East Meon Cricket Club – ACM Panel Cricket Honours Board
ACM
East Meon Cricket Club in Hampshire needed a new cricket honours board that could carry a substantial volume of club history without the weight and maintenance demands of a traditional timber board. The club wanted something that would look the part on the wall, hold its finish over time, and offer the warm, familiar aesthetic of wood — without necessarily being made from it. We designed and manufactured a single large flat-panel board to meet that brief, combining modern composite materials with a wood-effect finish that sits comfortably alongside a traditional cricket clubhouse interior.
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2311 x 1082mm
ACM
Wood effect vinyl to face with digitally printed graphics and protective laminate
IP5797 gold vinyl lettering
Flat ACM panel honours board with wood effect vinyl face
Screwed to face
Design Highlights
The board was built on a 3mm ACM (aluminium composite) substrate, measuring 2311 × 1082mm — a generous format that provides ample space for columns of batting, bowling, or club award records without feeling cramped. ACM is rigid, lightweight, and dimensionally stable, making it well suited to large single-panel boards where a heavier timber construction would be impractical or place excessive load on the fixing points.
To the face, we applied an IPWOB5 wood-effect vinyl, which gives the board the warm grain appearance of a traditional wooden honours board while retaining all the practical advantages of the composite core. Over this, digitally printed graphics were laid down and the entire face finished with a protective matt laminate to guard against UV fade, moisture, and surface wear.
Lettering was produced in IP5797 gold vinyl, providing strong contrast against the darker wood-effect ground and giving the board the sense of occasion that cricket records deserve. Gold on a dark timber-look background is a classic combination for cricket honours, and here it reads clearly across the room. The board was designed to be fixed directly to the wall using face-fixed screws, keeping the installation straightforward and the profile tight to the wall.
Summary
For cricket clubs in particular, the look of a board matters almost as much as the information it carries. Members expect honours boards to feel considered and permanent — not temporary signage. The ACM flat-panel format with a wood-effect vinyl face offers a practical answer to that expectation: it presents as a traditional wooden board at a glance, but requires none of the upkeep associated with solid timber or veneered MDF in environments where humidity and temperature can fluctuate.
At just over 2.3 metres wide, this board has the scale to make an impression in a clubhouse without the structural complexity of a multi-panel installation. The matt laminate protects the printed graphics and lettering for years of normal use, and when the club needs new names added in future, the acrylic honours boards and composite panel formats we work with are all designed with update cycles in mind.
We have produced honours boards for cricket clubs across England, from small village sides to county-affiliated clubs, and the brief is often the same: something that looks right, lasts well, and does justice to the performances it records. This board for East Meon CC does exactly that.
If you are looking for a cricket honours board — whether timber, acrylic, or composite panel — get in touch and we will help you find the right format for your clubhouse.
Our honours board prices start from £250, depending on size / material options.