Dear Member,
Welcome to this week’s Bramhall CC newsletter.
Results
The 1st XI picked up their 5th win of the season with a resounding victory over Cheadle at Church Lane on Saturday. The visitors never recovered from a poor start, where they fell to 10 for 3, and their misery was eventually completed in the 37th over when they ended on 81 all out. Rupes Kitzinger (3-18), Simon Wilkinson (4-16) and Ashley West (2-32) shared 9 of the 10 wickets.
The Beavers made light work of the chase, notching up an 8 wicket victory in the 16th over. Matthew Jamieson scored 40, and Mat Begbie got a 29 run red-inker. Kitzinger was named man of the match for his top-order blitz by generous match sponsors Les and James Williams.
The 2nd XI were unable to get 25 points of their own against Cheadle, when they travelled to Kingsway. Having been asked to bat, the 2nds were going nicely at 100-1 after 25 overs, but in-form Chris Heppell’s 63 proved to be the top score as the remainder of the innings fell away to end on 190 all out in the 48th over. The hosts lost early wickets and fell to 30-3 in their innings, before a sizeable 4th wicket century partnership rescued them. Despite picking up another 3 wickets, the Beavers’ total was surpassed in the 47th over.
The 3rds were home to Didsbury on Sunday, and were put in the field upon losing the toss. Didsbury totalled 211 all out with Rory Patel and Ben Milligan sharing 8 of the wickets to fall. Rory’s 5-23 was his second consecutive five wicket haul. In response, the Beavers batted more convincingly that the previous week, but finished on 154 all out with several batsmen getting in, then getting out.
The 4ths won at Bredbury St Marks and, having been inserted, chalked up 190 all out with veteran U9s Manager Dan Bridgeman leading the way with 53 – ably supported by Kieran Scammel, Patrick Duffy and Dave ‘Diamond’ Wilkinson’s 10* including 2 boundaries. With the ball, Dan picked up three scalps but man of the match was Patrick Duffy with his first 5 wicket senior haul including two remarkable slip catches to close the game out by Diamond. Another fun day out for a mixture of old-uns and young-guns, many of whom are new to senior cricket and this match saw the debuts of our Aussie Scammel brothers.
After getting their first win in 5 years last week, the Over 40s only went and won a second! They picked up a 28 run victory at Bollington with Preyesh Patel and Stuart Stoneman top scoring. Unfortunately, the chance to go for a hat trick of wins tonight was ruined by the weather.
Junior Results
The U11s picked up a tight 10 run win at a damp Church Lane last Friday over Alderley Edge, with Bramhall batting sensibly to only lose 4 wickets to Alderley’s 9, finishing on 67 net.
The U13s won the entire Pott Shrigley 6s tournament on Monday, picking up wins over Macclesfield, Cheshire All Stars, Romiley and finally Stockport. Congratulations to Dan, Ellie, Tom, Declan, Harry and James for winning the first silverware of the season, and thanks to Rob Oliver for running the team for the day.
Sunday saw a young U13s team take on a strong Prestbury team in a rearranged HPL fixture. Batting first, BCC posted 114 off 20 overs, with Harry Oliver top scoring on 30 and good knocks in the 20s from Nathan Milne and Richard Harris. Despite losing early wickets Prestbury kept up with the run rate and it came down to needing a single off the last ball to win. Although the batsman did not get much bat on it, Prestbury scampered through for the winning run.
Offerton conceded their Monday evening U13s game.
The U15s had a comfortable HPL win over Ladybridge last week defending a total of 130/3 with 42no from Ruaridh Patel and 35no from George Willoughby. Ladybridge replied with 83/5 with the 20 overs shared by 8 bowlers. On Sunday, the side lost a close fought contest at Cheadle Hulme scoring 123/3 with George Francis top scoring with 40 no. Ed Francis was the pick of the Bramhall bowling with 2-15 as CH won with one ball to spare.
Fixtures
Thursday sees the 1st XI take on Bollington at Church Lane in their second 20/20 group stage game. The match starts at 6pm, and all spectators welcome. (This means that anyone along for senior nets will need to use the astroturf area to train.)
Saturday is a big day for both 1st and 2nd XIs as they take on Oulton Park in a double-header. The 1st XI are at home in a match that some say features the promotion candidates, and we welcome club umpire Wyn Harris alongside Ian Greensmith. The 2nds head deep into Cheshire for their away fixture by the race track.
On Sunday, the 3rd XI travel to Urmston, whilst the 4ths host local rivals Cheadle Hulme in the day’s big derby.
Junior fixtures see the U11s at Macclesfield U13s play Poynton in a Church Lane friendly, whilst the U15s have a title deciding match at Cheadle with all to play for due to BCC’s superior run rate this season, with all support welcome.
On Monday the U15 HPL team is away at Romiley and the Over 40s play at Poynton next Wednesday.
-Other News-
Junior Coaching Course
Running Tuesday – Thursday this week, the course has been led by Mat Begbie alongside Harry Yarwood, Sam Baker and Adam Siddall. It has gone well, despite the weather, and keep your eyes peeled for a possible 5 day course in the summer, w/c Aug 12th.
Fundraising Bag Pack *More Information to follow within the next 24 hours*
We have been given an excellent fundraising opportunity by Sainsbury’s Cheadle to help pack bags at the checkouts on Saturday June 8th. Sainsbury’s is a very large store with lots of aisles, so we are looking to get support from all club members for 90 minutes, and we already have some great support pledged by junior members and their parents. When other local sports clubs have had this opportunity, they have raised £1000s, so this proves an excellent opportunity to earn much needed funds for the clubs. Please contact Dan Bridgeman at daniel@midhsirenorth.co.uk or Junior Chair David Shoesmith dshoe7@hotmail.com with your choice of slot (10-11.30, 11.30 – 1, 1 – 2.30 or 2.30 – 4. With the two senior Saturday games at home or Heaton Mersey, those players have an opportunity to fit in the 10 – 11.30 slot.
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Kind Regards,
BCC.