Annual General Meeting 2011
Penn CC's AGM will be held on Friday 7th January 2011 at Penn Golf Club (7.30pm start. PROMPT) The Agenda is here. A short description of the posts up for election is here - Please read this document and consider volunteering to help your club. Can all members and friends of the club please make every effort to attend.

Extraordinary General Meeting called
An Extraordinary General Meeting has been called by the Committee of Penn CC on Friday 3rd December at 7.30pm. It will take place at the clubhouse in Mount Rd. It is of the utmost importance that ALL members of Penn CC attend this EGM as there are vital and urgent matters to discuss which need input from all sections of the club. Please be there.

Penn Women's XI are Team of the Year!
Penn CC is extremely proud of its Women's XI who have been named Black Country Team of the Year for 2010. See the Women's section of this site for full details and a picture.

Presentation Evening
The presentation evening for the adult sides will take place on Friday 1st October at Penn Golf Club. It starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £17.50 each which includes a 3 course carvery meal. Full details here

Sports clubs score with new assurance standard

Eight sports clubs are among the first in Wolverhampton to receive a new quality assurance award. The Wolverhampton Sport Club Registration Scheme is now available to all sports and physical activity clubs and groups in Wolverhampton following a pilot trialled with local groups earlier this year.

It is aimed at clubs which have not secured Clubmark status, the Sport England standard, either because the organisations don’t yet have the resources to complete the application process or because they offer sports which are not recognised by Sport England like karate or dodgeball.

Amy Baker, Wolverhampton City Council's Sports Development Officer, said: “We respect the good work that many unaccredited clubs in Wolverhampton do and feel that they ought to get recognition for it. However we are aware that, for one reason or another, some have been unable to apply for the Clubmark standard.

“As a result, we have worked with our partners across the Black Country to develop a registration scheme based on one which has been successfully running in Walsall for the last few years.

“The Wolverhampton Sport Club Registration Scheme is designed to be an acknowledgment of the commitment and quality of local clubs and organisations offering physical activities, while at the same time also improving the level of provision available.”

Already eight organisations – Wolverhampton and Tettenhall Ladies Hockey Club, Sakura Karate Academy, Movin 'n' Groovin, Soccer Coaching 2000, Penn Cricket Club, Old Wulfrunians Hockey Club, Old Wulfrunians Tettenhall Cricket Club and Three Hammers Golf Club – have been accredited by the scheme. A further 10 are working towards the standard.

Clubs that achieve accreditation will be added to a list on the Wolverhampton City Council website and will be able to use the scheme logo on their promotional information. Only clubs that have achieved the registration or Clubmark will be able to link with Wolverhampton schools. Existing Clubmark clubs are also urged to apply so that all accredited clubs can link with Wolverhampton schools,

Amy added: “Eventually we want to have a directory of quality assured clubs who have either got a Clubmark award or have achieved Wolverhampton Sport Club Registration, or both.”

Councillor Matt Holdcroft, Wolverhampton City Council’s Cabinet Member for Leisure and Culture, said: “We hope that many of our smaller or more specialist sports clubs and providers will be able to now achieve recognition for the excellent work that they do.”

The Wolverhampton Sport Club Registration Scheme is free and support is available to help clubs to achieve the registration. For more information, sports clubs and organisations can log on to www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/clubregistration or call Amy Baker on 01902 556219.

Penn six-a-side competition
Come along to Mount Road on Sunday 29th August for a day long six-aside cricket competition featuring some exciting local teams. Full details here

Red Carpet treatment for Penn CC members
Selwyn Smith Manager and Head Coach of Penn Girls and Ladies Teams has been awarded the Bill Jones Memorial Volunteer of the year for Worcestershire during the tea interval at New Road on 30th July. The award took place at the same time as the County Nat West Oscars His services to club district and county were all remarked upon by Peter Radburn the chairman of the Worcester Cricket Board. His remarkable success with Penn's girls teams was considered an absolutely superb achievement.
Runner up was Penn's former chairman and treasurer Paul Tranter for over 37 years service to cricket at Tipton and then Penn. Paul can still be seen performing in the Fifth team along with previous Oscar winner Barrie Greatrex and Fifth X1 captain Brian Lester has now promised to put a red carpet on the pavilion steps each time they play
Both Paul and Selwyn will now travel to Lords in the Autumn for the National Nat West Oscars ceremony
Women's Cricket page