Summer Sports - Cricket Lanhydrock Cricket Club
Taking a snapshot
Lanhydrock Cricket Club’s Head Groundsman is John Trethewey, a native Cornishman with a keen eye for detail, so much so that he was the overall winner of the 2014 Pitchcare Photographic Competition
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anhydrock House in Cornwall is presented as the perfect Victorian country house, as it was remodelled in the 1880s following a destructive fire. The property is
far older than its Arts and Crafts interiors suggest, having been built in the Jacobean period. After the devastation of the 1881 fire, Lanhydrock became a happy family home, lived in by Thomas Charles and Mary Agar-Robartes and their children, until, like so many others, their lives were shattered by the First World War. Now owned by the National Trust, the house and estate offer a fascinating glimpse into Victorian life and a home to
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Lanhydrock Cricket Club for over one hundred and fifty years. Situated just south of Bodmin, where the
A38 comes up from Plymouth to join the A30, Lanhydrock is about as central Cornwall as you can get, being pretty much equidistant from Padstow on the north coast and Fowey on the south. “Lanhydrock Cricket Club is one of the
most picturesque in Cornwall,” states Head Groundsman John Trethewey. “We are very proud of our square and the wickets we provide.”
John is a retired china clay worker who
lives just outside Bodmin. He has been involved with the club since his boys started
playing as youngsters ten years ago. “Then, in about 2008, I started helping the then groundsman, Brian Read. As he has grown older I have now taken over, although he still helps out when he can,” John confirms. “During the cricket season, I do nearly all
the work on the ground, although I do get some help from the lads! My wife Sheila has been treasurer since 2008. She has also been chairperson and is currently vice chair. She also runs the bar - purchasing all bar stock - and makes the tea ‘every’ week. Our middle son, Thomas, is captain of the first team, and also club captain, and our youngest son, Jack, is also in the first team, so it’s a bit of a family affair!”
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