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SUSSEX YOUTH GROUND To be used on the coaching day |
HENFIELD
To be used for the Charity match |
PRESTON
NOMADS To be used for all Regional matches |
| The
Sussex Young Cricketers Educational Trust, Chairman Richard Greenwood
D.L., launched an appeal for a ground -Cricket Year Zero- in
the year 2000. CYZ- was successful but could not attract a grant from any National body because the project was too elitist and too rural. A ground was found at Blackstone- along a windy country lane A  An
extant but unused ground was selected near to the hamlet of Blackstone.
The above photo shows the ground as it was when the Sussex YC
Committee visited it for their first viewing in 2000. |
The opening match on the Sunday July 23rd
2006 will be played at Henfield CC. It is hoped that Lashings
International X1 will play an England Under 17 side. The cricket club have played on the common ground since at least 1771 making it one of the oldest Clubs in the world
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22/04/06 New photographs of Preston Nomads CC The following photos were taken in the Autumn
of 2005. The theme of the Festival is to enjoy the rural countryside
of Sussex. In Fulking, a hamlet under the southern slopes of
the Downs, the home of Preston Nomads C.C. can be found at the
Spen Cama Memorial Ground. The two grounds are separated by a
Pavilion. A At this time of the year the two grounds have
a shaggy dog look with leaves falling and patches in need of
repair are just visible. |
A An additional
acreage was provided by the Allen family which had given the
original ground to the hamlet of Blackstone. This overgrown area
would be turned into a playing area for under 10 to under 13
children |
 The A281 Brighton- Horsham road runs alongside the
common land. A bus stop is situated at the ground which reflects
upon the popularity for summer visitors leaving the city of Brighton
and Hove for an afternoon in the countryside. |
A The "new"ground
looking northward.  |
A Looking from the
north corner across both grounds as the initial clearing is undertaken |
The
ground is simply fenced and spectators can park on the common
close to the scene of the action |
A The old pavilion( the web master looks upon it as the new pavilion since in his playing days one changed in a railway carriage when playing the Nomads.) Old because it has now been knocked down and a new pavilion is being built in time for the Bunbury Festival.  |
A The new
Under 13 ground - inter school kwik cricket finals 2005. A The new Under 15 ground- inter Area cricket Festival
2005. |
The pavilion - whilst not the original -does contain some interesting archive materials
 |
A The memorial site to Spen Cama about whom more will
be written |
