We are excited to announce the publication of the Western Tour fixtures for 2013, available here or click the menu link above.

The Sou’Westers’ first ever appearance on television took place in December and no, we were not filmed playing in India or Australia, but appearing on BBC Television’s Eggheads programme. Read the rest of this entry »

Another successful Western Tour saw twelve games played, all of which ended in a win for one of the sides. Read more in the Tours section.

The Sou’Westers recently returned from South Africa – a tour which was outstanding in all respects. Peter’s excellent and erudite tour report can now be found in the Tours section.

Last year’s tour was another blessed generally with good weather and lots of runs.  We had a healthy influx of new players, who we hope will be playing again in 2012, and the continuing trend of next generation Sou’Westers contributed widely to a successful tour. Read the rest of this entry »

Read the rest of this entry »

Peter was born on 11 March 1934 and died on 7 April 2011.

He was educated at Connaught House School, Bishop’s Lydiard, and, like his father, Radley College.  Born in Wellington, he lived in and around it all his life.  He worked for what is now Swallowfield in Wellington and Global Chemicals in Bampton, Devon.  And no doubt other places too. Read the rest of this entry »

The Fixtures page has now been updated with the 2012 worldwide fixtures list. Use the above menu or follow this link to the 2012 fixtures. There is still time to join the South Africa Tour and those interested should contact Stewart asap.

The Sou’Westers’ AGM will be at 7pm at Davy’s wine bar, 10 Creed Lane, London EC4M 8SH, followed by dinner at 8pm.

We have a private room in the wine bar, which is off Ludgate Hill, near St Paul’s Cathedral.  It is not very far from the previous venue at The Green.  The significant advantage of this venue is that there is no minimum spend, which has been a worry on each previous occasion that the AGM has been held in London.

It serves a draught beer under its own name which it describes as “light and hoppy”.   Food orders are requested in advance, to Mike.

The Sou’Westers’ last toured South Africa in 1999, over the Easter break, playing 7 games against Fish Hoek, Groot Drakenstein, Stellenbosch Farmers Winery, Western Province XI, Hermanus, Claremont and Techs. C.C. The tour was a great success and there has long been interest amongst many club members for a return visit.

A similar tour is now proposed for Easter 2012 . Planning and negotiations have been underway since March 2010. We will play similar teams again, being based in Cape Town but this time on the coast at Sea Point. This again promises to be an unforgetable tour.

Players and Club Members will shortly be e-mailed with more details including timing and basic costs. With this information at hand, which will cover senior players, members and families with young children, I hope you will be persuaded to join the tour.

Stewart