| NEWS ARCHIVE - Sept to Dec 2002 |
| 29 Dec 2002 Victory for the Cricket Club! |
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Dec 2002 Hockey Challenge Match & Christmas Drinks |
The annual hockey match against the Hockey Club will be on Sunday 29 December.
Then afterwards at the clubhouse for a few drinks and turkey sandwiches. Any time from 12.00 onwards.
If anyone wants to play contact Stuart Lipo (01252 861279).
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| 3 Dec 2002 Berks League AGM |
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This was held on Mon 2 Dec 2002. We voted against all the rule changes. The actual
results were as follows:
1.
The annual subscription to be increased to £50 per team. CARRIED
2. Where a team cancels 2
or more matches in a season a Cancellation Bond of £200 will be payable to
the League REJECTED
3. Visitors will pay a fixed £35 for teas. CARRIED
4. A bowler is limited to
one quarter (or one third) of the overs available at the start of the
innings. CARRIED
5. If the
side batting second wins the match it will also receive any bowling points
not earned by the fielding side. CARRIED
If you have any comments please feel free to send us your views, which I will endeavour to post on the site:
Comments
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| 27 Nov 2002 Forgotten Raffle Prize? |
In their eagerness (or drunkeness) to get home after the Dinner a raffle prize was left behind.
Does anyone claim a Fondue Set? If so Kym Grimsley has it. Contact her or send an email to the site.
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| 25 Nov 2002 An Email from Jon Abblett in Australia |
"Hello everyone
The photos of the dinner dance looked as if every one had a good time and I hope George is ok! I
just wanted to say thank you very much for the 1st XI batting award.
I didn't expect anything as I only played half a season. I am also glad
Tom won the Young Player award, he deserved the Berkshire one as well but thats something he
can go for next year!
Australia is great, its very hot as it is
reaching 38 to 40 on a regular basis! The cricket is depressing as we are
performing badly and am coping alot of abuse for it. But it's all in good
fun!
I am going to New Zealand for two weeks after New Year and am
spending New Year's eve on a boat in Sydney Harbour which will be amazing. I
hope everything is good with you and your head isn't hurting too
much!!!!!!
Best wishes
Jon"
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| 23 Nov 2002 - Annual Dinner & Dance |
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Club Chairman, John Parker, did his usual fine job of
organising and hosting the annual dinner on Saturday. It was the biggest
turnout ever with over 100 guests. The Chairman of Cricket, Colin Justice presented the playing awards. Roger
Maskell won the Clubman award for all the hard work he does
on the ground and pavillion. He was upstaged this year, however, by
George Wakely
after he got rather too exited dancing with Daphne. He
fell over and cracked his head on the disco lights. After Shirley administered some
expert first aid he was taken away by ambulance to Frimley Park hospital
where he received 6 stiches to a gash in his forehead. I can confirm
he
is OK since, along with his other duties, the webmaster had the dubious honour
of picking him up from A&E later on in the evening and taking him home!
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| Clubman of the Year -
Roger Maskell |
| Batting | Bowling |
| Sat 1st XI | Jon Abblett | Simon Massey |
| Sat 2nd XI | Tony King | Simon Mant |
| Sat 3rd XI | Danny Mortimer | Dave Goddard |
| Sunday 1st XI Player of the Year - James Mace |
| Sunday 2nd XI Player of the Year - Thirlog |
| Berks League Premier Division Bowling Award - Simon Massey |
| Fielder of the Year - David Shears |
| Young Player of the Year - Tom Lawrence |
| 7 Nov 2002 Proposed Berks League Rule Changes |
The Berkshire League is proposing a number of new rules for discussion at the League AGM on Mon 2 December. Your views on how we should vote would be most welcome. Please email your comments to:
NewRules
1. The annual subscription to be increased to £50 per team.
2. Where a team cancels 2 or more matches in a season a Cancellation Bond of £200 will be payable to the League
3. Visitors will pay a fixed £35 for teas.
4. A bowler is limited to one quarter (or one third) of the overs available at the start of the innings.
5. If the side batting second wins the match it will also receive any bowling points not earned by the fielding side.
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| 20 Oct 2002 Club Day Raises £1,097 |
The £1,097 profit (excluding bar takings) from the
YCC/YHC Club Day is being dedicated to the building of a patio in front of the clubhouse. We are looking into the total costs of this
self-build project now and will be calling on willing helpers in the near future.
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| 20 Oct 2002 Jonathan Ablett arrives in OZ |
We have received an email from Jon to say he has arrived in Australia and he sends his best wishes to Club members.
He will keep in touch and will send a detailed update in a few weeks.
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| 20 Oct 2002 Hockey Club Halloween Party Sat 26 October |
YHC are turning the Clubhouse into a special Halloween arena.
This event, not to be missed, is being held on SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER from
7.30pm!!! £3 entry fee will be charged, but under 12's are free. This includes food &
games and which include: Blind fold apple bobbing, Snap Apple contest and Apple peeling
competition. There are also going to
be prizes for the best Halloween Lantern (pumpkin or turnip) and for the best
kids and adults fancy dress (fancy dress is optional).
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| 15 Oct 2002 Notification of AGM on Wed 4 Dec 2002 |
The AGM will be held on Wednesday 4 December 2002
at the clubhouse. An agenda will be published in due course, which will include the reports and accounts and the election of officers for next season. It is your chance to air your views so please make every effort to be there.
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| 10 Oct 2002 Sunday League Awards Dinner |
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We didn't receive any awards this year, but it didn't stop the small Yateley contingent
from enjoying themselves at the annual Sunday League dinner on Thursday
evening. Perhaps it had something to do with that enormous bottle of wine
in front of Bob Drewell. Stuart (above) is listening intently to Peter
Osgood, who provided the after dinner speech. Why a footballer was
delivering this at a cricket dinner is a little bewildering, though! Shaun
Udal presented the awards as usual.
[The Webmaster had to drive the boys
home and, therefore, didn't have a single glass of red wine all
evening
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| 4 Oct 2002 Berks League Awards Dinner |
| Bernie Grossmith is seen here picking up the Championship Trophy for the 3rd XI at the
Berkshire League Dinner. For the 1st XI, Rob Barrett collected the Knockout Cup and Ken Boxall
the Premier Division runners-up trophy. Skipper Selwyn Grimsley
collected the 2nd XI's divisional runners-up trophy. Simon Massey won the Premier Division bowler of the year.
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Ex-England player, Dermot Reeve, provided the after dinner entertainment and Debbie Hill tried to catch the
webmaster out with a few of her own photos.
Click here to see them and all the other photographs.
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| 25 Sept 2002
Transport to YCC Dinner Dance on 23 Nov |
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| Stuart Hill is again planning to run a mini-coach service from Yateley and the surrounding areas to Camberley Heath
Golf Club, and return, for the Dinner & Dance. You will be
picked up at convenient locations around Yateley and dropped off local to
your house on return. Overall cost will be £210 for a 39 seater,
we usually get 25-30 takers making the cost £7-£8 per head but this will obviously
be dependant on the numbers using the coach. If you are interested please contact
Stuart.
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| 25 Sept
2002 Berkshire League Dinner Dance on 4 Oct |
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| Closing date for the Berkshire League Dinner Dance on the 4th October
at the Calcot Hotel is this Friday 27th September. It promises to be a
good night with the club having a very successful season. A number of
people have booked their tickets, if you have not already done so,
contact your Captain or Stuart Hill.
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| 23 Sept 2002 Work on the Cricket Square |
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| The cricket square at Chandlers Lane was officially 'put to bed' for the winter
months over the weekend of 20/21 September. On Friday it had a very
thorough trim of all its grass, triple pass scarification followed by deep
solid tine aeration. On the Saturday this was followed by the overseeding and
top dressing, 2 cwt of seed and over 3 tonne of top-dressing loam was spread
over the square, this was a considerably easier task than previous years due
to the hire of a combined overseeder/top-dresser attachment for our
tractor.
The bowlers run-ups to the nets were also scarified, levelled
off and reseeded, the artificial wicket was also weeded.
Thanks go to the able bodied guys who came down to assist, namely Bert King, Colin
Justice, Paul Sandford, John Parker, Dave Mace, Jonno Hale, Tom White, Selwyn
Grimsley, Stuart Hill and of course our expert on technical matters Roger
Maskell. Thanks also to TH Whites for hire of machinery. Whilst all this
was going on two full size Hockey pitches were also being marked out by Roger
Maskell, Angelika and son. The first pitch apparently was 2mm out of true
from one corner to the other, maybe down to the two cans of bitter that Roger
had drunk at lunchtime.
Work does not stop there though, we still intend
to address the bare patches around the outfield and the bowler's run-ups at
the top end of the square, the nets also need to be raised for the winter,
why not ring Stuart Hill to offer your assistance before he calls you.
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| 23 Sept 2002 Hockey Club Beach Party |
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| The Hockey Club are holding their first social event of the season on Saturday 28 September, starting at 6.00pm.
Cricket members are very welcome. There'll be BBQ food, Cocktails and Beach games
(hopefully including beach-volleyball, french cricket and boules). Fancy dress
is encouraged but optional!
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| 10 Sept 2002 Volunteers needed to put the "Square to Bed" |
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| The club are holding a 2-day working party to put the square to bed on Friday
20 Sept and Sat 21 Sept. This work is critical at this
time of year as we still have good conditions for the new seed to grow and
will continue the excellent wickets that we have had this season. It is a lot of fun, everybody mucks in and you do learn quite a bit
about grounds maintenance.
Give Stuart Hill a ring on 01252 879465 to
offer your assistance or if you have any queries.
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| 10 Sept 2002 Berks League Awards Dinner Dance - Friday 4 Oct |
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| This year we have loads of awards to pick up:
Premier Division (1st XI) and Division 3 (2nd XI) Runners-Up,
Division 5 Champions (3rd XI) and Knockout Cup Winners,
along with, possibly, Young Player of the Year and Batsmen and
Bowlers of the Year and Months. It's £25 a ticket and includes dinner,
presentation of the awards by a celebrity, cabaret and a disco at the
Calcot Hotel in Reading. Contact your skipper or send an
email to the website if you want to go.
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| 8
Sept 2002 Club Day - Daphne & Family Open the Scorebox |
| One of the biggest Club Day's yet saw the new Scorebox opened by Daphne and her family
in recognition of the funding provided by the Derrick Eastwood Memorial Fund. Sporting
John Parker braves the "wet sponge" to raise £20.
Click here for the PHOTOGRAPHS.
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Colin Justice and his coaches presented the
Colts Awards. Colin gave his special Colts Manager's Player of the Year award to Michael Bates (below).
A full report and photos are in the Colts pages.
Click here to go direct to Colts Awards 2002
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