The 2011 Chertsey Genet Social League started well with ten teams lined up to start.

We welcomed two new sides this year, with the Chapmans making an entrance (and looking very similar to the Greenjackets!) and the Ashford Nomads who entered into the spirit of the League. 

After a promising start to the season we were hit by the good old British summer.  Following on from last summer where we had no weather cancellations at all, this year we had five weeks affected by rain.  The season started well but Thursdays in July and August seemed to signal the storm clouds over Chertsey!

Most people tried to rearrange the fixtures, but even some of these rearranged matches were rained off.  So as you will see below, only the Salesians and Marist managed to play all nine games.  The clear winners were the Vet Labs who have risen from the wooden spoon to champions in just a couple of years, playing cricket must be a condition of employment there now!

The battle for second was much closer and had we been able to play all the matches it could have been much more exciting.  The Thursday BBQ was a star attraction, but even that became a casualty of the awful weather.  On the plus side, it was good to see one or two players joining the weekend teams and hopefully this trend will continue as we try and get the Social League players to take a more active part in the Club.

Despite all that, everyone seemed to have enjoyed the season again and it remains a popular way to spend a couple of hours on Thursday evenings while waiting for the bar to open!

Look forward to seeing you all in 2012.

Richard