Summer Sports - Cricket


“ Simon Tremlin


It’s quite bizarre working with an audience of people suited and booted, eating picnics and drinking champagne, watching our every move before the opera starts!


70 I PC JUNE/JULY 2015 ” Setting up for Sports Fest


It was during my time working at the Bank of England’s sports ground that I met and became good friends with Harry Brind MBE and, on occasions, helped him out at the Oval


First class presentation befitting international and county fixtures


an NCH (National Certificate of Horticulture). After college, I worked for Somerset County Council for nine months at The King Alfreds School in Burnham-on-Sea, before doing the big move to London to work for the Bank of England at their prestigious ground at Roehampton.” “It was during my time working at the Bank of England’s sports ground that I met and became good friends with Harry Brind MBE and, on occasions, helped him out at the Oval. It was, in fact, Harry who gave me the heads up on the job opportunity being advertised at Wormsley CC.” Simon has remained in touch with Harry


and cannot speak highly enough about his support and help over the years to help establish the pitches at Wormsley. The idea of setting up Wormsley CC was


that of BBC Test Match Special commentator Brian Johnston, a close friend of Sir Paul Getty, who suggested it would be good to build a cricket ground to play some old fashioned country house games. The first ever game was held in 1992 and was so successful that Sir Paul Getty arranged several more fixtures. They soon found themselves hosting games against


international touring sides, the MCC and other notable sides. The amount of matches is dictated by the


size of the square, which currently provides eight pitches, with each one having to accommodate at least five matches. Over the years, Simon and his team have


developed a number of other facilities on site, including several net areas, a grass tennis court and croquet lawn. Simon’s staff also have the responsibility of mowing a lot of amenity grass areas in and around the estate; these include ornamental lawns and pathways around the main house, opera house, walled gardens and the main grass verges on the drive. Simon’s early memories of the job were


centred on improving pitches and one of the first jobs was to change the loam being used on the square. Originally Surrey Loam, after some debate, Simon decided to change to Ongar loam which he felt would give him better, more consistent pitches. The demands on the cricket pitches are


relentless, especially when catering for international matches. Last year, Simon produced several wickets for the England women’s team for both their five day Test


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