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UP STUMPS! 2013 SEASON DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION Issue 2 UP STUMPS! 2013 SEASON DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION Issue 2 0 UP STUMPS! 2013 Season Division Two Championship Edition WELL DONE CHAPS! 12 STARS FIRST TEAM CELEBRATING THEIR HISTORIC PROMOTION IN THIS ISSUE From the chairman’s desk by ANTONY BRAND I believe that history will prove that 2013 will Mahesh has had a really great year with the be one of the most important years in recent bat, not only for 12Stars, but the Belgium 12Stars history. Firstly this is the first year national team as well. A Wag’s Tale that we've entered a second team in division Apart from the old staggers such as myself 3 of the BCF 45 over league competition. (very old), we've had some newcomers who This has proved to be a resounding success. have made an impact. Prashant, Anshul, The team finished mid table with 3 wins from Midhun, Ashish and Tom Garland have all 10matches including an exciting victory over copped man of the match awards in their Ostend Exiles and Gent Arcadians-2. Despite first year with the club. I would personally winning only 3 of its fixtures the team was like to see longtime members like John competitive in all matches but most Parker, Rob Goodchild, Duncan Lumsden importantly the 2nd team gave ample and Paul Harris come back. They are all opportunity to more players to play really known to be in Belgium and most still pay competitive one day cricket. We've been their annual fees but are not playing. But its bolstered by new members and look forward good to have younger guys like Sean to entering a second team in the league in Fortune, Prabhu and Sarav help reduce the 2014. Again I think that we will adopt a policy average age of our team. Contd. Page 2 Blue Danube of ensuring that the maximum number of members get a chance to play cricket whilst Our special travel correspondent Judson reports on doing our best to be competitive in the 12 Stars’ foreign cricket tour to Budapest. Along with saunas, beer and goulash, he shares his league. The league format may change next insights on some great games with our hosts year but whatever format promises to be a Phoenix Cricket Club. lot of fun!!. The first team did remarkably well to win Also we have a great guest article from a special division 2, and achieve promotion to division friend of 12 Stars. Along with captain reports from Amit and Jerome, a quiz, golden moments from 1. But I'll let Amit say more about that. I will 2013 as voted by you the members and various bits however mention my great delight at the of other cricketing fun. performance of Mahesh. His performance in 2013 really did justice to his awesome talent Page 1 which we've all known about for many years. UP STUMPS! 2013 SEASON DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP 2 EDITION | Issue 2 Whilst things have been good on the AICC just hanging field they have been as equally busy on to defeat ACC by off it. We are at a crossroads as a only 1 run off the club and face some challenges. A big last ball of the final challenge is the potential over! unavailability next year of the BSB I would like to give for weekend league matches. The much thanks to school intends to close by 17.30 on the tournament weekends which will make it difficult organising for our league matches. The loss of committee an additional cricket ground will not including Shashi only be bad for us, but for Belgium who formulated cricket in general. So we are working the tournament rules, and all the hard to find a solution which could other members who came out to and then involve a new ground at Wavre, for help on the day - Ganesh R., Judson making the commitment to be weekend matches at least. By all (and Annie), Peter, Ajay and Manoj. available to umpire 3-4 BCF league means necessary we will have The tournament was quite a success matches each season. I plan to go for resolved our situation in time for the and we foresee that it will become my umpires qualifications next start of 2014 season. Thankfully we an annual event. Finally from Dec season. are in a position financially to give 2013 we plan to visit schools around Finally I would like to say thanks to ourselves some options. We hope to the Tervuren/Zaventem area to do our many supporters and well sign the contract for this new ground coaching sessions and get local wishers. Chief among these are Eva soon. Flemish kids involved in cricket. Juchtmans, Christina DS, Cathy, But we wish to maintain and Hopefully these youngsters will form Charu and Annie. Special thanks to improve our connection with the the basis of our youth section Priya who together with Ganesh BSB. Raj wrote an advertisement for starting in 2014. continues to work magic on our the club which was published in the One of my biggest sources of pride website. BSB club activity guide book. Also as chairman comes from our Our 2013 season ended on a high on Sept 8 a 12Stars team including contribution to cricket in Belgium. putting us in great stead for a Jérôme, Fazil, Vijay, Chris and myself For years the lack of umpires has momentous 2014 which will mark attended the BSB newcomers open hurt league cricket here. Earlier this our 25th anniversary as a club. I have day. We used this event as an year the BCF held an umpires proposed a committee in place to opportunity to introduce ourselves training course for 12 members. Half plan the celebration activities. to new students at BSB. The new of these participants were from Already we have invited an SOB students could potentially be 12Stars, and they all passed the team (Stars of Brussels) of ex- members of our junior club, which exam. In fact I believe that Jerome 12Stars members to play in a 4 team we intend to launch in 2014. It will came first in the examinations. This tournament on the weekend of May be very important to have a junior can be seen as a positive boost to 23-25!! section as from 2014 each team in Belgium cricket. One ironic sign of the first division will be expected to the high esteem with which 12Stars Viva 12Stars C.C.!! field a junior team. We are thankful is held is by the fact that our for the use of the school facilities matches often don't have umpires over the years and so to give thanks assigned - because the BCF knows to the BSB we held a junior tennis that they can trust us to manage our ball tournament on Sept 22. This matches in a professional manner. was a wonderful tournament Still this is not ideal situation. Ideal involving 4 teams, Antwerp Indians situation is for each league match to (AICC), Antwerp C.C. (ACC) and 2 be officiated by 2 qualified umpires. from the BSB. The final was fitting 12stars can do its part by sending of any international tournament with more members to become certified UP STUMPS! 2013 SEASON DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP 3 EDITION | Issue 2 The Captain’s Corner By AMIT KUMAR RAGHAV “Little things make the big things happen” – John Wooden Since the time of its inception, as well as an increase in the when some cricket enthusiasts numbers in the 12stars family, at decided to form a club aptly this rate it might soon be called a named 12Stars, there have been galaxy. numerous achievements. But To say that we have been none whatsoever can come close struggling to reach Div 1 since to the starry heights achieved in 1992 would be an something which surly boosts our 2013. understatement. We missed the confidence (but what we won’t From the days when a captain boat sometimes to PCCB and to say out loud or acknowledge in had to use every means to get 11 Arcadians. case it all goes ‘tits up’) players on field and a miracle to Out of 8 league games, 12Stars We are at the crossroads of get a scorer, to the momentous won an outstanding 7 of them, turning big into huge, with day our club introduced a second making us Division 2 champions. possibilities of a new ground and team, what a journey it has been! It would be nice to go down maintaining two teams along 12Stars fielded two teams one in memory lane and feel a bit with a junior’s team. All this Div 2 and the other in Div 3. Apart nostalgic about the great would not be possible without the from the 45 over league, 12Stars moments, some outstanding support and encouragement from also participated in T20 league, performances, some back to the each other. BCF league, Bob Parker league wall performances, and last but Let’s bring ourselves together and numerous weekend and not the least, the great and strengthen the existing spirit midweek friendly games. This camaraderie which makes us very of camaraderie, where all was the year of cricket. Some different from any other club in nationalities can thrive and all would say too much, others Belgium. abilities are equally welcomed. would predict it to be an 2013 made us learn fast and gave Where people are respected not appetizer for the coming years opportunities to all and sundry only because of cricketing skills especially with the new home courtesy the advent of second but also for what they bring to ground there is scope for many team.
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