Badgers Cricket Club – News Archive Page – Season 2016
This page provides a repository of all the archived news items for 2016, in reverse chronological order. If you really have a desire for the older or newer entries, then the links below will get you access to all those that I’ve saved over the twenty-four and a half years that the site has been in existence.
This year saw a select subset of the playing strength of the club along with their other halves and a scattering of offspring gather in the back room of The Kingswood Arms to celebrate another successful season littered with milestones of one kind or another. The awards part of the evening was also attended by Amy, away in Loughborough at an England training camp, via Facetime. For the record, the trophies and mementos found their way to:
| Batting | Amy Gordon | 213 runs @ 53.3 |
| Bowling | Bill Jenkins | 28 wickets @ 9.8 |
| Fielding | Jake Gordon | 20 catches |
| Captains | Rob Knew | |
| Frank Butt | Darrell Pitts | (for his maiden ton) |
| ‘Wang Fu’ | Darrell Pitts | |
| Mike Law Trophy | Matt Mann | (for his ‘demolished wicket’ dismissal) |
Mark’s speech included the usual whistle-stop tour of the season’s games and key performances, a review of the lifetime milestones reached during the year, the presentation to Darrell of a specially-embroidered shirt to celebrate his first century (in lieu of the more traditional cap, which proved impossible to source without purchasing a dozen of them) and a first ever outing for a sit-down version of ‘Pittsy Bingo’. For me two off the cuff comments represent the comedy highlights of the evening – Amy’s anguished “shush, this is my bit” which rang out clearly around a suddenly silent room and Ben’s deadpan “how come he gets a trophy for coming second” following Mark presenting Matt with the Mike Law trophy as the second ever hit wicket victim in club history.
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This year’s AGM will take place on Monday 1st February at 19:30 (7.30pm) and will again be at the skipper’s gaff – 11 Tangier Wood, Burgh Heath, Banstead, Surrey, KT20 6AG. All members should have received written notification via email with an agenda and various associated comments from the Chairman, including a proposed minor change to the club rules. Please make every effort to attend and contribute to the running of our club.
I have included the exact location of Mark’s house on the Google Map showing the grounds we play on or for those that prefer more traditional maps you can use this one of the area in Streetmap.
For those of you that have lost or not received the letter in whatever form, the agenda for the meeting will be:
| 1 | Apologies for absence | 7 | Tour |
| 2 | Minutes of AGM 2015 | 8 | Bonus Ball 2016 |
| 3 | Captain’s report | 9 | Presentation Dinner |
| 4 | Treasurer’s report | 10 | Nets |
| 5 | Election of Officers | 11 | Rules |
| 6 | Fixtures 2016 | 12 | Any other business |
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