Cossany Cricket Club
Contact: Mr. Philippe Gimmel
Club website: www.cossonay-cricket.com
Fixture secretary: Mr. Andy Lovell
Social media: Cossonay CC Facebook page
CCC constitution: Click here
In June 1989 the Cossonay Cricket Club was founded and fully constituted with Keith Smith as its first president. In 1990 Cossonay Cricket Club was elected a member of the Swiss Cricket
Association and in 1991 started playing in the Swiss league competition.
It was also in 1991 that the club was elected a member of Cossonay's Union of Sports and Cultural Societies.
This was overcome thanks to the influence of a French cricket enthusiast, Bernard Chalimon, who was a neighbour of John McKillop. Training and practice sessions started in the late summer of 1988 and in June 1989 the club was founded and fully constituted with Keith Smith as its first president. In 1990 Cossonay Cricket Club was elected a member of the Swiss Cricket Association and in 1991 started playing in the Swiss league competition.
It was also in 1991 that the club was elected a member of Cossonay's Union of Sports and Cultural Societies. The first Cossonay Cricket Festival took place in 1995 and was held annually until
1998. It is now a bi-annual event held in even-numbered years.
In 1998 Cossonay finished 3rd in the Zuoz Festival invitation event and 1999 was runner-up in the Anatra Felice 8-a-side festival in Lodi (I). The club has twice reached the semi finals of the
Swiss cup, in 1997 and 1998. Autumn of 2000 saw the start of work on a new ground in Cossonay, since 2002 the ground has been fully operational, to be used exclusively for cricket.
In the summer of 2003, the club laid a NottsBase "D" System permanent batting wicket, establishing the Cossonay Ground as the leading cricket ground in Switzerland. The first match was played on
July 27th, 2003 against VRA-Amsterdam, a visiting team from The Netherlands, the match ended in a draw.
En Marche, Cossonay
Home Ground: En Marché, Chemin du 900ème 10, 1304 Cossonay/VD
