Sunday 7th September 2025 Wick CC travelled to Barry Island for the season finale against Barry West End; would it be a smash hit or a damp squib, the weather forecast hinted the latter, but the Wick season so far indicated the former. Wick assembled at the island, apart from, obviously, Gutsy and Amal. The …
Sunday 17th August 2025 Archaeological evidence suggests that there was settlement in Wick from around 1600BC when a small proto-Celtic community may have developed, since then the village has seen several interesting events; from being a focus for Viking invasions on the South Wales Coast to being the first community in the UK to switch over …
Sunday 10th August 2025 A return to the home of cricket for Wick this Sunday, just 3 days after the famous victory over F Troop, this time to play another of Wayne’s team – Bridgend. There was a flood concern – due to the amount of Wayne’s tears from Wednesday still flowing – but the …
Wednesday 6th August 2025 Wales and England, North and South Korea, Tom and Jerry, Wick and F-Troop. Just some of some of the great rivalries in the world today. Wick, having never beaten F-Troop were approaching the final mid-week match of the season with a healthy amount of trepidation, and seeing a few familiar faces …
Sunday 3rd August 2025 A rare Sunday away fixture this week for Wick – travelling to Blaengarw to play the return leg from our first fixture of 2025. Sunday morning awoke to rain fall and a million WhatsApp messages to Steve (fixture secretary) – is the game on? It’s raining? Will we be playing? Where’s …
Wednesday 23rd July 2025 Wednesday. Wick. Windy. When Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, he didn’t expect that his www would become just as synonymous with village cricket in South Wales as it was to the internet. In overcast conditions, the knitwear was out in force as Wick take on our most local rivals, …
Sunday 13th July After a three-week hiatus from Sunday cricket and still reeling from a midweek defeat against Colwinston, Wick were looking to get back to winning ways against a youthful and competitive Lisvane side. As part of the ‘Wick CC: Village Cricket for the T20 Generation, a pathway to growth’ strategy, an effort has …
Sunday 22nd June 2025 Now when you hear that a group of Cardiff causals are heading to Wick you may fear that football hooliganism has raised its ugly head again, but fear not it is just some middle-aged gents playing a peaceful game of cricket. With the sun beating down all week, the Wick team …
Tuesday 17th June 2025 When you think of Wick CC a few things come to mind: XXL jerseys, ibuprofen, test match batting (and collapses) to name a few. It was therefore somewhat of an odd choice to organise a mid-week T20 fixture against the Vale’s U17s team. This feeling was further compounded when the youthful opposition …
Sunday 1st June If you believed the 90s urban legend every Wick school kid going to Brynteg was told – Newbridge Fields was where you had to fight the Bryntirion hoards every lunch time. Sunday’s scenes were expected to be far more tranquil – a rare village cricket away trip, would the team travel well? …
