East Garston cricket club was the brainchild of the late Roy Hunt, who lived for many years in The Burfords. Roy was a member of the Wantage 41 club, a club formed from retiring round table members. He arranged a match between themselves and a scratch team from East Garston, both the said teams consisting of players all in excess of forty years of age. Every year since, this match has been played out with the winners receiving the “Roy Hunt Trophy” presented by Roy’s widow, Jill.     This year - (2008) - we have a fixture list of 23 games, some played on Thursday evenings and the rest on Sunday afternoons.  We have no pitch of our own as yet, so “Home” matches are played at one of two alternative locations, namely Letcombe Regis or at Woodlands-St-Mary.

With regard to our Colts Team, a number of the young players graduated to the senior team or in one extreme case left to join the army which leaves the team on a bit of a sticky wicket.We are however looking forward to further success in 2008 and if anyone is interested in joining either the Colts or the Adult Team, you can come along to practice nets or contact the club secretary Emma Jones.
Nets are held on Tuesday evenings for adults and Friday evenings for Colts and will be resuming in April.

The late Roy Hunt