NXCC - June 2008 newsletter
NORCROSS
CRICKET
CLUB
Est 1919
HASSRA CLUB RUNNER UP 2008
Issue June2008
Web www.norcrosscc.co.uk
DON’T FORGET
A Casino Fun N Fund Raising Night
(Hawaiian theme - optional- – prize for best dressed)
Saturday 5th July in Norcross Social Centre
Doors open 8pm tables open 8.30
Tickets ON SALE NOW £5 - See any committee member
Club History
Norcross Cricket Club was established in 1919 and joined the Palace Shield Competition in 1947.
List of Honours
1st XI
1955 Division B winners
1963 Division B runners up
1966 Division B runners up
1986 Division B runners up
1997 Division B runners up
1998 Meyler Cup finalists
2001 Meyler Cup finalists
2002 Division B runners up
2nd XI
1950 Division C winners (shared)
1970 Division D Winners
1974 Loxham Cup finalists
1975 Loxham Cup finalists
1976 Division D Winners
1985 Division D runners up
1988 Division D runners up
1996 Division D winners
2003 Division C runners up
2005 Loxham Cup finalists
Sunday XI
1996 Winners (initial season)
Club Officials
Chair – Bob Veitch - telephone 866911
Secretary – Phil Dawson – telephone 853539
Treasurer – Dave Taylor
1st XI Captain – Ian Davies – telephone 0784 6853690
1st XI Vice Captain – Steve Hill
2nd XI Captain – Lee Wilson telephone 0784 6975442
2nd XI Vice Captain – Rick Blampied telephone 0779 2096053
3rd XI Captain –
Child Welfare Officer – Ian Davies Deputy CWO – Jakki Garner
If you wish to contribute or have any views on this booklet please pass your thoughts to the Chair or Secretary, who will ensure that it reaches the editor.
Chairman’s thoughts
Cricketforce came and went over a month ago. Some people helped out but many, too many, did nothing at all. Much as I would like to I won’t name and shame, probably because those individuals have no shame and so it would be pointless.
The result of this is that the patio is not finished. I hesitate to say still not finished, but it is so disappointing. Especially to those who have given up time. In an effort to put this right I told all the players that there would be a working party at the ground on Saturday 10th May at which I hoped we would get most of the rest of the flags down and all of the pickets for the fence painted.
NOBODY turned up. Thanks. I now know where I stand.
The following week Bill Rowe and I turned up and did some painting. There are over 230 panels to be primed, undercoated and glossed. We made a start.
At Norcross CC you are very lucky, you do not have to do anything. You are lucky there is someone to cut the grass and prepare the wickets. You are even luckier in that Phil Dawson spends untold extra hours helping prepare a good surface for you to play on. Although it would be nice if we had a good pavilion with bar attached you are also lucky we don’t because, other than a little tidying up after matches, you don’t have to clean out. Nor do you have to take a turn on the bar, or teas rota.
We don’t ask for much from players which is why it is so disappointing when we do ask for some help and get none.
With this level of support do not be surprised if the few who do give up their time walk away and you end up at a club where you pay £50 a year and £5 or £6 a match, have to take turns cutting the grass, cleaning the pavilion and working on the bar and when you don’t bother they don’t bother picking you.
. Bob
View from the Boundary
Where do we start this month
firstly - fund raising is the life blood of any club and to that end on Saturday 5th July is the club’s yearly main fund raiser. We are having a Casino night in the Social Centre see the poster elsewhere and I hope that YOU CAN ALL support the event. The money raised will help provide new gear and keep sub prices down, amongst other things.. It’s a well worn phrase but its your club gents, support it.
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Secondly – discipline not just within our club but generally there is a tone within some games and across most of the League that is spoiling a lot of games this year. We at Norcross have our own code of conduct apart from the league’s own directives – please take the time to read it, its on the notice board. By all means play hard, do your best and play to win but play fair and at the end of the game shake hands and if possible had a drink. It’s a long time playing the game!!!
Last but by not means least – work around the club – The club doesn’t run itself and there are many jobs that need doing and we are very lucky that Phil and Bob do a lot. But don’t be shy we need more and more volunteers, don’t wait to be asked put yourself forward – even if you can only do a bit – we can find something that needs to be done. See the chairman’s message elsewhere. There was a good club spirit around cricketforce, lets not lose that.
On the playing side - Congrats to the 1st team some decent results - let hope you can now push on and get up the table, though a possible cup run ended against Whittingham. To Lee and his merry men keep going, a defeat or two is always going to happen, but lets ensure that we pick up bonus points wherever we can. As for the 3rd team by the time you read this you might have played a game or two – cup comps have played merry hell with the Sunday league.
Make ever effort to attend nets practice makes perfect!!!!!
Finally on a personal note - good to See Matty Veitch back bowling, just a shame its with TBC , may he get a few wickets but none if he comes up against Norcy.
Enjoy yer Cricket
Boundary Boy
Match Reports
1st XI
10/5 – Croston (home) NX 211.6 Croston 145ao - A welcomed win for the 1st team with a century for Adam Jackson (103) , well supported by Steve Wright (53) and Chris Lester (26). In reply good bowling from the skipper Ian Davies (4-18) and his vice Steve Hill (3-27) ensured 10 points
17/5 – White Coppice (home) – WC 56ao NX 57-3 – Successive wins for the 1st team as White Coppice were dismissed for 56 with Mike Veitch returning figures of 7-13. In reply NX knocked off the runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
18/5 – Withnell Fold (away- Meyler Cup) WF 116ao NX 117-7 – Returning to the ground where a league defeat was suffered 2 weeks ago –the 1st team addressed that with a 3 wicket cup win. All round contributions in the bowling (wickets for Mike Veitch, Keith Bury and Steve Hill) was followed by contributions from Fullers, Mike Veitch again and Steve Wright with the bat.
24/5 – Fulwood & Btn 2nd (away) –NX 215ao F&B 201-9 - a trip to the league leaders, but good batting from Wrighty 45, Chris Allan 28, Jacko 41 and the skip 42 ensured a good total. In reply Fulwood put up a good chase but with Mike Veitch (3-45) the pick of the bowlers, we claimed another win.
31/5 – Vernon Carus (home) VC 110ao NX 111.1 – good bowling from the opening pair of Steve Hill (3-16 rabbits again!!) and Opey (3-18 including a send off to Simmo) made sure Vernons never really got in a position to post a decent total . In reply Wrighty (35) and Chris Allan (52no) got the reply off to a good start and Jacko (16no) helped complete a great 9 wkt win.
3/6 – Eccleston (home) – NX 128-8 E 129-6 – End of winning streak despite Chris Parker’s 38 and Mike Veitch chipping in with wickets again.
4/6 – Whittingham (home – Meyler Cup) – W 137ao NX 115-9 – End of the cup run as Whitty proved too strong. Andy Hill 4-21,Naveed 38 and Steve Hill 32* provided the bright spots.
2nd XI
10/5 Withnell Fold (away) WF 120-7 NX 121-8 - The 2nd XI curse of giving “easy runs” away didn’t help as close to 50 were conceded but good bowling from Keith Bury (3-11) restricted Withnell to 120. In reply NX lost wickets steadily despite “sicky” Rick Blampied (28) and at 88- 8 WF were sitting pretty but Keith with 23 not out including a lovely blow nearly removing Parkers head – guided us through.
17/5 Grimsargh (away) – NX 109ao Grimsargh 111-0- A disappointing 10 wicket defeat is an understatement – batting nobody got a duck but nobody got beyond 25. In reply Grimsargh chased the total comfortably with only the Dentist performing with the ball.
18/5 – Thornton Cleveleys (home- Loxham Cup) NX 81ao TC 84-7 – Local derby but we didn’t turn out victorious. A tight game but just not enough runs scored.
24/5 Whittingham (home) – W’ham 131ao NX 132.7 – Returns from Gregor (4-51) and the Dentist (3-29) rained in a potentially dangerous side. A wobble in the reply but Lee Wilson(27), Wilko (31no), Sam Bury (17) and Dharmesh (12no) steered the team home.
31/5 – New Longton(away) – NL 114ao NX 115-5 – Tight bowling from Cowburn (5-30) and Drewer (3-23) and good catching (well take Wilson’s attempt out of it) and fielding on a hot day saw us hold New Longton to a gettable total. In reply Rick Blamps (30) and Wilson (20 odd again!!!) had us in a comfortable position until a fall of wickets slowed down the reply before Sauney and Drewer (29no) got us past the winning post.
3/6 – Wrea Green (away) NX 147ao WG 121ao – On a interesting wicket, extras in our innings ended up topscore on 33. Contributions from Drew 33 and Sam Bury 29, contributed to our innings. In reply Greg Cowburn 5-37 and Drew again 3-15 ensured victory.
3rd XI
25/5 – Vernons (away) V186ao NX 185-8 – One that slipped away against a strong VC side. Even Lee Wilson was allowed to bowl (Sundays only), chipped in with 4-36 and also in the run chase scored a good 72 (need one of them on a Saturday now!!!), but we fell just short.
Junior round up
The under 15s have played 4 games so far 1 in the cup where they went down to a good St Annes side who’s opening bowler bowls in the 2nd XI at St Annes!! This year will be a tough year for the lads as they are at the bottom end of the age scale but a good learning curve for them and hopefully one or two of them can follow Kieran into senior cricket.
In the league 2 out of 4 as they beat Wrea Green and followed that up with a good win against local rivals Thornton (NX 76-3) by bowling them out for 10 ( Ryan Willetts starring with the bat and Matthew Berry with the ball ). A defeat to Lytham where we only managed 75 and though in with a chance, good batting from one of the Lytham players saw them home. And then there was Great Eccleston where capt Willetts ended up with a fractured knuckle no thanks to the opening bowler’s beamer!!! Good knocks from Olly Winnall and Tez Chinn got us to 94 but Gt Ecc have some talented older juniors and they won comfortably
FOUR YER BYES
Century Club - fancy winning £100? – for only £2 a month you could. Join the Norcross CC Century Club - see Bob for details. All profits go to club funds.
LANCS CC – raffle tickets. One way the club can raise funds is by selling these tickets, books are available from Bob. For every book we sell we get money back so if you can take a book and sell them please do… the more we sell the more we make. For those who have books they need to be back with BOB ASAP
Unavailable for games - please sign the unavailability chart in the pavilion
All players - Remember to ensure that all things in the pavilion have been tidied and put away before leaving the ground – its everyone’s responsibility not just the captains.
Dates for your diary
Fun and fund raiser – Saturday 5th July – Casino Night (Hawaiian Theme (optional) – Tickets now available
Season ends – Saturday 13th September
Junior Presentation Night - TBA
Senior Presentation Night – Saturday 11th October
Forthcoming fixtures
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July 13th (Week 10) |
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Whittingham |
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Norcross |
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July 19th |
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Norcross |
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Withnell Fold |
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Springfields |
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Norcross II |
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July 20th (Week 11) |
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Norcross |
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Whittle-le-Woods |
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July 26th |
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Croston |
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Norcross |
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Norcross II |
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Withnell Fold II |
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July 27th (Week 12) |
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BAc/EE Preston |
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Norcross |
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August 2nd |
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White Coppice |
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Norcross |
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Norcross II |
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Grimsargh |
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August 9th |
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Norcross |
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Fulwood & Broughton II |
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Whittingham & Goosnargh II |
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Norcross II |
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August 16th |
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Vernon Carus II |
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Norcross |
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Norcross II |
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New Longton II |
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August 23rd |
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Eccleston |
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Norcross |
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Norcross II |
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Wrea Green II |
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August 30th |
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Norcross |
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Torrisholme |
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Freckleton II |
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Norcross II |
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September 6th |
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Great Eccleston II |
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Norcross |
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Norcross II |
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South Shore II |
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September 13th |
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Norcross |
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Longridge II |
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Fylde II |
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Norcross II |
Club Sponsors
The club wish to thank the following for their continued sponsorship:
HASSRA
Civil Service Sports Council
Wyre Building Supplies, Bracewell Avenue Poulton le Fylde – for all your building requirements – contact Bob Ellis - tel no 895098
Macdonalds Estate Agents, 81-83 Redbank Road Bispham
Knott End Working Mens Club Salisbury Ave Knott End
The Pet Shop 38 Lancaster Road Knott End
Road Safety Services Wakefield Road Bispham
Match Ball Sponsorship - £25 per ball – forms available if you know of a sponsor. Other forms of sponsorship are available see Bob Veitch for details
Cricket Force Sponsorship 2008
Thanks to
Taylors - 29 Anchorsholme Lane East - for all your catering requirements – Tel No 853649
Wyre Building Supplies, Bracewell Avenue Poulton le Fylde – for all your building requirements – contact Bob Ellis - tel no 895098
Ashberry Sandwiches, South Shore – ready made sandwiches
for their generous support
Please support all our Sponsors and tell them where you have seen their advert.
