Teams expected to turn out in force as Canterbury & District Bat and Trap League hold one-off tournament to mark their centenary year at Whitstable Cricket Club

More than 100 players are expected to feature as the Canterbury & District Bat and Trap League hold a one-off tournament to mark their centenary year.

It will be held at Whitstable Cricket Club this Sunday, with matches starting from 11am.

League press officer Jakey Janes thinks plenty of sides will take part. Each can have eight players.

He explained: “Every player is going to get a medal. There’s going to be a trophy that the winning team will get.

“We should have 17 teams at the moment. It could go up to 20 or 21, so that’s quite a lot of players.

“The top two in each group will go through to a knockout format and the bottom two will play for the Plate.”

Whitstable Cricket Club have let the Canterbury & District Bat & Trap League utilise their Belmont Road ground for the celebrations. Food and drink will be on sale, along with side stalls and an ice cream van.

Each team will pay a registration fee of £3 per person, with all proceeds going towards the University College of London, a charity chosen by Nomadic Smugglers player Quinton Long.

“Someone in his family is ill so we are raising money for the University College of London,” Janes said.

“He approached us. He said ‘Could we raise money for the charity?’. We have been putting it out everywhere, trying to drum up interest.

“The weather will play a big part so, hopefully, that’s all right and we can have a good day.”

A trap with a centenary plaque on it will be won by the winning team which has been made by Andrew Minter.

The committee will be dressed in 1920s’ attire, representing the clothing worn by RW Humphrey and those who attended the meeting in September 1922 when the league was formed at the Ye Olde Beverlie pub.

The teams at the meeting were Beverlie,