About the club

Wells and Horrington Cricket Club is the largest club in the Mendip area, and we are proud to provide cricketing opportunities for those aged 5 all the way through to 16 in our junior section, we have a growing women's section, mixed age and gender friendly cricket and inter-club games throughout the summer, and three senior teams playing on Saturdays.

Please see more information on each section below, as well as our training schedule at the bottom of the page.

We have a large junior section, spanning from All Stars aged 5 through to Under 16’s, who compete in the Mid-Wessex Junior leagues and their relevant age group cups.

Each age group gets dedicated training sessions throughout the week included in their membership bundle, provided by qualified and experienced coaches, aimed at developing skills and taking their ability to the next level. There is plenty of opportunity to play in their respective league and cup fixtures. Junior teams are also frequently entered into shorter format festivals, which mostly take place during the summer holidays, once the junior leagues have ended.

Since the merging of our clubs in 2023, our women's team have gone from strength to strength, both in terms of the squad's growth and also their achievements. The main focus of this section is to engage women of all ages, of all ages and abilities, and to provide a safe and accessible sporting opportunity for those members of our community.

Until recently, this playing space was made possible by participating in the Somerset Cricket Foundation's softball pairs league, where our squad gained valuable knowledge and experience in a competitive but relaxed environment. Through the tireless work of our coaches and players, and with great successes in trial runs of the format, we hope to take the level of our women's cricket to the next tier, by participating in the Somerset Cricket Foundation's softball T20 league.

The aim of our junior age group development program is to equip our juniors with the best skills we can give them, in the pursuit of them playing in our competitive senior cricket sides. We have three such sides playing in the Somerset Cricket Leagues on Saturday afternoons with our first and second teams play at Old School Lane, with our third team playing at Chapel Piece.

As well as competitive teams, we also play mid week friendly games most weeks against local teams, and play several inter-club games in different formats - a new format we have introduced is a tape ball, a quick and social format.

As a merged club, we have two cricket grounds set at the base of the Mendip Hills. In South Horrington, between Wells Golf Club and the old Mendip mental hospital, sits Old School Lane - the former home ground of Wells CC, serving as the primary training ground and base for Wells and Horrington CC.

A little under a mile further up the Old Frome Road, Chapel Piece can be found - the home ground of Horrington CC from their founding in 1929 to the merger in 2023. This ground is used by the third playing eleven on a Saturday, and several junior sides during the week.

Old School Lane is a bustling venue, with bookings in our club house throughout many summer days, training almost every evening from late March to September, and hosting our first and second playing eleven's on Saturdays.

Our committee members are all volunteers, who kindly dedicate their time to help facilitate cricket and social activities across the club. Members of the Committee can normally be found around our ground at Old School Lane, ensuring activities run smoothly, and will be more than happy to discuss anything with you - whether this be as a perspective player, a parent of a new or existing junior member, or a member of the public.

If you are unable to find the member you would like to speak to, or have a broader enquiry, please contact the committee as a whole on the following email: WellsandHorringtonCC@gmail.com

For existing club members, all committee members are contactable through Teamo.