Personally for me the formation or should I say solid foundation of Ashford's first ever ladies cricket team was one of the highlights of the cricket season. The support and interest from the ladies who did regularly turn up made the organisation fully worth while. The initial support and enthusiasm to start ladies cricket came from the vision and drive of the cricket club and the support of Sharon Eyers (Ladies Cricket Development Officer for Surrey).

Due to injury Sharon was unable to visit schools in the local area but has plans to do this at the start of the 2000 season. This will hopefully encourage the younger children in the area to join and enable us to have both a junior and senior section.

A grant application has been put forward to the local council for cricket equipment for the ladies section. We are very confident about this grant which will enable training equipment to be readily available for both senior and junior ladies training nights.

Because of the support and I hope enjoyment that the ladies got this season I have entered them into the 20 over a side ladies league for beginners that runs on Sunday mornings. For this to be successful we need to secure a few more members but I am confident that the girls and myself will be able to attract a number of new players next season.

Finally thank you to the girls this year and the help I received via Adrian Chessman and Steve Davies

Good luck for next year and thank you.