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March Newsletter
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Coaching continues to be held on a
Thursday evening. Commences 24th
April 2008 ·
2007 Season Review ·
League announcements for 2008 ·
More places made available to all age
groups. Please tell your friends. Teams We are getting close now to the beginning of our new season and would
like to keep you informed about the club’s plans. The committee have been
working hard to prepare for the 2008 season. We are pleased to announce that we
will be running three teams this season ·
U13’s managed by Andrew
Norman ·
U10’s managed by Chris
Knight ·
U8,s managed by Mike Cleaver The U13 team have entered the
East Surrey League (hardball). The
U10 team has entered the East Surrey League (hardball) The
U8 team has entered the East Surrey Incredible League We
need one or two parents to come forward who would be willing to help run the
under 10 and under 8 teams. The games would be played on Sunday and
Saturday respectively and we need someone to help manage logistics. Please
let me know if you are interested. The Committee The Committee is made up of Ian Milton- Chairman
Mike Cleaver- Secretary/Under 8s Team Manager
Andrew Norman- Under 13s Team Manager
Mark Cody-Parent Representative/ Coaching Assistant
George Beach-Health and Welfare
Chris Knight- Under 10s Team Manager
Barbara Russell- Communications We welcome contributions and comments from members (barbjrussell@yahoo.co.uk). Coaching Night Coaching will be held on Thursday evening starting on April 24th
and last session will be on July 10th (12 weeks). Training will run from 6.30 to 7.30 for the under 8’s and until The sessions will follow a structured programme prepared by Joey
Benjamin. Your coaches Joey Benjamin will continue as our Head Coach. Paul Griffiths has also
been appointed as Joey’s assistant. He is a fully qualified coach with a
wealth of experience (further details below). They will be assisted by newly
qualified Mark Cody and Ian Milton. Head Coach Joey Benjamin
Assistant
Coaches Paul
Griffiths We are thrilled that Paul has joined our coaching team. He is ECB qualified (UKCC Level 1 and 2). In addition he has also attended all six of the Coach Development Workshops:- ·
CDW 1 - Developing Batters ·
CDW 2 - Using Video when working with Batters ·
CDW 3 - Working with Bowlers and Using Video cameras ·
CDW 4 - Working in the Nets ·
CDW 5 - Working with Wicket Keepers and Fielders ·
CDW 6 - Coaching a Team Paul is working on achieving UKCC level 3. Ian Milton Ian is Outwood Captain and has recently qualified as ECB Level 2 coach.
He currently manages East Surrey County U11’s Team. Mark Cody Mark has will have completed his UKCC Level 2 coaching course by the end
of April. In addition Mark has attended and passed the following courses:
Safeguarding and Protecting Children (Nov 07), First Aid RLSS Our five coaches will be assisted by Andrew Norman, Chris Knight, 2007 Season
Review U12’s Outwood's
U12 side, many of whom were again playing a year above themselves, had another
successful, if ultimately somewhat frustrating, season in 2007. The boys only
lost one East Surrey League game all season, so to come third was a little
disappointing. The main culprit was the weather which washed two games out
completely and forced the abandonment
of another where we were in a promising position. Our only defeat came against
local rivals With
regard to individuals, the team was always stronger when Alex Milton and Ashley
Middleton played, with Alex being forced to retire on each of his three
appearances due to weight of runs (80) and Ashley frightening all the opposition
batsmen with his intimidatingly impressive keeping. Also amongst the runs was
Louis Russell-Watts (68) Matthew Norman (67), Ryan Greenhalgh (49), Connor Cody (48) and Josh Hampson (43). The bowling and fielding was strong all season with Matthew Norman (7), Louis Russell-Watts (7), Michael Sheldrake (5) and Ryan Greenhalgh (5) all amongst the top
ten wicket takers in the league, Connor Cody and Josh Hampson usually too good
to
find an edge and Josh Norman and William Rady too wily to be hit far. William
Rady took more catches than anyone else in the league (often whilst
seeming not to be paying attention)
and Jamie Baker took the catch of the
season in the Cup Final when he dived full length to pluck a full blooded
drive out of the air at a crucial point in the match. Honorable mentions should also go to William Smith and Jonny Howard who won the Cup semi-final against Horley with a nonchalant last wicket stand of 11 when all
seemed lost and to Charlie Dockery for his keeping. The team was admirably led
by Connor Cody.
To choose a Clubman of the year is always difficult, particularly in this year as so many boys contributed so strongly, but, for his steady improvement with bat and ball, and, especially, his never say die attitude, the 2007 award goes to Josh Hampson.
2007 Season Review U9’s
In their first season playing competitive “incredible” cricket in the
East Surrey Colts League (ESCL), our U9 team played its fixtures with much
enthusiasm and energy. Whilst the team had to wait until the end of the season
for their first victory, many of the earlier games could have gone either way so
the league table doesn’t necessarily reflect the effort and commitment of the
players. There were many notable performances throughout the season and team
spirit was excellent, however several players’ consistent performances deserve
a special mention. Pick of the bowlers for their consistency were Eddie Knight,
James Rady, and Ben Staig all of whom are competent batsmen too. Alex Paul and
Ross Budgen did well with both bat and ball. Oliver Briggs and Ross Digby Patel
shared the wicket-keeping duties with both progressing in that role throughout
the season. Ross D-P also showed particular promise with the bat alongside
Oliver Hocken. Last but not least, Henry Whitaker demonstrated good all round
skills with bat and ball, combined with mature captaincy and for those reasons
is awarded U9 clubman of the year 2007. I am indebted to all the parents who kindly managed the team on Saturday
mornings and I very much hope the boys, team manager Chris Knight and the club
can rely on your valuable support again in 2008. For the season ahead, we have
entered a team in the ESCL U10 hard ball league. Matches will generally be on a
Sunday morning (some may be switched to a Saturday if there is a clash with the
U13’s) however the provisional fixtures are shown below. I hope everyone is
looking forward to the season as much as I am! Ian Milton Outwood Academy
Committee Fixtures 2008 Under
8’s 3rd
May
Newdigate
v Outwood 10th
May
Outwood
v Newdigate 17th
May
Oxted & Limpsfield v
Outwood 24th
May
Outwood
v Oxted &
Limpsfield 31st
May
Outwood
v Reigate Priory 7th
June
Sanderstead
v Outwood 14th
June Cup
1st Round
Outwood
v Lingfield 21st
June
Southern Rail Kenley v Outwood 28th
June
Reigate Priory
v
Outwood 5th
July
Outwood
v Southern Rail
Kenley 12th
July
Outwood
v Sanderstead 19th
July
Cup Semi Finals 26th
July
Cup Final Under
10’s 12th
May
Outwood
v Caterham 11th
May
Woodmansterne
v
Outwood 18th
May Cup
1st Round
Oxted & Limpsfield v
Outwood 25th
May
Outwood
v South Nutfield 1st
June
Reigate Priory
v
Outwood 8th
June
Outwood
v
Chipstead, Coulsdon &
Walcountians 15th
June
Cup Quarter Finals 22nd
June
Merstham
v
Outwood 29th
June
Outwood
v
Oxted & Limpsfield 6th
July
Cup Semi Finals 13th
July
Capel
v
Outwood 20th
July
Lingfield
v
Outwood 27th
July
Cup Final Under
13’s 27th
April Cup
1st Round
Outwood
v Sanderstead
4th
May
Oxted & Limpsfield v
Outwood 11th
May
Cup Quarter Finals 18th
May
Southern Rail Kenley v Outwood 25th
May
Cup Semi Finals 1st
June
Outwood
v Woodmansterne 8th
June
Cup Final 15th
June
Selsdon
v Outwood 22nd
June
Outwood
v Merstham Fixtures
from June to July will be published later, as these depend on results during May
and June. Equipment All players aged nine
and above will need to ensure that they have a cricket box and suitable pants.
Other equipment is provided by the club. We have limited supplies of helmets,
pads and bats. Registration We will be
limiting membership numbers again this season to ensure all juniors receive good
quality coaching. We are pleased that most of you have already signed up for
this season and we have been able to offer places to those on our waiting lists.
As a result of increased numbers of coaching staff we are able to offer more
places this year. We have just 16 places remaining.
If
you still need to register please use the attached form and send along with a
cheque for £50 (under 13’s and under 10’s) and £35 for under 8’s to The Stables, Dates
for Your Diary Thursday Night
training starts
April 24th
Thursday Night
Training ends
July 10th END OF NEWSLETTER |
Outwood Cricket
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