Scott Jarvis hitting out in the Cobham Avorians win against Chessington in the Twenty 20 competition.
Sunbury 268 all out Cobham Avorians 121 all out
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Avorians Fail To Fulfil Early Promise
Three wickets in the first five overs raised the spirits of the visiting Avorians team at Sunbury, but that was as good as it got, and the Avorians lost heavily to the Premier Division title chasers. Put into bat, Sunbury were soon in trouble when Scott Jarvis took the wicket of Kuiper with the first ball of the match, and Cliff Hill followed up in the next over, trapping Spencer LBW. When Jarvis took his second victim, London, in the fifth over, Sunbury were reeling at 18 for 3. However, Maunders, and Sunbury captain, Roland-Jones, steadied the ship, with the former eventually falling one run short of his half-century and the latter just making his 50. There was a brief revival for the Avorians, with three quick wickets after lunch, but resistance from Stanier and Smith turned into aggression, and the pair punished the bowlers in the later overs before Smith was caught and bowled by Steve Naylor for 43 to end the innings. Stanier remained unbeaten, contributing 63 to the Sunbury total of 268 all out. In reply, the Avorians offered little. Graham Crawford, who had destroyed Chessington in midweek with an unbeaten 96, was dismissed for a single, while Reece O’Connell, continuing his struggle for any sort of form, went for the same score, and the promise shown by Luc Durandt with two imperious boundaries, petered out with an LBW decision in favour of Lewis.
Steve Naylor showed what could be done, building a steady innings before being caught for 43, but his only support came, too late, from Steve Harpley, who treated the bowling with disdain for a quickfire 33. There was nothing to come from the Avorians’ tail, and the visitors were all out for a disappointing 121. The Avorians must now hope for an early return to fitness for DJ Umpleby and Ian Cockbain, and a return to form for Reece O’Connell to get the side heading back up the table.
.Click on First X1 for full match report.
The colts season is now underway training is every Friday evening at the club starting at 6.30 anyone interested should contact Darren Talbot. Cobham Avorians Cricket Club - Director of Youth Coaching Darren Talbot Tel: 07912 873 591
Cobham
Avorians Cricket Club
Convent Lane, Cobham.
Nestling in the woods of Burhill Estate in Cobham and adjoining Notre Dame school,
the Avorians are a cricket club embued with a rich history
and a spirit which belies our passion for the game. Having
formed in 1928, the club has grown over the years
to now boast two adult XI's, a Sundays game, and a
thriving Colts section providing regular games and training
for nearly a hundred local boys and girls.
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Inportant message for all vice presidents of Cobham Avorians Cricket Club.
Your fixture list for 2009 is ready for your collection at the ground along with a letter of invitation for membership to our club for the coming season. Please note our first game is on Saturday 18th April in a combined 1st & 2nd team X1 game against Byfleet. We look forward to seeing you all at the ground.
Chairmans report by Peter Ruddy for 2008 can be found by going to News
2ndX1 Report for 2008 by Ash Golder go to News
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playing for the A's in 2009 please contact Steve Harpley Chairman of cricket 07894 479813 If you're interested
in joining the Colts Academy or are a parent who would
like to get more involved in the club, contact Darren
Talbot, Academy Director, on 07912 873591 or e-mail darren@cricketcoach.uk.com |
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Clubhouse and Bar
Our lively and friendly clubhouse is always a great retreat from Friday evenings onwards with a bar that boasts a wide selection of draught beers and chilled wines.
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Colts Academy
Training sessions take place on Friday evenings from 6.30pm to 8.30pm from the end of April until the beginning of September. All interested boys and girls are welcome to join the academy.
Read more about the Cobham Avorians Colts Academy
Summer Ball 15th August details
Invitations to the Summer Ball have been issued to the King and Queen of the Fair-ies. Whether Oberon and Titania will actually attend is uncertain, but if they do come they will certainly feel at home, as the Ball this year will be on the theme of a Midsummer Night‟s Dream. For one night only, Hayley Arksey and her Social Com-mittee intend to turn the Ball marquee into the theatre in the forest for an ivy-strewn spectacular.
Invariably, the Summer Ball is not only the largest, and most fun, social occasion of the season, it is the biggest fund-raiser, too, and the Social Committee intend to make this year‟s ball the best, and most successful, ever.
In recent seasons, the Sum-mer Ball has become more and more accessible, with the emphasis changing from an out-and-out money-spinner to a grand social occasion that also raises much-needed funds for the club. The obligatory envelopes on tables and the high ticket prices are things of the past, and, while there are still plenty of fund-raising ac-tivities, all of them are purely voluntary, and, with the credit crunch upon us, tickets this year have been reduced again.
A single ticket to the Ball will cost a maximum of £45, and the Social Committee is work-ing to bring that price down even further, hopefully to £40. For that, patrons get to par-take in a sumptuous multi-course dinner and dance until the small hours to a quality disco. Your editor attended the
Ball for the first time last sea-son, and was knocked-out by the fantastic food, entertain-ment, and bonhomie, and we will be first in the queue for tickets this season.
Those tickets are already on sale. They can either be bought outright, or paid for in instalments between now and the event. Please contact Hayley Arksey for further de-tails. The Summer Ball will be held in the specially-erected marquee at Convent Lane on August 15th. Put the date in your diary now!
The show closed with a spec-tacle that might have graced a Hollywood blockbuster as a single rocket soared from its holder and, instead of heading straight up, arced in a precise path to the car park and the centre of the massive bonfire which immediately burst into a mass of flames to warm the spectators.
With hot food in the club-house, and the warmth of the bonfire, the damp and the chill were easily ignored, and another social success was chalked up.
Firework displays do not „just
happen‟, and the cat was let out of the bag when „Mrs Ash‟ revealed that Ash spends days prior to the display with a spreadsheet and a pricelist, designing his production and budgeting to achieve the best possible display for the avail-able funds. The club is mas-sively grateful to Ash and his soaking, cold, helpers for all their efforts in producing such a great show.
It rained and it rained and it rained, and Ash Golder‟s mas-terpiece was almost ruined. But the club spirit won through, and the Cobham Avorians Bonfire Night and Firework Display took place, albeit in front of a smaller than usual audience and with the occasional damp squib. The firework display would have been splendid in any circumstances, and can only be described as „magnificent‟ in the conditions as Ash and his band of helpers splashed through puddles to launch their rockets, lighting up the sky with the impressively co-ordinated pyrotechnics.
Anything but a damp squib!
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Dates for your diary
20th June
Caribbean Night
With an extra special rum punch, BBQ, limbo competition, and, for the kids, piñata (sweets in a sus-pended bag knocked out with a big stick). Contact Hayley for more details 07759919396
8th August
Ashes Day
No, not Mr Golder, but a chance to watch the Ashes on the big screen with a tinny or two and a shrimp on the barby to start Cricket Week.
9th August
President’s Day
Darrell Hinds hosts his annual event.
Cricket week at the A's starts on August 9th with presidents day followed by a week of cricket. Corporate day is Wednesday 12th August. Contact Darren Talbot to enter your team.
15th August
Summer Ball
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, lots of ivy, great food, and enter-tainment. Tickets are on sale now at the clubhouse. Tickets need to be purchased in advance at a cost of £40.00,each ticket has a lucky number.
Fridays from June
Barbeque Evening
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COBHAM AVORIANS NEWS
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Sky Sports
We will now be showing Sky Sports at the club on our big screen. Check web site for up and coming events.
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Net Work News
It would take too many pages of this web site to detail the saga of the club’s application for grants to build a new net facility. Lost paperwork, changed application forms, and bureaucratic circles within loops have all served to delay the application. But, we just might be getting close.The total cost of the installation has been quoted as £28,555. This quote forms part of the grant application, and must be followed, as the grant funding does not come to the club. The Foundation for Sports and the Arts has offered the club a grant of £10,000, The Surrey County Cricket Trust has offered a further £3,000, and the Lords Taverners another £3,000. However, these grants are dependent upon also receiving a grant from Awards for All for £7,990, and it is this application for which the club is awaiting news. It is a bit like Dragon’s Den. If you do not get offered the full amount, you leave with nothing.
If we are to get the nets built for use this season, then we must be ready to act as soon as the grant comes through. To this end, the club committee has appointed a sub-committee to project manage the installation. The first task of the sub-committee is to decide how best to site the installation.
There are several different options available, including mix-and-match solutions. The options include a three-lane net where the tennis courts are situated, or a two lane net and retain one court, or put a new two-lane net where the old nets were situated, and turn the tennis courts into a car park, or try to resurrect the tennis club and refurbish the existing car park, or put a mat wicket on the square for practice and Academy matches, or site the net and a mat wicket at the far side of the ground. Or, bits of each.
The sub-committee, led by Steve Lewis, with Matt Jacobs, John Lane, Steve Harpley, and Ash Golder, will come up with the eventual proposal, but this is a topic upon which probably every playing member of the club and most social members will have an opinion. The Nets Sub-Committee would like to invite you to make your opinion known , by contacting Steve Lewis (Steve@stevelewisphotography.com) . £28, 555 is a lot of money, and it is important that it is spent meeting the wishes of the majority of the club. If you want to be part of the decision-making process, please contact Steve with your views as soon as possible. It will be too late when the nets are built exactly where you did not want them!
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