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From Sunday 17th February 2008
Indoor Cricket Nets
Begin at Southam College
Juniors 4.30-6.00
Seniors 6.00-7.30
New players are always welcome, young and old, as in 2008 there will be 3 teams playing on Saturdays, 2 on Sundays. Also there is a Midweek XI in the Leamington League, a Ladies XI and 3 junior sides all playing midweek evenings in local leagues.
For more information contact chairman Richard Heath on 01926 424240 or Pete Fell on 01926 812399.
BEST GROUND IN THE LEAGUE
CONGRATULATIONS to Rob Shaw, Nikki Clewes and Nick Clewes for the award of Best Ground in the entire Warwickshire League for 2007. High praise indeed, and fully deserved - our pitch always looks immaculate and plays well, and its all down to the hard work put in by the ground staff - work done by Nick pre-season made the general look of the place a lot better, and of course throughout the year its endless work done by Rob, with the help of Nikki, to prepare wickets for games on virtually every day of the week, as well as maintaining the outfield which is always in tip top shape for every game.
PRESENTATION NIGHT 2007
SOUTHAM Cricket Club finished what was one of their most successful seasons with a Presentation Night at the Clarendon House Hotel in Kenilworth in November. After both Saturday sides getting promotion to the Premier Division of the Warwickshire League there was much to celebrate and a fine night was enjoyed.
The Saturday First XI clinched promotion in the final game at Warwick after winning a nail-biting encounter, and the Seconds had to be content with second place after losing more games to the weather than their nearest rivals. The Ladies won their local league, which again went on into August because of the weather.
The 1st Team Saturday Player of the Year award was shared by veterans Dave Hawkes and Chris Bramley, Hawkes for his consistent middle order batting and tireless economic bowling, and Bramley for his batting support for the captain on numerous occasions when wickets tumbled. Bramley strangely enough won the Duck Award for the most noughts in the season, and Stewart Batchelor won 1st team Sunday Player of the Year for his allround displays, second team player went to Henry Wilkins for his feast of run scoring, including a massive 150. The prestigious Clubman of the Year award went to Tony Bromwich for his work with coaching the juniors, and generally organising Sunday Cricket. Young Player of the Year went to Simon Heath for his batting and new to the job wicketkeeping, primarily for Saturday 2nds. The most improved young player award was shared by Jonathon Wigley, and James Thornton, both for their bowling, but James also went on to score his maiden half century for the seniors.
FELLY’S HEROES Top row from left: Tony Inskip, Dave Hanson, Mick Steele, Roly Oliver, Olly Pilgrim, Glyn Jones. Front: Reg Dixon, Bill Watts, Pete Jones, Pete Fell, Colin Yapp.
SHAWRY’S SLEDGERS Top row from left: Roger Land, Andy Crump, Dave Woodcock, AN Oldgit, Dave Hawkes, Gary Shaw, Roger Walker, Trev Smith, Andy Price. Front: Rob Wigley, AN Otheroldgit, Tom Grant, Mark Calcutt.
Pictured below are the Old Boys R Us teams who featured in August 2007 in Pete Fell’s50th birthday celebration game - how many of them will don the whites this season? Bill Watts has officialy retired (again) but rumours that The Grinch was making a comeback are taking on epic Kevin Keegan proportions as the fans debate on whether they really want to see Rog trundling in for 25 overs again every Saturday - Bill Land has again grunted ‘I don’t think I’ll bother’, but how many would bet against seeing those sparrow legs coming round the corner at 2.15 with battered pads under arm as the Sixties Playboy mounts the steps to the changing rooms for one last finale. Shawry continues to deny another comeback but once he wins his fitness battle now he has his own private gym - who knows! Woody’s brief return lasted only one game before he retreated to stand behind the stumps with the umpire’s coat on - his very next game as an official started in controversy when he arrived late, came on in the coat after about 15 overs, and promptly gave the next ball out lbw, much to the annoyance of the departing batsmen who had patiently played his way into the form , and in his words ‘be given out by the clown with the fag on’! Shame that Jonesy has too many umpiring commitments to carry on the good form he showed in the Over 40s game, it really was a performance to remember. Always remember: AGE IS JUST A NUMBER . . .
Two happy award-winning stiffs Simon Heath and Harold Heath (nee Steptoe) and joint First Team Player of the Year and Duck Award winner Chris Bramley.
1991 - The Three Wise Men of Row A of The Industrial Estate Stand, gazing out from the shade of the yooung elms across the sun-baked arena as the young (and not so young) lions do battle with willow and leather at the summer sport of gentlemen.
“Call emselves bowellers, bloody useless, m;y missus could bowel better”, cries Pete Mann from his sun lounger. They oughta get some bloody fielding practice an all, half on ‘em can’t bend down to pick the ball up!” chimes in Harry Askew - “Cum owt of it, bugger you!” he snaps as his old springer spaniel Spud nearly pulls him in the ditch. “You’d better tek im an find that bloody ball for em Arry, else they’ll be in them stingers an then they’ll be bawling!” Bill chuckles as he puffs on an another Embassy - since he has given up umpiring we haven’t had to hire a skip any more to remove the dog ends from square leg - “Young Angove loooks lilke being a gud un though”. “Yeh, but why’s Inskip bowling spinner?” shrieks Manny. “ He ent” slams Harrry.
So the Askew brothers Harry and Bill, and Pete Mann, Southam players of yesteyear, legends in their own lifetime, no doubt class performers - but they couldn’t have been that good because none of them has FELL as a surname.
“Three parts of these buggers wouldn’t have got in the team in our day, Arry.” Pete chortles “I’m seriously considering getting me kit out again!” - Harry sniggers at the thought “Yeh, but Pete, you knacker yerself up trying to climb over the gate.
“Cum ere, damn you” bellow Harry as Spud hurtles into the distance. “I reckon he’s going deaf ya know”. “I en’t surprised the way you holler at im, Arry, Pete retorts.
No sooner have they started play with the spare ball but Spud returns with the original . “Good boy, I knew you’d find the bugger” Harry says as Spud seems to smile up at him he may be deaf but he can lipread English.
Southam win the game by 9 wickets and Pete turns to Harry and Bill and contemplates: “I wonder ya know, if the older we get, the better we used to be?”
