PRESIDENT   

                                                Mr Ray Mortimer

Life Vice President              Vice Presidents                  Hon. Life Members

Mr M. Jackson                     Mrs. R. Hayward                 N. Dawes
                                     Mr. M. Hayward                   M. Green
                                     Mr R Biddlecombe                 R Biddlecombe 
                                    Mr M Green                       D. Headley 

Chairman                           Treasurer                            Secretary            

Chairman’s Report for 2018

Our Chairman Nick Gossip.

I would like to remind the members and clubs that during the year we have lost our long term President and motivator and one of our founders Vic Loveless.  More recently, in late January, a long time committee person Dave Hurrell has also passed away.  I ask the gathering for a minutes silence to remember Vic Loveless, Dave Hurrell and the many other New Forest crickets who have passed away in 2018.  Thank you.

I am very pleased to report that the committee have approached Ray Mortimer to be our President and he is very happy to accept.  I requested the meeting for the formality of a show of hands to accept this nomination.  The vote was unanimous.  Ray Mortimer has proposed that his first official action as President will be to sponsor the Presidents Cup cost of umpires and trophies for 2018 which your committee gratefully has accepted.  In fact we have a sponsor for the Stone Cup so this season both Knock Out Cups will be Free to enter
The past year had been difficult for some Forest clubs and I am sadden to see the Pavilion at Swan Green has been demolished as it seemed so final to what was a well know place for cricket in the New Forest. 
I would like to thank Sway CC for doing a marvelous job at hosting the Stone Cup Final, not only was the weather excellent so was the Bar-B-Que and the clubs hospitality.  In the final Brockenhurst were victorious over Lyndhurst & Ashurst, in a well contested game.

We need a change of venue for the Presidents Cup Final and New Milton agreed to host.  Although New Milton were finalist their opponents Sway very sportingly agreed to the change of location and the rearranged date.  New Milton were worthy winners on a very hot Sunday and again proved to be very good hosts for the show case final  

In closing I wish all clubs a good and successful season in 2019.