THE
PAST
CRICKET:
Wendron Cricket Club was formed as Porkellis Cricket
Club in 1949. The
club enjoyed a number of successful years in the early
1950’s playing on a number of different farmers’ fields
in the Porkellis & Carnkie districts. After the 1976 season the Club was
in danger of folding when it lost the use of a field at
Bellevue. Determined
efforts by members ensured that this did not happen.
Three fields were located at Underlane and funds were
raised, hedges removed and a Wicket prepared, so that by
the start of the following season the ground had been
purchased and made ready for cricket.
A clubhouse with changing rooms,
showers, kitchen, bar and function room was built
entirely by voluntary labour and opened in 1982.
This provided top-class
facilities for players and supporters alike. In 1991
the building was extended to include a steward’s flat,
a small dining area and a match officials’ changing
room.
A more detailed Cricketing
history can be found HERE
FOOTBALL: In
1986
a Football Section was formed to play occasional
friendly fixtures, but has since grown into the most
vibrant part of the Club. The
2nd & 3rd teams played regularly in the
Falmouth/Helston League, the 1st XI becoming Division
2 Champions in 1990. Matches
were played on a hired field approximately half a mile
from the Clubhouse. It was vital for the Club’s future
to develop a football pitch on our main site to give
the football section greater security and enable it to
progress to senior status and there are now two
pitches at club level.
Senior
status came in the 1998/99 season along with entry to
Jolly's Cornwall Combination League and this was the
beginning of the present standing the club now enjoys.
Success
has been cyclical, but 2007 marked promotion following
the restructure of Cornish football into the newly
formed South West Peninsula League Division 1. Promotion
again to South West Peninsula Premier in 2018/19 was the
first time the club had competed at step 6 of the
National League system, with a 3rd place finish.
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