On Sunday, the 2008 season came to a close with a narrow defeat against Stoke Green, however this did not take away the fact that Cookham Dean Cricket Club had a brilliant season. In the clubs inaugural season in the Thames Valley Cricket League, the 1's earned promotion from Division 4A into Division 3B, whilst the 2's finished mid-table in Division 6A. The clubs Under 13 colt’s side also won the Julian Cup, this section of the club as well as the adult sides has gone from strength to strength during 2008.

April

The season started way back on Saturday April 12 with a friendly away at Little Marlow, where the team won comfortably and therefore set the standards for the season ahead. This was soon followed by a demolition of West End Esher in the First Round of the Village Cup, with new players Imran Butt and Amit Patel scoring a 50 and taking a fifer respectively. The month finished with a heavy defeat for an under-strength first team against White Waltham and a win for the second team against the same club.

May

May started off badly, with the club losing another pre-season friendly, this time against Purley. The following day saw the club being dumped out of the Village Cup to neighbours Pinkneys Green, in a narrow defeat - this was not to be the only time the club got knocked out of a cup competition to the Berkshire League side. Following these setbacks, preparations were not looking good for the start of the new league campaign and a defeat at home to OMT proved that the team was not on form. The 2's however, did better earning a winning draw away at Marlow Park, with Jake Richardson scoring the first and to this day, the only century scored by a Cookham player in the Thames Valley League. The next game for the 1's was a trip to Slough 3's and after posting a large total thanks to a 140-run partnership by Rory Millar (81) and the in-form Jake Richardson (66), Cookham looked set for their first Thames Valley League victory, however with Slough 6 men down and the light fading, they walked off the field leaving Cookham ruing a missed opportunity! The following week, two defeats against British Airways meant that both sides were struggling and it was left to the final weekend of the month, for the club to finally record their first win with the 1's winning away at Bagshot. On the same day, however the 2's suffered a heavy defeat and were seeing survival as their aim for the season.

Away from the Saturday teams, the only Sunday side had a good record, whilst the club won a first round Julian Cup tie against Littlewick Green by more than 100 runs. The colts also made a fine start to the season with all teams doing well.

June

After a poor May, the club’s season got back on track with the 1's winning 3 and drawing 1 of their games and the 2's winning all 4 games in the month. In the first game of the month, Cookham hammered Chalfont St Peter 2's by 9 wickets with Chalfont being bowled out for 107. In reply, the Dean top order made light work of reaching their target, with Dave Brookes, who joined the club in April, scoring his first league 50 for the club. Meanwhile the 2's won by 5 runs in an exciting game, with the win being secured in the final over. The win was inspired by the returning skipper, Shaun Glover who scored 82. The 1's won the following win with a narrow 3-wicket victory in a local derby against Wooburn Narks. Pres Patel returned with figures of 6-26 to bowl Wooburn out for 181, and in reply it required a mature innings from Clive Lambden who hit an unbeaten 50 after a shaky start. The 2's won comfortably by 6-wickets against Caversham and Readingensians, with both Shaun Glover and Mike Maroudas hitting half centuries. The next week saw Ian Frankland rip out Teddington Town 2's top order with miserly figures of 6-18 on a wet track and after bowling the team out for 71 they knocked off the runs with little difficulty. The 1's almost made it 4 out of 4, but were a dropped catch by Amit Patel away from bowling out Finchampstead 3's who finished on 9 wickets down. In the final week of June, the 1's recorded their first 25-point win after beating Windsor 2's by 107 runs. The win was set up by two quality innings by Clive Lambden who made 92 and Ben Millar who got 82. The 2's also completed a perfect month with a 2-wicket victory over Boyne Hill 2's.

Despite the good month in the league, the 1's were unable to beat Pinkneys Green for a second time in the season, this time in the Julian Cup Quarter Finals. After posting a huge total, the Pinkneys Green (and Stevenage) bowlers restricted Dean by bowling them out a long way short of the target. The Sunday sides enjoyed a good month, with two sides being put out throughout the month. The Sunday 1's recorded a rare win in the Presidents match after an 81 by Imran Butt, however lost the following week in the annual John Platt trophy against Holyport. Imran Butt on the last Sunday in June hit an unbeaten 146 against Eversely, to become the second centurion in the adult’s cricket for the season. The colts continued their great season with Tom Wells-Cole, who later became Colt of The Year, scoring the first ever century by a Cookham Dean player in a colts match.

July

The month started with the 1's narrowly missing out on victory against Hayes, but for the second time in three weeks, the side had to settle for a draw with the opposition 9 down. The 2's also had a draw against Hayes. Following this weekend, the 1's went through a really poor run of form as they lost 3 games in a row, to OMT, Slough 3's and British Airways. In the OMT match, the side failed to chase down 152 after Imran Butt had bowled well taking 5 wickets. The next week against Slough 3's was one of the poorest performances by any team in the club throughout the entire season as they were simply outclassed. It was he same story the next week, as despite a solid batting performance by the team, the British Airways batting was too strong and ran out winners by 7-wickets. The 2's also suffered a poor run of form in the same period with defeats to both Marlow Park 2's and British Airways 2's, however they did record an impressive 6-wicket victory over Royal Ascot with Richard Bibby doing the damage with the ball, taking 6 wickets. So at the end of the July, the season looked as if it would peter out for both sides, as both sides, although safe from relegation, seemed to be too far off the pace with regards to promotion.

At the beginning of the month, Cookham Dean Under 13's won the Julian Cup title with a 9-run victory against Binfield in an epic game at North Maidenhead CC. Noah Sharples was the man-of-the-match and the Cookham hero after scoring a 50, coming in at 23-6. With the Colonel Garrett Cup in the middle of the month and a weekend of poor weather at the beginning of the month, Sunday cricket was limited although on three separate Sundays, the club managed to put out 3 sides. There were a few notable performances with Tom Bibby scoring 86 in a defeat at Hillingdon Manor, and a 94 by Jake Richardson at West Wycombe.

August

With the 1's quite simply needing a win against Bagshot 2's in the first weekend of August to keep up their slight hopes of promotion alive, Cookham ran out winners by 4-wickets. Chris Nunn bowled brilliantly taking 7 wickets with Bagshot 2's being bowled out for 122. After an awful start, it needed a class knock of 60 not out by Imran Butt to see the side home and keep up hopes of promotion. The 2's earned a winning draw against top of the league Ruislip, which was a good effort. The next Saturday was a complete washout, which was a real blow to the 1's as they would have fancied their chances against Chalfont St Peter 2's, who were rock bottom. However, the next game came around and was away at Wooburn Narks. After making 197 on a poor wicket, it was going to be tough for Cookham but a superb innings of 80 by Ben Millar helped them to a 3-wicket win in the final over, just like the game earlier in the season. The 2's helped themselves to an easy 6-wicket win against Caversham 2's, with Ollie Freeman scoring his first league 50 for the club. With the 1's really keeping up the pressure on the sides above them, they entertained Finchampstead 3's and a comfortable 5-wicket win put them just 3 points away from promotion with only 2 games left. The 2's, with a mid-table finish guaranteed, travelled to Teddington Town 2's and came away with a disappointing defeat despite a fine innings of 97 not out by the in-form Paul Farnborough. The month finished with the 1's travelling to Windsor 2's and after being bowled out for 184, the push for promotion appeared to have run out of steam but an inspired bowling performance by Sawan Gandesha and two good catches at short leg by Rory Millar helped the team to bowl Windsor out for 150. This put them in the promotion places going into the last weekend, with August proving to be a brilliant month for the 1's. The 2's played out a draw with Boyne Hill 2's with the scores being level and Cookham 9 nine down.

The weather severely effected the Sunday 1's month, with three games been abandoned half way through. The side did complete a couple of games though, one of which being against White Waltham, where a 108 by Paul Farnborough set up the win. The Sunday 2's, however managed to avoid the showers and had a very successful month only losing once. In the win over Old Berkely, Dave Brookes scored an unbeaten 100.

September

The first Saturday in September was the last league game of the season, on a wet and windy dismal day, the 1's tried to finish their game but failed. However, as they went into the game 16 points ahead of third place, 7 points was enough for them to be promoted despite other games in the League being played. The 2's game was abandoned without a ball being bowled, and as a result, earned a respectable 5th position.

Following the end of the league campaign, there were a few post-season friendlies, with wins against Egham Roses and Little Marlow as well as a few defeats. The talk now, however is on the 2009 season, where the club will hopefully build upon the success gained in 2008.