Petersfield Cricket Club

Installation of 2 artificial bowling ends

(Plus replacement of artificial wicket surfaces)

After wining East Hampshire's Club of the year for 2012, the club came through a very tough season last year mainly due to the weather causing nearly 50% of the fixtures across all 3 sides to be postponed.  However, despite only having 4 or 5 players from the previous season’s promotion winning side available, the 2nd XI managed a second successive promotion.
The club continues to build for the future with 3 colts players in the Hampshire and Surrey squads and another 10 in the district teams for their age groups.
The club have also now got a girls team and a ladies team who will be playing in the Hampshire league. This success is a testament to the hard work put in by all the coaches and volunteers at the club, without these people the club would not be able to function.
Looking forward to this season the club are hoping for better weather (as all cricket clubs are) and another successful season. The first and second teams have new captains in Jack Hannam and Frank Straw, while the third team continue with James Stratford-Tuke.
The 1st XI under Jack's leadership will hope to continue up the league ladder with a blend of the young talent at the club allied with a few old heads to support them.

Frank Straw hopes to also continue the success of the last couple of seasons with the support of his father Nigel (last seasons 1st XI captain) and the other 2nd XI players including Gabriel Broadhurst who will play 2nd XI cricket next year at the age of 13 having been the 3rd XI top scorer as well as the young cricketer of the year for 2012.
With the clubs policy of bringing colts through the 3rd XI under the guidance of James Stratford-Tuke bearing fruit last year with Alex Thomas, Alex Squires, Rory Newman and Ben Friend all playing 2nd XI cricket last year and Nicky Caddick playing for the 1st XI. This season there are high hopes for Ben Anscombe and Ben Turk in the 3rd XI to follow in the foot steps of their under 13 team mate Broadhurst and be a success for the 3rd XI.
Thanks to grants from various bodies including Biffa, the facilities at the clubs grounds have received a make over this winter with new nets and a new artificial pitch being laid in the last couple of weeks. This will allow the club to provide the seniors and colts with some of the best facilities around in this area. With the weather hopefully staying dry, groundsmen Andy Salmon and Toby Austin hope to have the Heath and Penns place ready to go for the start of the season at the beginning of May.
Penn's Place pavilion has also been refurbished with a new roof and kitchen being installed as well as a new floor this has been long overdue and great thanks need to go to Howdens for the materials and Agincourt Contractors for the installation of the roof and kitchen. The small army of volunteers who provided the manpower to complete the refurbishment should also be commended in what can only be described as atrocious conditions to finish the work over the last 2 weekends. 
The colts sides are also looking for success from under 9 to under 15 level with the coaches hoping for continued progress with the very talented group of lads.
Also now the club have 2 female sides, coach Chris Russell is hoping to build on the success of the England ladies side and attract even more girls to the club. The team debuts this season in the Hampshire ladies league for their first taste of competitive  league action.
With winter nets now complete the club coaches thoughts turn to warm spring evenings and coaching outdoors for both colts and seniors, starting 15th April see the club website for further details. http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

Petersfield u16s v Portsmouth (indoor)

The 16s ended the indoor season on a disappointing note, losing to Portsmouth by 6 wickets.

Things started off promisingly enough, with skipper Thomas winning the toss for only the second time this season (admittedly utilising the services of Ben Turk to call correctly!). Thomas and opening partner Broadhurst then got the innings off to a solid start, as they have done all season, before both retired on 25.

However Portsmouth’s change bowlers managed to apply some pressure, restricting our middle/late order, and the innings closed on 109.

Unfortunately it was one of those days when nothing really went to plan with the bowling, and Pompey knocked off the runs with several overs to spare.

So the season finished with Petersfield in 9th place in the league, having won 2 of their 9 matches. The lads shouldn’t be too downhearted by this, however. They know the areas they need to work on, but overall it was an encouraging performance by a young, enthusiastic team, most of whom playing their first season of indoor cricket.

There were some fine individual performances along the way and, if they continue to develop and work hard at their game, they’ll be a force to reckon with in the coming years. And as far as the new outdoor season goes, they should certainly hit the ground running!

From manager Richard Thomas and coach Dave Squires: well done lads.

See http://sehicl.hampshire.org.uk for the averages for the season.p

indoor reports

Petersfield u16s recorded their second – and biggest – win of the indoor season, comfortably beating Gosport by 26 runs for a thoroughly deserved victory.

With skipper Thomas losing the toss for the 7th time in 8 matches, Petersfield were put into bat. Despite the rare occurrence of losing Broadhurst early, Thomas (26 ret’d) and Turk (27 ret’d) built a solid foundation, and Simpson pressed home the advantage with an aggressive 16.

Special mention for Ben Turk, who retired for the first time this season for passing 25, and displayed a full range of shots, from thumping straight drives to delicate dabs into the corner.

The running and calling between Turk and Simpson, two of the younger members of the team, was also exceptional. By the end, Simpson was even running byes to the keeper’s fumbles, with the ball a matter of inches from the stumps – great indoor cricket.

Petersfield finished on 131 for 2, the team’s second highest total of the season. It always looked to be beyond a young Gosport team, and so it proved.

Squires bowled well to take 2 for 25 off 3 overs, which included a sharp reaction catch by Straw close in. Some tight, clever bowling by Broadhurst and Turk at the death, plus a neatly executed run-out and a ticking off for the manager for (allegedly) coaching from the sidelines (denied, of course), meant that Gosport finished on 105.

This was a really pleasing win for the lads, who are improving with every game. The victory came on the back of a narrow defeat, but an excellent all-round team performance, against league high-flyers Purbrook in the previous match.

Thomas (20), Broadhurst (11), Simpson (23) and Squires (16) were among the runs – Squires’ straight six a notable highlight – the fielding was inspired, by Broadhurst in particular, and Turk bowled superbly (3 for 27 off 3), including castling county player Josh McCoy first ball with a brilliant outswinging yorker.

Chasing 134, the u16s fought hard all the way, falling just 14 runs short, a great effort.

This Sunday sees the last match of the season vs Portsmouth, with a mere 7 points separating the two sides. Definitely a winnable encounter and a great chance to finish the season with a flourish, which is no less than the lads deserve.

The team has gelled well as a unit and there have been some great individual performances during the course of the season. This is reflected in the league averages. Leading scorer Broadhurst is in 9th spot in the batting (171 runs at 34.2) and Squires 10th in the bowling (5 wickets at 9.62 runs per over). Thomas (batting) and Turk (bowling) aren’t far behind. All in all, it’s been an extremely encouraging season on the part of all the players involved.

Meanwhile the seniors lost a vital promotion tussle with Portsmouth B. Things looked promising after bowling Pompey out for 101, with 3 run-outs and a wicket apiece for Hannam and Rice. However ‘Field lost wickets at regular intervals in the chase and, despite a valiant 22 from Thomas, fell agonisingly short by just 6 runs. This leaves only a mathematical chance of promotion this season.

Cricket Force Double Weekend

Dear All,

 

NatWest CricketForce is an England and Wales Cricket Board volunteering initiative aimed at rejuvenating cricket facilities throughout England and Wales. It encourages cricket supporters, their friends and families to give back to their local cricket club by volunteering to undertake renovation work in club houses and grounds, typically over a specific weekend before the season starts.

 

Petersfield Cricket Club has participated in this event for the last 6 years and we have had a good response from mums and dads and colts over the years who have helped improve the facilities.

 

This year we really do need your help as we are undertaking one of our most ambitious projects yet. Our focus this year will be back at Penns Place where we will be

• Installing a new kitchen and floor surfacing into the pavilion
• Replacing the surface of the nets which are now unplayable
• Replacing the surface of the artificial wicket which has been unplayable for a number of years

 

Due to the scale of the project, the work will take place over 2 weekends – 16^th and 17^th March and 23^rd and 24^th March.

 

Many thanks go to Matt Wickens and Howdens Joinery http://www.howdens.com/ who are providing all the units and materials for the kitchen. Many thanks also goes to Damien Broadhurst and Agincourt Contractors http://www.agincourtcontractors.co.uk/ who will have replaced the roof of the pavilion in advance of this. This work will help transform the facilities at Penns Place which is the home to all our younger colts and the 3^rd XI.

 

We urgently need your help with the following skills to help us deliver this project:

• Kitchen fitting/joinery skills
• Plumbing skills
• Laminate Flooring Skills
• Painting
• Ground work
• General DIY

 

We also would like someone with a trailer to remove the rubbish. This will save us hiring a skip.

 

Please can you contact the following committee members directly if you are able to help:

Kitchen - James Stratford-Tuke (stratfordtuke@btinternet.com)

Artificial Surfaces – Andy Salmon (andy.salmon@wspgroup.com)

 

We will need help on all 4 days to be able to deliver this project so if you can help on at least 1 day then please let us know which one and what you are able to help with. We can’t rely on help turning up on the day so please contact us as this will need a lot of planning. If we don’t get your support, we will not be able to deliver the project.

 

Kind Regards

 

Andy

 

QUIZ NIGHT WITH FISH AND CHIP SUPPER

QUIZ NIGHT WITH FISH AND CHIP SUPPER

Petersfield Cricket Club would like to invite all its members and their families and friends to the annual quiz night being held this year on the 23rd March 2013 at Petersfield Rugby Club

The quiz will start at 7.30pm. Teams of up to six.

Tickets (including choice of fish &chips or sausage & chips): Adults £10, U18s £5

Bar will be open.

There will also be a raffle. Donations on the night welcomed.

Always a fun night, we look forward to seeing you at the traditional start of the club's social season!!

For tickets please contact Judith Squires (judesquires@hotmail.com) or Lisbeth Thomas (lisbeth.thomas@btopenworld.com)

Petersfield Cricket Club U7 and Girls Winter Coaching

Just to remind you that the winter coaching sessions for U7 boys and Girls starts next Friday evening at Churchers School for the next 8 weeks. However due to their Sports Hall not being available for 2 weeks, we will once again be using the Sports Hall at TPS for 2 weeks. The full schedule is detailed below.

Date		Location		Times
				U7	Girls soft ball	Girls hard ball
01 February 2013		Churchers		6.15 - 7.15	7.15 - 8.15	8.15 - 9.15
08 February 2013		TPS		6.00 - 7.00	7.00 - 8.00	8.00 - 9.00
15 February 2013		Churchers		6.15 - 7.15	7.15 - 8.15	8.15 - 9.15
22 February 2013		Churchers		6.15 - 7.15	7.15 - 8.15	8.15 - 9.15
01 March 2013		Churchers		6.15 - 7.15	7.15 - 8.15	8.15 - 9.15
08 March 2013		Churchers		6.15 - 7.15	7.15 - 8.15	8.15 - 9.15
15 March 2013		Churchers		6.15 - 7.15	7.15 - 8.15	8.15 - 9.15
22 March 2013		TPS		6.00 - 7.00	7.00 - 8.00	8.00 - 9.00

Please note that the sessions at TPS start and finish 15 minutes earlier than at Churchers.

As you can see, for safety reasons, the Girls session has been split into 2; in the first we will be using soft balls, and in the second cricket balls.

If you have any queries, please let me know and feel free to pass this onto anybody who might be interested.

Kind regards

Mark

Indoor Cricket results

Petersfield U16s vs Fareham & Crofton

 

Petersfield lost by 5 wickets

 

Put into bat, the 16s batted steadily to reach 109 for 3 in 12 overs but couldn’t prevent opponents and league leaders Fareham overhauling their total with 4 overs to spare.

 

‘Field’s openers Thomas (17) and Broadhurst (26 n.o.) put on 72 for the first wicket before Thomas was run-out in rather freakish fashion, a fine shot by his opening partner narrowly missing the back wall by inches (which would have been a straight six), hitting the side wall instead. This lead to a running mix-up and a controversial call by the square-leg umpire!

 

Turk and Squires battled hard to push the total over the 100-mark, which was a solid effort from the team.

 

However Fareham in reply went on the attack straight away, and despite a brilliant, diving, one-handed catch by Broadhurst off Pocock, comfortably chased down the target.

 

The U16s are batting steadily, putting together some competitive totals. More accuracy with the bowling and greater sharpness in the field is needed to further improve the team’s performance.

Petersfield vs Bedhampton

Petersfield won by 5 wickets

The senior side later steamrollered Bedhampton, winning comfortably by 5 wickets with nearly 5 overs to spare (despite some rather grumpy umpiring!).

 

Bowling first, Charles, Blanks, Rice and Austin immediately had their opponents in trouble, each bowler picking up a wicket apiece, while Frank Straw, in his first game of the indoor season, was everywhere in the field, holding onto 3 catches. Bedhampton eventually struggled to 64 for 5.

 

Despite losing skipper Rice bowled second ball, Blanks (26 ret’d) and Thomas (11*) calmly set about chasing down the target, with new dad Toby Austin applying the finishing touches. A comprehensive trouncing, which leaves ‘Field second in the table, just 1 point behind Corinthians.

Author: Richard Thomas