If anyone is interested in helping out with junior coaching next season please contact our Youth Cricket Manager, Sarah McGahan on 01953 688295 or 07748 094253 or you can email Sarah at sarah@cherrytreehse.fsnet.co.uk The club will place you on a Norfolk Cricket Board coaching course and you can read about the details here.
Last Sunday (6 Dec 2015) Garboldisham played the last of their group matches in the Breckland six-a-side indoor league. They were up against local rivals Old Buckenham who had beaten them a few weeks earlier so they knew that it would be a tight game. Here’s the match report from captain Rob Fuller… Team line up: Rob Fuller (captain), Gavin Barnes, Matt Allin, James Worby, Paul Baker, Sam Baker Bucks won the toss and decided to bat. The opening Old Buckenham pair got off to a very good start, accumulating quite a few runs and only losing one wicket. Garby kept it a little bit tighter in the next four overs with Batesy bowling deliveries reminiscent of the great Shane Warne. The final pair for Bucks were intent on pushing the score up, but a top last over by Fuller who bowled a wicket maiden, meant that Garby were chasing a net score of 238 to win. Worby and Sam Baker opened up for Garby and kept the scoreboard ticking over nicely, losing only one wicket. Barnes and Allin were the second pair in …
Ian ‘Yogi’ Melvin. RIP. 23 January 1962 – 8 December 2014 It was a year ago today that Ian ‘Yogi’ Melvin sadly passed away. Yogi had been a huge part of GCC for nearly 35 years and he is still greatly missed by all. On Sunday a group of club members gathered at Risby Crematorium near Bury St Edmunds to pay their respects to Yogi one year on. Club captain Danny Cash took along the Norfolk Alliance Division One winners trophy and pendant and they were placed alongside Yogi’s grave while members stood for one minute’s silence. Yogi would have been thrilled to see Garboldisham 1sts reach the Premier Division and we know that he’ll be looking down on them and cheering them on next season.
The picture shows GCC Club Captain Danny Cash receiving the Dipple and Conway Norfolk Alliance Division One Winners Shield from Matthew Conway (Dipple and Conway) and John Tythcott, vice-chairman Norfolk Cricket Alliance Picture. You can read more about the awards night on the EDP website here. Picture Credit: Newsmakers PR
A message from Peter Barnes It is nearly one year ago that our good friend Ian (Yogi) Melvin passed away. Myself and other club members will be meeting at Risby Crematorium this Sunday 6 December at 1.15pm to pay our respects to Yogi. Please do come and join us if you’d like to. Afterwards we hope to go for a drink and something to eat. Please call or text me on 07825 351062 or 01953 681026 if you’d like to come along. Peter Barnes
