STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CRICKET CLUB INCORPORATING STRATFORD BARDS CRICKET CLUB 2018 SEASON

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Charlotte Robertson 07813 000170 Tel: +44 (0)1789 450451 or visit www.marstons.co.uk alscot.co.uk 1st XI Captain: CHRIS WHELAN OFFICERS 2018 SEASON 307 Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9JJ 07710 023158 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected]

Hon. President: ALI TROUGHTON 2nd XI Captain: JOSH HICKMAN Bluebell Cottage, 20 Back Lane, Lower Quinton, CV37 8SF Middleton Cottage, Bottom Street, Northend, CV47 2TH 01789 720818 (home) email: [email protected] 07720 616212 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected]

Hon. Chairman: TBC Bards XI Captain: TBC

Sunday XI Captain: THADIUS KAMINSKI-GAZE Vice Chairman: ALEX MARSHALL The Lindens, Campden Road, Clifford Chambers, CV37 8JE 8 Bridgetown Road, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7JA 01789 293584 (home) 07734 0302990 (mobile) email: [email protected]

Membership Secretary: FIONA BLAKE Hon. Secretary: TONY MARNEY High Meadow, Alderminster, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 8NX 3 Clark Walk, Ettington, CV37 7SE 07585 117783 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected] 07899 925524 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected]

Fixture Secretary: JOSH HICKMAN Hon. Treasurer: RICK SMART Middleton Cottage, Bottom Street, Northend, CV47 2TH 406A Birmingham Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1YJ 07720 616212 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 07913 027739 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected]

Social Secretary: JAMES URQUHART Director of Junior Cricket: TBC 23 Aintree Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9FU 07519 606919 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected] Birmingham League Representative: JIM HARCOURT Groundsman : JOHN BISHOP 07900 234614 (mobile) [email protected] 07905 758633 (Mobile) e-mail: [email protected]

Cotswold Hills League Representative: SAM BISHOP Child Protection Officer: JOSH HICKMAN Barn Meadow Farm, Calcutt Lane, Stockton, CV23 8HY Middleton Cottage, Bottom Street, Northend, CV47 2TH 07585 708889 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected] 07720 616212 (mobile) e-mail: [email protected] 1 2 STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CRICKET CLUB (incorporating Stratford Bards Cricket Club) are members of the following: MIDLANDS CLUB CRICKET CONFERENCE CRICKET BOARD BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE MARSTON’S PEDIGREE COTSWOLD HILLS LEAGUE HONOURS: MIDLAND CLUB CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP 1st XI Champions : 1986 Runners-up : 1984, 1987, 1988 2nd XI Champions : 1976, 1987, 1991 Runners-up : 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993 3rd XI Champions : 1990, 1991 Runners-up : 1992 BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT PREMIER LEAGUE 1st XI Champions : 2001 1st XI Runners-up : 2000 1st XI Runners-up Div 3 : 2015 2nd XI Champions : 1995, 2007, 2014 2nd XI Runners-up : 2000 2nd XI Div 2 South Champions : 2014 2nd XI KO Cup Winners : 2000, 2001 Fair Play Award : 1994, 1997, 2013, 2017 MARSTON’S PEDIGREE COTSWOLD HILLS LEAGUE Division Two Champions : 1994, 2004 Division One Runners-up : 1995, 2008 Division Two Runners-up : 2007 Premier Division Champions : 2003 (Bards 1st XI) Division One Champions : 2001 (Bards 1st XI) Division Three Champions : 1995 (Bards 2nd XI) Division Five Runners-up : 2015 (Bards 1st XI) Division Four Runners-up : 2016 (Bards 1st XI) TROPHY Champions : 1995, 1997 Finalists : 1999 WARWICKSHIRE SUNDAY LEAGUE 1st XI Champions : 1997 WARWICKSHIRE CRICKET BOARD Club of the Year : 2000 3 4 BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT 1st XI FIXTURES PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE THIRD DIVISION JULY 1st XI FIXTURES Sat 7 Lichfield BDPL H 12.00 p.m.

Overseas Player: Declan Waddington Sat 14 Old Elizabethans BDPL A 12.00 p.m. www.birminghamleague.org Sat 21 Redditch BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Sat 28 Rugby BDPL H 12.00 p.m.

APRIL AUGUST Sat 28 Old Elizabethans BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Sat 4 Pelsall BDPL A 12.00 p.m.

MAY Sat 11 Newport BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Sat 5 Redditch BDPL A 12.00 p.m. Sat 18 Whitchurch BDPL A 12.00 p.m. Sat 12 Rugby BDPL A 12.00 p.m. Sat 25 Milford Hall BDPL A 12.00 p.m. Sat 19 Pelsall BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Mon 27 Lichfield BDPL A 12.00 p.m. Sat 26 Newport BDPL A 12.00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER JUNE Sat 1 Old Hill BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Sat 2 Whitchurch BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Sat 8 Handsworth BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Sat 9 Milford Hall BDPL H 12.00 p.m. Sat 15 Stourbridge BDPL A 12.00 p.m. Sat 16 Old Hill BDPL A 12.00 p.m. Sat 23 Handsworth BDPL A 12.00 p.m. BDPL = Birmingham & District Premier League Division Three Sat 30 Stourbridge BDPL H 12.00 p.m.

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HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS ( CRICKET SECTION )

Alex MARSHALL Frances RUDD Norman THOMPSON Michael PERKINS Graham SCHOLES Brian WEBB

HONORARY LIFE VICE PRESIDENTS Paul BIDDLECOMBE Ali TROUGHTON David TROUGHTON 406A Birmingham Road VICE PRESIDENTS (By donation) Wylde Green Sally ABELL Rob GRUNDY Richard MULRAINE Sutton Coldfield Robert BADHAM, MBE Sally HOLDSWORTH Paul RATHKEY Gerry BAILEY Michael HOLLYHEAD Martin SHIELDS B72 1YJ Jean BAILEY Peter JONES John SHURIE Christine BLACK Ivor KEIGHTLEY Ivor SMITH T: 0845 092 0139 Ian CARTWRIGHT John KERBY Mark SYKES F: 0845 092 0140 Cathy DAVIES Kate LEACH Andrew URQUHART John DAVIES Martin MALONE Rob WATTS E: [email protected] Elizabeth DIXON Tony MARNEY John WHITE W: smart-accountants.co.uk Jeffrey DOWNES Lynette MILLER Andy FLOWER Heather MORGAN Proactive business and accountancy services including: Taxation, bookkeeping and business support. PAID LIFE MEMBERS (Sports Club) Specialists in business starts. Nick ABELL Mark GLOVER Graham SAGAR John CARTER Geoff HARDEN Brian SHAW “Smart Accountants have always been there when Iʼve needed Tony CROSS Scott HAZELL Marsh WHIELDON them. Rick Smart always gives good and sound advice across the Colin DAVIS Martyn HUNT Peter WOODHAMS board. He thinks about things from a different angle and simplifies Phillip EVANS Brian RICHARDS what appear to be complicated issues. Itʼs a unique style; different to anyone else youʼll meet. There are few people I would trust PAID LIFE MEMBERS (Cricket Club) implicitly, but Rick is one of those people, thoroughly professional.” Jack Adkins, Adkins Market Research Paul BIDDLECOMBE Steve COOTES Ed CUNYNGHAME George FISHER Hannah CUNYNGHAME Robert MOORE

7 8 BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT 2nd XI FIXTURES PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION TWO 2 nd XI (SOUTH) JULY

www.birminghamleague.org Sat 7 Barnards Green BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 14 Old Elizabethans BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 21 Redditch BDPL H 12.30 p.m. APRIL Sat 28 Rugby BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 28 Old Elizabethans BDPL A 12.30 p.m.

AUGUST MAY Sat 4 Kidderminster BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 5 Redditch BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 11 Sutton Coldfield BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 12 Rugby BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 18 Streetly BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 19 Kidderminster BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 25 Dorridge BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 26 Sutton Coldfield BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Mon 27 Barnards Green BDPL H 12.30 p.m.

JUNE Sat 2 Streetly BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 9 Dorridge BDPL A 12.30 p.m. SEPTEMBER Sat 16 Berkswell BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 1 Berkswell BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 23 Handsworth BDPL H 12.30 p.m. Sat 8 Handsworth BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 30 Stourbridge BDPL A 12.30 p.m. Sat 15 Stourbridge BDPL H 12.30 p.m.

9 10 SOCIAL CALENDAR 2018 COTSWOLD HILLS LEAGUE THIRD DIVISION STRATFORD BARDS FIXTURES Event Date Location www.cotswold-hills-league.org MAY Sponsors 7-a-side Sun 17th June Swans Nest Lane Sat 5 Broadway H 1.30 p.m. Sat 12 Ashorne & Moreton Morrell A 1.30 p.m. Summer Solstice Game Thu 21st June Swans Nest Lane Sat 19 Shipston-on-Stour II H 1.30 p.m. Sat 26 Ebrington A 1.30 p.m. President’s VIP Day Sun 2nd September Swans Nest Lane JUNE Club Golf Day Sat 22nd September Stratford Oaks Sat 2 II H 1.30 p.m. Sat 9 Leamington IV A 1.30 p.m. Annual Dinner Sat 29th September Swans Nest Lane Sat 16 Adlestrop H 1.30 p.m. Sat 23 Mickleton A 1.30 p.m. Sat 30 Stanway H 1.30 p.m.

JULY Sat 7 Broadway A 1.30 p.m. Sat 14 Ashorne & Moreton Morrell H 1.30 p.m. Sat 21 Shipston-on-Stour II A 1.30 p.m. Sat 28 Ebrington H 1.30 p.m.

AUGUST Sat 4 Long Itchington II A 1.30 p.m. Sat 11 Leamington IV H 1.30 p.m. Sat 18 Adlestrop A 1.30 p.m. Sat 25 Mickleton H 1.30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Sat 1 Stanway A 1.30 p.m. All home matches will be played at Alscot Park 11 12 FRIENDLY FIXTURES JUNIOR ACADEMY FIXTURES Date Teams Venue Start WARWICKSHIRE CRICKET BOARD YOUTH COMPETITIONS MAY UNDER 9 HARDBALL – 8-A-SIDE PAIRS (16 OVERS MAX) Sun 20 Sunday XI v TBC Alscot Park 2.00 p.m. MAY Wed 23 Bards T20 XI v Welford CC Alscot Park 6.00 p.m. w/c 14 H 6.00 p.m. JUNE w/c 21 Knowle & Dorridge H 6.00 p.m. w/c 28 Dorridge A 6.00 p.m. Away Sun 3Sunday XI v Dumbleton 1.30 p.m. JUNE Thu 14 Chance to Shine – Juniors SNL 10.00 a.m. w/c 4 Hampton & Solihull H 6.00 p.m. Sun 17 Sponsors 7-a-side SNL 1.00 p.m. w/c 11 Kenilworth Wardens H 6.00 p.m. Sun 17 Sunday XI v Shipston CC Away 2.00 p.m. w/c 18 Walmley A 6.00 p.m. w/c 25 Dorridge A 6.00 p.m. Thu 21 Summer Solstice Game SNL 5.00 a.m. All home matches at Alscot Park Thu 21 Chance to Shine – Juniors SNL 10.00 a.m. JULY WCB UNDER 11 GRIZZLIES GROUP 3 Sun 1 Sunday XI v Coftonias CC Alscot Park 2.00 p.m. 10-A-SIDE PAIRS (20 OVERS MAX) Sun 15 Private Hire Alscot Park 2.00 p.m. MAY Thu 26 Stratford XI v Philipinics XI Alscot Park 1.30 p.m. Mon 14 Leamington B A 6.00 p.m. Sun 29 Warwickshire U15 v Staffs U15 SNL 11.00 a.m. Mon 21 Warwick H 6.00 p.m. Sun 29 Sunday XI v Alscot Park 1.30 p.m. Mon 28 A 6.00 p.m. JUNE AUGUST Mon 4 Alcester & Ragley H 6.00 p.m. Wed 8 MCCC v MCC SNL 11.00 a.m. Mon 11 Hunningham A 6.00 p.m. Wed 8 Stratford XI v Touring Team Alscot Park 1.30 p.m. Mon 18 Warwick A 6.00 p.m. Sun 26 Sunday XI v Ashorne Alscot Park 1.30 p.m. Mon 25 Kineton H 6.00 p.m. SEPTEMBER JULY Mon 2 Alcester & Ragley A 6.00 p.m. Alscot Park Sun 9 Sunday XI v Slaughters United 1.00 p.m. Mon 9 Leamington B H 6.00 p.m. Sat 22 Golf Day Stratford Oaks Golf Club Mon 16 Hunningham H 6.00 p.m. Sat 29 Annual Dinner Clubhouse All home matches at Alscot Park 13 14 UNDER 13 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE – 25 OVERS MAY All home matches at Alscot Park Sun 13 H 9.45 a.m. Sun 20 Corley A 9.45 a.m. Sun 27 Moseley Ashfield A 9.45 a.m. JUNE Sun 3 Wellesbourne A 9.45 a.m. Sun 10 Corley H 9.45 a.m. Sun 17 Kings Heath H 9.45 a.m. Sun 24 Walmley A 9.45 a.m. JULY Sun 1 Moseley Ashfield H 9.45 a.m. Sun 8 Kings Heath A 9.45 a.m. Langmans Dental Health Centres Sun 15 Walmley H 9.45 a.m. ECB U13 NATIONAL CLUB C’SHIP KO CUP – 20 OVERS We have a programme of continual modernisation and heavily invest in the latest technology and training so we can offer Round 1 Play by 14th May Earlswood A TBC you the most up to date dentistry. Round 2 Play by 28th May Round 3 Play by 4th June Semi Finals Play by 11th June Final 25th June We will help you look after you and your familyʼs teeth for a lifetime. UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE – 25 OVERS We encourage preventative techniques, helping you to MAY All home matches at Swans Nest Lane understand how to maintain the health of your mouth and Sun 13 Alcester & Ragley A 9.45 a.m. keep it free of tooth decay and gum disease. Sun 20 Moseley Ashfield A 9.45 a.m. We offer a full range of preventative and cosmetic treatments. Sun 27 Sutton Coldfield H 9.45 a.m. JUNE Stratford-upon-Avon Surgery Wellesbourne Surgery Sun 3 Kings Heath H 9.45 a.m. Sun 10 Handsworth H 9.45 a.m. Ely Place, 28 Ely Street 2 Willow Drive, Sun 17 Corley A 9.45 a.m. Stratford-upon-Avon, Wellesbourne Sun 24 Leamington Khalsa A 9.45 a.m. Warwickshire Warwickshire JULY CV37 6LW CV35 9SB Sun 1 Olton & West Warwicks A 9.45 a.m. Tel: 01789 292460 Tel: 01789 840786 Sun 8 Dorridge H 9.45 a.m. Email: [email protected] Sun 15 Walmley H 9.45 a.m. 15 16 COUNTRYC O U N T R Y PUBP U B . RESTAURANTR E S T A U R A N T . LUXURYL U X U R Y BB&B& B 0178901789 445041450414 thebellald.co.ukthebellald.co.uk

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