HTCC News Weekend 30th April - May 1st 2005

Morning everyone,

As usual I have included the teams for the weekend in this email, so please
confirm to me, by email, that you are ok for the match you've been selected for
- it makes my life a lot easier and saves on the phone bill!

I must mention the game to be played on Sunday, if you quickly scroll down to
the team list, there is no typo there, yes, we are meeting at 10.30am! This is
because we are playing our biggest ever game, in fact the biggest ever team we
have been drawn in any competition in the last 20 years - It is the ECB National
Cup and we are playing Teddington Away! Teddington are actually the holders of
this cup and quite easily one of the top 3 teams in Middlesex. So it will be
quite an experience to play in this game. However the main
reason we are starting so early, is because Teddington being near Twickenham,
South West London, is quite a trek! Not only this, in the park next to their
ground, there will be a Fate/Fair that afternoon and all the roads around will
be closed from 12:15pm - so if we don't get their by 12:15pm, we will have to
park a mile a way from the clubhouse! So don't be late, we need to leave dead
on time!!!!


A quick word on the matches we played last weekend; A great start for the 1st XI
Saturday League team - we beat Northwood II's on a very sticky track by 5
wickets, chasing only 112 - superb bowling by Ziggy, Buggy and Anuj (who took 2
wickets on debut, including one with his first ball!) and then we were guided
home by our number 5 and 6 bats, Barry (41*) and Alex 37, who established an 82
run 5th wicket partnership, after coming together when we were in trouble at 30
for 4! A great result, let's see if we can carry this on this week!

Unfortunately, after a fine bowling performance, the Saturday two's come a bit
unstuck on a tricky wicket, but a fine all round performance by Dwayne (5
wickets and 28 runs) shows that there is much to come from that team.

On Sunday, the ones overcome their opposition very easily. Hockerill were never
at the races, 130 all out, with the wickets shared around and then our batters
raced to victory. The two's were beaten by a very strong Knebworth Blues, but
good batting performances by Stewart, Kermit and debutant Sarj brought some
respectability to the score, better luck next time!

On a more serious note, I must remind you all, that we would like you to read
and sign our new Player Charter - please could you make sure you do this before
you play your game at the weekend.

Once again please can you take a note of where you have been picked to play,
what time the meet times are (especially as you have read the new Player's
Charter!) and email me back to confirm.

Best Regards
Paul Hewitt