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Club News 01-09-08 TROPHY PRESENTATION EVENING ON SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER. Please can all senior and junior members, along with their parents, make a note to attend our annual Trophy Presentation Evening on Saturday 4 October. There will be a bar and food will be available. Apart from the presentation of the usual senior and junior trophies, there will also be special presentations made to all Jack Petchey award winners. Watch this space for more details. Nigel 26-08-08 Another Petchey Award and another Winner in a Alex Alex Rippingale, 14, is the third winner of the club's prestigious Jack Petchey Foundation Award scheme, as voted by the Colts across different age groups. At the club's pavillion on Friday 22 August, Chairman Nigel Passmore presented a proud Alex with his certificate and the £300 award cheque. Alex opted to donate to the club's fund to purchase a new mower for the square for the 2009 season Both Nigel and Joint Under 14 Manager, Mark Joel, congratulated and commended Alex for his helpfulness and commitment to the team ethic within his age group. The next Jack Petchey award will be presented at the club's Annual Trophy Presentation Evening on Saturday 4 October. 14-07-08 MATT MACDONALD SCOOPS SECOND JACK PETCHEY AWARD Matthew Macdonald, 14, has won West Bergholt Cricket Club's second Jack Petchey award. On Friday 11th July, club Chairman Nigel Passmore presented Matt with a certificate and a cheque for £300 which he has elected to put towards the club's fund for a new mower. Matt received the most votes from his peers but in a strong second place was Jacob Hill who was highly rated. Matt was commended by his team mates who variously described him as 'supportive', 'helpful in training' and 'considerate'. The next Jack Petchey award will be presented in late August and pictures are in the photocentre. 07-07-08 CLUB MOURNS VINA'S PASSING AWAY Vina Cooper was a lovely, warm and friendly lady. The wife of our former President Bert, they had a very happy life together and - alongside him - she supported our cricket club dutifully for many years from the 1940’s. Vina always had a kind word to say about everybody and would have a giggle with anybody given the opportunity and could often be seen leaning on her front gate watching the world go by and ready to have a friendly chat with a passer by. One of my memories was from when I was a youngster and the job of filling up the water urns before match days fell on the younger players shoulders (before we had running water down at the ground). So we would walk to Bert and Vina’s house at the end of Manor Road, knock politely on their front door and wait. Vina always welcomed us in as if we lived there and as if she was puzzled as to why we were waiting to come in. The cricket club was one of the most important things in Bert and Vina’s lives. With no children of their own, Bert and Vina used their time and energy to encourage the village’s children to take part and enjoy cricket at the club. Bert ran boys cricket at the club for many years, introducing among others the young Nobby Clark to WBCC some 56 years ago – not a bad investment in the club’s future. In a time before telephones were commonplace Bert was known to bicycle far and wide to pick teams and go to matches. However, cricket is nothing without teas and fund raising, and Vina was best at organising those. She very active for the best part of 40 years baking pies made from blackberries picked from bushes at the ground and laying out teas on one huge outdoor table that both teams would sit around - on the site of the current pavilion. Vina was also a dab hand at organising whist drives and raffles. Vina continued helping with teas when our new pavilion was built in the 1980’s until she was well into her 70’s – she liked the new kitchen and by then we also had running water. Until Vina moved to a home for the elderly five years ago, she would still pop down to the ground now and again to see how ‘her boys’ were getting on. Vina’s other devotion was the church. She would often walk straight from doing something or other at the cricket club, up Manor Road and down School Lane to the church to help there. Vina would have been very pleased that we have an annual charity match with the church these days. A lovely lady, a lovely couple, fondly remembered by all that knew Vina and Bert at WBCC. Words by Andy Clark 24-06-08 CLUB CELEBRATES ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL The weather held throughout another very successful Festival which was attended by some 250 people over the course of the four days. On Thursday, the HM Prison Officers' X1 beat a PDQ X1 narrowly by just 8 runs; on Friday WBCC beat Real Oddies in their annual fixture by 60 runs. On the social front, there was a well attended Poker Evening on Friday. Saturday was devoted to inter-club senior and junior matches, culminating in a hugely enjoyable Race Night. Sunday saw another very closely competed match between the Wynettes who narrowly defeated a West Bergholt Church X1. This was the club's annual Charity match and £120 will be presented to each of the West Bergholt Church fund and to Great Ormond Street Hospital. One of the highlights of the Festival was the inaugural presentation of the Jack Petchey Foundation Awards scheme. Under this scheme, the club is granted £300 every 6 weeks, following a vote by our Juniors for the team mate that they consider to be the most helpful and most dedicated to the club's team ethic. Matthew Rogers was the proud winner and our Chairman, Nigel, presented him with his certificate and pin badge. Matthew has decide that he would like the club to put the money towards the cost of a boundary rope which can be used by all club teams. Well done, Matthew! Nigel would like to thank all committee members as well as many other club members who put in hours of work over the long weekend to help make the Festival so enjoyable for our many visitors. Thanks also to all other members and the various teams that visited us with their families who helped to make the weekend a financial success, so vital for the continuing development of our fine club. 20-06-08 West Bergholt started off the clubs 4 day festival of cricket yesterday with a thrilling last over match evolving HM Prison Officers Vs a PDQ XI side in the glorious setting of the manor road ground. Play starts again today at 6pm when the Real Oddies Cricket Club take on a Bergholt XI skippered by the legend that is Neill Hunt in the annual coloured clothes game. Bar and BBQ and avaiable so come along to check out the action! 2008 Club Festival 05-06-08 Make a note now to get involved in the club's major annual event. As usual, the committee is hard at work putting the finishing touches to a packed programme of cricket and other fun events. We will be running a bar and barbecues throughout the weekend. Here's the outline programme which is still subject to amendment: Thursday 19 June - PDQ X1 v HM Prison Officers' X1 Friday 20 June - West Bergholt CC v Real Oddies, followed by Poker Night. Saturday 21 June - Inter-club Senior and Junior matches, Croquet matches, followed by Race Night. Sunday 22 June - Willis Marine X1 v Village Church X1; charity match for Great Ormond Street Hospital 12-05-08 Match reports from Woringford and Kirby are now available to view via the match calendar 29-04-08 The Match Report from the 2nd XI game at Purleigh is available via the match calender onthe right had side of the page just click on the date to read the report. 25-04-08 Please see Team Sheets for this weekends Fixtures, 26th/27th April. 18-04-08 Don't forget that it is Colts Sign on night today at the Manor Road Ground at 7.30pm, Club Shirts for colts will also be on sale tonight as well.Go to the link at the top of the page to see the 2008 shirt design. 13-03-08 Colts Sign On Night. Colts Sign on night will be at the Manor Road ground on the 18th April 2008 (time to be arranged), On this night Colts can sign in to there age grounds and Colts Club shirts will be also avaiable to purchase on the night. A link to the shirt is above. We look forward to seeing you then. 10-03-08 Evening League 2008. WBCC are entering a team again into the evening league,we are in Div 2 this year. If anyone fancies playing please let me know. All games are on a Wednesday night, the format last year was 15 8 ball overs. I will be arrangeing the fixtures/teams with Andy Buckley organising things on the night. Go to the links page to get to the Evening league website. If you know anyone else who maybe interested let me know. Pat Ward. 04-03-08 2008 Subscriptions and Match Fees. Colts Subscription £20.00 - Match Fee £3.00. Adult Subscription £25.00 - Match Fee £10.00. Colts playing for a senior team (match fee) £5.00. Evening / Indoor League Subscription £10.00 - Adult Match Fee £5.00 - Colt Match Fee £3.00. Non Playing Member & Volunteer Subscription £10.00. Family Membership (1 Adult & 1 Child) £35.00 All Subscriptions must be paid in full and by no later than the 1st match of the season. All members (senior & colt) will be required to "sign on" by completing a membership form and either a self declaration or CRB check to ensure that the Club has stringent Child Welfare and Child Protection measures in place. 28-02-08 Spring Net Sessions at the University 31st March 2008 - 1800 to 1900 Colts / 1900 to 2100 Adults / Senior Colts. 7th April 2008 - 1800 to 1900 Colts / 1900 to 2100 Adults / Senior Colts. 17th April 2008 - 1800 to 1900 Colts / 1900 to 2100 Adults / Senior Colts. The cost is £2 per Colt, and £4 per adult per session. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible. Pre Season work parties We kindly request your assistance at 10:00 onwards on Saturday 29th March & Saturday 5th April. Items that need our urgent attention, are Pavilion Spring Clean & Maintenance. The clearing of leave from the ditches. Site Screen renovation etc. Please lend support if only for a couple of hours. New Club Officers Below are the new elected officers at West Bergholt CC President - John Grimwade 21-02-08 SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES. The club welcomes any new sponsorship initiatives and advertising space in the 2008 Handbook. Publication: A6 size, 36 pages, single colour Circulation: 250 copies distributed to all senior and junior members and all visiting team captains Cost: Full page (127 x 85mm) - £50; Half page - £30 (60 x 85mm) Copy deadline: Friday 28 March 2008 Publishing date: Mid-April Please contact Nigel Passmore to book ad space and to discuss sponsorship opportunities on 01206 240225 or 07769 697542, nigel@weboffset.freeserve.co.uk 12-02-08 Dont forget folks the clubs AGM is being held on MONDAY 18th Feb at West Begholt Football Club at 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there. 11-02-08 Winter Indoor Cricket 2008/2009 Andy Buckley will be leading on taking a team into this winters indoor league. All those interested in taking part please can they call Andy on 07825 910361 or email: Andy Buckley 04-02-08 Club Memebership Form for 2008 Season The New Club Membership form is now available to download below 25-01-08 NEW CLUB DEVELOPMENT PLAN The committee has been busy working on a new Club Development Plan. We urge you to read the various sections carefully and we welcome your comments and suggestions. Nothing is set in stone; this is a working document which will evolve subject to new developments but it sets out a clear direction for our club in the future. Call me or e-mail me on any aspect of it. I look forward to discussing it with you. The Sections can be found below. Regards Nigel. Section 1 - Misson Statement and Objectives Section 2 - Communication and Support Section 12 - Estimated Club Development Plan Costs 14-01-08 Nobby Signs Off Club stalwart Nobby has retired from West Bergholt Cricket Club after a long and distinguished career at the club. Nobby started playing for the club back in 1952 and remains the club's highest ever wicket taker on record. Apart from his playing career his contributions to the development of the club have been immense over the years. He has held senior positions including the Chair for many years and was President between 2000 and 2008. Perhaps his work as Groundsman will be remembered best by current members. For over 25 years he has devoted innumerable hours to maintaining the beautiful Manor Ground to the highest of standards not only on the wickets but also on the outfied and surrounding area. Nigel Passmore, Chairman, presented Nobby with a bench to mark his retirement as Groundsman and President. It is hoped that Nobby's association with the club will carry on for many years to come in his capacity as Honorary Life Member. Pictures of Nobby and his Bench can been seen on the Photo Centre tab. 12-01-08 This Years AGM will be held on Monday 18 February at West Bergholt Football Club with a start time of 7.30pm. All MEMBERS are expected to attend and non-members are also welcome too. 09-01-08 Message for the U16's Could all U16's please contact Pete Twydell with the up to date contact details and e-mail addresses for the forth coming season ASAP 31-12-07 EVERYONE AT WEST BERGHOLT WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A SUCCESSFUL SEASON IN 2008 10-12-07 VETS SIGN-OFF WITH DEFEAT IN RUN-OUT FIASCO The evergreen Over 40s ended their season at the Ford County Ground with a defeat at the hands of Hutton. West Bergholt promised a challenging score but a series of comic run-outs left the 'lads' with a score of 71 all out with five balls remaining. Hutton cruised to victory despite fine fielding by WBCC. A tally of 3 wins and 3 defeats ensured mid-table respectability and a better performance than the last two years. Plans to win the league next year will be formulated soon... 04-12-07 Don't forget that the NEW 2008 Club shirts are available too buy just go to the club shop link to see the shirt. It'll make a nice stocking filler!!!! 03-12-07 2008 Pre-Season Nets Pre-Season Nets for the forth coming 2008 season have been booked and as always we'll be having them at the University of Essex. Please see below for when your nets session is. MONDAY 31st March 2008 : - 18:00 - 19:00 Colts/Juniors MONDAY 31st March 2008 : - 19:00 - 21:00 Adults/U16's MONDAY 7th April 2008 : - 18:00 - 19:00 Colts/Juniors MONDAY 7th April 2008 : - 19:00 - 21:00 Adults/U16's THURSDAY 17th April 2008 :- 18:00 - 19:00 Colts/Juniors THURSDAY 17th April 2008 :- 19:00 - 21:00 Adults/U16's As Usual it's £4 for adults and £2 for Colts.We look forward to seeing you there. 25-11-07 The 2008 fixture list is now unloaded. Please go to the "View Fixtures" on the top right handside of the page. The Excel and Word versions will be updated shortly. 23-11-07 Looking to keep your eye in?? We have arranged a couple of net sessons over the winter period at the University of Essex Both dates are monday evenings (17th December 2007 & 7th Jan 2008) 8pm till 10pm at a cost of £4 each. It's a good chance to keep your eye in so hope to see you then!! 21-11-07 The 2008 Fixture list are out and will be on the site over the weekend. CLUB VETERANS MAKE IT TWO OUT OF THREE The club's evergreen Over 40 team (most of whom would qualify for an Over 50 team) made it two wins out of three on Thursday against old rivals, Elsenham. After posting an impressive 98 for the loss of just one wicket, West Bergholt bagged all Elsenham's wickets as they replied with a score just over 60. The 'Vets' now face the might of Hornchurch next Thursday but captain Stuart Barton still believes that the play-offs remain a realistic target. 2nd Team Averages for Season 2007 29-10-07 The Pictures from the Awards night at West Bergholt cc are now up in the photo centre. 26-10-07 WINNERS FROM THE END OF YEAR AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS 1 XI Batting Average - Scott McKillop 2 XI Batting Average - Trevor Rogers 1 XI Bowling Average - Kieran Savill 2 XI Bowling Average - Chris Southernwood 1 XI Batting Performance - Scott McKillop 2 XI Batting Performance - Trevor Rogers 1 XI Bowling Performance - Kieran Savill 2 XI Bowling Performance - Andy Buckley 1 XI Player of the Season - Scott McKillop 2 XI Player of the Season - Trevor Rogers Clubman - Kevin Johnson Bill Newman - Ben Brooks Bert Cooper - Pat Ward COLTS WINNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS U16 - Batsman - Jack Cawley U16 - Bowler - Ben Brookes U15 - Batsman - Jack Cawley U15 - Bowler - George Northover U14 - Batsman - Sean Bartlett U14 - Bowler - Sean McGovern U12 - Batsman - Conner Gallgher U12 - Bowler - Matthew Rogers 25-10-07 A list of winners and pictures from the awards night will be up soon. On October 20th, the Club held its Annual Awards Presentation Evening. Attended by many Senior and Junior members, there were many notable performances recognised with Scott McKillop and Trevor Rogers winning most of the 1st and 2nd X1 awards respectively. There were awards for the best batter and best bowler in each of the Under 12, 14, 15 and 16 sections and Ben Brooks won the club's Trophy for the Most Promising Junior. The club is looking for a new Secretary and a new Treasurer due to forthcoming intentions of retirement. Please can anyone interested contact me on 240225 or nigel@weboffset.freeserve.co.uk The same applies if you are interested in helping out next year with our increasing group of junior cricketers. Sadly, we have an increasing vandal problem at the Manor Ground. There has been recent damage to the nets as well as deep cycle marks on the newly seeded cricket square. We appeal for any information to help stop this wilful and malicious damage. Our next formal event will be the AGM, to be held at the Football Club on Monday 18 February 2008. Regards - Nigel Passmore - Chairman 01-10-07 As the season draws to an end and the dark cold days and nights draw close……………. DON'T Forget we have one last event on the 20th October (7pm Start). A bar and hot food available - raffle and the presentation of the end of season awards. PLEASE SUPPORT THE CLUB BY ATTENDING THIS SOCIAL EVENING- SEE THE SEASON OUT ON A HIGH! We look forward to seeing you then. 28-09-07 The clubs last game this season at home to Galleywood has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. 25-09-07 The last game of the season is on sunday at home to Galleywood in Div 1, The 1st team will be looking to finish on a high after an up and down season. It's also a chance to see for the last time at the manor road ground Scott McKillop in action, Sundays game will be the last for Scott and we hope that there will be a good turn out to watch him for the last time!!!! so come down and support the 1's!!! Also not forgetting that it's another members last game for the club, Anthony Sinclair "Sincas" has been our token Aussie for 2 years and flys back home this winter so it's a double reason to be at the ground for what should be a great game of cricket. Play start's at 1pm so come down and give these 2 guys a winning send off!! 12-09-07 Just a reminder to ALL members that the Trophy Presentation Evening will be held at the Cricket Club on the 20th October at 7pm. The latest set's of games from our 1st and 2nd teams. West Bergholt 1st's 265 for 5 (Davies 89*, McKillop 73) bt Chappel 222 for 9 (Govinder 66) by 43 runs. West Bergholt 2nd's 88 lost to Cavaliers 173 for 5 (Gilhooly 117*) by 85 runs. 28-08-07 And the pictures from the game against Little Bardfield are up on the photo section now. 2 out of 2 for Chris and the 2nd's this bank holiday weekend, with Horksley calling off and a good win against Little Bardfield the 2nd's can be very happy with the 40 points. On the monday once again like he has shown all season Trevor Rodgers but in another big score at the top of the order with 92 and was assisted by Anthony "Sincas" Sinclair with a rapid 52. And between them they picked up 7 wickets so the well done guys. 22-08-07 Dont forget that the new WBCC shirts are available to buy, All sizes Small to Extra Large. Please contact David Applin to get yours!!!. 20-08-07 After a weekend of more rain only the 2's managed a result V Ardleigh beating them by 46 runs. 14-08-07 NEW LEASE SECURES FUTURE FOR WBCC After many months of negotiation with owner Stephen Penrose, I am very pleased to announce that the trustees have secured a 21 years' lease on the Manor Ground. This is excellent news for WBCC as this formal 'security of tenure' means that we can now plan ahead for the Club in the knowledge that we have a long-term future at the Manor Ground. In addition, it should mean that Grant Aid is more easily attainable for major projects that the Club may wish to undertake in the future. Please contact me for any further information. Nigel Passmore - Chairman 13-08-07 After the weekends results a weak 2's lost to the real Oddies by 103 runs but yet again the 1's won beating Abberton by 4 runs with evergreen Scott McKillop scoring his 2nd 100 plus score in 2 games! well done Scott... As always the reports are found on the match calender pages of the site 06-08-07 After the weekend where just the 2nd's had a game the took on a tough Clacton side but with a good team performance and 95 not out from Trevor Rodgers WBCC were able to run out victorious in this close match. 06-08-07 The new shirts are now on general sale so please contact me on the e-mail to order yours NOW while stocks last!!! 31-07-07 Only Hours Left until the New West Bergholt Shirts are available so order yours now to avoid disappointment!!!! 23-07-07 After the weekends double header vs Boxted 1 win and 1 loss for WBCC, A majestic 117 not out from Scott McKillop ensured victory for the 1st team but good bowling from boxted 2nds snuffed out any chance of a victory for our 2nd's. More to come.... Boxted 207 (I Evans 78, Savill 4-42) lost to West Bergholt 209 for 4 (McKillop 117*) by 6 wkts. West Bergholt 123 (Applin 6-23) lost to Boxted 210 (Gilbert 51*) by 87 runs. 19-07-07 The Evening League side lost to St Peters last night in the 2nd Divison Semi-Final. So a big thank you to Pat and Nigel for all the organising of what was a very enjoyable and succesful first season in the evening league WELL DONE GUYS!!!. 18-07-07 Game Date Change - Please read All, Please note that the 2nd team home game Vs LT CLACTON was be MOVED to SUNDAY 5th AUGUST from SATURDAY 4th AUGUST 13-07-07 NEW CLUB SHIRTS!!! The new West Bergholt club shirts will be available from the 1st of August 2007. Please go to the new club shop link to see the new design and all infomation on getting one. 12-07-07 After the end of the evening league the team lost there final match last night at home to St Peters who scrapped home with 2 balls to spare!! After the dust had settled we were told by Skipper Pat Ward that we had made it to the 2nd Divison semi finals!! The date for the semi final is the 18th July with the venue to be finalised. If you are regestered to play please contact the club if you want to play and try and get some silverware for the club!!! If you cannot play then please show your support for the side and try and come down and watch.Venue will be announced soon. 09-07-07 After the weekend of high drama the 1st lost but the 2's came away with the points, match reports soon........ 06-07-07 Below is the press coverage the club received during club Weekend. Press coverage of club weekend. 25-06-07 A Message from the Chairman on the recent Club Festival Now that the 2007 Club Festival has drawn to a close, I would like to thank all those members and the many guests who supported the various events over the long weekend. Although we were affected by rain on both the Saturday and Sunday, we still managed to play cricket on all four days and even introduced a mini-Croquet tournament on Saturday afternoon! We started on Thursday evening and the Club won a keenly fought duel against Chelmsford HM Prison Officers X1. The match was played in fine weather and well over 20 dedicated poker players then got down to serious business in the pavillion. Despite torrential downpours in neighbouring Colchester, the gods looked down favourably on our fine club and our micro climate meant that we were able to take on Real Oddies without so much as a drop of rain falling from the sky. Our talents shone through as well with a resulting comfortable victory. 'Pyjama' clothing was once again in full evidence for this annual fixture. The annual inter-club tournament involving two WBCC teams and Arthur 'Worm' Wormington's X1 never quite happened due to periodic cloudbursts. This led to larger than usual consumption of bitter, lager, hotdogs, burgers and kebabs but who was complaining? A one -off Twenty20 match between an Andy Buckley X1 and a Trevor Rogers X1 was huge fun and won by the former. The cricket and the croquet was followed by the hugely enjoyable, annual Race Night. Everyone took their chances with a variety of 'horses' and there was equal joy and despair as the results unfolded through the fading light. On Sunday, the micro climatic conditions deserted West Bergholt and it tipped down all morning. However, brave souls from Birkett Long and the Village Church duly pitched up and managed a tightly contested softball Twenty20 match, narrowly won by the lawyers. The event was worth attending alone for the lovely tea provided by Julie Cant and Maureen Hooten, supported by many of the players' wives and partners. It was all in a good cause with the proceeds headed for Cancer Research UK and the Village Church fund. Special thanks to all committee members for organising a successful weekend and to Kevin Johnson for living in the barbecue tent for almost four days and cooking delicious food for us all. If anyone has any comments about the Festival or ideas about how we should make changes for next year, the committee would love to hear from you. Feel free to e-mail me through the website. Nigel. 15-06-07 Here is the programme of events for our annual Club Festival which we hope you will all attend at some stage(s) with your families and friends. Thursday 21 June 6pm West Bergholt X1 v HM Prison Officers' X1 Bar and barbecue 8pm Poker Night Friday 22 June 6pm West Bergholt X1 v Real Oddies Bar and barbecue Saturday 23 June 11am Twenty20 Tournament, West Bergholt A X1, West Bergholt B X1 and Arthur Wormington X1 5pm Under 15s v Under 14s All day bar and barbecue Bouncy castle 8pm Race Night Sunday 24 June 2pm Birkett Long X1 v West Bergholt Church X1 Charity Match, with proceeds to Cancer Research UK and Church fund Bar and barbecue Notes for players: Contact Chris Southernwood if you wish to play in the Thursday match on 07968 647045 or southernwood69@hotmail.co.uk Contact Neill Hunt if you wish to play in the Friday match on 07768 852779 or neill.hunt@damco.co.uk Please just arrive at the ground in time on the Saturday as all are welcome to play. 14-06-07 Dont forget that the club cricket festival is soon upon us so watch out here all the latest news on the activites. The dates are 21st to 24th June at the Manor Road Ground. 14-06-07 Bergolt took on Woods last night in the colchester evening league, With woods winning the toss and batting first and despite good bowling from Andy Buckley and Trevor Rodgers Woods reached 130. Bergholt faced a tough ask in the deepening gloom and wickets fell regularly with the team all out for 95 in the last over. Thanks to Nigel for this short report. 12-06-07 More Pictures uploaded from the KO Cup games with the Real Oddies, Thanks again Sincas!! 11-06-07 After the weekends matches where we saw a double header against local rivals Boxted. The 2's lost a hard fought game whereas the 1's strolled at a canter to victory by 10 wkts. 05-06-07 HELP NEEDED!!! Are you free on Thursday and/or Friday evenings this week? We need your help loading some old garden machinery into a skip on Thursday 7 June at 6.30pm at the ground. On Friday and future Fridays, our coaches need your help with training our Colts. You don't need to be a coach, it's just being there and helping with their supervision which is needed. 6pm onwards.Please support the Club on these evenings!!! 04-06-07 After the weekend the 2's lost at Horksley but the 1's won there cup match against the Real Oddies and go on to play Halstead in the next round. Go to the match report calendar to see the results. Photos from Galleywood and Mersea are now uploaded. 25-05-07 As we gear up for the weekends games which is a double header with St Oysth we'd just like to comment that the club won it's first evening league game of the season beating Woods by 43 runs at Mile End. And also courtesy of our Aussie "David Bailey" Anthony Sinclair! Some pictures from the 1's away game at Galleywood and the recent home match against Mersea. Please go to the photo centre where they will be uploaded later. 21-05-07 After a sunny weekend (at last) we had mixed results in the league with the 2's still looking for that opening win and the 1's battling hard for a thoroughly deserved victory, See match results and reports on the results calendar. 17-05-07 Well suprise suprise! Rain!! Wednesdays evening league game was postponed but we hope to have both 1's and 2's in action this weekend, Find out how they get on after the weekend. 14-05-07 Yet another weekend washout for the cricket!! while the 1's didn't make the field the 2's did, all be it for 19 overs until the heavens opened. So we hope and wait for better wether next weekend. Also dont forget we have an evening league side this year and they'll be playing at home on wednesday night starting at 6pm. So if you can come down and support Pat and the team. 05-05-07 The Eveing League Fixtures are now up and can either be found via the evening league link on our links page or by visiting our seniors page and clicking the link there. The Colts Fixtures for this year can now be found on the colts page and just click the link to see the U'12, U'14, U'15 and U'16. 03-05-07 Just to reminder that you can view the match results on the calender option on the right hand tool bar, And a reminder to both skippers that match reports for the last to weeks are due in. Please send them in to David ASAP!!! 26-04-07 Just to update you all, Plans are well in hand for this years cricket festival between Thursday 21st JUne and Sunday 24th June. Details will be announced soon but make a date now!!! 24-04-07- Weekend results To view the match results please you the calender option on the right hand tool bar and click on the date that you wish to view 20-04-07- Weekend Games The Season is almost upon us so best of luck to the 1's and 2's this weekend. If you get a chance to watch the 2's are away at Little Bardfield Village on saturday under new captaincy of Chris Southernwood. And the 1's are at home to Copford on sunday with both games starting at 1pm. 21-03-07 - Ron Lodge It is with deep regret that we have learned of the untimely death of Ron Lodge Ron was a great supporter of WBCC as he watched his sons John, Ray and Peter progress through the ranks of the club.In the days when we only played friendly matches, not content with just watching, Ron was always willing to step in if we were a man short. After we joined the league, Ron continued his support as an umpire. He will be sorely missed by the older members of the club who spent many a night in a pub after the match with Ron, as he regaled us many a time of his cricketing exploits as a younger man, and I’m sure we would all be richer if we had followed his racing tips, even though he normally gave these out after the race had been run.Instead we will all be that much poorer for his passing Heartfelt condolences go out to Margaret and all the family on this sad occasion 20-03-07 - Nets Just a short reminder that indoor nets will start at the University of Essex from this Monday at 6pm. Times and dates are below Seniors - 6 to 8pm Monday 26th March, Monday 2nd April, Tuesday 10th April and Monday 16th April - £4 Per Session Juniors - 7 to 8pm Tuesday 27th March, Tuesday 3rd April and Wednesday 11th April - £2 Per Session 20-03-07 - Work Party A working party is planned for this Sunday 25th March in preparation for the season. Please come along to help out and stay as long as you can to prepare the club for the forth coming season 26-02-07 - Club AGM The Club AGM was held last week and if you were unable to make it below is a list of all the main movers & shakers New Committee as follows President - A.K Clark Welcome back to Andy Mehen who has been appointed as Captain of the new evening league team - More infomation on this will follow soon CLUB TOUR - It is planned that the club has a short tour this year, after hosting a side from Holland (who are keen to return this year). The proposed dates are 13th-15th July. Travelling by car using the tunnel. Please keep this date free if you’d like to be a part of this. Further information will follow once the Dutch team have confirmed their own fixtures COLT CRICKET - This year we will be running Under 12,14,15 and 16. Kwik cricket will take place if we have enough interest from parents and helpers. This will be for 8- 12 year olds. Further information regarding signing on and practice nights will follow A massive vote of thanks to some of the unsung hero’s of the club: John Grimwade for the thankless task of organising the fixtures and other “little jobs” in the background. Also his good lady Helen for her wonderful cooking on so may occasions- thank you very much! Peter Goding and Nobby Clark for their work on the ground and wicket to ensure as many games as possible could be played. And finally to all the committee and club members that at times made themselves available for the never ending round of jobs that there always appears to be- just to ensure that you can all take part and enjoy a game of cricket- here’s to a new and successful season! 15-02-07 - Cricket Festival Make an early note to get involved in our annual cricket festival. Details will be arranged soon and the dates are Thursday through to Sunday 21st to the 24th June. There will be somthing for everyone as usual - Lots of senior and junior cricket, licensed bar, barbecues, bouncy castle and special entertainment on saturday night!! 15-02-07 - Upcoming Dates - Pre Season Nets at the University of Essex Seniors - 6 to 8pm Monday 26th March, Monday 2nd April, Tuesday 10th April and Monday 16th April - £4 Per Session Juniors - 7 to 8pm Tuesday 27th March, Tuesday 3rd April and Wednesday 11th April - £2 Per Session 29-01-07 - The New website for West Bergholt!! it's now up and running stay tuned for more news for the season ahead 28-11-06 - NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!! West Bergholt will be having a new website in the new year!! New and improved!! Look out for all the latest news and action from the manor road! 11-10-06 - GRAHAM NAPIER PRESENTS WEST BERGHOLT CRICKET TROPHIES Essex County Cricket Club star, Graham Napier, was the special guest and presenter of the trophies at West Bergholt's Annual Awards Presentation Evening on Saturday. The Awards were held at the club's Manor Ground pavilion with a high level of attendance by senior members and their partners as well as colt members and their parents. Chairman Nigel Passmore paid tribute to the hard work and commitment by committee members in achieving the highest growth in colt numbers in the North Essex region. As for the awards, Nick Miller featured strongly for his centuries and his batting average of 96 for the 1st X1. PDQ League committee member, Neill Hunt, was the star all-rounder of the 2nd XI winning all the trophies including Player of the Season; all this after recovering from heart problems just a year ago. There were awards also for the Under 13, Under 14 and Under 15 colts sections with Sam Brookes winning the U15 trophy as well as the club's award for the 'Most Promising Youngster' Below is a list of the winners for the 2006 season and you can see all the photos from Saturdays presentation evening. Averages 1st X1 Batting Average - Nick Miller 673 runs at 96.12nd X1 Batting Average - Neill Hunt 225 in 5 innings at 45 1st X1 Bowling Average - Scott McKillop 13 Wkts at 10.7 2nd X1 Bowling Average - Neill Hunt 13 wkts at 11 1st X1 Batting Performance - Nick Miller 113 v West Mersea 2nd X1 Batting Performance - Neill Hunt 91 v Great Horkesley, his first game after his return from illness 1st X1 Bowling Performance - Andy Mehen 8-29 v St Osyth 2nd X1 Bowling Performance - Neill Hunt 5-17 v Cressing Bert Cooper - Neil Storey Bill Newman - Sam Brookes Clubman - Scott McKillop 1st X1 Player of the Season - Nick Miller 2nd X1 Player of the Season - Neill Hunt Under 13 - Jack Cawley Under 14 - George Northover Under 15 - Sam Brookes |