Icklesham Stoolball Club

27/10/2026

Close finish at the end, small margins in this one. 😳 Good friendly game though. 😍

Yesterday saw the first set of the Indoor Mixed Stoolball fixtures for the 2026-27 season.
There will be 2 more matches on 8th November when H&B play Pett at 9.30am, and Eastbourne play Ninfield/Hooe at 11.00am.

19/10/2026

Close game against Scorpion Stoolball Club last week. 😔
Picked up a losing bonus point though. 👍

07/10/2026

Tough day at the office against table toppers Chiddingly, however played in the right spirit with lots of laughs. 🤣😍

Points scoring is as follows-

Win - 4 points
Bonus points - 100 runs scored (1 pt), 150 (2 pts), 200 (3 pts), Losing bonus point if within 30 runs of opponent's score.

Mixed Indoor friendlies proposed for Sunday 18th October, with League to follow. Teams of 8 (4 men & 4 ladies) required. Contact Andy Battle Sports Centre

04/10/2026

Latest Ladies Indoor League results. ⚾️😍

20/09/2026

Today was officially the end of the outdoor Stoolball season. The annual Alan Apps Charitv Tournament at Robertsbridge organised by the most wonderful Joanne Pennells once again. This year's charity was the Alzheimers Society.

The weather held off and we had a mostlv sunnv and warm afternoon. There were 12 teams and there was some fancy dress participation, with ourselves becoming part of the Minions family for the day, and Pett a set of crayons.

We were drawn in a group of 6 teams, and played 4 matches. Rotational batting and Sixes counting as Minus 5 runs. affected a few scores and results across both groups during the day.

Icklesham 69/1 v 18/0 Toffs
Icklesham 49/2 v 39/4 Crowling
Scorpions 34/3 v 33/1 Icklesham
Robertsbridge 12/0 v 51/2 Icklesham

We won the group ahead of Scorpions on run difference, after thev also won three matches and lost one.
We plaved Pett in the Final and finished as Runners Up 51/0 v 43/3.

Manv thanks to Jo and the team for organising the day and we look forward to finding out how much has been raised for such an important charity.

On 6th September we participated in the Crowling Mixed Tournament. We lost our last group game which was effectively a semi final by 4 runs v Catsfield, who went on to win the Final vs Crowling after initially drawing 74 v 74, then winning the Super Overs 39 v 38.

The evening matches finished on 11th Auqust at Robertsbridge, with another high scoring contest which went down to the last ball with the Home side just squeezing over the target at the very end in the dark!

What started on a freezing April evening at Staplecross turned out to be a frazzled summer with scorched pitches and sunburn Sundays, and ended up under the almost moonlit sky at Robertsbridge!

The Ladies Indoor leaque has alreadv started, and the Mixed league is due to start soon too! So there'll be more updates on those during the Winter!

02/08/2026

Today we hosted our annual Mixed Tournament. Another glorious Sunday, with sun all day meant a lot of hot and bothered stoolballers by the end of the afternoon. 🌞🌞🥵🥵

There were 6 teams, Pett, Crowling, Hooe, Maresfield and two from Icklesham (Blues & Whites). We played a round robin so everyone played 5 matches.

There were some close results and some not so, with a few alternative 'local' rules which had some effect on all the games.

Icklesham Blues fared less well than the Whites, registering just the one win, vs Hooe at the end of the afternoon. 😢🤣

The final two rounds of matches were still relevant as 4 teams were still in with a chance of finishing 1st or 2nd overall. Run difference would come in to decide the positions if wins/points were tied.

As it was, Icklesham Whites, on four wins, lost to Maresfield in their last game meaning Pett needed to beat Hooe by 12 runs in the final round to also reach four wins, and overtake the run difference to win overall. This they did, and finished top of the standings coincidentally also by 12 runs! A reversal of last week's result @ Pett tournament. So well done Pett!! 👏🏆😍

Most runs went to Ryan and Jane (both Pett), most wickets, Jane (Pett) and Rick (Maresfield), most catches, Rachel (Crowling) and Ben (Icklesham White).

Massive thank you to all who played, umpired and scored, as well as those who helped provide food and raffle prizes, and with the setting up and tidying up at the end of the day. ❤️

Everyone should sleep well tonight. 😍😴😴

&Whites &newfriends

31/07/2026

July results as we come to the near end of the East Sussex Friendlies season.

Veteran scored her highest score for Catsfield in a close ladies fixture where experience combined with some youth to provide an exciting finish. 🤩

The fixture at Ashburnham vs Scorpions went down to the wire with the home side needing 4 runs from the last ball in a low scoring contest, where the fielding on both sides was tight. A run out on the last ball while Scorpions attempted to run a 3 to tie, gave us a 1 run win.

Ninfield couldn't get enough players for the original ladies fixture on 23rd July, so this was changed to a Mixed match so we didnt lose an evening of Stoolball. After a good start batting first - 82 from 5 overs - Ninfield stumbled to their final total after key wickets fell, with the juniors of Icklesham bowling and fielding well to keep the score down.

Jake Leach scored a quick 93 vs Hooe to boost what was an underpar total when he went in to bat. In the second innings Hooe were unfortunate to lose 3 key wickets in the first over, and another 3 in the fourth over. The experienced Judy and Mel showed the rest how to bat before finally being all out for an early cup of tea. 🫖 Still a nice and friendly evening.

The return fixture vs Ninfield was another unfortunate one sided affair. Batting first Ninfield started well, before a bizarre run of 7 wickets in 8 balls, starting with 3 at the end of Donna's over, and 4 of the first 5 balls of Benji's over. Some rash shots either leading to being bowled or caught made the visitors innings a short one. 😲Albert and Bonnie opened for us and safely got us over the line. Another friendly summer evening however with a nice friendly team. 🌞

Our Mixed Tournament is on Sunday 2nd August, 10.30am start. All spectators welcome 🤩 Refreshments and a raffle too. 🤩

26/07/2026

Today we played at Pett Mixed Tournament. Weather was much improved on last year, even with a brief but torrential downpour during the late mornings play. Lots of sunburnt souls by the end of the day! 🥵🌞🌞

There were 5 teams and we played a Round Robin to decide the winners! There were numerous close games, including one tie, with around 60 runs from 4 overs being an average score across all the matches during the day.

Results -

Icklesham 60 v 59 Robertsbridge
Hooe 58 v 67 Icklesham
Pett 65 v 60 Icklesham
Crowling 49 v 79 Icklesham

We needed to score 75 in the last game to overhaul Pett's run difference, and managed it just about on the last over vs Crowling. So we finished as Winners at the end of the day by 5 runs ahead of Pett. 🏆⚾️😍

Many thanks as always to Pett for hosting and all of the scorers and umpires for their officiating throughout the day! ❤️

Next Sunday 2nd August is our own Mixed Tournament at the Recreation Ground Icklesham, 10.30am start. ⚾️❤️

19/07/2026

Today we played at Yew Tree Mixed Tournament. Up against teams from the Eastbourne league, we fared ok despite being a bit depleted. Won 1, lost 2 and shared the points with H & B in the dead rubber last match of the group stage. Two of the matches were decided on the last ball so it was quite 'exciting' 🤣.

Burwash 69 v 52 Icklesham
Icklesham 61 v 65 Yew Tree
MTC 60 v 61 Icklesham
Icklesham v H & B points shared.

Pett beat Burwash in the Final! 🏆👏

Entertaining day in the sun with so many friends 😍⚾️ Next Sunday, Pett host their own Mixed Tournament.

18/07/2026

Bit of a delayed results update from the season so far. Only 6 matches played through June and beginning of July. A number of matches sadly cancelled either due to inclement weather (bizarrely yes it did rain at least twice in June!! ☔️🌩🙄), or the opposition not being able to raise a side 😔.
Also coming into a run of 3 Mixed tournament Sundays in a row as we enter the final few weeks of the season. 19th July @ Yew Tree (Chalvington), 26th @ Pett, 2nd August @ Icklesham!! ⚾️😍