What a season its been. The club continues to grow and thrive. Massive thanks go to all who have supported the club in 2025, our wonderful main sponsors who we wish to thank again for their financial and partnership support:
Seymours Knaphill
ACS
Brookwood Cars
Albatross Carpentry
Clockwork Recruitment
CCL
Shaw Gibbs
And all of our advertisers whom we would like to thank for their financial support:
AJ Sports
Lacunna Sports
The Bisley Pavilion
Mounter Fitness
Town and County Funeral Directors
The Waffle Station
Clair Seager Pilates
HKore Studio
The White Hart
And of course our other supporters who we would like to formally thank:
Pirbright Parish Council
Surrey Cricket Foundation
Winston Churchill School
Pirbright Village School
Worplesdon and Burpham CC
Some highlights
• The Phoenix Women’s Team winning Div 1 I’anson Softball League following promotion from winning Div 2 on 2024
• The club was featured in the Surrey Cricket Foundations annual impact report showcases what a modern local club should look like (P10 & 11)
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/52d4f99762.html#page/10
• The U15 Hardball team along with their manager James were filmed by Surrey Junior Cricket Championship in a promotional video for all of the county :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG3NbcYZM8w
• New Astroturf Wicket installed
• Young leaders raising £1500 for the Astroturf wicket and the 2025 Young leaders raining over £700 in one evening “Gunging” Chris, Tim and Becki
• The Penguin walking team playing at the Oval and featured in the promotional video on Sky Sports https://www.surreycricketfoundation.org/walking-cricket-sky-sports-feature/
• Two youth players participating in the Hampshire Performance squads
• Tim Ferrone our new Youth Lead Coach survived a season and is back for more in 2026
• 27 Youth players competed at full adult cricket level for the men’s and women’s teams
• The U9 Boys won the Pirbright U9 festival for the first time
• The Year 5/6/7 girls played the first Hardball league ever, playing in a boys league
• First Women’s Hardball inter club match
• The ENO match and evening of operatic fun was a great occasion
• The Local MP Dr Al Pimkerton visited the club to see what a local club at the centre of the community looks like and was impressed
• The first sponsors, suppliers and supporters evening was held to thank all of these companies and people for their support.
The team’s results:
Women’s Pheonix (sponsored by Albatross Carpentry): Winners I’anson Div 1 Softball
Women’s Phoenix (sponsored by Albatross Carpentry) :3rd Surrey Smash It West
Men’s Sat XI (Sponsored by ACS):7th Div 3 I’anson
Penguin Walking Cricket team (Sponsored by CCL): Played 17 games runners up in Chelsea Pensions Festival and won 2 out 3 at the Oval Surrey festival
Sunday Friendly XI (Sponsored by ACS): Had 22 games scheduled and had a great time with a mix of wins and losses
Midweek XI (Sponsored by Clockwork Recruitment): played 24 games with a mixture of wins and losses. On one occasion we had 3 teams out on one evening!
The Youth Section (Sponsored by Seymours Knaphill)
165 players Coached by 33 coaches / managers (Sponsored by Brookwood Cars)
Pheasants U8 Boys Tier 3 – played 8 games and had a great introduction to matches
Parrots U8 Boys Tier 2 – won 9/11
Puffins U9 Girls Smash It – 5th with great wins in their festival smashes
Pacas U9 Boys Tier 3 – Won 6 out of 10
Panthers U9 Boys Tier 2 – Won 7 out of 8 and won the PYC U9 festival (Sponsored by Shaw Gibbs)
Pelicans U11 girls Smash it – 4th in league
Pumas U11 Boys HB Tier 3 – 4th in league
Possoms Girls HB U12 open Tier 3 – 4th in league
Partridges U13 Boys Tier 2 – 3rd in league
Pandas U13 Girls SB Smash it – 6th
Peacocks U15 girls Smash it – they had some friendly games
Parakeets U15 Hardball Mixed Tier 3 - 2nd In league