150th Anniversary Celebration
This year, 2025, is Berkhamsted Cricket Club’s 150th anniversary.
We will be celebrating this major milestone with a year of events and
activities concentrated on the summer. The aim for our celebration is to
improve the town’s awareness and engagement with the Club as well as
helping all our current and past members to feel proud to be associated
with our Club. We would love to see more of our members and
people from the town come down to the club to watch matches, enjoy our
beautiful setting and sample the drinks and food on offer from the
pavilion through our new partnership with Mad Squirrel Brewery.
As well as a full programme of League and Sunday matches for Men, Women and Juniors, we are hosting a number of special events as set out in the programme below (click on each event for more details):
Anniversary Programme 2025
Talk – A History & Celebration of Berkhamsted Cricket Club
12th March, Wednesday, Town Hall, Wellcome Great Hall
All other events to be held at Berkhamsted CC’s ground off Castle Hill HP4 1HE
Spot the Cricket Ball Competition
26th April to 2nd June
Open to all, free to enter
Six-a-Side Tournament
26th May, Bank Holiday Monday
Open to all, starts at 10am
#FamilyFridays, T20 Matches, Food, Bar
Friday evenings from May to the end of July
Open to all, pavilion bar opens at 5:30pm, matches start at 6pm
The big weekly social evening in the town, taking advantage of our beautiful setting, safe grounds for children to run around and cricket matches and practice going on all over the field. The Kitchen and BBQ offers excellent handmade pizzas, flip burgers and children’s menu rounded off by ice creams from Max on his bicycle. Full bar serving Mad Squirrel ales, including the special 150 Anniversary Ale
U11 Girls’ cricket festival (years 5 & 6)
16th June, Monday
Open to all local U11 girls (schools to enter) and parents, starts at 10:30am
Opens with the Town Crier and finishes with Medals awarded by the Town Mayor. U11 girls from eight local junior schools will be taking part in this competition with every team playing multiple games, enjoying the chance to put their developing cricket skills to the test.
Members’ Family Fun Day, Cricket, Games, Food, All-day Bar
22nd June, Sunday
Open to all members, junior members and families, starts at 10am
Cricket Olympics, quick cricket games for the whole family to join, giant marquee, face painting and crafts for the younger ones, full Mad Squirrel kitchen and BBQ, food wagons, ice creams and coffee stall and an all-day bar all set in the safe grounds of the Cricket Club and Kitchener’s Field. A glorious opportunity for the whole Club to come together to have fun celebrating its 150th Anniversary
Grand Reunion Day, Cricket, Music, Food, Bar
29th June, Sunday
Open to all past and current members, friends and families, starts at 12:30pm
A wonderful opportunity for players from every era to renew acquaintances with former team mates and oppositions to share memories and enjoy the Women’s Premier League Match being played against Chesham on our main square. Another giant marquee, full kitchen, BBQ and bar all day with food wagons, ice creams and coffee. There will be historical exhibits by both the Club and the Local History Society and a demonstration of the Digital Archive. With over 400 guests expected, the day will be crowned with the unveiling of the special 150th Anniversary Flag at the Club’s new flag pole
Berkhamsted Men’s XI and Women’s XI Matches v MCC
25th July, Friday
Open to all, match starts at 2:00pm, finish estimated at 9pm
A unique event with both our Men’s and Women’s XIs taking on the mighty MCC in matches both to be played on our beautiful ground, side by side. Guaranteed to offer a spectacle of excellent cricket with an all-day bar and full kitchen and BBQ offering. This event will segue into an full Family Friday evening and could be the biggest evening of our special year!
In addition, to provide a lasting legacy from the 150th Anniversary, we have a number of special projects underway:
- Completing a detailed history of the Club thanks to amazing efforts by the Berkhamsted Local History and Museum Society
- Set up a Digital Archive to capture all the photos, newspaper articles, scorebooks, histories and personal memories of members so that they can be viewed at any time, from anywhere (and not just be limited to browsing the photos in the clubhouse)
- Establishing ourselves as a Disabilities Cricket Hub, making our sport available to all, regardless of ability, with the help of Herts Cricket and the ECB
- Adding some physical legacies such as a new flag pole, trees and benches to improve the facilities for watching cricket at our ground
We have set up a dedicated committee drawn from all parts of our club to help plan and organise our Anniversary and they are busy working to make sure 2025 is a year to remember. Start marking up your diary so you can be part of this major celebration; don’t miss out on any of these exciting events!
If you would like to attend the Grand Reunion event on June 29th 2025, and have not received an invitation email, please click here to notify Peter Dudley of your interest