides of the artificial surface, mended holes and put up a new area of netting
• Ground– Mowed pitch and surrounding areas, created a compost area, cleared around sheds, assembled sight screens and covers.
• Garage– Fully cleaned out, throwing items that were out of date, sorting out COSHH area, listing machinery on eBay for selling that are not needed anymore, cleaned store shed
• Clubhouse – Created new benches in home change rooms, painted change rooms, cleared cupboards, de-scaled showers and toilets, cleaned bar area and kitchen, swept leaves from around club, adding in bike rack
• Other – Checked first aid kits, updated risk assessments, sanded & painted benches.

St Lawrence & Highland Court CC

A huge number of volunteers gathered for Get Set Weekend at St Lawrence & Highland Court.

📝40 volunteers

✅ Jobs ticked off

• Cleaned the clubhouse
• Reinstated net facilities
• Prepared sight screens and fitted mobile covers

Two notable jobs were fitting a window for more light in the umpires’ dressing room, as requested by Kent League Umpires, and recycling grass clippings into compost bays to help beautify the grounds with planters and hanging baskets.