South Wilts Cricket Club rewards cricketing stalwarts
South Wilts Cricket Club’s annual presentation dinner saw two of its stalwarts, David Heather and Adrian James, awarded lifetime memberships.
They join Brian White and the late, much missed Peter Russell as the only recipients of this coveted honour, presented to them by Club President Trevor Hayward.
David has rendered over 60 years service to the club, serving as a player, captain of the 2nd and 3rd XIs and as chairman.
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He still follows the club religiously, both home and away and is seen at every 1st XI home fixture on the elevated and best view of the ground affectionately named Heather Hill.
Adrian has served the club for over 38 years, 36 of them as 1st XI scorer, scoring the best part of 600 1st XI Southern League matches.
T20s, friendlies and regular junior commitments taking his total to around 1000. He has missed just 4 games in what the club calls a “fantastic achievement.”
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