The Balconiers’ Committee take pleasure in inviting all admirers of Chris Cooke’s twelve-year plus career representing Glamorgan County Cricket Club to his testimonial lunch. The cost is £30 per person.
RSVP no later than Saturday 10th November 2024.
Invitation and reply card are below:
Chris Cooke has been granted a Testimonial in 2024 by Glamorgan CCC in recognition of his performances and loyalty to Glamorgan. There is an extensive calendar of events dedicated to honouring Chris Cooke and supporting two causes close to him – the NSPCC and the Professional Cricketers’ Trust.
For up-to-date information about events, please visit www.chriscooketestimonial.co.uk
The Balconiers’ (John Williams) have a quantity of testimonial brochures for sale for a donation. Details of how to obtain one of these brochures are contained in the download below.
The achievements of Chris are regularly celebrated at the annual Balconiers’ Awards Evening at the end of the season. Who knows 2024 is an opportunity for “Player of the Season”.
We hope you will join fellow Balconiers’ in supporting Chris by ordering a copy of his brochure either by using the guidance in the download.
The next in the series of Winter Talks organized by the CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket will be held via ZOOM on Wednesday, 24th January starting at 19:00.
“An Evening with Chris Cooke” will see the batter and wicket-keeper reflect on his playing career so far, as well as a place in the Club’s record books as having scored a century in every format of the game – Championship, List A and T20 – besides holding the record for the fastest-ever hundred in the Club’s history, set last summer at Merchant Taylors’ School when Chris scored a century from just 38 balls against Middlesex in the T20 competition. 2024 is also Chris’ Testimonial Year so the evening will also look back on his career with the bat and gloves, both with Glamorgan and in domestic cricket in South Africa.
As always, attendance at the virtual meeting will be free of charge with those wishing to attend being asked to send an email to museum@glamorgancricket.co.uk by noon on Monday, 22 January. A confirmation reply will be sent out, whilst joining details for the meeting via ZOOM will be sent by email at approx. 1800 on Wednesday, 24 January. The talk will be recorded and a copy placed in due course on the Museum website.
Chris Cooke’s statistics can be viewed here: https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/chris-cooke/
As a tailpiece the St Helen’s Balconiers will be hosting a lunch on the 15th November 2024 at the Towers Hotel, Jersey Marine as one of Chris Cooke’s Testimonial events – further details to follow.
The St Helen’s Balconiers 2023 Newsletter should have dropped or will soon drop through the letter boxes of members.
The final article “Neil Harvey Masterclass by Dr Richard Bentley” was truncated, sorry for the mistake, please find the full article here:
In summary there are the usual mixture of articles including:
Chairman’s Report – John Williams;
2023 Players Awards Evening – Paul Sussex;
The 30th anniversary of Canterbury 1993 – Dr Andrew Hignell;
Awesome Innings at Neath – Dr Andrew Hignell;
Wooller’s Winning Way – Dr Richard Bentley;
Neil Harvey Masterclass – Dr Richard Bentley;
Supporting Glamorgan Cricket since 1972.
The St. Helen’s Balconiers are planning an ambitious programme of Daffodil Cricket Tours in support of Glamorgan CCC in the County Championship in 2024.
Arrangements for rooms and transfers are being sought at present, we hope to be able to provide costs and further details soon.
For a full list of Glamorgan Fixtures 2024 please see below: