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No. 4 Gunns Gazette Feb 2020 In brief… GUNNS GAZETTE Gunns Coordination Team

Women & Girls Co-ordinator Co-ordinator Danni Warren Finchley CC Rep Esther de Lange Content Co-ordinator Suzi James Finance Co-ordinator Danni Warren Sponsorship Co-ordinator Georgie Worley

Contact: [email protected]

Training Finchley Gunns at the special event with Indoors - Bishop Stopford School, Sunday 1st, 15th, 29th March, Opener 2-4pm. £7.5/session or £20 for all. New players - free for first session - Welcome to the new year and a new season of cricket. bring a friend! It’s time to think about shedding the winter weight gain and improving our fitness - for some of us anyway! I know some have continued with indoor Outdoors - weekly - Wednesday! - competitions and coaching/training, so should be in good shape already. 6:30-8:00 pm, at Finchley CC, with an earlier start (5pm onwards) for During the winter months we’ve been focussed on ‘admin’: younger players. fixtures and pitches for 2020 umpires/scorers Coach/es included in both. leadership team selection socials Fixtures recruitment working with the main FCC committee • 1st XI - WCSL Premier League liaison with WCSL T20 and 50 overs. sponsorship & kit • 2nd XI - Middx League T20 and 40 club values overs. communications • National Club T20 knockout competition. fees setting 2020 fixture list - p7 - note increased …and the necessary leadership team meetings to push these actions of matches @ FCC ground! forward. In this issue you’ll find the latest updates on the above, plus extras such as Player Profile, and a Prize Crossword - see who won the previous prize. Membership L K! Pre-season events! 27th March ECB Cricketforce @ FCC, Membership and match fees for 28th March - membership sign-up, meet the captains, and another fun 2020 are being agreed with the Club ‘Quiz Night’ following the recent successful evening on 25th Jan. - to be advised. Please advise any potential new players to contact: [email protected]

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Training 2020 season kit Indoors: Bishop Stopford School, Sunday 1st, 15th, 29th March, 2-4pm. 2019 kit will continue to be the Cost: £7.50 per individual session, but the overall cost is reduced to £20 if standard for the 2020 season - p3. you block book all 3 sessions. Any new players will receive their first session at no cost - so bring along a friend! Captains/Vice-captains Outdoors: Note that this has changed from last year and will now be on WEDNESDAYS weekly - 6:30-8:00 pm, at Finchley’s home ground, The selection process for the whole although we will be trialling an earlier start time (5pm) for younger players 2020 season was discussed at the - further details to be announced. ‘Values’ meeting held on 25th Jan. Coaching: A qualified coach/coaches will be at both winter and summer Nominations should be submitted training. as soon as possible please. Voting will then take place until mid-Mar. Captains/vice-captains The selection process for 1st and 2nd XI Captains & Vice-captains for the Socials/Events entire 2020 season was announced at the ‘Values’ meeting held on 25th Jan.

Fri 27th March - ECB Cricketforce at FCC - meet the pro’s and help out at Please send in your nominations, which can be proposed by any the club. member, voting for themselves or others (make sure they are ok with being nominated). Come on - have a go! Sat 28th March @ FCC - season sign-up and quiz night event. Once candidates have been identified, the vote will be open until mid Sun 26th April @ FCC - morning: March. first ‘community festival’, followed in the afternoon by: 2nd XI match and Fixtures BBQ. Finchley Gunns are entered into the same leagues and competitions as last year: Social media & website � 1st XI - WCSL Premier League - T20 and 50 matches. Facebook: Finchley Gunns CC Instagram: @finchleygunns � 2nd XI - Middlesex League - T20 and 40 over matches. Twitter: @finchleygunnscc � National Club T20 knockout cup. Website: www.finchleycricket.co.uk A full fixture list can be found at the end of this issue.

Extras! 2020 Kit Player Profile: Bex Tyson - p4 Gunns kit will remain the same as last year, but Beth Morgan will be in touch with everyone about when to order kit if there are any changes. Evening with Eoin Morgan - p5 Current kit bought through our provider at Serious Sport Prize Crossword - p6 (serioussport.co.uk). Please note that before purchasing a T20 shirt, check player number with Beth Morgan to avoid any further duplicates! Once again we are grateful to Georgie Worley for obtaining the support of The Laboratory Spa & Health Club (labspa.co.uk).

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FCC annual Fireworks Night Sat 2nd Nov 2019: Website/social media This annual event is always popular with locals, who attend in good numbers and help rise much needed Finchley CC website: www.finchleycricket.co.uk funds for the Finchley Cricket Club. If you haven’t already, apply to be a member via the site. Have a look at the Adult Cricket - Women’s New Years Eve Party: section anyway, and provide any feedback to Suzi Also supported by many local residents, as well as club James via the Gunns email link on p.1. members, with more £££s raised for the club. Gunns were very much in evidence, taking charge of the Once updated with 2020 fixtures in play-cricket.com, music/lightshow, checking tickets, and working scorecards can be accessed from the Women’s Section. tirelessly behind the bar - especially Georgie. Social media: Anybody interested in getting involved in helping Gunns gain a cyber following, please contact us.

All new players, or the parents of U18 members, are encouraged to join the Finchley Gunns Facebook page, to keep up-to-date with training and other important, as well as social, announcements. Socials/Events Gunns Awards Presentation Sat 21st Sept 2019: Another great end-of-season event, very professionally put together and presented. Thanks to all who Quiz Night - 25th Jan: contributed to making it a huge success, and well done A fundraiser for the Gunns, many thanks to Esther and to all the award and raffle winners! Danni for making it happen. Congratulations to the winning team - The 4 Three Amigos! �

Planned: � 27th March - ECB Cricketforce at the club - Finchley CC has been chosen as a showcase club by the ECB this year, and all club members are invited along to meet some pros, & help to make some much needed improvements. Refreshments provided! Followed by… � 28th March - season sign-up and our second Finchley Gunns quiz night - so get the whole weekend in the diary, it will be a great way to kick off the season!

� 26th April - ‘community’ festival in the morning, 2nd XI match in the afternoon, with BBQ, @ FCC.

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Extras! Featured player profile: Bex Tyson In this edition, we focus on Bex Tyson.

Bex joined Gunns when she was 14, back in 2014, and has been a key player ever since, developing a high standard with bat and ball.

Bex also plays for Leverstock Green men’s, and Middlesex women’s teams. In the past she has played for MCC Academy, Hemel Hempstead, and Hertfordshire age group and women’s also. Some of Bex’s recent achievements include being the only female player in 2019 to score 200 runs (201) AND take 20 (24) in the season Bex passed both 50 wickets and 500 runs for the club during the 2019 season, and achieved the best League figures with 4/11 v Ansty.

Star sign - Cancer Career - Community Cricket Coach at MCC, I go to primary schools everyday and coach cricket as well as work in the academy at Lords. Hero - Beth Morgan Proudest moment - Having the chance to travel to Nepal with work to coach children cricket in schools Favourite Finchley Moment - scoring the winning runs and winning the league in 2018!! Most embarrassing cricket incident - I was asked to move the sight screen which had a camera on, live-streaming the game, so I didn’t want to move it. I tried to tell my team that but they couldn’t hear me and thought I couldn’t push it. Someone else came and realised too but to this day everyone insists we couldn’t physically push it and was fined for it. Favourite Finchley Player - Beth Morgan Most Annoying Finchley Player - Anje Lague Gunns next big ‘one to watch’ - Lucy Porter!

Gunns - Dec 2019 indoor competition.

Finchley Gunns entered the inaugural MCC Women's indoor club competition in September/October last year, played at the famous Lords indoor school on Friday evenings. The competition was a lot of fun, and a great chance to work on skills, with Gunns finishing a very respectable second place behind Actonians.

It was great to see some of our newer club players playing star roles throughout the comp, with both Flo and Natalie (missing from the pic) taking their first competitive wickets for the club!

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An evening with Eoin Morgan and the World Cup - 10th Oct 2019.

What a fantastic experience for many of our Gunns girls and women to meet the World Cup winning Eoin Morgan, and get a photograph with the trophy itself! Finchley CC put on a wonderful event on October 10th welcoming Morgan back to his home club and helping to inspire so many of our youngsters with his World Cup stories and an informative Q & A. The Gunns played a big part in the evening, with Georgie helping to organise the whole event, Naomi was on stage asking Eoin the questions, and Suzi made sure the sound system was spot on!

Gunnersbury Women’s Cricket Club - part 2 - to come in a future edition.

The Women’s T20 World Cup starts Friday 21st Feb - Did you know…? � the tournament kicks off on Friday 21st February in , with the final at the MCG on 8th March (International Women's Day) - Cricket Australia are aiming for a sell out for the final, with Katy Perry singing live!!

� this will be the first standalone women's T20 World Cup in the history of the event, all previous competitions have been alongside the men's tournament.

� won the first ever WT20 World Cup in 2009 as hosts. Current Finchley Gunn Beth Morgan helped England reach the final at Lords after scoring 46* in a 122 run with in the semi final vs Australia.

� Finchley's , who started at Finchley as an Under 11, top scored with 35 in England's Group game vs hosts West Indies in the 2018 T20 World Cup. England went on to lose to Australia in the final.

� , overseas player for Finchley Gunns in 2016 and 2017, will play in this year's tournament for New Zealand. Holly took 20 wickets for Gunns at an average of just 8.55!

� other ex-Gunns to represent in T20 World Cups include , , , , and .

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Suzi’s prize crossword competition - no. 4 The winner of the third competition was Debbie Kingston! The prize was a cricket mug - cheers! The clues for the latest crossword are even easier, so get those brain cells working again. The prize this time is a T-shirt showing all the positions.

If you think you have all the correct answers, email them (screenshot or list) to Suzi at [email protected].

(Or just hand them to me, if I’m around!)

From all the correct submissions, Suzi will draw a winner out of her cap.

The prize - a T-shirt with a diagram of fielding positions!

Closing date: 25th March 2020

The draw for the winner will take place at the pre-season event planned for 28th March.

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