Just a reminder that registration for the youth teams and the first coaching/practice sessions are being held tonight at the Bartons. Should there be doubts about future games/coaching taking place due to bad weather then please contact the persons detailed in the contacts list shown on the fixtures page.
Tonight's under 15's cup match against Cleeve was rained off. The game will be re-arranged and the new date will be posted on the web site as soon as it is announced.
The weekend fixtures were all affected by the weather with the 1st XI friendly against Y.M.C.A. being the only game where any play was possible and even then it was shortened because of rain and eventually abandoned. The 1st XI batted first after losing the toss and had scored 149-5 off 30.5 overs when the first downpour occured and an early tea was taken. Stiff was left stranded on 69 not out (his first fifty for the club) and Ian Nairn contributed a quick fire 29 with Tampa scoring a patient 20. The Y.M.C.A. reply was steadily gaining momentum and they were 98-6 from 19.5 overs when the second downpour occured and it was decided to call it a day. Huddy bowled well to pick up 3-49 and Byo took 2-30. The 2nd XI friendly against Frenchay and the Sunday XI fixture against Hinton Charterhouse were both cancelled without a ball being bowled.
This years Annual Dinner will take place at the Burrington Inn - last year's successful venue - on Friday 10 October.
The under 13's lost their cup match at Claverham last night by 9 wickets. The full scores have not been sent to us yet but they will be posted on the web site as soon as we receive them.
We have been unable to raise a team for this Sunday's under 11 fixture against Weston-Super-Mare Wizards and it has therefore been cancelled. The game will be re-arranged and the new date will be posted on the web site as soon as it has been announced.
The fixtures for the 2003 B&D cup were announced tonight and we have been drawn at home to Lodway in the first round on 28 May. If we win that match we will then play another home fixture in the second round on 11 June against either University Staff or Alveston.
The 2003 season got underway today with a 66 run defeat at Congresbury in a match that saw a new club record match aggregate of 564 runs scored in the days play. On a great batting track with a ridiculously short boundary on one side Congresbury batted first and scored a mammoth 315-6 in their allotted 40 overs. This was the third highest total scored against us in our 116 year history. The only bowlers to come out of the innings with any respectability were Jon Withers (3-34) and Huddy (0-20 off 6 overs). A victory chasing such a huge total was never likely but Boardy played a thoughtful innings of 73 including two massive sixes to keep us in with a sniff. Useful contributions from Wobble (28), Huddy (26) and Buckers (26) kept the scoreboard ticking but the innings closed, still 67 runs short of the target, on 249-6.
The youth fixtures for 2003 have now been published and can be viewed by using the links for each team in the 'forthcoming fixtures' table on the right hand side of the home page.
A big thank you goes to the seven players and various partners who turned up today to get the ground ready for the forthcoming season. The ball stop netting was put up, the sight screen erected and the pavilion and scorebox were given a good spring clean. Don't forget that there is still one net session left, on Tuesday, which will be your last chance to get into the groove before the season kicks off with an away fixture at Congresbury on Sunday.
There is a work party going out to the Bartons on Sunday 13 April which will be doing all of the important pre-season jobs such as assembling the sight screens, putting up the ball stop netting etc. They will be starting at approx 10.00am so if you can make it along to the ground to help out please do so.
Congratulations go to Huddy and Claire who gave birth to a son today at 9.30am. It weighed in at 6 pounds 9 ounces and is named Ben Alex. Mother and baby are both doing fine. It's too early to tell for definite but we think he is a right hand bat and an off break bowler.
The first net of the season was held tonight and was attended by 12 players. There are two more on Tuesday, 8 and 15 April at 7.30pm so please try and make it along to those if you can. |
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