May Newsletter - Thatcham Town Cricket Club

Brownsfield
Gazette
Volume 1, Issue 3
Newsletter Date—May 2011
Brownsfield - The Home of Cricket
BRIGHT START TO NEW SEASON
April
Headlines
• Girls Cricket Competition at
Brownsfield
• Ali Gets Off to a
Flyer
• ECB Steps in to
Support Club Net
Project
Welcome to the third
new format newsletter slightly
later
than
planned but with much
to report on a productive and enjoyable start
to the season in all areas.
On the field, having
completed the double
over Cumnor CC in the
last pre-season friendly,
the Clubs 1st and 2nd XI
had successful 25-point
victories to kick-off
their TVL campaigns
and although the 4s
missed out there are
encouraging signs from
the youngsters that
they will take the Club
forward again in 2011.
On the social side, the
Royal Wedding Fun
Day went off well, with
good attendance, lots
of fun had by all and an
excellent return on the
fund raising front.
May sees the inaugural
Village 8-a-Side competition on the 29th which
should be a great day
and Friday night Colts
practice nights are already in full swing.
As
ever...
lous!!!!!
Marvel-
ECB STEPS IN TO SUPPORT CLUB NET PROJECT
VILLAGE
8-A-SIDE
COMPETITOON
SUNDAY 29th MAY
from 10.30-am
BRIGHTWALTON CC
Some excellent progress at last!
Having missed out on
grant aid from both
Sport England and Community First, the Club
was delighted to receive
a call from the ECB to
confirm that we would
be getting a substantial
grant towards the costs
of building our new Net
Practice Facility.
In order to make the
funding go around, we
have opted to re-locate
the facility in the North
East corner of Brownsfield and hope to be
able to commence work
through S&C Slatter
towards the start of
August!
Watch this space.....
(MORE) WEDDING BELLS IN THE AIR!!!!
BURGHCLERE CC
BUCKLEBURY CC
CHIEVELEY CC
COLD ASH & ASHMORE
GREEN CC
EAST GARSTON CC
SPEEN CC
TTCC SUNDAY 2nd XI
BBQ
BOUNCY CASTLE
REAL ALE
With West Berkshire’s
other glamour couple
having tied the knot at
the end of April, the
Club is delighted to
break exclusive news
that Chris Rochfort has
finally proposed to Jo,
taking the opportunity
to pop the question
whilst on a romantic
walk (with Rhys no
doubt) on the Ridgeway.
Chris has asked the
Clubs members to af-
ford the couple appropriate levels of privacy
should they be seen at
Brownfield.
They are, after all, just
an ordinary couple, trying to live an ordinary
life....
He also added that the
cause of his back injury
and the excitement of
the engagement are not
linked in anyway!
Hopefully, we should
see him back behind the
stumps soon!
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Volume 1, Issue 3
GIRLS CRICKET TOURNAMENT AT BROWNSFIELD
Visitors to Brownsfield on
a Wednesday evening will
see the emerging talents
of the Club’s Girls Section
taking shape under the
guidance of the Jenkins
Boys - Graham and Paul.
Having taken recent delivery of £500 of coaching
equipment,
generously
funded through Healthy &
Active Parishes, we are
now well positioned to
support the development
of this section over the
coming seasons.
As part of the process, the
Club hosted and took part
in a Kwik Cricket-based
tournament on Sunday
morning, with teams from
matches, with our Girls
winning against West Ilsley and Falkland to progress to a final play-off
against Henley.
Despite losing out in the
final, this is a great start
and the hope is that momentum (and greater
numbers) will develop
over the coming weeks.
Henley, West Ilsley, Falkland and a combined
TTCC / Wokingham side
taking part in a series of
England player Charlotte
Edwards will now be visiting the ground for session
on
Wednesday
1st
June!!!!!
SAD NEWS……..
The Club has always enjoyed the company of
overseas guests and
2011 should have been
no different with the arrival of Scott Gibson from
New Zealand.
As always, the Club tries
to get a perspective of
both the playing AND
social background of our
guests, prior to their arrival, in order that we can
satisfy ourselves that
they will fit into Club life
from the outset.
Sometimes, you have to
hold your hand up
though and admit you
got it wrong!!!
To this end, the Club
wants to take this opportunity to use this newsletter to wholeheartedly
apologise to its’ Members and friends.
WE REALLY DIDN’T
KNOW ABOUT THE
POOR EXCUSE FOR A
PONYTAIL!!!!! HONEST!!
MANY THANKS ALL
To everyone who has
given up time and effort to
make the Club come together so well for the start
of the season, a big thank
you!!!
Naming everyone would
be difficult but special
mention to Frank, Hoggy,
Tony, Billy, Andy S and
the rest of the team that
make the Club tick, seemingly behind the scenes
and without fuss.
MARVELLOUS!!!
A DOG IS FOR LIFE
Rhys Rochfort cuts a lone
figure as he drinks a pint
in solitude, clearly pining
for his absent master!
“I don’t understand it”
Rhys was heard to say
“We used to be inseparable and then someone
else came between us!”
ROYAL WEDDING
FUN DAY
As ever, we are looking
to address matters
quickly and without fuss
and expect to be able to
remove the offending
growth, along with the
rest of Scott’s hair, on
the 8-a-Side Fun Day in
August!
Footnote: ... We are also
investigating rumours of
hair straighteners being
used in the 1st XI dressing room at the weekend!
A BIG THANKS to everyone, especially Charlotte and Gav, for making
the Fun Day such a big
hit!
If they organise another
one, don’t miss out on it !
ALI OFF TO A FLYER
Having only jetted in two
days prior to the first TVL
fixture against recently
relegated HCPL side Beaconsfield, Ali picked up his
excellent First Class form
from the Winter in Pakistan to help the 1st XI to
a comfortable 66 run victory at Brownsfield on
Saturday.
Ali carried his bat for an
imperious 132 not out as
Dan Williams’ side posted
a useful 220 for 7 having
been put into bat and
then snapped up 4 for 63
from his 14 overs.
Excellent bowling from
Josh O’Flynn (2 for 17)
and veteran left arm spinner Chris Bird (3 for 23)
helped skittle the visitors
for 154 and a much deserved 25-point haul.
Josh
O’Flynn
appears
courtesy of ghdhair.com
CHANCE TO SHINE UNDERWAY AGAIN……..
Neil Rider, of the Club’s equipment and coaching partner, Serious Cricket, pictured
with representatives of the Club’s schools cricket Chance to Shine Programme (and
Redders Snr, Bishy and Eddie)
The Club recently launched our eleven week Summer Terms season of
cricket coaching into local schools with the distribution of new Kwik
Cricket equipment at their Brownsfield headquarters.
Working with Mark Roche and Mark Foster of Berkshire Cricket, the Club
entered the Cricket Foundation’s ‘Chance to Shine’ programme in 2009,
with a brief to deliver fully funded coaching services to schools who
would not otherwise be able to include cricket as part of their PE
curriculum.
For this reason, through support
from West Berkshire Council’s Extended Services team and Kennet
School’s Associate Head Paul
German, the Club has been able to
extend the programme into a total
of eight feeder primary schools, as
well as increase the number of
coaching hours delivered into Kennet.
2011 will see 900 plus primary and
secondary school children get their
‘Chance to Shine’ at cricket and
has helped establish a close bond
between all participating schools
and the Club itself, who are gaining additional benefit, both in terms
of playing membership increases
and access to community and national funding support.
This included the recent award of
£2.2K funding through the Greenham Common Trust grant scheme,
which has enabled the Club to significantly improve the quality of
coaching equipment and resources
available to support the Schools
and Colts Section programmes.
The programme works predominantly with Year 5, 6 & 7 age groups and
provides a structured approach to cricket coaching and a familiar face to
children as they migrate between primary and secondary education.
CONTACT DETAILS
TTCC
Brownsfield Road
Thatcham
Berkshire
RG18 3HF
Tel : 01635 865521
Chairman
Nick Cornish
07721 008687
Colts Chairman
Ian Redmond
07729 964552
Club Captain
Dan Williams
07775 726921
Social Events
Dave Allison
07836 250806
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