Garboldisham 232 v Topcroft 285. Sunday 10 May, 2015. Norfolk Cricket Alliance The Under 9’s kicked off their season this Sunday with their first game. This was a pretty fresh looking side with many of the players making their debut for Garboldisham. Losing the toss, Garby were put in to field first, with Daniel Worby and Nathan Muggridge opening the bowling and getting the team off to a steady start and with Daniel ending up on 0 for 10 off 3 and Nathan finishing on 0 for 5 off 3. Nathan then went on to take an amazing diving catch off Lauren Rhind’s bowling. Henry Grey-Davies took the only other wicket leaving Topcroft with a score of 285. Jago Bucher and Ryan Woodrow opened the batting for Garby with both playing their first ever game and doing really well for their first appearance. Daniel Flatman and Henry Grey-Davies then went on to score 14 between them. The pairing of siblings Lauren and Jamie Rhind pushed the score on to 235 and the final batting pair of Daniel and Nathan took the …

Norfolk Alliance U11s league. 16 overs pairs. 12 May 2015 Gt Ellingham 276 Garboldisham 226 GarbyU11’s  travelled toGtEllingham on Tuesday to play them in the Norfolk Alliance League. Winning thetossGarby elected to field first and bowled and fielded really well. There was great bowling all round with special mentions to Jess Davey (0 for 8 off 3), James Davey (0 for 15 off 3) and Georgia Casey who took two wickets giving her 2 for 15 off 3. Ethan Harris put in a good wicket keeping performance in his first time taking on the role. Garby then got off to a great start with the bat with Drew Harris and Ethan Harris opening the batting and scoring 14 between them but unfortunately also loosing 2 wickets. James Davey and Ethan Murphy then went on to put on a good partnership with James hitting a lovely four but unfortunately he hit his stumps afterwards giving the opposition another wicket. Hamish Russell and Ronnie Stevenson were the next batting pair and Hamish played some lovely shots, hitting the ball for four. Jess and Georgia finished with another good paring …

Garboldisham A 210 for 8, Mundford 213 for 2. Two minutes silence were held in memory of Mervyn Mitchell before the start of the game. Mervyn died last Wednesday 6 May after a short illness. He had been a loyal player, member and supporter of Garboldisham Cricket Club for more than 4 decades and he will be greatly missed. The club flag has been flying at half mast. Photos: Phil McGahan

WHAT’S ON 8-15 May 2015 Friday 8 Junior nets 6-8pm Saturday 9 League matches Topcroft v Garboldisham Garboldisham A v Mundford Garboldisham B v Sprowston Sprowston C v Garboldisham C Sunday 10 Friendly Garboldisham v Eaton 2.00pm Monday 11 U13s Saham Toney v Garboldisham Tuesday 12 U11s Gt Ellingham v Garboldisham Thursday 14 Over 40s Garboldisham v Topcroft (time?) U15s Rocklands v Garboldisham Adult nets

Announcement from Robert Leech, Chairman GCC “It is with great sadness that I have to announce that Mervyn Mitchell died on Wednesday 6 May after a short illness.  Mervyn had been a loyal player, member and supporter of Garboldisham Cricket Club for more than 4 decades and will be greatly missed.” Mervyn is pictured second left in the front row

Norfolk Alliance U11s league. 16 overs pairs Garboldisham 257 Hethersett and Tas Valley 259 Garboldisham U11s took to the cricket pitch in what can only be described as hurricane like conditions to play against Heatherset and Tas Valley. Both teams had a mixture of experienced players and beginners between them. Garby fielded first and taking the weather conditions into account, all players bowled really well. Harry Button took a run-out off the first ball of the innings and he then went on to take two more wickets later on in the game. There was also a great bowling performance from both James Davey and Georgia Casey who picked up another wicket for the team, leaving Tas Valley with a score of 259. After a quick rain break, Garboldisham batted and there were some great performances all round especially with it being so early on in the season. Adam Balding and Ethan Harris got off to a great start in their paring, scoring 7 runs between them and losing no wickets. Hamish Russell then went on to help his partner, showing her …

South Norfolk Community League. 8-a-side. 16 overs (reduced to 15 per side due to weather) Garboldisham U17s 131 for 2 v Diss U17s 101 for 3 6 May 2015 On a cold, wet and windy Wednesday evening. Garboldisham Under 17 team faced Diss in their first game of the new season. Captain Callum Olpin lost the toss and Garby were put into bat. After a quiet start the opening pair of Toby Culling and Callum Olpin soon clocked up the runs before Culling was caught for 12 off the bowling of Ross Eddue. Luke Hollend was next in and next out, departing for 10 after being bowled by Heaton. Joe Baker batted well and together with Olpin they pushed the Garby score up to 131 for 2 with Olpin finishing up with an impressive opening knock of 75 not out. In reply Diss started well with some good stroke play but were pegged back when Owen Blakely was caught lbw by Oscar Lane. Young and Eddue then batted well to bring the score to 70 before Tommy Ling bowled Eddue. Young …

Garboldisham Ladies v Norwich 4 May 2015  Garboldisham 107 for 4. Norwich 47 all out Garboldisham win by 60 runs Garboldisham Ladies v Fakenham  4 May 2015  Fakenham 133 for 1. Garboldisham 74 all out Fakenham win by 59 runs Garboldisham Ladies started their season with two fixtures on bank holiday Monday. In the first game, Norwich put Garboldisham into bat. After a slow start and the loss of an early wicket, some great batting and quick running by the team led to a steady total building. A great knock of 39 not out by Jade Hoyte was the highlight of the innings. Emma Rogers (15) also chipped in with some valuable runs and Garboldisham reached a total of 107 for 4. Garboldisham fielded and bowled really well, including a great catch by Emma Rogers and a sharp run out by Hanna Free. Garboldisham comfortably won their first game after bowling Norwich out for 47 and got the day off to a great start. In the second fixture, Fakenham hit a bigger total of 133-1. Some top …

St Andrews v Garboldisham 3rds (B)  NCL Div 2, May 2, 2015 St Andrews 150 all out, Garboldisham 3rds 152 for 4 For the season’s first game, Garboldisham 3rds sent a team of experience and youth against a very experienced St Andrews. Skipper for the day Peter Barnes won the toss and put the home side in to bat. Two GCC youngsters opened the bowling and Jack Simpson took two wickets in his first spell. Angus Pringle bowled steadily but any loose ball was soon sent to the boundary. Angus took a great catch off his skip’s bowling, then Tom Melvin, on his long awaited return to the club, took a further wicket. Youngster Findlay Penrose bowled a few tight overs before the elder statesmen of the team, Peter Barnes and Eddie Thorne, caused havoc to St Andrews tail with Barnsey finishing up with 5 for 19 and St Andrews 150 all out. Nick Asker and Eddie Thorne got Garboldisham off to a solid start putting on 46 runs before Eddie chopped on for 22. John Hogg came …