Author: Nick Paul

U15 semi final: Monday 8 August at The Langley!

Photo from the archives: Tuesday 20 July 2010. The u15s beat Vauxhall Mallards in the semi final of The Andy Seeley Trophy.  Tomorrow evening (Monday 8 August), captain Toby Culling will lead the u15s out at The Langley in the semi-final of the Norfolk Alliance Andy Seeley Trophy against Horsford. The u15s progressed to the semis after winning their NA group league and then beating Bungay in the 1/4 final two weeks ago. Please come along and help support the lads in this fantastic Norfolk wide competition. Six years ago in 2010, GCC u15s captain Ben Asker led the team out to face Vauxhall Mallards in the semi-final of the same competition. It was a thrilling match and we’ve dug out the match report and reproduced it in full here: Harry’s heroics earn historic final place Norfolk Alliance u15 Andy Seeley Trophy semi-final. 20 July 2010 Vauxhall Mallards U15s 173 for 5, Garboldisham U15s 177 for 4 In fading light Harry Youngson smashed the ball for 6 off the penultimate ball of the innings to clinch a historic victory for …

Today’s fixtures Saturday 6 August

It’s a beautiful morning here in Garboldisham at The Langley, with not a cloud in the sky. Later today the 1st XI will be at home to Sprowston and the 4ths will be at home to Gt Melton. The 2nds are away to Dersingham and the 3rds are away at Castle Rising. Good luck to all teams!

Saturday 3 September – End of season party!

Don’t miss our end of season party on Saturday 3 September (less than a month away)! We’ve got the brilliant Muppits band again, one of the most popular party bands in East Anglia, performing their great mix of covers from the 60s through to the present day. If you want to dress up in fancy dress, then this year, our theme is pop music. The cost is only £10 per person which includes a Fish and Chip supper! The fun starts at 7.30pm at the barn on The Lyng. Contact Peter Barnes for more info and for tickets 07825 351062.

Wins for 2s and 3s. Weekend round-up for 30-31 July

Pictured above: Phil Carr helps the 3rds to victory with a personal best score of 69 not out and two wickets The 1st XI were away to Swardeston 2nd XI, lost the toss and were put in to bat with Dan Constable and Alex Hogg opening. Dan went on to score 55 with the rest of the Garby wickets tumbling for not many runs and it was only some late hitting from tail-ender Gavin Barnes (30) that pushed the 1sts to a more respectable 170 all out. Slow and steady batting from Swardeston saw them go on to claim victory with a 6 wicket win. Garby 1sts are still clawing on to 3rd place in the league. The 2nds were at home at The Langley to Stow. Stow won the toss and put Garboldisham in to bat with Jack Stevenson and Jonny Wyatt getting Garby off to an excellent solid start. Jack went for 25 but Jonny went on to pick up 75. Add in to that an epic 82 from Jon Olpin and Garboldisham finished on a very healthy 241-8. Stow …

Today’s fixtures Saturday 30 July 2016

The 1st XI are away to Swardeston, the 2nds are at home to Stow, the 3rds are at home to Reepham & Salle and the 4ths are away to Hingham. Tomorrow (Sunday 31st) the u11s face Lowestoft in the 1/4 final of the Norfolk Alliance u11 trophy. The game is at The Langley and starts at 10.00am.

1sts thrash Fakenham + u15s through to semis

Kieran Pask (pictured left with Henry Phoenix in this photo from last season) took 5 wickets against Fakenham Match summaries for Saturday 23 July The 1st XI thrashed visitors Fakenham by a massive 10 wickets! Fakenham won the toss and elected to bat first but Kieran Pask tore through their top order taking 5-26 and with Gavin Barnes (3-16) and Alex Hogg (2-22) cleaning up the middle and tail, Fakenham found themselves bowled out for just 71 runs. Garby openers Dan Constable and Alex chased down the visitors’ total in just 11.4 overs with no wickets lost. The 2nds still remain top of the Alliance Division 4 despite their second loss on the trot – this week to Martham who now move up to second place in the table and are snapping at Garby’s heels. Garboldisham won the toss and chose to bat first but never really got going and were all out for 127. Ben Asker was Garby’s highest scorer with 32. Martham lost 4 wickets in their chase but had the game wrapped …

GCC fixtures Saturday 23 July 2016

The weather looks good. We should be in for an excellent day’s cricket. The 1st XI are at home to Fakenham, the 2nds are away at Martham, the 3rds are away to Heacham and the 4ths are at home to Mellis. Good luck to all!

GCC match round-up for Saturday 9 July 2016

Picture: GCC club stalwart Andy Freake scored 63 runs for Garboldisham 3rd XI to help them secure a 76 runs, top-of-the-table clash victory over Castle Acre Once again, wet weather caused chaos to all GCC teams’ fixtures with the 2nds away game at Rocklands being abandoned and the 4ths away game at Beeston, near Dereham, cancelled. But play did get underway back at The Langley for the 1sts and 3rds… Garboldisham 1st XI v Brooke 1st XI With rain delaying the start, the match was reduced to 40 overs. Garboldisham were put in to bat and some big hitting from Henry Phoenix (75*) and Aussie Dan Constable (52) plus a quick-fire 24 from captain Danny Cash, pushed the Garby total to a fairly healthy 198 for 6. However, it wasn’t quite enough and Brooke managed to chase it down with a couple of overs to spare (202-6) to win by 4 wickets. There were good bowling figures for Dan Constable who took 4 wickets for 24 runs. Garboldisham 3rd XI v Castle Acre 1st XI Castle Acre …

U11s bounce back against H&TV

Sunday 10 July 2016: After last week’s loss to Old Buckenham, the U11s were back to their winning form against Hethersett and Tas Valley. This latest win takes them to the top of the South Norfolk Community League U11 Barnard League. Sunday 10 July 2016 South Norfolk Community League Captain James Davey won the toss and batted first on an excellent wicket prepared by Andy Smith considering all the bad weather we have had recently. Openers Elliot Hart and Jack Whitlam strolled to the crease looking to set the tone. Hart did just that, hitting the first ball of the match for 4 and scoring freely. Whitlam got a good ball first up and lost his off stump, but Hart continued in his boisterous fashion and after just 3 overs with the score on 39/1 Hart had to retire after reaching his quota of 30 not out. After this the run rate slowed down a little but all the Garby team added useful contributions – Charie Aldous 7, James Davey 14, Daniel Worby 10, Ronnie Stevenson 6 not out and …