Afternoon All,
Just a brief-ish mini-newsletter with a few important bits of information. Please sapre a few minutes to read and action anything you need to.
League Cricket – There are just 3 weeks of the league season to go now. I am pleased to announce that the 1st XI will be Div 2 Champions. A fantastic effort. We have played some great Cricket and thoroughly deserve this accolade. We sealed promotion with a hard-fought win over Embrook on Saturday.
The 2nd XI have had a good season, too, in our first season . We will have a mid-table finish which is a good starting point.
We still need as many people as possible to make themselves available for the final few games to make sure we finish with a flourish in both Divisions. We are about 3 players short still for this week if you fancy helping us out…. Also there will be drinks after the final matches on 31st August in Wokingham. Full details later..
Sunday Cricket – The Sunday season goes on to late September so be sure to get your availability down ASAP to help Rich sort the team out each week. We have 1 last home game this coming Sunday against Lisvane CC, a touring team from Wales. There will be a BBQ and all are welcome.
Tour: We are touring in September to Cardiff for a return match with Lisvane CC and to watch the ODI Eng v Aus. Dates are 13/14/15 September. We have 1 space still left. Please call Rich Hester ASAP if interested.
Social Events/Dates for Diary
27th August – Final Outdoor Nets
31st August – End of League Season/Promotion Celebration Drinks – Wokingham.
3rd September – Winter football starts
18th October - Berkshire League Presentation Evening - Goring & Streatley Golf Club
8th or 9th (TBC) October – CCC Annual Dinner and Awards night.
Indoor Cricket. We will again be entering 1 or possibly 2 teams into the Eversley Winter league. I will send full details when we have confirmed. If you want to play in this, games are on Sundays (late afternoon/evenings) throughout the winter. Need people to commit to this really as it’s hard to find one-off players. Let me know if you are interested
Merchandise – we still have a few caps and sunhats for sale as well as the green training tops. We also have some mugs. Please let Dan or Jimmy know if you’d like one. All other merchandise can be sourced through the Club Shop Link to Serious Cricket on the website.
Nets: there are just 3 more outdoor net sessions to go this year. It’s gone really quickly. Indoor nets will start properly in January and there’ll be some ad-hoc sessions before Christmas I’m sure (AKA Secret Nets)
Winter Football: No sooner does outdoor nets finish than we start Winter Football. This is on Tuesday nights at Frogmore School. Full details are on the forum. Brendy looks after this so please contact him via the forum to register your interest.
Fantasy Football: Tom Huelin has kindly organised a Fantasy Football League for us to play this winter. It’s free to play and we hope to have a good few people taking part. See Forum for details.
Website & Links:
Club Shop
https://crowthornecc.secure-club.com/shop.aspx
Forum:
https://crowthornecc.secure-club.com/discussions/default.aspx
Availability:
https://crowthornecc.secure-club.com/availability/default.aspx
Fantasy Football:
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ and join the Sheila's Teas Championship with the following code 990521-263459
Any questions, comments or suggestions, as ever, please give me a call.
Hope to see you all soon. (on the open-top bus parade ??!?!)
Dan Partridge
Secretary & Odds-on Favourite for Duck Prize
07917 753 200
partridgedan@outlook.com