SPANISH SORTS-NEWS FROM AROUND THE CLUBS
ALBOX RECENTLY HAD A MEETING WITH LOCAL MAYOR TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE CONTINUED BUILDING OF THEIR NEW GROUND. IT HIS HOPED THE PICTH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MATCHES SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. TO SEE HOW THE PITCH IS PROGRESSING CHECK OUT www.freewebs.com/alboxcc
Sun 14 – Ibiza CC v Sporting Alfas
Tue 16 – Ibiza CC v Potterne CC (35 Over Game)
Thu 18 – Ibiza CC v Potterne CC (35 Over Game)
Sat 20 – Ibiza CC v Follies Farm Old Spots (35 Over Game)
Sun 21 – Ibiza CC v Follies Farm Old Spots (20 Over Game)
Sat 27 – Ibiza CC v Pimlico Strollers (35 Over Game)
Sun 28 – Ibiza CC v Pimlico Strollers (20 Over Game)
INTELLECTUALS CC HAVE JUST FINISHED A SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF THE UK WERE THEY PLAYED GAMES AGAINST CHORLEYWOOD AND MERKS & CLERKS. REPORTS COURTESY OF LAURENCE MCGARRY..
NEWSFLASH – INTELLECTUALS RETURN TO RAPTUROUS SUPPORTERS
Dear All,
Having achieved a very generous draw at Chorleywood and then successfully retained the Catch Cup the Intellectuals’ touring party was welcomed back by a tumultuous crowd at Alicante airport. Thank you Carmen and Sabine for meeting the touring party at the airport and taking them on their victory parade through the cities teeming streets. Detailed match and tour reports will undoubtedly follow but here (below), in the meantime, is some information on the tour results.
Friday 22nd August 2008 at Chorleywood – Chorleywood CC v Intellectuals CC UK Tour
Chorleywood CC 271 for 5 / ICC 64 all out & 67 for 5
Match drawn! (Chorleywood CC scorecard: http://www.cwcricket.org/cgi-bin/result.pl?mid=1068&season=2008&tid=0 )
Monday 25th August 2008 at NMCC Hornsey – Marks & Clerk v Intellectuals CC UK Tour/M&C Catch Cup
Marks and Clerk 92 for 8 & 82 for 8 / ICC 90 for 4 & 87 for 6
ICC won by 4 wkts and retain Catch Cup
MADRID ALSO EMBARKED ON A TOUR OF THE UK, AND CAME HOME WITH A SHARE OF THE SPOILS. THE TOUR WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF MADRID COMMITTEE MEMBER JONATHAN WOODWARD WHO PLAYED IN THE PAST FOR STONY STAFFORD. THANKS TO DAVID STIRTON FOR THE RESULTS AND MATCH STATISTICS.
Milton Keynes CC vs Madrid CC, Sunday August 24th
Milton Keynes CC won by 46 runs.
Milton Keynes 201 for 7 (Gordon 128, Shahid 2 for 18)
Madrid 155 all out (Steven Baker 46, Jonathan Woodward 23 not out)
Stony Stratford CC vs Madrid CC, Monday August 25th
Madrid CC won by 2 wickets
Stony Stratford 131 all out (Pollard 30, Steven Baker 1 for 8)
Madrid 132 for 8 (David Stirton 21, Sayed 20, Pollard 3 for 32)
AND FINALLY, YOU CAN FIND MOJACAR CC ON FACEBOOK NOW. ANYONE WHO HAS HAD AN ASSOCIATION WITH MOJACAR CC CAN JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP GROUP. THE NOTICE BOARD IS THERE FOR INFORMATION ON THE CLUB, PHOTOS AND FUNNY STORIES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT JEM ON jemster70@gmail.com