THE 2006 BOTWCC AGM REVIEWED
This year's AGM went as smoothly as could be expected. It was, in fact, a relatively quiet affair this year. No arguments, no disputes, disagreements or dismissals for unruly club members and the order of business was breezed through under the calming and steady hands of Barry 'The Governor' Moore. This was made slightly easier for him with Cloughie Jnr paying no attention to proceedings and watching a portable telly on the table in front of him (some second rate football team were playing, I can't remember who). Jack even brought his Mum to look after him. Bless.
As for the business itself, in the League there have been no major rule changes with the only really significant issue being that of a couple of extra teams appearing in the ranks of the Senior League. We should welcome these teams, Appleby Magna and Leuva Patidar and hope they roll over nice and quickly in the league. Rob Dunn seemed quite pleased to have the chance to play the former of the two teams having been wronged by them while batting in the distant past. Sadly, the First XI don't get to play them so he'll have to promote himself to the Seconds to get his chance. All this does mean a few extra games for the First XI though. Four more than the Seconds as it happens.
New officials were, of course, duly elected and this also went without the usual nervous shuffling of feet and uncomfortable silences, since both new team captains were already primed for the job in advance. So welcome to Rob Dunn who in his first full season with BOTWCC is now 1st XI and Club Captain. And welcome too to Rob Morley who takes over as 2nd XI skipper in only his 2nd full season. Some thanks should go to both Brian Fisher and Steve Neal for their contribution to the club in their roles as outgoing captains.
Tom Robson has finally hung up his boots after about 150 years of club officialdom. Many thanks to that man were proffered and he did get a nice warm round of applause for his efforts. No gold watch of course, he'll have to buy that himself. Finally, the outgoing 2nd XI captain Steve Neal moved in to his place as club Chairman. There were no other changes to the structure of the club. The full details can be found on the Contact page of this site.
Another key point made was that, in general, this club is quite bad at raising money. As with any organisation we need working capital to keep the club alive. Overheads are higher than you might expect and we are already preparing to spend more money than we can afford on some essential equipment, for example; a working lawn mower, which will be very expensive and certainly a necessity if you want any kind of wicket to play on. Get your heads together and lets come up with some ideas.
Steve Neal and I have been discussing the idea of a 3-way 20-20 Round Robin. BOTWCC and two other teams could pick three Sundays in the season for a 20-20 tournament to be played at each club's ground in turn. There would be three 20-20 matches on each date where we all play each other once and use the home advantage to make some money. After the three dates, 9 games will have been played and some kid of (small) trophy could be presented. There would be no teas as such, but food and drinks could be sold to raise money for the club. These could be family days for all three clubs and each club will get the chance to make a few quid. Its just an idea of course and all other suggestions would be welcome.
The 2007 tour, it was agreed, was in need of a tune up too. In the past, the event has been a bit of a damp squib and not really much of a club event. Ideas are now being mooted about how to make the May weekend more of a club thing with people being together more and enjoying a BOTWCC Social Event as it should be.
I'm sure that there is more I could say about the AGM but I can't remember what. If you were there you'll know and if you weren't, why not !
SHIPPO DOES IT AGAIN ! !
Well, it certainly is true, you really can't keep the old dog down. For the second time in just 4 years, the ailing 50-something campaigner that is John Shipman has
once again been awarded the best accolade you can get in a season. With his impressive stats of 11 matches played, 28 wickets and an average of just 8.5 Shippo has been awarded the Leicestershire Senior League
Bowling Award for the lowest average in the Division.
God bless him and well done for an award truly deserved.
I only mention in passing that he beat Walton's Jack Hayes to first place. Its a small success but we'll take it.
2nd Annual BOTW Bonfire Night Extravaganza
After this years Bonnie Night Do, held once again at the Pepper Farm in Burton, the magnificent sum of £1000 profit (a curiously round figure don't you think?) was collected and once again the proceeds were split between the Rainbow Hospice and The Cricket Club's Pavilion Fund.
Thanks again to all people involved in the set up, hosting and delivery of the event and, most of all, all those lovely people who bought a ticket and/or turned up at the event. Lets hope we get the same commitment and support for the 3rd Annual Do next year.
Well done all.
SECOND XI RESCHEDULED GAME NEWS
The away match against The Waltons that should have been played on the 27th of May has now been confirmed as rescheduled to Sunday the 20th of August.
This match will also be played at Towles Fields (i.e. at home) due to the unavailability of Walton's ground on that date.
Finally, as we are now nearing the end of this years campaign (sniff sniff) and the nights are now drawing in, the match will START at 1.30pm. All players should be at Towles Fields by 1.00pm
Thanks and apologies for any confusion.
2006 LEAGUE RESULTS PAGE
From and including this week this web site will show all the League Results from every Division in the Leicestershire Senior Cricket League. These results will be on a new page you can find via the menu links on the right of every page and is called 2006 LEAGUE RES
You will see that there are some matches with no results shown, this is because some teams are notoriously bad at submitting the match result to the League Fixtures and Results Secretary on a Sunday morning. There's not a lot I can do about that, but at least all results that are submitted will be shown, which is better that a slap in the face with a wet kipper isn't it?
PARTY ! PARTY ! PARTY !
July 2006
sees a landmark in the life of Burton first team supremo
bowler Ian Lang.
HE'S GOING TO BE 40
! ! (Wow, how old's that!)
Anyway,
news has been filtering through the club that there is a
bash being held at his house. The details of which are:
Date
- Saturday 15th July (after he's finished playing of course,
ahem)
Venue - Ian's and Lara's House
2 Eastcourt Road
Knighton
Leicester
LE2
3YA
Ian's mobile is 07790 886158 in case you get lost on the
way, although he may not be able to speak by the time we get there, so good luck
with that.
I'm not
sure of a start time, so just turn up for breakfast and hang
about until it all kicks off. (ONLY KIDDING, OBVIOUSLY). Ask
about for the start time, someone might know.
First and
Second team members are invited (even Pauline), so bring
some booze and don't vomit on the carpets. Especially you young
whipper-snappers. You know what its like after a couple of Campari's.
It'll be carnage.
PLAYER
STATS NOW ON THIS SITE NEW
Mainly
for your enjoyment (god knows its not for any official reason)
you will now find Second XI player statistics for the 2006
Season on this site. It will no doubt be of some interest
to a very small selection of club individuals but for the
rest it will be a great source of amusement.
See the
link on the Menu Bar to the left called 2006 Player Stats.
These figures
are manually calculated by myself so accuracy might be a
problem, but a more detailed set of stats can be found on
the ECB site (see Menu or Home Page for details).
WEEK
FIVE - NOT A GREAT WEEK FOR BOTWCC (but it could have
been worse)
It had
been a respectable start to the season for both teams and
the First XI have still yet to lose a game (sorry, I shouldn't
have said that). But this week the club's first defeat of
the season came to Steve Neal's Second XI when they managed
to bugger it up in the last over with just one ball to spare.
No names
shall be mentioned here of course but they will be on the match
report. Along with all the funny, if somewhat
gripey, shenanigans throughout the match.
The First
XI had slightly better fortune and managed to hold out for
a Losing Draw after Walton finished 204-6. And eventually,
not feeling that the target was attainable Fish instructed
the lads to bat down and settled for 162-9 and a draw. I
have no more details as yet but the full results will be
available both on this site and the ECB site
too.
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WORLD
CUP 2006 2ND XI MATCH UPDATE ***IMPORTANT***
Because
of England's first World Cup match v Paraguay on the 10th
of June the 2nd XI match at Thornton will start early at 12.00pm.
The first innings will be played then the players will watch
the match and then resume play after the footy. Players are
to be at Bagworth by 11.30am.
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REARRANGED
FICTURE NEWS
1
- BOTWCC v Broughton Astley 2nd XI originally
scheduled for June 17th has been rearranged
due to the Burton Village Fete using the Towles Fields and
will now be played on Sunday June 25th.
2
- Walton le Wolds v BOTWCC 2nd XI from the
27th May is being rearranged and will be played on one Sunday
in July. Date still to be confirmed.
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BURTON
ON THE WOLDS C.C. COTSWOLD TOUR - 28th and 29th May 2006 UPDATED
THE
SUNDAY GAME HAS BEEN CALLED OFF DUE TO THE HOOK NORTON
TEAM HAVING A RESCHEDULED CUP GAME TO PLAY
The Spring
(formerly Whitson) Bank Holiday has arrived and that can mean
only one thing...its TOUR TIME ! !
For those
going and even those who are just nosey, the entire tour itinerary
including team information can be found by following this link HERE>>
Enjoy it
all and don't forget your waders and brollies. It's gonna be
a wet one.
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Week
Three Washout Blues...
A weekend
of fun-packed matches for both the firsts and the second XI
was scuppered quite incontrovertibly this weekend thanks to
a shot of sod's law and yet another rain soaked Saturday afternoon.
Sadly, this week it was too much and both games were eventually
abandoned. The Firsts were apparently well on the way to victory
and the Seconds didn't get the chance to WHOOP Hathern's hide.
Match reports
will be available via the Fixtures Page
and Reports Page as usual.
Better luck
next week, at least to the First team playing a home to Bharat.
Remember the Second XI match has been postponed and will be
rescheduled for a Sunday game later in the year.
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Week
Two Results:
This week,
the Burton First XI battled well against Leicester Taverners
at Towles Fields but thanks to little in the way of a positive
attack from the visitors, a victory was snatched from Burton
by the defensive approach of the Taverners batters. However
a 19 point winning draw is nothing to be sniffed at and one
of those every week would probably take the league title.
And crikey!
The Second XI have won again!! It appears the drop down in
class suits us well. On a pitch better suited to pond-life
and cud-munching quadrupeds another quality 9 wicket victory
was recorded giving the 2nds a healthy 2 out of 2 for the start
of the season.
See the 2006
Fixture/Results Page and its corresponding links to the Match
Reports and Stats by clicking HERE.
FYI folks,
I will be away all this week so the League Tables won't bet
published until Friday when I get back. I'm naturally expecting
a barrage of abuse for this from both the people who read this
site, but stuff you, I'm off to Butlins with the boys.
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Week
Two - A couple of points...
Firstly,
you can now find the up-to-date tables for the 2006 season
on the 2006 Tables link to the
left. These will be updated each week as soon as we get them
(this is likely to be mid-week) and are to be supplied via
the League Secretary who Ian Lang is apparently sleeping with
(his words not mine).
Secondly,
this weekend both teams are again in action and once more the
Firsts are at home, this time to Leicester Taverners and the
Seconds are away to Whetstone.
For the travelers
to this ground please note that this is NOT the old GEC Whetstone
pitch opposite GEC Alstrom on Cambridge Road but a different
ground via a road behind GEC.
Whetstone
Cricket Club
Warwick Road Recreation Ground
Whetstone
Leicester
Club
contact - 2nd XI Skipper - David Deverick - 251 7814 or 07733
390 588
Streetmap
picture HERE>>
Team
News: Saturday's
2nd XI are expected to be - Steve Neal (C), Mark Russell,
Mike Tagg, Kelvin Creasey, Ian Merryweather (WK), Rob Morley,
Shane Marshall, Grant Penton, John Shipman, Sam Shipman,
and any one from three from Andy 'Sicknote' Simpkin, Alex
Kimber or James Headley. This is dependant on what Brian
Fisher chooses to do.
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Week
One- Sat 6th May 2006
Now we're
all aching like hell from our first weekend of on-field league
action, at least we'll have dusted off the old cob-webs and
be some of the way towards the dizzy heights of total match
fitness and sporting supremacy (don't laugh, you never know
who's reading this).
Both the
first and second's played their matches this week, despite
the day being torn by horrendous rain, and the match reports
can be found either via the links to the left or by clicking HERE.
Enjoy, and
do keep in touch.
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They're
under starters orders....
AND THEY'RE
OFF !
Yep, here
we go folks. The new season is upon us today and its time to
get stuck in to what we've got plenty of to do over the next
4 months. Winning matches!
Good luck
to all players today and lets try and make it a good start
to the season.
The first
team are at home today and you should know where that is but
for those traveling to Braunstone Cricketers in the Seconds,
click HERE for
a map of the location. The address is Winstanley
High School, Kingsway North, Leicester, LE3 3BD
Friendly
Match - BOTWCC v Woodhouse Eaves (Posted
3-5-06)UPDATED
FROM ARTICLE BELOW
Thanks to
Steve Neal the score book has now been retrieved from The Greyhound
and a match report has been put together.
You can read
this by either navigating to the Match Reports page via the
links on the left or by clicking HERE.
Also, Ian
Lang has signed up to the Leicestershire Senior League/ ECB
web site and will be regularly updating that site with both
match and player statistics. More of that will follow soon
but you can see the Friendly Match Stats by clicking HERE
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Okay,
Lets call it a draw....(Posted 30-4-06)
Yesterday
(Sat 29th April 06) saw the first on-field battle of the season
between a BOTW select XI (+ a few) and Woodhouse Eaves.
I shan't
bore you now with the match facts, not because I'm a complete
klutz and that they're in the scorebook currently sitting behind
the bar at The Greyhound, but because you can read all about
it via the Match Reports page.
(When I have the details that is).
Match aside,
the day was most enjoyable with some hot sunshine, a pretty
good pitch, lots of noisy kids and a game played in the very
best of spirits.
Suffice it
to say, Woodhouse played with a First XI (ish) and BOTWCC played
with a healthy blend of both first and second XI members.
However,
despite the might of the Woodhouse batting attack BOTWCC didn't
disgrace themselves in any way and played more than respectably,
even though the most preferable result wasn't achieved.
Like I said,
lets call it a draw. Match Report coming soon HERE >>
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And
so we begin...(posted 29-4-03)
Well, here
we are again, the new season beckons and all, young and old,
are now full of beans, rejuvenated, eager and raring to go
and have a chomp at the fabled bit that it is the glory of
league success. And its all only 7 short days away.
But before
that, the obligatory pre-season friendly must be undertaken
by the brave few who fear no foe and crave the challenge of
on-field battle.
Yes, today
is the home game between BOTWCC and Woodhouse Eaves!
Its a 2pm
kick off so be there early and even if you're not playing your
presence would be more than welcome. Banners, pom-poms, rattles
and hooter to boot.
And don't
forget... BRING YOUR OWN GRUB ! !
Have it!!
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Final
Nets and Warm-up/Friendly Team News (posted 23-4-06)
1. Well,
no doubt thanks to our recently rejuvenated web site (one can
dream) the turn-out for today's final net session of the pre-season
was a good one. There were well over 20 bodies (although nobody
actually counted of course) and we even made a profit on the
weeks' hall rental fees. At least that helps make up for the
weeks where we made stinking losses.
Thanks
to all who turned out, it was a good session and quite a laugh
too.
2. More
importantly, next week is the warm-up game/friendly
against Woodhouse Eaves at Towles Fields (i.e. at home).
Those involved should be there before 1.30pm for
a 2pm start. Help is always needed setting
up before a game (ropes, flags, screens etc) so get there
early.
Also, there
are NO TEAS for this game, so don't forget
to bring your own food for the day (Lee, you can get your mum/lackey/boyfriend
to do it for you).
The 17 strong
squad for the game is currently ...
| Ross
Deabil |
Sam
Shipman |
| Brian
Fisher |
John
Shipman |
| Steve
Neal |
Andy
Simpkin |
| Ian
Lang |
Malc
Hood |
| Ian
Merryweather |
Richard
Stenning |
| Pete
Mitchell |
Graham
Peck |
| Rob
Morley |
Paul
'Flash' Blount |
| Shane
Marshall |
Lee
Smith |
| Grant
Penton |
|
The lucky
XI will be contacted and selected this week and we hope to
see the rest of you there for the support anyway.
See you next
week and be prepared to give Woodhouse a sound whoopin'.
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LAST
NET SESSION SUNDAY 23RD APRIL 2006 (posted 20-4-06)
Okay boys
and girls, this coming weekend sees the final nets session
of the season.
It would
not only be great to see people turn up but on a slightly less
fluffy note, it will probably make the first game just that
little bit easier for you come the 6th of May.
So please
do come along to Roundhill Community College this Sunday between
12 and 1pm and get those muscles working.
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Ground
Force 2006 (No Charlie Dimmock though) (Posted 12-4-06)
Many thanks
to all those who turned up on Saturday 8 April for the Ground Hog Work
day (see article below). Those who managed to get their bums
out of bed were the Neal family, the Shipmans (minus Bridget
who was packing suitcases) Ian Lang and Brian Fisher. The usual
suspects, as it happens.
All the jobs
were done except for the roof on the garage and the back of
the sight-screen which still needs painting. Graham where were
you?
It was reportedly
an enjoyable and worthwhile exercise that was well done by
all. Thanks again.
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Pre-Season
Friendly - April 29th 2006 (UPDATED)
The weekend
before the start of the season proper BOTWCC are hosting a
pre-season 'friendly' (yeah, like they exist) against Woodhouse
Eaves. This years it is to be played at Towles Fields on Saturday
the 29th April and starts at 2.00pm.
Please contact Brian
Fisher or Steve Neal if you would like to have a bit of a run-out
before it all kicks off in the league.
If the numbers
are sufficient a second game may be played on the following
day, Sunday 30th April.
P.S. They
beat us in last years pre-season match at their place, so vengeance will be
ours! Bring it on Markley and Cloughie....
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Pre-Season
Ground Work (Posted 05-04-06)
This coming Saturday morning on
the 8th April 2006 members will be meeting at Towles Fields
to help prepare the ground for the forthcoming season. This
is likely to involve painting the site screens, tidying up
the outdoor net, putting new boards around the garage and maybe
one or two other little jobs that need jobbing.
Anybody free
to help out should pop along to the ground and muck in. All
help would be gratefully appreciated and you'll feel much better
about yourself for taking part.
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Match
Subscriptions and Availability (Posted 1-4-06)
For those
who were not able to attend the AGM (Annual General Meeting)
please note that this season the match subscriptions have been
increased to the following:
Adult Members
- £10 per match
Junior members - £5 per match
If you have
been unable to attend any of the pre-season functions and nets,
Steve Neal or Brian Fisher will be in contact with you to check
on your availability for the season. If you know that your
availability will differ from last season then please contact
your team skipper ASAP.
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The
Ground Work (Posted 30-3-06)
Wednesday
29th of March saw two of the club's most senior members, Eddie
Blount and Tom Robson (the Club's Secretary and El Presidentay
no less) perform their annual rolling session of the entire
outfield at Towles Fields. It was apparently a painful and
arduous task but thankfully nobody got hurt in the incident.
And although
it did take them all day to do it, it is a task that is much
appreciated by the playing members. We hope that thanks to
their efforts and those of others (Steve and Rob thus far)
the standard of the outfield and ground preparation in general
will reduce the chances of people getting hurt from either
unpredictable bounces or flamboyant diving attempts (Richard
Stenning will usually get a pair of tens for his in-flight
antics).
Any help
from other members would be appreciated, just call Steve Neal
via the numbers on the Contact page.
Thanks again
gents.
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Pre-Season
Nets
As you will
all be aware from the previous circular sent out by Brian Fisher
(and below on this page) the club are currently holding net
sessions at Roundhill Community College on Sunday lunchtimes
between 12 and 1pm.
There are
only 3 sessions left on Sunday 2nd, 9th and 23rd of April.
If you have not yet been to a net then please make every effort
to attend. (It would be nice to see some 1st team faces as
there has only been 2 attend so far!)
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The
Bonfire Night Extravaganza - November 5th 2005 (Posted
28-3-06)
For those
of you who knew nothing of this (and you must be clinically
dead to have missed it, but having seen the batting and bowling
stats, you might well have been) last year on Bonfire Night
BOTWCC organised a Food and Firework Event in the village to
help raise funds for both the cricket club and The Rainbow
Hospice.
Despite the
howling winds and bitterly cold driving rain that had people
cowering for cover, the evening was a rip-roaring success.
The attendances were much higher than expected, the fireworks
went off as planned and nobody suffered food poisoning, which
is all good.
It was so
good in fact that the event made over £1200 in profit
with was split between the Clubhouse Development Fund and The
Rainbow Hospice.
For those
who made the night such a winner, special thanks go to the
Pepper Family for allowing us to use their grounds for the
event (God knows there must have been a right royal mess to
clear up). Also many thanks to Tracey and Steve Neal, Eddie
Blount, The Shipmans, Mike Tagg and many more who all played
a part in both setting up and running the event. A small mention
must also go to those who pre-cooked the jacket spuds for the
event. Its a small task but without them, things wouldn't have
been the same.
Its not certain
at this stage whether this will become an annual event, but
with the profitable funds raised and the evening's obvious
success, it certainly gives room for thought when considering
other events in the future.
Thanks again
to all for both your help and attendance. |
