Welcome to the Persimmon Village Cup

The National Village Cup – now in its 40th year has 286 villages competing this year, 31 of which are taking part for the first time.

They all want to make it to final’s day at Lord’s on September 4th and get their hands on the coveted NVC trophy.

The National Village Championship came into being in 1972, the brainchild of Ben Brocklehurst, the then owner of The Cricketer magazine, and Aidan Crawley, the chairman of the National Cricket Association.

It was set up to showcase the strength of the village game across the country, the spirit of the clubs and of the thousands of players taking part.

We are determined to uphold and continue these traditions with our running of the tournament and our coverage of it in The Cricketer magazine and online (www.thecricketer.com).

This is no different in 2011 and we particularly want to hear your Village Cup stories and news, we want to know about great performances and unusual occurrences. You can contact us at nvc@thecricketer.com.

We are also delighted to announce Persimmon Homes as the competition’s new sponsor for 2011. Persimmon Homes is one of the UK’s leading house builders and we are delighted to have them on board.

Persimmon Village Cup have an existing site at www.thecricketer.com/default.aspx?pageid=1409

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