Church Fenton Cricket Club

Welcome to Church Fenton Cricket Club Online

2008-09-20T07:00:00.000+01:00

This has been a lousy year for cricket because of the weather. The first team finally ended the season in mid-table. We had lost too many players from the previous years championship winning team and we continued to lose players over the season to work and other reasons. As a result players were continually being pulled in from the second team. Our thanks go to Ben Durrant, our overseas player from Australia, who had an excellent year bowling off spin. His batting was a bit dodgy though, as I've been informed by some correspondence from Australia, dodgy is apparently a definate improvement from the norm. We hope he enjoyed his year here. The first team did get into the final of the Sunday Cup but, because of the weather, it wasn't played being cancelled on 2 or 3 occasions and this game has been put over to the beginning of next season.
The second team somehow contrived not to be relegated from division 3. From the beginning of July to the end of the season we played 5 games of cricket with 6 games being cancelled. With 2 games to go we dropped into relegation position second from bottom, 1 point behind Barwick and Wetherby. We didn't play either of the last two matches and picked up 2 points for each for draws. Our last match away against St Chads couldn't be played because the pitch was boggy following flooding the previous week. Barwick played Wetherby on the final saturday and, with Barwick winning, Wetherby got 0 points and were relegated.
I will endeavour to bring the rest of the website up to date over the next few days.

1st TEAM PHOTO 2007
Back Row John Cahill (scorer), Paul Wilman, Tommy Hudson, Rob Love, Richard Marshall, Andrew McDougal, Jim Love, Chris Horbury (groundsman)
Front Row Richard Love, Adam Walton (c), Chris Lawson, Thomas Love, James Cooper

2nd TEAM PHOTO 2007
Back Row Andrew Marshall, Mark Moorhouse, Steve Pick, Jon Boddy, Simon Hudson, Chris Harvey
Front Row James Jollands, David Marshall, Jonathon Marshall, James Fernando, James Langrick

STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS

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WRITE TO ED I may regret this but you can write to this website. The e-mail address is ed@cfcc.org.uk

Mark Iveson has been in touch to see if anybody would like to sponsor him.
He writes: I'm walking the 3 Peaks of Yorkshire on Sat June 21st and would like to raise as much money as possible for a very good cause (Yorkshire Cancer Research). My friend Martin has recently won the battle against Hodgin's Lymphoma, he's been in remission now for 6 months and we are now actively seeking sponsors.
If you could pass this onto other members of the Club, I'd be very grateful and hopefully we'll get beyond our target of £1,000. Martin has a fund raising website, where donations/sponorship can be made at the following address, http://www.justgiving.com/martinwiseman (you can see Tracy and myself on the photo after we all climbed Scafell Pike in training for the main event!)
or if preferred, donations can be sent directly to myself at:-
3 White Row Cottages
Greenhow Hill
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 5JQ
All the best
Mark Iveson

Dates for Your Diary - Sunday 3rd August. Annual 6-a-side tournament
SENIOR NETS - Thursday evenings from 6.30pm
JUNIOR COACHING - Wednesday Evenings. If interested in coming along, please contact Paul Wilman (01937 557350) or one of the other coaches - Jim Love, Tim Grogan, Adam Walton, David Marshall, James Fernando or Gary Rucklidge
UNDER 15s MATCHES are on Sunday mornings starting at 10 AM. If the game is at Home, why not come down for some breakfast - bacon butties, sausages, etc

WEATHER FORECASTS - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/yh/church_fenton_latest_weather.html

AGM 2007

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Chairman's Report 2007
2007 was by far the most productive season for the club with the first team winning the Wetherby League Division 1 and also the Evening Cup. The second team maintained their position in Division 3 which was very pleasing as a number of junior players were used. Some fixtures were cancelled by the second team which is very disappointing given the way the club is moving and this is an area that I would like to see rectified as it does not give a good impression to others.
The first team was ably led by Adam Walton who can justifiably claim great credit for the team’s success. Often juggling both the batting and bowling, Adam enthused the players and was often first in the bar (and sometimes last) and created a team spirit that helped win the League. Lots of players produced good performances and it was a pleasure to be involved. Thanks also to John Cahill for being our regular scorer and always supporting the team.
The second team performed well when a “full side” was available and I believe the second team captaincy is an issue for tonight’s AGM.
The juniors have improved under the guidance of Tim Grogan and Paul Wilman who have been ably assisted by Jimmy Fernando and David Marshall. It is proposed to run 3 junior teams at under 11, 13 and 15 levels. This is a big commitment and anyone who can assist is asked to speak to Tim Grogan, Paul Wilman or Jimmy Fernando. A very successful summer holiday course was run with 56 youngsters partaking over 3 days. Special thanks to Thomas Love, Richard Grogan, Richard Love, Chris Lawson, Dave Marshall and Tommy Hudson. This is an area of club that both brings in young players and raises money and will be repeated again next year. We have agreed to assist Adam Walton and Jimmy Fernando to take the UKCC Level 2 coaching qualifications thereby growing our number of qualified coaches, a must with our growing junior section.
New players for all sides are sought and if we are to maintain momentum throughout the club we must attract new faces.
Behind the scenes lots of people have been involved in ensuring that we are able to exist and keep making improvements.
The ground is now the envy of many clubs and the work put in by John Cahill, Craig and Les Thornton along with Paul Baxter, under the guidance of Chris Horbury has improved immensely. Further improvements are to happen and we should not underestimate the “unseen hours” that have produced such a facility.
The committee have also accrued many hours and thanks must to go to the following;
Helen Dean – Treasurer, Paul Wilman – Vice Chairman, Chris Horbury – Secretary, Sheila Seymour – Assistant Secretary, Sue Hudson – Club Child Welfare Officer, Tim Grogan – Juniors, Jo Grogan 100 club, Cheryl and Paul Baxter – BBQ kings! There are lots of jobs done by too few people and all of the above people have helped in all areas such as teas, junior set up etc. Congratulations once again to Paul and Cheryl for the Club persons of the Year Award for their BBQs each Sunday morning during junior fixtures when many people came to the club for breakfast. Paul and Cheryl raised a significant amount of money for which we a re very grateful. To all who helped out a sincere thank you.
The clubs 6 a side day proved very popular. Blessed with good weather and willing helpers the day raised some £1200 and proved that cricket can be at the centre of village life. This was certainly a day to build on for the future.
At the time of writing the sale of the ground is almost complete. Church Fenton Parish Council has agreed to purchase the facilities and place a “deed of dedication” on the ground. We through our solicitor have asked that a 125 year lease is produced as this should enable us to seek/secure funding for future projects. The parish Council through the leadership of Andy Wharton has been most helpful and thanks go to the Harrison family for enabling the purchase of the ground. When the purchase of the ground is complete it is the wish of the committee to look at extending the pavilion towards the scoreboard creating two new changing areas along with showers and toilet facilities. It is proposed that the old changing room’s inner walls will then be removed to create a large area which we be refurbished and along with new toilets and a servery area which will enable us to create a social area that will cater for the future needs of the club. With various dinners and fundraising activities due to take place we are going to be asking the same people to contribute to the club and further information about fundraising will be given as and when it is deemed necessary.
I would like to personally thank Mark Moorhouse for all his previous efforts as Chairman and also for the way he has found to annoy us all from his armchair - via the club website (only joking Mark). The web site has been a great success and we would encourage all members to browse the site as next year Mark hopes to put even more information onto the various pages.
Finally thanks to all the tea ladies, supporters and sponsors, in particular to Sue and Nigel at the White Horse for all their support and hospitality!
Jim Love – Chairman CFCC

General Secretaries Report 2007
I believe all Club secretarial/correspondence matters were carried out to a satisfactory standard during the year. The role of secretary is to ensure that lines of communications within the club are in place. However, we can improve what we are doing at present.
We keep in touch with Club members via e-mail and text messages, as the telephone takes a backseat. These methods of communication are for most people the norm now, but not everyone, we therefore need to be aware of the needs of all club members!
I have personally favoured texting Club members, as it is such a useful way of keeping in touch, I will however be making more use of e-mail in the future!
We have not sent out a ‘newsletter’ in the last year, however Mark’s Club website has been full of information and statistics, if on occasions he touched a few nerves from the comfort of his home!!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sheila Seymour for taking ‘minutes’ at meetings and circulating them so speedily! She will be missed by her colleagues on the general committee. I hope Sheila will continue with the Club archives/history work, something we all enjoy looking at.… Another method of providing information to members young and old!
The chairman, will no doubt tell you about the proposed changes in the management of the Wetherby League. ‘Minutes’ of the meetings, agenda’s etc will be sent out via e-mail in the future?!?!
It will be very helpful in the running of the Cricket Club if we can update e-mail addresses and mobile numbers, also adding to those we currently hold, with individual Club Members permission.
Any suggestions regarding how you would like to receive information/news would be gratefully received.
Chris Horbury

Groundsman’s Report 2007
In another year of changing weather patterns we started the season in good weather with a firm playing surface, this situation continued until the ‘deluge’ which flooded the ground to a greater extent than I have seen before. Due to the efforts of several Club members (Including the Aussies!) we managed to keep playing cricket!
The flooding, even though exceptional, did make me think that we should look to put some more drainage in the outfield at the roadside of the ground. I.e. halfway from the end of the square to the boundary, there are several ‘flat spots’ on the outfield and it is essential that we monitor this and consider levelling in the near future, a job that cannot be undertaken without considerable thought and planning.
It became apparent during the season that the pitches were playing lower than in previous years. I would not have been comfortable carrying on as your groundsman unless an action plan to improve the playing surfaces was in place.
Keith Boyce (ex Headingley groundsman) and Steve Hardwick (Aitkens technical adviser) both visited the ground in September and offered advice on how we might improve ball bounce. KB said the soil samples taken were quite poor, and not ideal for preparing good quality cricket pitches!! However, there was no complaint about the work that had been done.
On advice I have reverted to Club loam, in preference to County loam, and doubled the amount of grass seed used. I intend to have the square deep spiked when the ground softens!?!? Deep Spiking should stimulate root growth, helping to relieve compaction and aid drainage. I hope the action taken will give better playing surfaces next season.
The quality and amount of cricket being played at Church Fenton at all levels demands the best playing surfaces we can provide.
Looking ahead, I suggest a three year plan, (in addition to the improvement to Clubhouse facilities) this will include a new ground entrance, additional car parking, an increase to the size of the ground and the laying of at least two new pitches.
Levelling off the square and bowlers ends, also providing a grass netting facility off square, and as previously mentioned some levelling of the outfield.
I would like to thank Paul Wilman for obtaining matting for the practice nets also Tom Hudson and Thomas Love for preparing the net area and winning a net from Lordswood cricket school!!
My grateful thanks go out to Les Thornton, Paul Baxter, John Cahill and Craig Thornton for all the work they did at the ground during the season, the club could not have had a better team, the ground has never looked so good. I have to mention Craig again for not only maintaining all the machinery at the ground but also to cutting the outfield to a very high standard.
Thanks also go to Andrew Marshall for several jobs he did, a worker without equal in my book.
It was good to see a number of players working at the ground at different times, including Adam Walton, first team skipper who is a dab hand at marking pitches out!
I would also like to thank Jim Love for his continued support, and his realistic approach to what can be achieved on the playing surface without major surgery!!
For The Future
In support of the autumn work that has been done, it has been recommended that our spring (heavy) rolling starts as early as February 2008, weather permitting.
It is intended that we have an additional junior side in 2008. We therefore, must be prepared for the ground to be in use 7 days a week, through April to July at least. There will inevitably be significant wear and tear on the square, I hope therefore to try and reduce practice times on the square!
I intend to introduce an additional pitch at the end of the square trans-side in 2008, this pitch could be used for practice and junior matches.
All junior cricket will be played at the ends of the square. I am also considering the first team playing on the middle four pitches exclusively in 2008, to see how this works for a trial period. This does not mean inferior pitches for the second team, every pitch prepared will be the best we can provide.
As your long-distance groundsman I would ask for any help you can provide, an hour here and there will be gratefully received by me.
Finally, I know a number of Club members would like to see better pitches (so would I!!) A number of Club members say they are happy as they are, I know the pitches could be better, if we are able to achieve a better standard of pitch and ball bounce, we lose that unique ‘home’ advantage, it might therefore be to the advantage of the away sides too, but I can assure you that is no reason not to strive to do better.
Chris Horbury

Final of the Senior Evening Cup 2007 - photos

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Richard Love bowls one of the Shadwell middle order batsmen.

Photo Gallery

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Our 2007 overseas player, Aussie Andrew McDougal receiving a Yorkshire County Cricket shirt from Chairman Jim Love to celebrate his 23rd birthday.
Many members of the club were there along with his parents, Ian and Julie, who had just arrived from Australia.

Also at the same event at the Indian in Church Fenton (the evening before we beat Oulton), we presented Chris Horbury, our Head Groundsman, Club Secretary, Ex-Chairman, occassional scorer and at some stage or another, practically every other job in the club, with a walking stick or something to celebrate his 65th birtday.

CFCC winners of the Jessop Cup 1956 captained by Dennis Darley

Back row - Daniel, Grant, White, Walls, Thornton, Harrison
Front row - Wilkinson, Everatt, Darley(c), ? ,Gowlett.

BERYL WHITE (1926-2005) receiving flowers from Chester Langdon after our annual friendly match against Lawnswood in 2004. Beryl was secretary, treasurer and scorer at Fenton for 50 years.

Forthcoming events

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CHURCH FENTON CC presents the
FIFTH "SKIPPY" THEOBALD GOLF TOURNAMENT

SUNDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER SCALM PARK GOLF CLUB

THE TEE IS RESERVED BETWEEN 12.00 AND 13.00

PREVIOUS WINNERS:
2003 Stuart Dawson
2005 Kendall Edgeley
2004 Richard Marshall
2006 Thomas Dean

GREEN FEES: £25.00 TO INCLUDE EVENING MEAL (juniors £20.00)
Bacon butties and tea/coffee on arrival.

EVENING MEAL ONLY: Adults: £7.50 Children: £5.00
Which we are hoping to start at 17.00
EVERYONE IS MOST WELCOME
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLAY OR JUST HAVE A MEAL

PLEASE CONTACT: PAUL WILMAN on 01937 557350 OR 01924 440620

alternatively return this form to;-

Braemar Busk Lane Church Fenton LS24 9RJ

Please book the following for Golf..........................................................................
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Please book the following for meal only................................................................

Club Officials

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President William J Harrison

Chairman Jim Love

Treasurer Helen Dean

Secretary Chris Horbury, 26 The Village, Strensall, York, YO32 5XS Tel: 01904 491669

1st XI Captain Adam Walton

1st XI Vice Captain Thomas Love

2nd XI Captain Mark Moorhouse

2nd XI Vice Captain Andrew Marshall

General Committee

P Wilman, P Baxter, A Marshall, T Grogan, C Horbury, J Cahill

Life Members

S Hazell, D Poulter, WJ Harrison, C Horbury, A Marshall, C Marshall, G Marshall, L Thornton,

Vice Presidents

W Bradley, J Cahill, K Ellis, S Hazell, M Kendall, S Langrick, L Marshall, A Miles,

D Natriss, R Parkin, K Pick, L Poulter, D Rucklidge, L Thornton, A Wilson, D Buckle, D Darley,

P Harrison, H Jackson, N Langrick, J Marshall, S Marshall, KB Moxon, A Oldfield, G Pick, D Poulter, P Roberts, J Seymour, K Wilkinson.

Newsletter February 2006

2006-02-25T15:54:00.000Z

NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2006
Since my last Newsletter back in October which was very positive about the season we have just had, 2005 has turned into an Annus Horribilis. Beryl White died at the age of 79. Beryl had been the club’s secretary, treasurer and scorer for over 50 years. She was a fixture at the club and will be difficult to replace. She was loyal, trustworthy and passionate about Church Fenton and particularly the cricket club. She was delighted at the success of the club in the last 2 years. Every club should have a Beryl. I’m pleased we were able to celebrate her 50 years with the club at various events throughout 2004 culminating in the gala dinner. At our 2005 annual dinner/ presentation night just a week before she passed away, she was made clubman of the year. At the moment she’s probably in some smoking den on high telling the Lord he’s not doing things properly. She will be much missed.
Sadly, John Lofthouse also passed away on boxing day. He was well known in the area having lived and worked here all his life as well as playing both cricket and football to a very good standard. Lofty started his cricket playing for the juniors at Church Fenton some 25 to 30 years ago. He went on to play for Castleford and then Poole before returning to play for Fenton for the last few years. In the 2004 season, in which the club played some of its best ever cricket, John won the bowling averages. Our thoughts are with Sarah, his mother and father – Kath and John, his children, family and friends. He also will be much missed both on the sports field and for his friendly banter.
In view of the above, I won’t spend too much time on other matters. Suffice to say, I hope we continue to play the good cricket of the last few years. We will continue to spend time and effort improving the ground, pavilion and coaching the juniors – the future of the club and, in line with many clubs, we will be putting together a development plan to ensure the future stability of the club. I hope you are are able to join us at the club over the season and also, possibly, come to some of the club’s functions, one or two of which are mentioned below.
We held a junior presentation night recently. A huge thank you to John Blain of Yorkshire and Scotland for handing out Chuch Fenton Cricket Club caps to our juniors. A good evening was had by all.
E-MAIL
This is the the first newsletter which is going out via e-mail. It would be much more convenient if we could start sending newsletters and other bits of information about the Cricket Club electronically to as many friends of the club as possible. If you would like to join our mailing list, or know of anybody else who would, please reply by e-mail to mailto:mark.moorhouse@pumphill.co.uk
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Nets start soon – Sunday evenings at 5pm from February 5th. Come along.
Junior Nets are running concurrently in an adjacent net, 5.00-6.00pm on Sundays.
There is a Race Night at The White Horse on Saturday 4th March. All those who would like to sponsor a horse, please ring Chris on 01904 491669. The first race goes off at 8pm.
After the success of Kinked last year, we are having another Band – Blind Alley, in the Village Hall on Saturday 8th of April from 8.30pm onwards. Tickets are £5 including food. Ring Paul Wilman 01937 557350. There is a bar. Bring your friends.
The season starts on Saturday 22nd April.
The club has entered the national village cup competition. Our first match is away against Folkton & Flixton (near Scarborough) on Sunday May 7th. Support welcome. Make a day of it.
Chris could do with some help at the ground. While there will probably be a couple of pre-season working parties, if you’ve got some spare time give him a ring. I’m sure he’ll find something for you to do.
SPONSORS
I’m afraid it’s that time of the year again in which we are looking for people to either sponsor a cricket ball or a board. Thanks again to all those who have supported us over the years, some for as long as I can remember and I hope you will all continue to support us If you are a new, potential sponsor and would like more details, please ring Mark Moorhouse 0113 281 3541 (or e-mail to the address given earlier). While there is more to it, basically, cricket ball sponsorhip is £20 and board sponsorship is £60 plus the cost of the board in the first year only. Thank you again for supporting the club.

NPower Village Cup 2007

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This season the Club has again entered the NPower Village Cup. As we had a bye, our opponents in the second round are Woodhouse Grange who beat Staxton in the first round by 8 wickets chasing 72 runs. The game is scheduled to take place at Woodhouse Grange on Sunday May 13th at 2.00pm. For those of you wishing to support the 1st XI, directions to the ground are given below.

Click on the link below for more details about the competition and to download the full draw.

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/story/132220.html

DIRECTIONS TO WOODHOUSE GRANGE

FROM YORK & THE NORTH/NORTH-EAST
Ø Join the A64 via either the A1 (from the north/Leeds), A19 (from Easingwold/Thirsk and the North-East) or York Ring Road (A1237)
Ø Travel along A64 until reaching the Grimston Bar junction with signs for York/Pocklington/Hull (A1079) and Bridlington (A166) – take the slip road.
Ø From the Eastbound carriageway, take the fourth exit and immediately take up the right hand lane for Elvington – there are newly fitted traffic lights to allow easier passage over the road to Elvington lane
Ø From the Westbound carriageway, take the second exit and immediately take up the right hand lane for Elvington – there are newly fitted traffic lights to allow easier passage over the road to Elvington lane

Ø Follow the road through Elvington and over the bridge into Sutton-on-Derwent, follow the sharp left hand bend and take the next left at the Tennis Courts.
Ø Follow this road for approximately 2 miles and Woodhouse Grange is on the right.

Newsletter October 2005

2005-10-17T19:39:00.000+01:00

NEWSLETTER October 2005
What a summer we’ve had. England have won the Ashes, Yorkshire have been promoted back up to Division One of the County Championship and, in the big one, Church Fenton have ended the season as runners-up (again), this time to Spofforth. While disappointing, this is in fact a wonderful achievement with so many young players in the team. Congratulations to the Captain and Players. Also, well done to the 2nd team who, once again, held their own in Division 3 against, mostly, other club’s first teams.
Thank you to all our Ball and Board Sponsors. They provide very necessary finances to enable the club to continue to function. Thank you to everybody who have been part of the club this year, not just the officials and players and all those who have helped with the fund-raising activities but also all those who have supported the club in any way, whether it was watching the cricket or attending the various functions which we have held. It is much appreciated.
I hope everybody enjoyed the Kinks tribute band, the sponsored Bike ride (which I understand was against the wind all the way back from Bridlington) and the end of season Golf Tournament. Also, I hope everybody likes the new fencing we have down one side of the ground. Thank you to the Parish Council for helping to arrange the funding and to Paul Roberts of Acorn Fencing for doing such a good job.
The next Club event is the annual dinner on Friday 28th October at Scalm Park. It is £15 and includes a disco. We are only allowed a maximum of 65 people so please book early. Everybody’s welcome including that often-neglected breed, the junior parents – provided they are house trained. Please ring Chris Horbury ASAP - 01904 491669.
The date of the AGM has been put back to the 28th November at 8pm in the Village Hall. This is an important but, in the past, not particularly well supported event. It is the one time in the year when everybody gets the chance to say whatever they like about the club, positive or negative. Everybody should be there – players, supporters, junior parents, sponsors, anybody with any interest in cricket in the village and so on. Please be there.
Finally, I hope everybody enjoyed the season. Most things seem to have gone reasonably smoothly and, with cricket very much in the ascendancy at the moment, I hope everyone is looking forward to the 2006 season.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Annual Dinner/ Presentation Night Friday 28th October at 7.00pm £15.00
AGM, Church Fenton Village Hall Monday 28th November at 8.00pm
Junior Presentation Night, CF Vill.Hall Friday 2nd December at 7.00pm
Groundsman’s Xmas Dinner, White Horse Friday 23rd December at 7.30pm

Thank you to all our Board and Ball Sponsors
BOARD Rainbow Nursery School, Crusties, Highfield Nursing Home, Moorhouse Opticians, Agrimech, The White Horse, Biggin Lane Garage, Church Fenton Construction, Fen Turf, Signtifik, Cowling, Swift and Kitchin Solicitors.
BALL Fenton Flyer, R.Waterfield, C.Horbury, Scalm Park Golf + Driving Range, J.Santer B+B, B.Bradley, Elmhirst + Maxton Solicitors, Wolsey Fisheries, K+B.Wilkinson, Holmefield Vets, L.Thornton, Church Fenton Construction, White Horse, Moorhouse Opticians, G.Marshall, W.Harrison, K.Moxon, J.Daniels, A.Poulter, G.Cooper, C+L.Marshall, Sunset Garage, I+J.Dennis

2nd XI Bowling - 2005

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Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Owen Seymour	141.5	22	530	32	16.56
David Marshall	163	24	635	22	28.86
Stephen Pick	76	18	191	15	12.73
Andrew Marshall	40.1	1	241	10	24.10
Simon Hudson	13.5	2	57	9	6.33
James Jollands	21	3	102	3	34.00

2nd XI Batting 2005

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Player	Innings	N.O.	H.S.	Runs	Average
Mark Moorhouse	10		50	254	25.40
Tony Elliott	4		13	23	5.75
David Marshall	12	1	74	252	22.90
Andrew Marshall	12	2	41	149	14.90
Owen Seymour	13	2	45	242	22.00
Warren Davies	4	1	4	11	2.75
Giles Moorhouse	4	3	16*	30	30.00
Jonathan Marshall	12		48	142	11.83
Stephen Buckle	11	1	13	43	4.30
Richard Cole	13	1	39*	163	13.58
Stephen Pick	6	1	25*	65	13.00
Simon Hudson	5		58	132	26.40
Robert Buckle	7	1	5	14	2.33
James Jollands	4	2	11	32	16.00
Jonathan Boddy	6	2	66*	195	48.75
Garry Rucklidge	3	1	10	16	8.00

* Denotes Not Out

1st XI Bowling - 2005

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	Matches	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
James Cooper	15	15	1	600	20	30.00
Jim Love	15	15	5	333	30	11.10
Thomas Love	15	15	0	23	7	3.29
Richard Love	15	15	0	10	25	0.40
Robert Love	15	15	0	78	40	1.95
Chris Borradaile	15	15	0	12	25	0.48

1st XI Batting - 2005

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Player	Innings	N.O.	H.S.	Runs	Average
Richard Grogan	20	1	100	433	22.78
James Cooper	18	1	57	296	17.41
Thomas Hudson	16	1	84	557	37.13
James Love	15	2	67*	413	31.76
Thomas Love	17		37	217	12.76
Richard Marshall	7	0	32	59	8.42
Robert Love	12	5	38*	251	35.85
Paul Wilman	9	2	34	78	11.14
Richard Love	16	9	17	76	10.80
Chris Borradaile	3		2	2
Aaron Searle	13	5	58	124	15.50
Glen Cooper	10	3	37	170	24.28
Adam Walton	4		32	71	17.75
Mark Moorhouse	2		7	12	6.00
Simon Hudson	2		43	49	24.50
Garry Rucklidge	3	1	10	16	8.00

* Denotes Not Out

Wetherby News League 2005

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Wetherby News League

DIVISIONAL TROPHY WINNERS 2005

Division 1

JH Shaw Memorial Cup for Runners-up: Church Fenton.

WETHERBY NEWS LEAGUE FINAL TABLES 2005

DIVISION 1	P	W	L	D	Pts
Spofforth	22	14	5	3	83
Church Fenton	22	12	6	4	78
Great Preston	22	11	5	6	76
Barwick-in-Elmet	22	11	7	4	75
Oulton	22	10	6	6	71
Old Modernians	22	9	9	4	64
Sicklinghall	22	9	8	5	64
Kirk Deighton	22	7	11	4	53
Leeds Police	22	6	11	5	50
St Chad's Broomfield	22	7	10	5	50
Shadwell	22	6	12	4	49
Scarcroft	22	3	15	4	29

DIVISION 3	P	W	L	D	Pts
Crossgates	22	16	1	5	105
Long Marston	22	14	3	5	93
Amaranth	22	13	5	4	85
Sherburn Everlsey	22	11	7	4	72
Scholes	22	9	8	5	64
Spofforth `A`	22	9	9	4	60
Saxton	22	9	9	4	59
Rufforth	22	9	9	4	57
Church Fenton `A`	22	6	12	4	48
Hillam and Monk Fryston	22	5	11	6	46
Green Hammerton	22	2	14	6	27
Great Preston `A`	22	2	17	3	21

Source: Yorkshire Cricket Club

Newsletter July 2005

2005-07-01T22:19:00.000+01:00

NEWSLETTER
JULY 2005

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Apologies to everybody as this rather late Newsletter should have been completed and circulated in the first few weeks of the season. I’m blaming fatherhood. Frankly, I’m exhausted. Where’s all my time gone?
Thank you to all the Match Ball Sponsors. Once again, all our 1st and 2nd team matches are sponsored. Also, thanks to our Board Sponsors, particularly those who are sponsoring us for the first time. Your help is very much appreciated
Thank you to everybody who has helped in the running of the club both pre-season and since matches started. The obvious culprits are the groundstaff – Chris Horbury and John Cahill, but it doesn’t stop there. The captains and committee have also had a lot to do. While it was back in March, thanks to all those involved with the Race Night – the organisers, those who came, Sue and Nigel for letting us use The White Horse and, most importantly, the sponsors of the horses.
Junior Cricket is once again thriving with us having an Under 13’s team and we have also been going into the village primary school on a weekly basis to do some coaching. Thanks to Tim, Richard and Tommy for all their hard work.
This is my first opportunity to publicly welcome Aaron to Church Fenton in our continuing mission to attempt to civilise those inhabitants from the opposite side of the planet. Once again this task is proving particularly difficult but we will not be defeated. We hope he enjoys his stay. Thank you to Julie and Jim for putting him up in the initial few weeks of the season and to Sue and David and their caravan since. I hope the caravan survives the summer.
Finally, the cricket. Once again, the 1st team is near the top of Division 1 which is terrific, with everything to play for in the second half of the season.. The team is made up of two distinct types of player. There are those with potential (seven of the team are aged 22 or under) and then there are those few that one would best describe as experienced. They are generally to be found directing affairs from the slips and fine leg. The 2nd team are in the middle of Division 3 and just missed out on getting through to the final of the reserve evening cup.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
We have a very busy August. Help and Support is ESSENTIAL.
I cannot stress enough how important fund raising events are. Without them, match and annual subs would have to increase dramatically, so I don’t think it is too much to ask the club members to support events, give some assistance, bring friends and family etc..

August 7th Hog Roast
20th Kinks Tribute Band
28th Sponsored Bike Ride

HOG ROAST Traditionally, our big fund raising event of the year and a great day out.
As usual, we are asking the first team to supply salads and the second team desserts. But, in addition to this, we also need help in the kitchen and the bar. There will be a rota so that members are not on duty for too long but this can only be achieved if we have everybody’s support. Those few that ran last year’s event were exhausted by the finish and unless their workload is dramatically reduced we won’t be able to hold the Hog Roast in its current format again. I hope the players realise that they can’t get out of doing something at some stage. Please be pro-active and volunteer.
The final of the Church Fenton knock-out tournament will start the day off at around 2pm
followed by the Hog Roast at 5pm. Tickets are £5 per person. Bring friends and family. Everybody is welcome. Also vey important – Sheila Seymour wants Tombola Prizes A.S.A.P.
Tickets and info – Beryl White or anybody on the committee.

KINKS TRIBUTE BAND to be held in the Village Hall.
This includes a disco and food, costs £10 and goes on till midnight. There is also a bar. We haven’t tried this kind of event before but it should be a great night. The doors open at about 8.30pm with the band playing from 9pm. Don’t miss it. Bring your friends. Tickets are going rapidly.
Tickets and info – Paul Wilman, Jim Love or the committee.

SPONSORED BIKE RIDE from Bridlington to Church Fenton
This was tried successfully last year and we are going to repeat it. We already have more people taking part this year but we need more volunteers. These riders then need to get as many people as possible to try and guess (at £1 per guess) how long it will take. The person who is nearest the finishing time will win £50. The distance is 55 miles. If you don’t feel you can do the whole distance, why not share a bike with one or two other people. We also need a support staff to keep the bikers on the road – repairs, drinks, massages. Please help.
Contact and info – Paul Wilman or the committee.

AND IN THE FUTURE

END OF SEASON FRIENDLY on Sunday 11th September.
This is an end of season “friendly” involving as many of the clubs players as possible with the teams picked in such a way as to create as much disharmony and conflict as possible.The way it works, I think, is that runs are deducted when you’re out but you get to go back in again. Also you are limited to how many you can score in any one go. It seems to me that this format favours the sloggers so it’s obviously not for me. This is an enjoyable day with a BBQ and a bar. It has proved to be a good way of finishing off the season.
Contact and info – Richard Grogan or the committee.

The SKIPPY THEOBOLD GOLF TOURNAMENT on Sunday 18th September
This will be the third year for this event to be played at Scalm Park Golf Course with a meal afterwards. This is an enjoyable day which seems to bring some of the clubs old timers (ex-players) out of the woodwork. This event is open to anybody. The cost will be around £25 for the golf and the food.
Contact and info – Paul Wilman or the committee

There will also be the end of season DINNER (Friday 28th October) and the AGM (the following week). Further details to be announced in the future.

MORE JUNIOR CRICKET
Seven of our young cricketers have represented the Wetherby League in various teams this year. Richard Grogan, Chris Borrodale and Tommy Hudson have played for the White Rose Under 21 team. Thomas and Richard Love and James Cooper have played for the Joe Lumb Under 17 team. And Tom Dean has played for the Lord’s Taverners Under 11’s team, the first player from this club to do so. Also Richard Love has played for the Yorkshire Under 15’s team. Well done to everybody.

A FIXTURE CARD ERROR
The games on August 6th are incorrect. The 1st team Scarcroft match is at HOME and the 2nd team Crossgates match is AWAY and not as written on the fixture card.

Newsletter October 2004

2004-10-01T08:52:00.000+01:00

CHAIRMAN’S WORDS

Once again, this year’s newsletter includes some of the reports from the AGM. I hope everyone will take on board some of the comments. Income over the year totalled £7,725 from fund raising, subs, tea money etc. Expenditure totalled £7,602 which included £800 for the store room extension. As we had £1,100 in the bank at the start of the year, we have therefore finished it with around £1,200 at the end. These are healthy figures and well done to all those involved, both on the organisational side but also on the supporting side. For instance, one of our main fund raising events, the race night, wouldn’t work if their weren’t around 60 people in the community prepared to help the club and sponsor a horse. This is an indication that the club is fairly efficient at raising the funds it needs to function and to keep moving forward. This might also give the impression that players and friends of the club do not need to get involved with the club’s organisation. However, running the club is becoming harder as their appears to be less people doing the work. We would like everyone to join us in helping to run the club. The first of this year’s general committee meetings is on Monday 29th November at 7.30pm in the White Horse. Please come along.

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT (abridged report given at the 2004 AGM)

I started last year’s Chairman’s report by saying that we seemed to have had a good year both on and off the pitch and, in many ways, the same could be applied to this year as well. The main fund raising events, the Hog Roast and Race Night, did about as well as in the previous year. There were not as many of the minor fund raising events and yet at the end of the year we have a healthy bank balance even though, once again, we have had one major extra item of expenditure – namely the store room extension. This is a tribute to all the hard work put in by the committee and organisers of the events – many of them ladies. Thank you very much.

However, the initial statement above does not tell the full story and this brings me to the first of the problems facing the club. The club is too reliant on a very small group of willing workers. The committee is getting too small, particularly this year, as both Chris Horbury and Helen Rucklidge, while continuing to work for the club in various ways, are no longer standing. Thank you to them for all their hard work.

Continuing the above theme, the number of people who readily help at events are too few. Without the fund raising and fund raisers, the money raised from cricket related activities, i.e. match and annual subs and tea money, would have to triple. Take this year’s Hog Roast for instance. too few people were involved in working on the day and attempts to get more help fell on deaf ears. Some of the willing workers have informed me that if next year’s event is run on the same basis as this year’s, they will be very reluctant to join in and have even suggested that we do something else. More people have to volunteer. We don’t want to be constantly chasing people to do things. Similarly, the race night, whilst all the horses are sponsored and is therefore supported from afar, is not supported as well as I feel it should be on the night by everybody associated with the club and particularly the players. The players have to take more responsibility for their club. I keep hoping that the players would realise that the more they supported and brought friends to the fund raising activities the more money we would raise and any pressure to raise subs or funds elsewhere and, more importantly, pressure on people’s time, would be reduced.

Another problem facing the club is the number of players that we have. The club has lost a lot of players over the last couple of years and whilst, when everybody is available, we don’t have any problem raising 2 very good sides, there is a problem when we lose players because of farming, football and other reasons. Last year, 4 second team matches were cancelled and, apart from the resulting fines that are incurred, there is also the lost revenue from both match subs and tea money. There is a responsibility from players to help the captains. Dropping out on the morning of the match is not helpful. Hopefully as the current crop of juniors get a little older they will be able to help out in the adult teams.

I hope everybody enjoyed the Gala Dinner, with the excellent speaker, jazz band, food etc. It was a huge undertaking and thank you to those people who organised it. This doesn’t mean we would necessarily do things the same way if we were holding another one. The marquee was expensive. Perhaps we should have considered holding the event in a barn. Maybe we should have tried to start the disco earlier and perhaps we should have missed some things out of the middle. Perhaps we should have had a family disco from 6 till 8pm the night before. I’m sure now that we should have chosen a different day. Isn’t hindsight wonderful? There were one or two logistical issues to overcome, however we learnt a lot. We had 140 paying guests which was probably the minimum we needed to hold the event, this wasn’t helped by one table dropping out at the payment point. Whilst, we had initially wanted around 180 people, even another 20 would have started to make a reasonable profit. As it is we made a profit of around £400. We would like to hear your thoughts in case we ever consider holding something similar. Thank you again to those involved with organising the dinner.

What I do know is that we did our best to celebrate Beryl’s 50 years of service to the club. This is a huge achievement and has been mentioned at various events throughout the year, at the final of the reserve evening cup, the Hog Roast and was presented with flowers by Lawnswood (and a kiss from Chester) after their annual friendly match. I would like to officially thank Beryl at the 2004 Church Fenton AGM on behalf of the club for those 50 years of service.

There are also other people in the club to thank for fulfilling various jobs throughout the year. Tim, Richard and particularly Jo Grogan (as I’m sure she did most of the work) for looking after Travis for the season. To Alan Wilson for employing Travis. To Travis himself for being that rare breed – a reasonably house-trained and civilised Australian as well as being a good cricketer and enjoyable company. We hope he enjoyed his stay here. Thank you to the committee, the ground staff, the scorers, the captains (1st, 2nd and Thursday evening teams) and those running the juniors. Thank you to Sue and Nigel at the White Horse who do a lot more for the club than people realise. Also thanks to Martin Horbury for setting up and moving the Club forward into an Internet Site www.cfcc.org.uk and also to those that helped with the golf day, to the quiz team who have donated their winnings to the club, and finally, but by no means least, to the fund raising bicycle riders.

Which brings me to the cricket. Didn’t the 1st team do well. Coming second in Division One equals our best ever position and they were one win away from being champions. They have shown a year on year improvement over the last four years. They went passed 300 on 3 occasions (at least) and averaged over 250 batting first. Well done to the players. It also indicates that the Ground staff must be doing something right. We also benefited from purchasing the covers in 2003. In what has been a fairly rainy season, I don’t believe we would have been challenging for honors without them. I still feel the 1st team should be doing better in the cup matches. The second team got to the final of the reserve evening cup but otherwise their season was disappointing. I’m still convinced we have one of the best 2nd teams in the league.

Finally, our thoughts are with Lofty and Sarah and their families and friends. Sport is important but only as a distraction from the really important things. We hope that John gets better soon.