WORCESTERSHIRE Cricket Society have finalised the dates for their three-day trip to Sussex and Hampshire before the start of next season.

Society committee member and organiser Mike Hitchings says only a few spaces remain for the trip, which will run from Sunday, April 2 to Tuesday, April 4.

It will include tours of Hove and the Ageas Bowl and a two-evening stop at a hotel in the Portsmouth area.

The plan is to leave New Road at 9.30am on April 2, travel to Portsmouth and spend the afternoon visiting the revamped docks area.

A tour of Sussex's headquarters at Hove will take place on April 3 followed by a trip to Brighton before returning to Portsmouth in the evening.

On April 4, the Society will visit Hampshire CCC's Ageas Bowl and, after a meal, travel to the New Forest before returning to New Road.

Fifty-one people have expressed an interest and 32 people have paid a £25 deposit.

All those keen to make the trip should send a cheque payable to the Worcestershire Cricket Society at Mike Hitchings, 34 Derwent Drive, Mitton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8BB.

The Society's next meeting is at New Road on Tuesday, January 10.