150th Anniversary Celebration
This year, 2025, is Berkhamsted Cricket Club’s 150th anniversary.
We have been 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
#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.
There's something for everyone: toddlers, youngsters, teens, Mums & Dads and Grandparents.
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
These matches will be played at Berkhamsted CC’s ground off Castle Hill HP4 1HE
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 a full Family Friday evening and could be the biggest evening of our special year!
Events completed include:
Talk – A History & Celebration of Berkhamsted Cricket Club
12th March, Wednesday, Town Hall, Wellcome Great Hall
Spot the Cricket Ball Competition
26th April to 2nd June, results were announced on June 13th
Six-a-Side Tournament
26th May, Bank Holiday Monday
Open to all, starts at 10am
U11 Girls’ cricket festival (years 5 & 6)
16th June, Monday
This festival opened with the Town Crier and finished with Medals awarded by the Town Mayor. over 80x U11 girls from eight local junior schools took 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
Our fantastic Family day included Cricket Olympics, quick cricket games for the whole family to join, a giant marquee, face painting and crafts for the younger ones, full Mad Squirrel kitchen and BBQ, ice creams and coffee stall and an all-day bar all set in the safe grounds of the Cricket Club and Kitchener’s Field. It was a glorious sunny day when the whole Club came together to have fun celebrating its 150th Anniversary
Cricket in the Church
28th June, Monday
On 28th June 2025, the Club held a new first, a nets practice session in the nave of St Peter's Church in the High Street. Part of the 150th anniversary celebrations, the event attracted a degree of media interest with Three Counties Radio sending along a reporter to capture some interviews with the Rector, Stuart Owen, as well several members of our Club. For the full set of pictures click here
Grand Reunion Day, Cricket, Music, Food, Bar
29th June, Sunday
Our Grand Reunion was 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 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 were historical exhibits by both the Club and the Local History Society. With over 350 guests, the day was crowned with the announcement of Vice President status for Brian Collins and Life Membership for Ian Putman. After a few short speeches, the crowd gave three cheers for the Club as we hoisted the special 150th Anniversary Flag for the first time at the Club’s new flag pole. For the full set of pictures click here
Legacy Outcomes
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!