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Early Exit in Village Knock Out:
Sunday saw our first and last game in the National Village Knock Out. Home to White Waltham we decided to put them in and they got a good start that we couldn't quite peg back. Their opener scored an impressive 70 and they posted 207-4 off their 40 overs, an excellent total. After the early loss ov Navin, Alex and Popey batted well with Alex getting 55. We lacked the one significant partnership that would have taken us near the total though as players got in and out. We closed on 181-8 but were never likely to get the total. A good effort though by all involved holds us in good stead for the season.
First League Games End With Promising Results:
The first league games saw both sides pick up valuable early season points. The first team after being put in and having an early wobble recovered to 200-9 thanks to excellent knocks from Swainy and Strets. A final over onslaught from Paddy and Sam also guaranteed the extra batting point. The new look bowling attack of Sam and Luke got us off to a promising start and then the spin twins of Smith and Gunarathne pounced to remove 7 of the opposition's batsmen. An excellent all round team performance with everybody contributing saw 30 points in the bag from the first game.
The 2s game was slightly different! A promising start of 39-0 soon became a well known GKCC collapse on a torrid Lt Kingshill track. 54-8 was not quite so sharp but a few late partnerships steered by captain marvel Carl saw them reach 93 all out. Certainly something to bowl at on the pudding! Only 2 lt kingshill batsmen made double figures in reply and the 2s inexperienced bowlers performed admirably. Ian on debut bowled economically and picked up 2 wickets and Tom and Chris chipped in as well. At 93-7 it looked all over but Gt Kingshill heroics, taking 3 wickets for no runs saw an unlikely tie and what felt like a win for the team. A solid 15 points was a good start.
Senior Update: 10/04/08
As the season rapidly approaches a few updates for you.
Golf Day: 20/04/08 1:30 meet at Weston Turville, line up will appear here once the captains have selected their teams playing order.
Last Indoor Net: 13/04/08 6-8pm at the RGS. Please make a big effort to come along. We have been taking the bowling machine up so it is definitely worth it.
Club Day: 19/04/08 10am meet as we plan to do the clubhouse tidy up and then play a club game on the square so that everyone can have a bat and a bowl before the season starts properly.
See you soon
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GKCC Ryder Cup Golf Day: Sun 20th April:
The Ryder Cup golf day will be held at Weston Turville Golf Club on the 20th April. The 1st XI are current holders of the trophy so the 2s are after revenge. There are currently 16 places booked so please let Martin Smith or Pete Edwards know asap if you plan to play. We can book extra places if required but obviously we need to know in advance. Price will be ~£20 and our tee off will be about 12:00. Should round off a good weekend as we will be having a club game on the saturday. Hope to see you all then if not before.
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Coming soon: The new GKCC fine system! All proceeds go towards buying beer for the best performers that game. Play well, get free beer! What more of an incentive do you need?!
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Dates for the diary. Please try to keep these free for the start of the season.
Golf Day: To be decided, one Sunday in April.
GKCC club warm up match: 19/04/08: Hopefully get all players along for a game amongst ourselves, a chat about the season and a pint or two afterwards.
National Village KO: 20/04/08: We have a bye in the first round so an extra day off. We also can't meet Bledlow Ridge until the semi-final and thats if they beat Dinton in their first match!
Pre-season friendlies: 27/04/08 & 28/04/08: Neil is on the case for some games to make sure we hit the season running. We would like to see everyone playing this weekend please.
First league games: 03/05/08: We start off with a double header against our local rivals Lt Kingshill. The 1st XI are at home with the 2nd XI making the long trip down the road.
National Village KO: 04/05/08: We start our campaign at home to White Waltham.
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As promised, below are the details for subs for 2008 onwards.
For Saturday league cricket, senior members can either:
A) Pay a Standing Order to the club for £10 a month for the whole year.
This £120 covers membership, all Saturday match fees and winter nets.
B) Pay a £10 joining fee and then pay £10 match fees for every game
they play. They must also pay for winter nets.
Students are subject to the above but at half price, so £5 instead of £10 for the option they choose.
Juniors continue as at present, paying junior membership and then £3 for Saturday games.
Sundays will remain at £4 for seniors and £2 for juniors.
This has been done for two reasons. It makes collecting subs a lot easier on
a Saturday and it also encourages you to sign up and play more. £120 for
a whole season of cricket is an absolute bargain, get your moneys worth!
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at nets in March. Please remember to sign up for the Standing Order if you want to make big savings on your match fees for this summer. To find out more about this speak to Martin Smith or Alan Holbrook.