They failed to meet the Premier League’s accreditation criteria when they won it in 2023, but the club is hopeful improved ground markings at Dolman’s Farm and work carried to the pavilion and showers should give them the nod this time around.
Ferndown dominated the Hampshire League this summer, winning 14 of their 17 completed games and finishing well above Sarisbury Athletic seconds, whom they thrashed in their penultimate match.
James Stephenson led the batting charts with 535 runs, with skipper Eric Linge and Tom Mullings, who made 135 against Sarisbury, each scoring 453.
Miles Lewis (28 wickets), Daryl Baines (27) and Freddie Pittaway (26) all featured strongly in the HL bowling charts.