Garboldisham Cricket Club

There’s lots happening and here’s a reminder of all the weekend fixtures and next week’s fixtures plus social events. Please check all details with team managers/captains just in case any matches have been cancelled or re-arranged.

Please keep on sending in results, photos, match reports, Quote of the Week suggestions, news and so on. You can send items to nickandh@talk21.com

Fri June 26 Junior nets

Sat June 27 1sts away to Horsford A, 2nds no game this week, 3rds at home to Saxlingham, 4ths away to New Buckenham

Podington tour: As soon as Saturday’s matches are finished many players will be off on the annual tour to Northampton and Podington CC in Bedfordshire from Sat June 27 – Tues June 30

Wine tasting evening 8pm at The Langley. £20 a ticket, £35 per couple. Contact Lydia Raven

Sun June 28 U9s away to Bungay. U11s away to Hethersett and Tas Valley.

Tour match Podington v Garboldisham

Mon June 29 Tour match Horton House CC v Garboldisham

Tues June 30 U15s away to Mattishall (SNCL). U13s at home to Gt Melton Boys (SNCL)

Tour match Reed CC v Garboldisham

Weds July 1

Thurs July 2 U19s at home to Sprowston. See details here

Garboldisham Foxes U19s v Sprowston Sprowcats U19s July 2, 2015

This coming Thursday sees a newly formed Garboldisham Foxes U19s team face Sprowston Sprowcats U19s at The Langley in the new NatWest club U19 Twenty20 competition. Garboldisham will be in Group 3 of one of three Norfolk groups. Each group contains four teams and the Foxes will be up against Brooke Blaze (home Aug 12), Sprowston Sprowcats  and Swardeston Sharks (away July 29). The winner of each group will take part in a final’s day. Those eligible to play will be anyone who was aged 18 or under on the 31 August last year (2014). Check details with Kristian Williman who will be organising the team.

This new Norfolk based U19 competition is part of an ECB nationwide initiative launched this year and will help replace the old Junior Carter Cup U17s competition which was twice won by GCC in 2011 and 2013. Some of the players who starred in the 2013 victory (pictured above) will be playing in the new U19 T20 side on Thursday.

Should be a great competition!

For more details take a look at the Norfolk Cricket Board website.

Match results for Saturday 20 June 2015

The 1sts had a terrific home win against Acle and had the game wrapped up by 4pm. It was one of those days when everything just clicked. The visitors batted first but struggled to get going as their wickets tumbled at regular intervals and they were bowled out for just 86. Young off-spinner Callum Olpin took 3 wickets, Rob Fuller and Sean Taylor took 2 wickets each but the pick of the bowlers was probably Alex ‘Hoggy’ Hogg who took 2 wickets but went for just 11 runs off 13 overs including 9 maidens! There was one run out. In reply, Garboldisham lost just 2 wickets and quickly chased down Acle’s total. Best batting figures went to Pascal Walker with 32 not out. Afterwards, first team scorer Dawn Briggs summed the game up as: “Simply amazing to watch – amazing bowling and amazing fielding from the Garby lads!”. The 1sts are currently sitting 4th in the league table.

Away to Stow A, the 2nds notched up their first win of the season and picked up 23 points! Batting first, Stow scored 186 for 8 which Garboldisham chased down for the loss of 4 wickets.

The 3rds were away to Gt Melton B who batted first and gathered in 173 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Garby B finished on 105 all out in reply as they fought in vain to get close to the host’s total.

3rds fielding at Gt Melton. Photo by Julie Humphreys

The 4ths struggled at home against Gt Ellingham. Garboldisham batted first and were trotting along quite well at 80 or so for 2 but then collapsed to finish on 118 all out. The word on the boundary was that if Garby could get out the first four Ellingham batsmen then they’d be in to a long and dodgy tail – but the wickets wouldn’t come. Eventually Lydia Raven, bowling a lovely tight line, scooped up the first Ellingham wicket as the batsman skied it and was caught. Youngster George Southgate took a second wicket soon after with a superb run-out: fielding at square leg he whipped the ball in to the bowler’s end to send the stumps tumbling. Good fielding from young Lewis Hart to stop a boundary and acrobatics from Pete Bray, weren’t enough, and Ellingham won the game finishing on 121 for 2.

Photo top: Hoggy bowling last season at Walsham

Here’s a list of the weekend’s and next week’s fixtures. Friday 19 June-Thursday 25 June

Please check all details with team managers/captains just in case any matches have been cancelled or re-arranged. You can send in any results, photos, match reports, Quote of the Week suggestions, news and so on to nickandh@talk21.com or text Nick on 0779 638 0779

Fri June 19 Junior nets

U15s away to Swardeston. Norfolk Alliance (NA)

Sat June 20 1sts at home to Acle, 2nds away to Stow A, 3rds away to Gt Melton B, 4ths at home to Gt Ellingham

Sun June 21 U11s at home to Mulbarton. 10.00am. South Norfolk Community League (SNCL)

Garboldisham v Dersingham in the Lady Mary Plate Cup. 1.00pm

Friendly away to Ashby 2.00pm

Mon June 22 U13s away to Swardeston at Hilltops. NA

Tue June 23 U15s at home to Gt Melton (re-scheduled from May 2o) NA

Wed June 24

Thu June 25 Over 40s away to Topcroft

U15s at home to Rocklands. SNCL

Senior nets

If you’re interested in youth cricket at GCC and across South Norfolk then the SNCL website: www.southnorfolkcommunityleague.co.uk is always a good place to visit with it’s match reports, photos and stats. If you take a look at their Roll of Honour page you’ll see that GCC’s Callum Olpin (U17) and Joe Baker (U15) are topping the batting table for players scoring more than 50 runs, with Toby Culling not far behind. Callum clocked up 75* in a good win against Diss early in May (match report here) and Joe and Toby picked up 65* and 55 in their epic run chase against Cringleford Lodge last week (match report here). And Garby are looking good in the bowling stats table as well, with Tommy Ling’s 3 for 7 against Old Buck and max Elder’s 2 for 7 against H&TV making an appearance. Keep checking the SNCL site through the season for updates. The South Norfolk Community League also have a very good Facebook page.

Tommy Ling

Here’s a list of the weekend’s and next week’s fixtures. Friday 12 June-Thursday 18 June

Please check all details with team managers/captains just in case any matches have been cancelled or re-arranged.

Please keep on sending in results, photos, match reports, Quote of the Week suggestions, news and so on. You can send items to nickandh@talk21.com

Fri June 12 Junior nets

Sat June 13 1sts away at Dereham, 2nds at home to Rocklands, 3rds at home to Drayton, 4ths away to Ketteringham Hall A

Sun June 14 Ladies county t20 tournament 11am, Norfolk v Suffolk v Cambridgeshire

U9s v Lowestoft 10am

Mon June 15 U13s v Gt Melton 6pm

Tue June 16 U11s v Gt Melton 6pm

Wed June 17

Thu June 18 Friendly Garboldisham v Gents of Suffolk 1pm

Senior nets