WITH bats oiled and whites being dug out of cupboards, the cricket season is about to begin. For some though, it never ended and there has been a full schedule of indoor nets throughout the autumn and winter at Fernhurst Cricket Club.

The club is very proud of four juniors who have been selected to play at district level by Sussex CCC.

The ‘Fernhurst Four’ are Fergus O’Connell and James Vigar in the U9s county squad while Ned Freeborough and Louis Eden line up in the Western Warriors U10s squad.

Head coach Rob Unwin told The Herald: “It’s a great personal achievement by the boys but also a ringing endorsement of Fernhurst’s youth policy.

“We are all thrilled with the success our boys have had with Sussex and it just goes to prove that a small and thriving village team can rub shoulders with some of the more established junior cricket set-ups” he continued.

“Everyone involved in junior coaching works very hard with our young cricketers during the summer ensuring they get quality coaching but, at the same time, have fun - which is a pre-requisite of the Fernhurst Junior ethos.

“We hope to be entering more children for district trials in 2017 and look forward to similar success.”

The Fernhurst Four will be very busy over the summer travelling all over West and East Sussex but they know where their first loyalties lie.