Portsmouth & Southsea CC

With a record of Played 15 Won 13 Promoted as Champions it must have been a good year. (Table says played 14 but it's removed our win over folded Capital)

That record however doesn't tell the whole story. The way the side progressed throughout the season was excellent. The senior guys, Simon, Dean, Al, Roy, Smudge, Tim and Ian did all and more than was expected, while the guy's who had perhaps flattered to deceive in previous years showed what they were really worth. Most notably Dan but also Owen, Sherm, Andy, Kes and Doug. Add to them Matt Williams cracking debut season, Chris Rippins outstanding contribution and odd, often crucial, appearances from the Acadamy's Christian, Rob, Alex, Joe and Ali you can see what squad I had to work with.

While we had the best batting points in the division that was down in the main to our miserly bowling. Only once did a side get to 200 against us (although US did get max points and probably would have got 200+). Deano was the stand out bowler with 26 wickets and frightened the life out of a good few bats. He was very ably supported by all the other guys who next season we'll ask more of again - whether it be in the 2's or for the 1s!

The batting too was good. Dan topped the run charts and picked up his maiden century and had he been a bit fitter might have got a second (at Ryde). It was interesting to note that 9 different players got past 50 this year and 8 averaged over 30. Had we batted first a few more time that could well have been improved.

The fielding had its moments but proved to be our weakest suit and we'll have to work hard next term. However some spectacular catches were taken and a number of guys really came on. The two that come to mind are Dan who took, not just one, but 5 catches and Kes who was always quickest to the ball on the square.

The team was pleasure to captain and with the odd mometary exception, we had a great time all year. We'll have to see what next year brings but I have every hope the 2's can challenge again.

As skipper I thoroughly enjoyed the season and that wouldn't have been so easy with out the help I had all year. Very many thanks to Frank and Ida (scoring & sweet supply), Pete McBride (scoring), Mark (aka Mr Bump) & Kev (umpiring) and Phylis and Ian (and April) for teas and the after match refeshments. It's their work that makes the club a good one and a skippers job so much easier. Much appreciated.

Finally my thoughts for Champagne Perfomances:

Rob Evans - "black and blue" 50 v Bursledon
Chris Rippin - "Bunny Monster" 3 for 1 v Capital
Joy/Shaw - "Take us Home" 100 partnership v Bishops Waltham
Cleary/Smith - "Maiden Ton" 166 partnership v Hambledon
Alex Fletcher - "What Pressure?" 3 for 19 v Netley
Simon Smith - "Is it a bird etc.." catch v Denmead
Cleary/Jones - "Anything you can hit I can hit further" 100 parternship v Ryde
Matt Williams - "I only do the hard ones" catch v Purbrook
Dean Wilson - "Adios amigos - you'll miss me" 5 for 33 v Bosham and finally
Matt Smith - "where did that come from?!" title clinching unbeaten 54 v Bosham - superb.

Last game and another win which should see us promoted.
They batted first, 139 for 6 and in reply we got them for 3.

Well done 4's for a good first season

1st team coast to a magnificent cvictory with a couple of South Africans performing considerably better than Graham Smiths motley crew are managing as we destroyed local rivals Portchester, 2's lost a crucial game but are still in a good position going into alst week of the season, Academy destroyed Burridge with George Chapman bowling superbly and the champagne moment has to be Ali Power wacking the ball about 100 yards, unfortunately off a dead ball, 4th team win again to move within 5 points of promotion as the opposition were bowled out cheaply again

So Last week of season and the scenarions are:
1's - If we win 2nd place guranteed and could win the league if Sarisbury loose to Calmore
2's Win and win the league get 8 points and promotion guranteed
Academy - Win and we could finish 4th
4th team - 5 points to gurantee promotion

so all to play for then back to St James's for a celebration drink or two!

7 Wicket hauls Just like buses, don't see any for ages then 2 come along in same year!
Congratulations to George Chapman who has deserved more wickets this year as he finally struck the mother load with a 7 wicket haul at Burridge. A Great display of away swing bowling and his success is fully deserved - Well done George

Playing Gosport away.

They batted first getting a prolific start but after losing two wickets slowed to eventually make 108 all out.

We got them for the loss of 5.

All down to last game.

We have arranged to get free tickets for a club night at the Greyhound racing on October 17th - If you want to come along let Mick Good all know how many tickets you want goodallr@sky.com

Lets make it a good club night out!

They batted first and could only manage 108 all out with all our bowlers taking wickets.

We got the runs with the loss of 3 wickets by 25 overs.

Good win and keeps us in the hunt.

1's have a feisty local derby against Bedhampton with the youngest side I can remeber us putting out with 4 academy players involved - A win could see them go second. 2's the only one of the teams to beat the weather last week, will fancy thier chances against lowly Old Hambeldonians, where a win would just about secure promotion, Academy take on top of the table Farehaven boosted by Ian Rogers taking stumping duty. 4's take on Bill Hindleys Havant with a strong loooking side including All McBride and Keith Ward along with rising young stars Milner, Benfield and Spreckley with again a win required to push on for promotion - Just hope the rain stays away!!

1st team have Dave Upton for last time this year as they tyake on lowly Pylewell Park looking to build on last weeks comfortable victory with Pete Tanner looking to build on Thursdays impressive performance. 2's look to bounce back with skipper back at the helm and a rare outing for the Quicker of the two Bullens Toby!. Academy travel to lovely Fair Oka again this time to play 4's with a strong looking batting order hoping to get amongst the runs, and 4th team stars Jamie Cowdery and JAck Davies returning to the fold. 4th team continue promotion push with a tricky game against in form Denmead but have the reassuring presence of Keith Ward back in their team. 4 out of 4 and all teams will be in a promotion place come Saturday night and the beers will be on 1st team skipper

Well.... Dave Upton does anyway - Best of luck to Dave who play at the home of cricket today for the Navy v Army - If he hits a ton - Does he get on the honours board?

4's beat the self proclaimed 'best team in the division' with an enthralling last over run chase.

A win thanks to a real team effort.

Hayling II losing their crown ?

Golden rule of team selection - Never do your write up on next weeks games too early! - Wholesale changes as 20/20 finals day, "Sprained Ankles" and unforseen holidays kick in to team selection. First team sees 2 academy players and an academy wannabee given a chance to shine - Best of Luck to Alex, Rob and Matt, 2's remain stable boosted by the addition of Rob Evans, academy looks less like an Academy than normal weeks with the addition of Keith Evans and Paul O'Leary but with a welcome return to action of Christian Clift to boost their ranks. 4's welcome Nelson 'Brother of' Milner to the team and Father and Son Benfield to take on Hayling Island. Best of Luck to all 4 teams and make the 32 players unavailable this week fight for their places next week!

Looking back to Saturday
1st team should have got more runs but made Andover work for it with Pup bowling a great spell, 2's just keep on, rolling on with a realtively comfortable victory against much fancied Ryde with Dan Cleary proving a real hit again and Dean Wilson grabbing 4, Academy team pulled off a great win in a short game against The Duck with Jamie Cowdery bowling superbly, and Ben ' What time does the game start' Purssell offering useful support they were out for 79, but in reply we slumped to 29-5 before Rob 'Crisis, what Crisis;' Evans was joined by and I quote the opposition here 'This is the key one and its a nice big target to aim at' the skipper in a crucial 50 run partnership to see us home, 4's went down in a run feast at Rowner with 4 academy lads making runs with JAck 'all rounder ?' Davies the pick of them. This week has seen Under 13A's clinch their league, Under 9's give themselves a great chance of clinching theirs, and a virtual title decide this Thursday for Under 15's. Saturday sees 1's at Alton with a strong side with all the big guns playing, 2's play what could be a feisty one against Compton without their talismatic skipper, Academy take on Bidbury with a guest appearance from the senior Evans, and 4's have a promotion decider against Haylig 2's which sees the return of Paul O'LEary to P and S colours after a 2 year sabbatical - 4 out of 4 and we can start getting that Champagne on Ice!

The Under 13a team secured the league title last night. They only needed a point from their last game of the season to make the title safe. Well done to all the boys. A good season and they got to the Hampshire Cup Final as well!

Yet Another crunch weekend with all 4 teams in top 4 of their respective Leagues. Run Machine Dyer looks to continue superlative form against Andover, Seans troops havea crunch game against Ryde, victory would knock another team out of thier way from winning the league, Academy have an extra over age performer in Ian Rodgers helping out against the Duck and 4's take a very strong side packed with in form Academy batsmen to do battle with Rowner on the Green - Another 4 out of 4 could see all sides in promotion places come Saturday night

Hampshire have announced details of this winters coaching courses all of which are at the Rose Bowl. As a club we would like to nominate anyone that is prepared to commit to the course and to be an active coach this winter and next summer. Players, ex-players, parents and grandparents are all welcome, abyone that is interested or need more info please contact Tim Jacobs. E: timjacobs@sky.com T: 023 9232 4252

1's Win against an apparently feisty Lymigton with a superlative 99* from Rowan taking us home with 8 overs to spare, 2's won a crucial game against Netley with Simon Smith anchoring innings with 50 and two academy lads contributing well, Academy side (well half an Academy + a host of other colts) performed heroically to take top of table close with Jamies second successive 5 wicket haul and Sam Berridge bowling with real pace and control, 4's won with debut for 13 year old Tom Benfield and first game for too many years for Ray Benfield. Considering 34 players unavailable this week to run out 3 wins and a close defeat is a great effort - Well done all who played

Good win for 4's at Old Hambledonians.

They batted first and totalled 160 with steady bowling from
everyone.

We opened brightly and Moses Milner ( 50 odd )and Keith Ward maintaining the rate and a final flourish from Richie Harris and 'rolling back the years' Ray getting us home with 3 overs left.

2 Games, 2 Wins Good start

Sunday saw a good game at Tunbridge Wells with Ian Rogers doing an excellent job in charge as all 10 outfield players bowled whilst they got 227, we then tracked that down for loss of 7 wickets with nobody hitting a 50 but all getting atl east 20. The evening details are hazy but I think it involved drink, food and 'Rocking the Night Away' at Jumping Jacks. Monday not suprisingly saw a more lack lustre effort in the field but with the bat Pup and Ian in particualr led the way as hit an imposing 259. Great bowling from Jamie and Sam backed up by Energy from Moses behind the stumps enabled the rest of us to drift in the field and still win by 40 odd runs - More Updates to follow including Will Yardy ring that phone number, adnwhat really happennd after Jumping Jacks ......

4's win. Set Bedhampton 165 but with Ripiner, Dips, Oz sharing the wickets they only managed 110 all out. Good Win.

1's looking forward to local derby that sees several former players plying their trade down the road - Important one to win to consolidate top 3 position, 2's look to mcontinue 100% record with the exam free Owen Jones returning to the team joined by Silver Fox sensationally dropped from 1's after 5 wicket spell!!
Academy Side give another game to Zac behind stumps as they visit Hollybank, 4's look strong with Lee Holloway back and Dips Hathi available as they travel to Bedhampton (via Fishbourne)

1's take on Mudeford with a virtually full strength side with Keith Ward making a return to 1st team duty after a couplee of years gap, 2's keep rolling on and will look to make it a magnificent 7 at Wickham, Academy take on Emsworth with a debut keeping wicket for Zac Gordon looking for the win that could push them into the top 3 and 4's play at Sailing Centre with a strong side including Bullen Twins and fahter and son Hathi's

1's score 248 at Flamingos with no individual 50's so all must have chipped in and then Ben blew them away as they fell well short, 2's made it 6/6 with an 8 wicket win with Tim Joy showing his class and Matt Shaw following suit with unbeaten 50's. Ryan Way hogged the limelight with a club recod 7-20 in a comfortable Academy win, 4's lost out to an Allan Marchant inspired Post Office

Southdowns College have agreed to sponsor P&S this summer and have provided all P&S Colts and Academy players with training shirts. We are very grateful to Southdowns for the award and hope to further our relationship in years to come.
We have also received a cheque for £750.00 from the Hampshire Cricket Board to continue our ground improvements at St James.
The Lord Taverners have agreed to provide us with a new kit bag.

4's back to winning with a crushing win over Sarisbury at Whitely.

They elected to bat first and were skittled for 73. Dan Jackson taking 4 wickets with two good spells.

Josh Rance and Peter Carmichael knocked the runs off very well and we got home early to watch a bit of football.

1's entertain Calmore with a full strenght side including the inform Sam Treagus looking for another unbeaten 50, the returning insparational skipper and the big 5 of Dyer, Allen, Dew, Richardson and Maddison all together in same team so will look to recover quickly from Saturdays lose to local rivals Sarisbury, 2's are rolling and will look to continie rolling against high placed team Southampton Travellers, 3's take on Waterlooville withotu their inspirational / useless / (delete as appropriate) skipper but the return of Fletcher and Cowderey strengthens the team, 4's have strongest team out this year and will look to dismantle Sarisbury 4's at Whiteley - Lets hope for another clean sweep

1st Team falter at Sarisbury with the top 5 not clicking as you would expect leaving young Sam Treagus to continue his good form with a maiden first team fifty, 2's win again to keep on a great roll at top of league, Academy lose out on a lose the toss lose the game sort of day at Rugby Camp and 4's get blown away by Matchtech

1st team have a big game at unbeaten Sarisbury that could shap there season - 3 Academy players invovled so congrats to them , 2nd team entertain Ordnance Survey so presumably they will find the ground OK! - A win here would see Seans team firmly establuished amongs the favourites, Academy team have first home game against Bedhampton, who have suprisinlgy lost their first three games, not to be underestimated this will be a tough game particualrly as for various reasons 6 academy players not available for selection for this team. 4th team play first game at Farlington against one of the favourites in MatchTech and welcome Pete Carmichael back to add to the batting to supplement a powerful bowling unit

Cricket tour this year is to Kent

June 29, 4 matches,3 nights B/B@ 28 pounds per night ( Maidstone).
Contact Keith Ward or Mick Goodall to reserve your place

First team won a close game with a great hundred from (delete as appropriate ) convict / kiwi / aussie Joe supported by young Ali Power on debut, 2's won at a canter with the bowling attack just too hot to handle with Matt Williams the pick on an impressive bunch, 3's again went to the wire before winning a reat game against a very good Fareham team with Sam Treagus hitting 50, Rob 'Take one for the team' Evans with 42 and Joe Collings-Wells hitting a brisk 25 including a massive six into the harbour. George 'Mr unflustered' Chapman led the bowling honours with the Sams rivalling him both bowling with great pace as we got home by 18 ru ns, 4's strolled at Hambledon bowling visitors out for 53 with Rips, Dan Jackson and Joe Spreckley sharing the wickets and knocked them off with relative ease.

The Under 11s squeezed home against Purbrook to register their first win of the season. Defending a total of 88, they restricted Purbrook to 83 for 2 with some good bowling, tight fielding and sheer willpower.

First time we have had 4 teams, and all of them won
First team won comfortable with Jamie Cowdery snaffling 3 wickets on debut and Neil Richardson returning with a fifty, only dampener was an injur to Matt Smith relegatin him to scoring duties for a few weeks. Seconds won with Ian Rogers leading the way with the bat, Academy won a tight one thanks to Rob Evans, Alex Fletcher and George Chapman, and 4th team strolled to 9 wicket victory thanks to The Leg-End Yardy with 83* and Lee Holloway with 49

A great start to the season

1st Team entertain Eastleigh a nd Otterbourne with the returning Dave Upton and Neil Richardson, debuting Joe Allen and Rowan Dyer 1st team debuts for 18 year old Kieran Dunstan and 16 year old Jamie Cowdery both former colts. 2nd team sees former first team bowling line up of McBride and Wilson reuniting with Sean Kanavan in charge sure to bring a positive attitude to the team. Academy Team sets out on first game with 9 young stars all eager to impress and two old timers hoping to last the pace. Finally 4th Team makes its bow with a variety of debutants, former colts, and current colts to back up club regulars Lee Holloway and the enthusiastic skipper Pete Northeast - Heres hoping for 4 Saturday victories for 1st time in clubs history!

Final point for the statos 21 out of the 44 players are colts or former colts with 8 of the other players actively involved in coaching the next generation

Young star Alex Fletcher hit the fastest fifty ever by a P and S player with 52* off 15 balls agains Purbrrok U15's - It was a mervellous display of clean hitting including 30 off one over - Well done Alex

P & S achieved what is believed to be their highest ever placing in the Hampshire Cricket League Sports Quiz thanks to a storming final round (of 36 points) that took them from 7th (last) to fifth place in the final at Compton & Shawford on Thursday. Aldershot comfortably won for the tenth consecutive year.
Final scores:-
1. Aldershot (222), 2. Whiteparish (212), 3. Andover (202), 4. Hursley Pk (198), 5. Portsmouth & Southsea (189), 6. Sarisbury (186) and 7. Old Basing (183).

Despite post semi-final doubt and pessimism, the club's quiz team have reached the final of the Hampshire Cricket League Sports Quiz. It will take place on Thursday 3rd April at Compton & Chandlers Ford Cricket Club at 7:30. We wish them all the best.

see Left hand column of spreadsheet where it says Colts Fixtures 2008

The P & S team (Dave Peachey, Mark Smith, Simon Smith & John Townsend) finished second in Thursday's semi-final of the Hampshire League Sports Quiz at Fareham, just 3 points behind Sarisbury, but a score of 202 is unlikely to qualify them for the final.

We have been lucky enough to be awarded a substantial grant from the ECB Machinery Fund to enable us to buy a new roller for St James. We are one of the first clubs in the country to receive assistance from the Fund this year. Many thanks to Greig Stewart at the HCB for his guidance. This brings a total of £35,000 spent on improvements to our facilities. Our next project will be to raise funds to allow us to construct an indoor net facility.

Congratulations to the U16 indoor team at Fareham who last night became league champions with a 100% record. George Chapman is top of the bowling averages with Alex Fletcher, Ben Purssell and Rob Jacobs all in the top ten. Rob is second in the batting table. Eugene Hind's keeping has been immense and Jamie Cowdery has always given 100%. Good Luck to the Eastleigh indoor teams who are both playing their Cup finals this Sunday.

Both of our Indoor Colts teams at Eastleigh have made throught to their Cup Finals on March 16th. In last nights U16 semi final we chased down Sarisburys 151 - 5 with a fine batting performance winning with 3 overs to spare.

Indoor at Crookhorn every other week 7-15 till 9:15 - Charge of £2.00 per person (except Current Colts)
16th Jan
30th Jan
13th Feb
5th March
19th March
2nd April

After that its outside to the English Summertime - Date and times to be confirmed nearer then

The Hampshire league fuxtures for 2008 have been published, please see P&S Fixtures 2008 link. The season starts on May 10th, 1s home to Eastleigh, 2s away to Eastleigh, 3s away to Locks Heath & 4s away to Portchester.

Congratulations to the following boys and girls who will be part of their age group squads for 2008:

U9s - Jonty Peach, Charlie Peach, Jez Pidgeon, Ezra Hind, Sam Robinson. Sam Tucker (shadow squad)
U10s - George Wilson & Ben Saunders
U11s - Ben Jackson, Harrison Whitworth, Patrick Sillence. Ben Pashley (shadow squad)
U12s - Tom Lavery. Joe Hawkins & Ben Tucker (shadow squad)
U13s - Ed Hands & Tom Farnworth
U14s - Joe Collings-Wells, Jack Davies, Sam Berridge, Ryan Way, Tommy Hughes, Dom Humphrey, Jordan Taylor, Keiran Keel & Al Power. Jamie Scattergood (shadow squad)
U15s - Rob Jacobs, Jake Peach, Arjun Patel, Rob Evans & Jonny Rusbridge. Josh Hathi (shadow squad)

Girls U12s - Abigail Giles, Sam Jones, Emma Stead, Emily Davies, Teegan Campbell, Romany Matthews, Ellie Harrington

We also have 5 boys in the County squads:
U12 - Sam Collings-Wells & Matt Walker
U13 - Seth Jackson
U15 - Alex Fletcher & Eugene Hind

We have registered to take part in Cricketforce 2008. This is our chance to improve our facilities at St James. We are planning to renovate the old pavilion ant turn into somewhere our Colts can spend in their time. We hope to have a pool table and table tennis table installed as well as totally refurbishing the changing room area. Our club president Mick Goodall has agreed to act as the focal point for this project so if you think you can be of any assistance please contact Mick at goodallr@sky.com.

At the annual SEHCA awards congratulations go to the P&S U15b side and the U11a side for winning their leagues. Well done boys and well done Dips and Debbie. The U15a's and U13a's were both runners up in their leagues. Congratulations also to Jack Davies (U13 SEHCA batsman of the year) and to Rob Jacobs (U14 SEHCA batsman of the year and bowler of the year).

The Academy Squad that will play together as a team in Hampshire South East 3 Next year has been announced. The team will play with an adult to captain them and they are the 17 lads identified with the most potential. There are places available for other lads during the coming year

The Squad is:
Sam Treagus
Ben Purssell
George Chapman
Jamie Cowdery
Christian Clift
Rob Jacobs
Eugene Hind
Alex Fletcher
Rob Evans
Josh Hathi
Jake Peach
Joe Collings-Wells
Jack Davies
Dom Humphrey
Sam Berridge
Ali Power
Ryan Way

Congratulations to all of the above and don't lose heart to any lads who missed the cut, selection was very difficult and there will be plenty of opportunities to impress in Winter nets and matches next year

A great night was had by all at the annual P&S Awards evening at the magnificent David Russell Theatre. Over 200 people were present to see our returning Royal Marine Dave Upton present the awards. The raffle proved a huge success and in all we took over £500. Thanks must go to RAM, Gray Nicholls, Hargreaves, Co-op, BT, Homebase and all the other people that donated prizes.

P & S U15a Player of the Year 2007 – Rob Jacobs
P & S U15a Batsman of the Year 2007 – Eugene Hind
P & S U15a Bowler of the Year 2007 – George Chapman
P & S U15a Most Improved Player of the Year 2007 – Jamie Cowdery
P & S U15a Three superb catches v Sarisbury 2007 – Rob Evans

P & S U15b Batsman of the Year 2007 – Josh Hathi
P & S U15b Bowler of the Year 2007 – James Myles
P & S U15b Most Improved Player of the Year 2007 – Moses Milner
P & S U15b Hat-trick v Petersfield 2007 – Zach Gordon

P & S U13a Batsman of the Year 2007 – Jack Davies
P & S U13a Managers Player of the Year 2007 – Dom Humphrey
P & S U13a Bowler of the Year 2007 – Seth Jackson
P & S U13a Most Improved Player of the Year 2007 – Sam Berridge
P & S U13a 5-17 v Purbrook 2007 – Tommy Hughes

P & S U13b Player of the Year 2007 – Jamie Scattergood
P & S U13b Batsman of the Year 2007 – Tom Benfield
P & S U13b Bowler of the Year 2007 – Alistair Thorpe
P & S U13b Fielder of the Year 2007 – Matt Benfield

P & S U11a Coaches All Rounder of the Year 2007 – Sam Collings-Wells
P & S U11a Batsman of the Year 2007 – Tom Lavery
P & S U11a Bowler of the Year 2007 – Joe Hawkins
P & S U11a Most Improved Player of the Year 2007 – Patrick Sillence
P & S U11a Outstanding Performance 4/6/07 v Fareham – Tom Lavery
P & S U11a Match Turning Spell 4-15 v Portsmouth – George Parvin

P & S U11b Most Improved Player of the Year 2007 – Mark Golledge
P & S U11b Batsman of the Year 2007 – Patrick Sillence
P & S U11b Bowler of the Year 2007 – Hugo Andrews
P & S U11b Player of the Year 2007 – Josh Anscomb

P & S U9 Batsman of the Year 2007 – George Wilson
P & S U9 Bowler of the Year 2007 – Ben Saunders
P & S U9 Most Improved Player 2007 – Sam Robinson
P & S U9 Player of the Year 2007 – Jez Pidgeon


P & S 1st XI Batting Winner Steve Porta
P & S 1st XI Batting Runner-Up Paul Dew
P & S 1st XI Bowling Winner Steve Porta
P & S 1st XI Bowling Runner-Up Gary Poling

P & S 2nd XI Batting Winner Mark Smith
P & S 2nd XI Bowling Winner Steve Ripiner

P & S 3rd XI Batting Winner Rollie Prittipaul
P & S 3rd XI Batting Runner-Up Rob Evans
P & S 3rd XI Bowling Winner Jamie Cowdery
P & S 3rd XI Bowling Runner-Up Alex Fletcher

The dates and structure for Winter nets are available on the menu bar on left hand side of the web page

P&S U15s produced a fantastic team effort to win the Hambledon CC inaugural 8-a-side tournament. All 8 boys, Rob J, Rob E, Eugene, Joe, Jamie, Al, Christian and Jonny can be proud of how they performed. We won all 4 of our games against Locks Heath, Burridge, Purbrook and Hambledon which meant we finished 20 points clear at the top.

Winter nets will start at the end of September. Each age group will train every other week. The 9s and 11s (school years 6 and below) will be at Springfield School on Thursdays 7.00 - 8.30 and the 13s and 15s (year 7 and above) will be at Crookhorn School on Wednesdays 7.30 - 9.00. Exact dates will be published nearer the time.

The U11a game at Purbrook on 24/7 has been cancelled and will now be played on Friday 27/7 at St James

Thursday 19/7 - U15s 5.30 - 7.30
Saturday 21/7 - U11s 10.00 - 12.00
Monday 23/7 - U13s 5.30 - 7.30

A superb team peformance from our 11a side saw us beat previously unbeaten Portsmouth in a thrilling game at St James with George Parvin taking 4 wickets. See U11a fixtures for full report. Well done to Debbie and her boys.

New nets and astroturf have been installed. Age group managers will advise via email of training evenings.

9/7 - Work to install our new nets at St James has started today and weather permitting will be finished by the weekend.

April 2007 Newsletter

I hope you all had a good winter and are looking forward to a hot and sunny summer! This newsletter will let you know what has happened during the winter and what lies ahead in the summer months.

Winter 2006/7.

Our indoor U16s had a superb winter, winning all their games and finished 2nd in the Fareham Indoor League.

The indoor U14s had a fantastic season finishing runners up in the league and retaining the cup in the South Hants League at Eastleigh.

The training sessions at Springfield were well attended by all age groups, so much so we had to hire another hall for the Under 9s. We also moved the U15s to Crookhorn which proved a great success. At the majority of these sessions there were at least 4 qualified coaches and there are plans to get more adults qualified in the next couple of years. If any of the parents want to become a qualified coach or volunteer please let me know. There is a Volunteers course at PGS on April 21st.

Congratulations to the 35 P&S boys that were selected for County or District Development Centres. No other club in Hampshire has as many boys in the Development Centres.

We are also hoping to have an U11 girls team this summer, we have been coaching about 15 girls during the winter and it is hoped they will join the club for the summer.

ClubMark.

Thanks to the hard work of Tim May and Dave Chisholm we have provisionally awarded ClubMark status by the English Cricket Board. ClubMark is a Sport England accreditation scheme which supports the development and recognition of cricket clubs that are safe, effective and child-friendly.
For more information on what ClubMark means please see http://www.clubmark.org.uk










Summer 2007.

All the fixtures have now been published and will be available on the P&S web site www.pandscricket.com

We are running 6 sides, 2 U15, 2 U13, 1 U11 & 1 U9, managers details are below. We also have the chance to run an 11b side but we need a volunteer to manage it do if you are interested please let me know.

Welfare Officer – Ian Power – T 01489 891397, Mob 07880 794256 . Email: ianandsonyapower@btopenworld.com

U9 – Colin Pidgeon – 02392 353682. E: colin.pidgeon@ntlworld.com

U11 – Debbie Collings-Wells – 01243 376679. E: thecws@bigfoot.com

U13a – Troy Davies – 02392 787824. E: ta.davies@yahoo.co.uk
U13b – Alan Till – 02392 376868. E: tilly12@ntlworld.com

U15a – Dave Chisholm – 02392 793010. E: CHISHOD@wyeth.com
U15b – Dips Hathi – 02392 731512. E: hatdip@talktalk.net


It is our intention to play the all of our home games at St James. The team managers are currently in the process of arranging dates for the relevant games and the P&S web site will be updates as these dates get confirmed. For our home games it would be helpful if parents could contribute towards the boys teas by bringing along a packet of biscuits or crisps etc.

Practice games.

There will be several practice games pre season at St James as follows:

15/4 – 12.00 U13s 20 over game
15/4 – 15.00 U15s 30 over game
17/4 – 17.30 U11s 20 over game
20/4 – 17.30 U15s 20 over game
23/4 – 17.30 U9s 16 over game

There may be some others arranged, you will be advised via email.


Training.

We have managed to raise £23,000 this winter, there will be a brand new astroturf wicket, and a superb two bay net area installed at St James by the beginning of June. Training nights from the start of June will be at St James on Thursday evenings at the following times:

U9s/U11s – 4.30 to 6.30
U13s/U15s – 6.00 to 8.00

From Thursday April 19th to Thursday May 24th all age groups will training at the PGS playing fields at Hilsea from 6.00pm – 7.45pm. We will start at St James for June and July.

Overseas Player/Coach.

We have been lucky enough to obtain the services of Steven Porta from Queensland, Australia for this summer. Steven is a fully qualified coach and will be available for extra 1 – 1 coaching at £12 per hour.

Adult games.

We have 3 adult sides that play in the Hampshire League on Saturdays, if any of the boys want to play in these teams please let Dave Chisholm know and he will do his best to get you some games. Matt Smith will captain our midweek league side and Harry Yard will be the Sunday captain.

Clothing.

Please contact Sean Kanavan on Sean.A.Kanavan@barclayscorporate.com to order any of the new range of clothing. Please see the website for more details www.pandscricket.com.



St James Update.

As already mentioned we have been hard at work during the last year raising money to improve our facilities at St James. As well as raising money there has also been a lot of time and effort put into building a new garage and repairing our machinery ready for this summer. We also hope to buy a new Bola bowling machine that will be available for use for all club members.

Volunteers Course

We are running a 4 hour course at PGS Sports Hall on 21/4 from 3.00pm – 7.00pm. These are good fun for mums or dads who want an introduction to cricket coaching. If you are interested please let me know.

Weather updates.

If for any reason a game is called off on the day the web site will be updated as soon as a decision is made. If unable to access the web site please call your team manager or failing that give me a ring. The same applies to training, please check if unsure.

Tim Jacobs – (h) 023 9232 4252 (m) 07918 058220
Colts Co-ordinator Email timjacobs@sky.com

Hambledon 147 - 4 (Josh Hathi 1-32, Alex Fletcher 1-35, Rob Jacobs 1-41)

P&S 148 - 4 (Rob Jacobs 43*, Al Power 39*, Alex Fletcher 20)

P&S U14s won the Indoor Cup for the second season running in a thrilling game against Hambledon. Hambledon won the toss and decided to bat, the P&S opening bowlers, Alex Fletcher and Josh Hathi bowled very accurately as did all the team with only 4 wides in the whole innings. Rob Evans took a great catch on the back wall, Josh got a run out and Al Power's keeping goes from strength to strength. Eugene Hind bowled for the first time indoors and was our most economical bowler, whilst Rob Jacobs's leggies were always a threat. Hambledon finished on 147 - 4 which meant we would have to bat very well.

Despite the loss of an early wicket Rob and Alex batted very sensibly and kept up with the run rate, Rob retired and Alex was unlucky to be run out. Hambledon then got a couple of quick wickets which left Al and Rob having to score 56 off the last 3 overs, both of them were superb hitting the bad balls for 6 and making sure they ran on the good balls. Al showed how much his batting has matured this year and Rob just carried on doing what he has been doing all season. We needed 1 off the last 3 balls and despite not scoring off the 1st 2 Al hit the winning run off the last ball of the match.

This completed our indoor season were we finished as league runners up as well as cup winners.
The squad were well lead by skipper Rob Jacobs who finished as top run scorer and top wicket taker, his attitude and commitment were top class and he lead by example.
Joe Collings-Wells become an indoor batting expert knowing when to run and when to hit and took vital wickets.
Alex Fletcher weighed in with some useful runs and invariably got us off to a good start with the ball, he also took the catch of the season.
Jake Peach showed he has potential to become a good all rounder with a couple of good innings and bowled very economically.
Al Power shared wicket keeping duties and by the end of the season was taking catches standing up to the seamers, he also seems to like scoring big runs against Hambledon!
Eugene Hind also kept wicket and proved his all round versatility by bowling in the final, he helped Rob to get us off to a lot of good starts.
Rob Evans showed his infectious enthusiasm for the game and always provided entertainment when batting.
Arjun Patel's bowling against Hambledon in the league showed with a bit more consistency he could be a useful indoor player.
Josh Hathi was given the task of having to bowl to two County players in the final and was more than equal to it enabling us to keep the runs down.

A Fantastic achievement from all 10 players involved winning every game and just losing out on Bonus points for the title as teams decided to block out against us as we scored too many!

The Main Players
Matt Westwood - Captained Intelligently, made useful runs and bowled quickly at times
Sam Treagus - Made a couple of very quick thirties and bowled quickly at start of innings
Rob Jacobs - Just got better and better with the bat, finishing by taking 33 off an over in last game, bowled leggies well to pick up most wickets as well
Ben Purssell - Batted really well, and became the ultimate all rounder by either bowling or keeping wicket in each match
Alex Fletcher - Came on significantly with his bowling and will be a real handful next year, batted well when required as well
George Chapman - Innings of a life time (so far) to beat Havant, bowled Medium Pace and Spin equally well

Supported Cast
Eugene Hind
Moses milner
Dhruvin Patel and
Ali Power

We have great pleasure in announcing that we have been awarded £10,000 by Awards for All to enable us to proceed with the Artificial Pitch and new net facilities at St James's. Many congratulations and thanks to all involved in the process and we look forward to seeing a new lookign St J's sometime this year