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Tuesday August 2010
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Weekend matches are continuing right up to the end of September but I wanted to give you an advance heads up of this year's Club Day on Sunday 19th September.
Club Day is where two teams of Washington players play a friendly match with a few quirky rules thrown in. It's an opportunity to bat or bowl against the people you've been playing alongside all season, and for a fun club social event. Please put the 19th September date in your diary - it will probably be a 1.30pm start at our home ground at North Middlesex in Crouch End, N8.
We will be presenting any club caps which are due, and also we expect that the new club sweaters will be available on the day for those who pre-ordered them.
Last year we had a buffet meal after the game, laid on by North Midds. Those who were there will remember it wasn't the best, so this year we are proposing to go for a meal at a nearby Chinese restaurant. Details to be arranged but I hope as many of you, plus partners, will be able to stay on in the evening for the meal and a couple of drinks.
Looking forward to seeing you there! We will ask for numbers closer to the date itself. |
| Peter Kloss |
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Friday 16th
July 2010
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End of Season trip to Malta is ON - but we are asking you to book your own flights and accomodation for 1st to 4th October. Please contact Shawn Hill (shawn.hill@semperian.com.uk) for more details.
The next social event is the annual Liquor and Poker Night, Saturday 7th August. Please contact Ash Cruickshank for more details. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Wednesday 28th
April 2010
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Chris and Lynsey Farewell - Regents Park and the Albany
When: Saturday 1st May
Where: Regent's Park - Marylebone Green area (see marked area on map)
Time: from 2pm
Bring along anything/anyone. We'll have a few rugs, outdoor games and some picnic nibbles and drinks but make sure you bring your favourites.
We're hoping the weather will be good enough for the whole afternoon, we're then hoping to retire to the The Albany pub on Great Portland Street (just opp the tube) for the remaining of serving time and our fond farewells...
http://www.thealbanyw1w.co.uk/index.html
It's open til late and serves food until 10pm so should fit the bill.
Should the weather turn out not so good, we'll be heading to The Albany for about 6pm....let's hope the sun keeps shining!!
The Jubilee line is completely closed, as is the Met line coming to Baker Street/Great Portland Street but the Hammersmith and City and Circle line is running so you can still get to those stations fine. The Bakerloo (Baker Street/Regents Park) is also running so hopefully it won't be too much of an issue to get this way. The Victoria line is also running fine - for Warren Street station.
Chris will have their mobiles on if you can't find them in the park... |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Thursday 25th
March 2010
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Following a successful AGM, this is the committee make-up for 2010/11: Chairman - Peter Kloss; Captain - Shawn Hill; Vice Captain - Aff Naseem; Secretary - Russell Pendry; Treasurer - Lee Fogarty; Social Secretary - Ash Cruickshank; Fixtures Secretary - Steven Coyle
The provisional 2010 fixture list is on the website (click 'Fixtures & Results'). Please note that several games are not yet fully confirmed - we are working on it.
If you are interested in playing for Washington Cricket Club, please contact Russ on 0781 3633552 (9am to 5pm). |
| Peter Kloss |
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Friday 12th
March 2010
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At the Club Annual Dinner on 30th Jan the following awards were made for the 2009 season: Batsman of the Year - Mark Cumming; Bowler of the Year - Luke Mitchell; Most Improved Player - Brian White; Award for Excellence in Fielding - Ash Cruickshank; Clubman of the Year - Ash Cruickshank; Captain's Award - Lee Fogarty; 20-20 Player of the Year - Matt Holt. Congratulations to all the well deserved Award Winners! |
| Peter Kloss |
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Thursday 11th
March 2010
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Here's looking forward to a successful new year of cricket |
| James Wood |
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Monday 14th
September 2009
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| Two points of note: the statistics and match results on the website are now all up to date, and don't forget the CLUB DAY at North Midds on SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER |
| Peter Kloss |
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Tuesday 7th
July 2009
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| Making sport better!
The Wash will be running a betting pool on the remaining Ashes games. Select an Aussie Win, Draw or English & Welsh Win for 5 quid and if correct, you split the pool. Email tips to ash.cruickshank@hotmail.com. Monies to be collected on game days.
Entries must be in before 10GMT game day; only one entry per game; if no correct tip for the game, the pool carries over to the next game; if no correct tip for the 5th test, the remaining money will be put on the bar at the presentation night.
Congratulations to Brian 'will there be a crash course because I don't know how to play poker innit!' White who won the Kloss Kasino poker tournament last friday. Congratulations also go to Fogs and Simon 'Happy Gilmore' Rider who also finished in the money.
Many thanks to Peter Kloss for the kind use of Casa Kloss and the drinks and to Russ Pendry for the excellent (and vast quantities) of food provided on the night. Profits from the night will be used to subsidise the end of season presentation night.
Stay tuned for the next Wash social event! |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Monday 8th
June 2009
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| Let's shuffle up and deal!!!
The Washington will be holding a BBQ and poker night on Friday the 3rd of July at the Kloss Kasino in Belsize Park. Dinner will be at 7pm with £5 getting you a delicious BBQ dinner and a few drinks (those wanting more than 'a few' will need to bring their own additional supplies).
Then at 9pm, the tournament begins with a £10 buy-in and no re-buys. There will be prize money for top finishers (TBA). We'll also have another table running for those who are eliminated and we're happy to guide new players who would like a game in a fun environment.
This should be a fun mid-season event for players and (long suffering) partners. RSVP Ash Cruickshank your Social Secretary by 29 June. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Sunday 10th
May 2009
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| Tickets have been purchased for the 20/20 game between Sussex & Surrey at the Oval on the 26th of May. Tickets are £12 to see a great game under lights.
Can those attending please pay Lee Fogerty of Ash Cruickshank or alternatively deposit the payment in the club account. Stay tuned for the next social event in June! |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Saturday 14th
February 2009
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| The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday 12th March 2009 at the Washington Pub on Englands Lane, Belsize Park NW3. Start time is 7.30pm.
If you are interested in playing for Washington Cricket Club, please contact Russ on 0781 3633552 (9am to 5pm). |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Saturday 24th
January 2009
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| At the Club Annual Dinner on 24th January the following awards were made for the 2008 season: Batsman of the Year - Sandeep Kuckreja; Bowler of the Year - Russell Pendry; Most Improved Player - Chris Davis; Award for Excellence in Fielding - Shawn Hill; Clubman of the Year - Peter Kloss; Captain's Award - Ash Cruickshank. Congratulations to all the well deserved Award Winners! |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Thursday May 2008
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| The Washington Annual General Meeting was held on 12th March 2008 at the Indoor Cricket School at Lords. Minutes of the meeting have been distributed to members. Club officers for 2008 were elected as follows: Club Chairman - Peter Kloss / Club Captain - Shawn Hill / Secretary - Russell Pendry / Treasurer - Eric Stoughton / Fixtures Secretary - Chris Davis / Vice Captain - Tony Harris / Social Secretary - Brad Hitchcock. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Saturday 19th
January 2008
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| At the Club Annual Dinner on 19th January the following awards were made for the 2007 season: Batsman of the Year - Paul Irons; Bowler of the Year - Sandeep Kuckreja; Most Improved Player - Taran Persaud; Award for Excellence in Fielding - Russell Pendry; Clubman of the Year - Aff Naseem; Captain's Award - Peter Kloss. Congratulations to all the well deserved Award Winners! |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Saturday 13th
October 2007
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| A short video of the Washington CC Club Day, Sept 2007, is available on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/v/bCLgNq1vu4M |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Wednesday 16th
May 2007
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| Please use the 'more news' link above to see a number of recent items.
If you are interested in playing for the club please contact ERIC STOUGHTON at estoughton@rhwl.com |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Thursday 10th
May 2007
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| Great news from down under! Following Justin Gurney and Tarren's announcement of their engagement in Perth earlier this year, Richard Jones has popped the question to Kate in Sydney! Congratulations to both couples from the whole club in London. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Friday 4th
May 2007
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| Membership fees: We have a set a deadline to collect all fees by the Sunday 20th May 2007.
The £30 payment can be made by hand to the captains of the Sunday or Saturday games or by post to the address below:
Paul Irons
28A Ruvigny Gardens
Putney
London
SW15 1JR
Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the Club Chairman at paul.irons@cpmluk.com
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| Matthew Cragoe |
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Monday 23rd
April 2007
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| Wednesday night nets will commence on 2nd May, weather and demand permitting. The nets are held at North Middlesex (our home ground) and start about 6pm. Kit is provided. For further details contact Brad Hitchcock at bradley.hitchcock@uclh.nhs.uk |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Wednesday 7th
March 2007
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| The Washington Annual General Meeting was held on 7th March 2007 at the Queen's Arms in Kensington. Minutes of the meeting have been distributed to members. Club officers for 2007 were elected as follows: Club Chairman - Paul Irons / Club Captain - Shawn Hill / Secretary - Peter Kloss / Treasurer - Eric Stoughton / Fixtures Secretary - Matthew Cragoe / Vice Captain - Peter Kloss / Social Secretary - Brad Hitchcock. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Saturday 2nd
December 2006
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| The club Annual Dinner was held on 2nd December at The Queen's Arms in Kensington. Attendance was excellent with around 40 club members and partners turning out. A great evening was had by all and thanks goes to Terry Tidey for putting on an excellent spread.
The Washington CC annual awards were presented as follows:
Batsman of the season: George Hope /
Bowler of the season: Shawn Hill /
Most improved player: Stephen Brown /
Award for excellence in fielding: Tony Harris /
Clubman of the year: Bradley Hitchcock /
Captain's award: Richard Jones
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| Matthew Cragoe |
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Tuesday 7th
November 2006
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| Washington Christmas Dinner. The annual dinner will be held on 2 December. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Thursday 3rd
August 2006
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| Chesters v Barclays Capital CC, Regents Park, 31 July 06.
On a lovely evening Chesters went into their final game of the 20/20 Monday night cricket league knowing that qualification was impossible due to earlier defeats in the tournament. However that did not diminish their will to win, and Chesters ended their campaign on a victorious note.
Skipper Aff Naseem won the toss and sent Barclays into bat on a hard pitch. Barclay’s responded well, however, and after 4 overs the score was 56-0. It was time for an Aussie moment, and Justin Gurney provided it.
As soon as he got the ball in his hand, the magic started to happen: Gurney grabbed 2-16, Pete Demetri a superb 3-19, and George Hope 1-10, as Chesters turned round their poor start. And with a final economical spell from Peter Kloss (1-9), backed up be some decent fielding, it left Chesters facing a get-able 125 for victory.
Chesters suffered an immediate set-back when Hope was dubiously adjudged lbw to the third ball of the innings, but the Naseem and Demetri steadied the ship. Man-of-the-match Demetri was in awesome form, and struck 33 off 24 balls before he was unfortunately run out. A similar fate befell Steven Brown, but only after he had scored an impressive 26 off 13 balls. Gurney was next in, and contributed a fluent 17; at the other end Aff Naseem was playing patiently, holding everything together, and he was still at the crease, unbeaten on 29, when Chesters crossed the line with two overs to spare.
Asked for his reaction after the game, the skipper said simply ‘It was a great effort by everyone’.
Man of the match - Pete Demetri for great bowling and a good batting display.
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| Matthew Cragoe |
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Saturday July 2006
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| Chester v Black Stumps @ Regents Park on 19 June 2006
Chesters fell just eight runs short in this tight Monday night encounter with the mighty Black Stumps. Skipper Paul Irons won the toss, and invited the Stumps to bat. Some good tight bowling by Max Murrain and Steven Brown pinned back the Stumps’ early charge and the skipper himself picked up two crucial wickets for just 15 runs in the middle of the innings. However, Chesters could not stop a smashing 50 off 21 balls by Kieran O’Donnel and the Black stumps ended with 141-5 off their 20 overs.
Chesters, started slowly and the run rate climbed to 9 an over. Wickets fell regularly. Pete Demitri (7) and Paul Knight (24) were followed at crucial stages by Paul Irons (10), John Roche (4), and Bradley Hitchcock (1). The one man to really get to grips with the Black Stumps was Steve Brown who lashed an imperious 51 off 30 balls. He received admirable late-order support from Peter Kloss (11 off 6 balls - includng one huge six down to cow corner) but ultimately the target was just beyond Chesters who finished on 133-5.
Chesters - Paul Irons*, John Roche+, Brad Hitchy, Paul Knight, Max Murrain,
Pete Demitri, Peter Kloss, Steve Brown.
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| Matthew Cragoe |
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Sunday 18th
June 2006
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| Monday evening, 12th June 2006.
Chesters 99-3 beat Liquorice Allsorts 98 all out by 5 wickets.
On a very hot evening, Paul Irons won the toss and decided field first, restricting the Allsorts to 98 all out. This was a great effort with some great ground fielding by everyone. Great catches taken by John Roche and Aff Naseem, who took the catch of the match.
There was also some great bowling: Richard Jones bowled 4 overs and returned 2-17, Steve Brown slung down three overs (2-7) and Peter Kloss bowled four overs to secure figures of 2-30. The Allsorts were gobbled up for 98.
The chase was on Aff got Chesters off to a great start with 17
off 13 balls, and Lee Fogarty chipped in with 9. However, the Chesters’ victory was down to Steven Brown who saw the team home with a brilliant knock off 42 off 33 balls.
In the end it was a comfortable victory and Chesters got their season off to the best possible start.
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| Matthew Cragoe |
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Monday 6th
March 2006
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| The Washington AGM will be held on Wednesday 8 March at Chester Arms, starting at 7.30pm.
It's also Arsenal v Real Madrid - why would you want to be anywhere else? |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Monday 7th
November 2005
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| Winter nets will begin in late January. If you are interested in joining, please drop me a line at mcragoe@hotmail.com and I will put your name on the email list. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Sunday 2nd
October 2005
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| CLUB DINNER: The club dinner will be held on Saturday 3 December. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Friday 27th
May 2005
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| News just in: there's a conference on 'The All Blacks and the "mother country" 1905-2005' on 12 September at the Museum of Rugby, Twickenham. Speakers include Dr Chris Laidlaw, and the ticket price of £50 includes lunch and a special showing of vintage footage of early All Black tours, plus the many tries run in by the Welsh players during the forthcoming Lions tour. Contact me for more details of the conference at the Club address: thewashcc@yahoo.co.uk
Matthew |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Sunday 17th
October 2004
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| The Club has two web sites containing pictures. Both can be found on www.yahoo.co.uk under the 'Photos' link.
The sign-in/passwords are:
thewashcc/chesters
thewashtour/cyprus 04
Contact me if you have any probs: thewashcc@yahoo.co.uk |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Monday 6th
September 2004
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| The Washington CC is sad to announce the passing of one of its founder members, West Indian Ziggy Holder. He died in Padstow, a few days ago, aged 70. Having started the club in the late 1960's, he kept it going until the early 1980's, when a new generation of players,including Dave Walker, Alan Moffat and myself, took over the running of the club. We all owe Ziggy a debt of gratitude for starting it all and mourn his passing.
Though we didn't see much of Ziggy for London games, he and Derek Woods were regular supporters during our tours to Cornwall. We extend our sincerest condolences to Derek and any of Ziggy's family members |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Tuesday 27th
July 2004
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| NEW MEMBER OF THE WASH!
Congratulations to Greg and Mel Skinner on the birth of Emily Diane Skinner, born Monday 26th July 2004, at 9.58pm, 7.11pds.
Cute pics at the Yahoo Photo site!
Well done, guys!
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| Matthew Cragoe |
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Thursday 13th
May 2004
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| If any member of the Club has a news item or announcement they wish to put in this space, please send them to mcragoe@hotmail. |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Monday 12th
May 2003
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| Wash player who went on the last tour to Aus and SA will be sorry to hear that Tony Steward died. Tony helped arrange a game for us in Durban and was a friend of David G's |
| James Wood |
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Sunday 11th
August 2002
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| Hi there everyone. I'm sorry for the length of time that it is taking to get the site back up and running, but being a dad takes almost all of my spare time away. We are getting there though so please be patient.
Cheers |
| James Wood |
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Saturday 16th
February 2002
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| Another test on 16th February 2002 |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Friday 15th
February 2002
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| This is a test to see if it works especially when amended |
| Matthew Cragoe |
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Thursday 4th
October 2001
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Well I'm sure that most of you know now, but for those that don't, I am getting married in October and going to live in America for 18 months.
I would just like to say how much I have enjoyed playing with the Wash and all the people involved have made it the best team ever.
I will be back, even if only for one off matches, and the drinks ;)
Thanks again. |
| James Wood |
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Tuesday July 2001
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Hello All,
Great to see you all the other week, Nicky and I really enjoyed the day.
Sorry to read about your recent drawn match. Sounds like you had them beaten all ends up, what a bunch of wooses not even trying to go for it.Bit different playing for Hampset CC as we play 40 over league games. Last Sunday we scored 239 for 6(Sparkes 54!) and bowled out the oppos for 61 !!
I'll try to get up before the end of the season and hopefully some of the indoor as well.
Love to all
Tim |
| Tim Sparkes |
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Saturday 30th
June 2001
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AvantGo
I have created pages so that the results and fixtures can be downloaded on to your Palm (or other PDA). If you have one of these you probably know about AvantGo, so just create a custom channel pointing at http://www.washingtoncc.co.uk/avantgo and bobs your uncle when you sync your palm you'll have the results reports and fixtures on your palm. Cool eh.
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| James Wood |
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Monday 18th
June 2001
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Congratulations to Tim and Nicky on the wonderful news that they are delving into the world of parenthood. I can only say how great it is and wish both of them all the very best. The baby is due in November, so hopefully we can get a couple more games from Tim before the birth.
Once more congrats. |
| James Wood |
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Tuesday 15th
May 2001
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Well I hope that all can see some improvements to the site. I have explained to those that I have seen that we now have availability for matches on the site. Everyone can also now enter news articles and keep their own player profile up to date in the member's section, including all contact details. For username and password get in contact with me.
I have also added a "Spectators View" mainly for the Aussie girls, but if anyone else would like access, let me know and I shall set you up.
Remember, this site is for all Washington players past and present so your input would be most appreciated. |
| James Wood |
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Monday 2nd
April 2001
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Can you ever forgive me?
I do hope so as I have been a little busy recently. As most of you know by now I became a father on 19th February. Madalyn (click on name for her website!) is taking up a little bit of my time, so this web site has been a little on the back burner. I have also changed jobs again so have had to move the website which has also taken up some time.
So excuses over we are up and running once more. I shall endeavour to keep things upto date and try to add new features whenever possible. If you have any ideas then I am very much open to them.
Keep smiling and tell me how beautiful my baby is :))
Other happy news is that Richard Minion and Lara have also added to the Washington babies with the birth of their second son, Samuel. |
| James Wood |
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Wednesday 27th
December 2000
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It's been a while since the last news update, sorry. Well the annual Christmas dinner and prize giving was a resounding success. There were some notable absentees who were sorely missed. There were some people who were notably drunk and there were some notable people!
Perhaps I shall add a section under the achievements where we can have the winners of the prizes, hmm. Let me know if you think this is a good idea.
Anyway, here's to a great new year and hopefully some good weather so that we can make next year an even more successful one. |
| James Wood |
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Wednesday 29th
November 2000
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| Justin, Taz and Rene are having drinks at their new place this Saturday. Check out the noticeboard for more details. |
| James Wood |
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Saturday 18th
November 2000
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| OK, so I have altered the noticeboard and made it more of a forum. Please check it out and let me know if you think that it is anygood. If you want other forums included then let me know and I'll add then. |
| James Wood |
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Monday 13th
November 2000
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| So the noticeboard is screwed. OK. There are only 2 messages because it's November and the others were written in October and it only keeps the months notices. I shall try to get something better up there as soon as I have time. In the mean time please accept my appologies and if you don't like it then post a message telling me :)) |
| James Wood |
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Saturday 11th
November 2000
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| The trip to Malta was a resounding success with everybody. The 2 games were played in very good spirit (some with more inside them than others!). To read a report of the games simply click here |
| James Wood |
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Wednesday 25th
October 2000
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Well I'm sorry if anyone tried to get to this web site for the past couple of days and were unable to get here. I have moved the site to a different server and also taken control of the Domain name and IPS Key so that we shall now be able to enter ourselves more successfully into serarch engines.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but believe me it makes things a lot better especially as far as the stats are concerned.
One other thing, the noticeboard doesn't work exactly as it should. Don't dispare, things do get saved and I'm working on it.
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| James Wood |
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Friday 29th
September 2000
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David Gluckman just wants to make sure that it is know that there will be nets starting at Lords from Monday 2nd October, from 8-9pm.
If you are interested in coming along then please let David know so that we can getan idea of numbers |
| James Wood |
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Tuesday 15th
August 2000
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I have just added a noticeboard to which people can add comments, gripes or items for discussion.
I am hoping that people who are viewing the site from abroad, whether on holiday or returned overseas, will be able to interact and let us know that they are doing.
I know that it is pretty rudimentary but it is a start and i shall try to improve it over time. For now though, enjoy. |
| James Wood |
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Monday 14th
August 2000
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We would like to apologise for the omission of Aussie Mike Levy, scorer of a brilliant ton against Greyhound, from the overseas player list, but nobody's perfect.
Mike is a lifelong supporter of Reading! He is also the oldest player to have a father appear for the Wash. Malcolm Levy turned out for us in Adelaide in 1991. |
| James Wood |
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Tuesday August 2000
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| John Chantrell and his wife Kari have had a little girl called Eliza. |
| James Wood |
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Sunday 23rd
July 2000
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| Richard Minion and his girlfriend Lara are expecting their second baby. Lara is now 15 weeks pregnant and we would like to wish them both all the best. |
| James Wood |
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