Newsletter June 2004
Chairman's Report
Welcome to the first newsletter of the year. I hope everyone’s enjoying the season, whether as a player or a supporter. Both the 1st and 2nd teams are doing well with the club still represented in 3 of the 4 cup competitions. The 1st team are in the top four of the first division and, at the time of writing, are still in the Sunday cup. The 2nd team are still in both cup competitions and comfortably placed mid-table in division 3. Some of the cricket that the 1st team is playing is excellent. Batting first at Church Fenton, they are averaging around 250 runs per innings. They have now gone passed 300 runs on two occassions already this season and I can’t remember this happening even once in any of my 20 odd years at the club. Our president, Willie Harrison, says it happened once in his time as a cricketer. Recently Mark Iveson and Travis Nicholson put on 208 runs for the 1st wicket. This was only 10 runs short of the division’s record – a terrific effort.
This is a testament not just to the 1st team players but also to the groundstaff, Chris Horbury and his side-kick, John Cahill. The ground is looking terrific; the pitches have been consistently good each week and we are continually getting compliments from visitors, umpires, other teams etc. who have visited year after year on the strides forward that we are making. While this is due in large measure to Chris and John, it is also the culmination of many years of hard work. Good grounds and good pitches don’t happen overnight and Chris and all those who have worked on the ground in the past should feel justifiably proud of themselves. If you look back a number of years, you can see how far the club has moved in a relatively short time. We have already extended the store room this year which, whilst not a major change, is another step forward for the club, and a much needed improvement for the groundstaff. Thank you, once again, to David Poulter for doing the work. We have other plans in the pipeline, one of which is to improve the clubs Roller so if anybody happens to have a 2 ton machine (or slightly heavier) with a 4 foot roll, doing nothing in the back garden please get in touch – particularly if it is in excellent condition and not going to cost a lot.
A Joe Lumb under 17's match was played recently in which the Wetherby league played the Doncaster league. Unfortunately the game was called off during the second innings due to rain but Donaster were very complimentary about the ground. They were also very appreciative of the food, which I have to say, was staggeringly good - I think I tried most of the cakes. Thank you to Sheila, Jo and all the usual suspects for the food and also to those who ran the bar. It is a shame the day was spoiled by the weather.
On a more serious note, this is the first chance I’ve had to publicly thank our ball and board sponsors for this year, some of them sponsoring us for the first time. They make a huge contribution to the club’s funds. I hope all of the club make an effort to recognise their contribution and I hope the sponsors come down to the ground to watch some cricket, meet the players and supporters, and enjoy the facilities. Please introduce yourself if you are new to the club but, be warned, if my batting is as bad as some of my recent efforts, I might not be very communicative.
Welcome to Travis. In common with many cricket clubs in the land, we are continuing in our mission to attempt to civilise the Australian native. Fortunately, we seem to have found one who is already reasonably well house trained – he only bites when under the influence of a few cans of Fosters.
Finally, the club’s social and fund raising events continue as normal, organised by the usual suspects, with one or two new things added to this year’s diary. Please try to support all of the events. Of particular note is a Gala Dinner in a marquee at the ground on the last Saturday of the season organised by Jill, Helen, Julia and Jim. This should be a lot of fun with a really excellent speaker (I’ve heard him), an excellent chef, jazz music, a disco and more. I’m not aware that this kind of event happens very often in the Church Fenton outback so grab the chance to go while you can.
Please read the rest of the newsletter for further details on this event and all the others as well as everything else that is happening around the club. Also, please remember that many of the events and activities within the club need people to help in the running of them. Please volunteer – every little helps.
1st XI
2nd XI
Juniors
Junior Cricket is important to Church Fenton. Many of today’s senior players came through the junior ranks in the recent, (and not so recent), past. We are concentrating this year on the under 11’s with some players in older age groups practising with Saxton. As well as coaching on Friday nights, there have been a couple of matches and one victory against South Milford. This is an improvement on our last crop of juniors who won everything at the Under 17 level but never won a game as under 11’s. Thanks to Warren Davies, Tim and Richard Grogan as well as Jill Wilkinson for organising the Juniors this year. If anybody wants futher information about Junior Cricket, please get in touch with any of the usual suspects.
Ground Report
Sponsors
Thank you to all are Board and Match Ball Sponsors. Your continued support and generosity is much appreciated.
Board Sponsors - Rainbow Private Nursery, Cowling, Swift and Kitchin Solicitors, Turf Growers UK Ltd, The White Horse, Moorhouse Opticians, Highfield Nursing Home, Alan Wilson Builders, Keith Ellis Garage
Match Ball Sponsors - Dennis Darley, Dick Waterfield Builders, The Fenton Flyer, Dr Black,
The White Horse, Jenny Daniels, Les Thornton, Blakey & Birdsall Tractors,
John Slater Painter & Decorater, J Santer (B&B) Church Fenton, Alan Marshall, Geoff Marshall, Barbara & Ken Wilkinson, K B Moxon, Colin & Linda Marshall, Elmhirst & Maxton Solicitors, Parker, March Solicitors, Crusties Bakeries, Linpac Polymers, HSBC Bank,
I & J Dennis Milk Retailers, Moorhouse Opticians, Scalm Park Leisure, Scarthingwell Golf Club, Chris Horbury, William Harrison
Golf Day - Sunday 19th September. After a very successful Golf Day last year, a further event has been arranged at Scalm Park Leisure.
The day will commence at 12pm (with Bacon Butties if required)
1pm Tee Off Time
Presentation and Evening Buffet commencing approximately 5pm
£27 per player (includes Golf and Evening Buffet)
£6 per non player for Evening Buffet only
For booking forms, more information on the day etc. please contact either Warren Davies or
Paul Wilman.
Fund Raising
The Club is continually trying to raise funds both to purchase new machinery to assist Chris and John in their Ground duties as well as developing the facilities themselves. We are currently pursuing two avenues of funding in the hope that we may secure some money to resource the building of a new toilet block consisting of not only male and female toilets, but disabled/assisted facilities and a baby changing area. If anyone knows of any pots of money/funding streams that the Club could tap into please could you forward any details to either Mark, Sheila, Chris, Jill or Helen.
It is rumoured that we have 4 budding cyclists (Paul Wilman, Andrew Marshall, Rob Love & Mark Iveson) who are planning to cycle from Bridlington back to Church Fenton in order to raise some money for the Club. As yet a definite date has not been agreed, (I think they are still in training), however, once a date is set I'm sure they will all be looking for some sponsorship and would also appreciate everyone's support.
Also, it is understood that Tim Grogan and his Fenton Flyer Monday Night Quiz Team (consisting of ……………………..) have been saving up their winnings (to date I believe they have approximately £30) which they are also willing to donate to Club Funds.
Thanks to all the above, this is a fine example of goodwill and I'm sure appreciated by all involved in the Club.
Diary Dates
20th June - Church Fenton CC hosts Jo Lumb Match - A Bar Licence will be applied for and the day will offer us an ideal opportunity to raise a little bit of money for Club Funds, so please support the day if you can.
Sunday 8th or 15th August - To be Confirmed - Knockout Final Match & Hog Roast - Once again if we can ask members of the 1st Team to provide Salad items and members of the 2nd Team to provide Sweets for approximately 15 people. Any other donations of food and/or tombola prizes will also be gratefully accepted. Tombola prizes to Sheila Seymour please, prior to the event.
Sunday 12th September - End-of -Season Match 1st XI v 2nd XI & Barbecue.
Sunday 19th September - Golf Day - details as above
Friday 29th October 04 - Annual Presentation Evening - Dintingdale's Restaurant, Scarthingwell Golf Club. To arrive 6.45pm and sit down at 7.15pm. Menu details to follow nearer the date.
Welcome to the first newsletter of the year. I hope everyone’s enjoying the season, whether as a player or a supporter. Both the 1st and 2nd teams are doing well with the club still represented in 3 of the 4 cup competitions. The 1st team are in the top four of the first division and, at the time of writing, are still in the Sunday cup. The 2nd team are still in both cup competitions and comfortably placed mid-table in division 3. Some of the cricket that the 1st team is playing is excellent. Batting first at Church Fenton, they are averaging around 250 runs per innings. They have now gone passed 300 runs on two occassions already this season and I can’t remember this happening even once in any of my 20 odd years at the club. Our president, Willie Harrison, says it happened once in his time as a cricketer. Recently Mark Iveson and Travis Nicholson put on 208 runs for the 1st wicket. This was only 10 runs short of the division’s record – a terrific effort.
This is a testament not just to the 1st team players but also to the groundstaff, Chris Horbury and his side-kick, John Cahill. The ground is looking terrific; the pitches have been consistently good each week and we are continually getting compliments from visitors, umpires, other teams etc. who have visited year after year on the strides forward that we are making. While this is due in large measure to Chris and John, it is also the culmination of many years of hard work. Good grounds and good pitches don’t happen overnight and Chris and all those who have worked on the ground in the past should feel justifiably proud of themselves. If you look back a number of years, you can see how far the club has moved in a relatively short time. We have already extended the store room this year which, whilst not a major change, is another step forward for the club, and a much needed improvement for the groundstaff. Thank you, once again, to David Poulter for doing the work. We have other plans in the pipeline, one of which is to improve the clubs Roller so if anybody happens to have a 2 ton machine (or slightly heavier) with a 4 foot roll, doing nothing in the back garden please get in touch – particularly if it is in excellent condition and not going to cost a lot.
A Joe Lumb under 17's match was played recently in which the Wetherby league played the Doncaster league. Unfortunately the game was called off during the second innings due to rain but Donaster were very complimentary about the ground. They were also very appreciative of the food, which I have to say, was staggeringly good - I think I tried most of the cakes. Thank you to Sheila, Jo and all the usual suspects for the food and also to those who ran the bar. It is a shame the day was spoiled by the weather.
On a more serious note, this is the first chance I’ve had to publicly thank our ball and board sponsors for this year, some of them sponsoring us for the first time. They make a huge contribution to the club’s funds. I hope all of the club make an effort to recognise their contribution and I hope the sponsors come down to the ground to watch some cricket, meet the players and supporters, and enjoy the facilities. Please introduce yourself if you are new to the club but, be warned, if my batting is as bad as some of my recent efforts, I might not be very communicative.
Welcome to Travis. In common with many cricket clubs in the land, we are continuing in our mission to attempt to civilise the Australian native. Fortunately, we seem to have found one who is already reasonably well house trained – he only bites when under the influence of a few cans of Fosters.
Finally, the club’s social and fund raising events continue as normal, organised by the usual suspects, with one or two new things added to this year’s diary. Please try to support all of the events. Of particular note is a Gala Dinner in a marquee at the ground on the last Saturday of the season organised by Jill, Helen, Julia and Jim. This should be a lot of fun with a really excellent speaker (I’ve heard him), an excellent chef, jazz music, a disco and more. I’m not aware that this kind of event happens very often in the Church Fenton outback so grab the chance to go while you can.
Please read the rest of the newsletter for further details on this event and all the others as well as everything else that is happening around the club. Also, please remember that many of the events and activities within the club need people to help in the running of them. Please volunteer – every little helps.
1st XI
2nd XI
Juniors
Junior Cricket is important to Church Fenton. Many of today’s senior players came through the junior ranks in the recent, (and not so recent), past. We are concentrating this year on the under 11’s with some players in older age groups practising with Saxton. As well as coaching on Friday nights, there have been a couple of matches and one victory against South Milford. This is an improvement on our last crop of juniors who won everything at the Under 17 level but never won a game as under 11’s. Thanks to Warren Davies, Tim and Richard Grogan as well as Jill Wilkinson for organising the Juniors this year. If anybody wants futher information about Junior Cricket, please get in touch with any of the usual suspects.
Ground Report
Sponsors
Thank you to all are Board and Match Ball Sponsors. Your continued support and generosity is much appreciated.
Board Sponsors - Rainbow Private Nursery, Cowling, Swift and Kitchin Solicitors, Turf Growers UK Ltd, The White Horse, Moorhouse Opticians, Highfield Nursing Home, Alan Wilson Builders, Keith Ellis Garage
Match Ball Sponsors - Dennis Darley, Dick Waterfield Builders, The Fenton Flyer, Dr Black,
The White Horse, Jenny Daniels, Les Thornton, Blakey & Birdsall Tractors,
John Slater Painter & Decorater, J Santer (B&B) Church Fenton, Alan Marshall, Geoff Marshall, Barbara & Ken Wilkinson, K B Moxon, Colin & Linda Marshall, Elmhirst & Maxton Solicitors, Parker, March Solicitors, Crusties Bakeries, Linpac Polymers, HSBC Bank,
I & J Dennis Milk Retailers, Moorhouse Opticians, Scalm Park Leisure, Scarthingwell Golf Club, Chris Horbury, William Harrison
Golf Day - Sunday 19th September. After a very successful Golf Day last year, a further event has been arranged at Scalm Park Leisure.
The day will commence at 12pm (with Bacon Butties if required)
1pm Tee Off Time
Presentation and Evening Buffet commencing approximately 5pm
£27 per player (includes Golf and Evening Buffet)
£6 per non player for Evening Buffet only
For booking forms, more information on the day etc. please contact either Warren Davies or
Paul Wilman.
Fund Raising
The Club is continually trying to raise funds both to purchase new machinery to assist Chris and John in their Ground duties as well as developing the facilities themselves. We are currently pursuing two avenues of funding in the hope that we may secure some money to resource the building of a new toilet block consisting of not only male and female toilets, but disabled/assisted facilities and a baby changing area. If anyone knows of any pots of money/funding streams that the Club could tap into please could you forward any details to either Mark, Sheila, Chris, Jill or Helen.
It is rumoured that we have 4 budding cyclists (Paul Wilman, Andrew Marshall, Rob Love & Mark Iveson) who are planning to cycle from Bridlington back to Church Fenton in order to raise some money for the Club. As yet a definite date has not been agreed, (I think they are still in training), however, once a date is set I'm sure they will all be looking for some sponsorship and would also appreciate everyone's support.
Also, it is understood that Tim Grogan and his Fenton Flyer Monday Night Quiz Team (consisting of ……………………..) have been saving up their winnings (to date I believe they have approximately £30) which they are also willing to donate to Club Funds.
Thanks to all the above, this is a fine example of goodwill and I'm sure appreciated by all involved in the Club.
Diary Dates
20th June - Church Fenton CC hosts Jo Lumb Match - A Bar Licence will be applied for and the day will offer us an ideal opportunity to raise a little bit of money for Club Funds, so please support the day if you can.
Sunday 8th or 15th August - To be Confirmed - Knockout Final Match & Hog Roast - Once again if we can ask members of the 1st Team to provide Salad items and members of the 2nd Team to provide Sweets for approximately 15 people. Any other donations of food and/or tombola prizes will also be gratefully accepted. Tombola prizes to Sheila Seymour please, prior to the event.
Sunday 12th September - End-of -Season Match 1st XI v 2nd XI & Barbecue.
Sunday 19th September - Golf Day - details as above
Friday 29th October 04 - Annual Presentation Evening - Dintingdale's Restaurant, Scarthingwell Golf Club. To arrive 6.45pm and sit down at 7.15pm. Menu details to follow nearer the date.
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