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CLUB NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2011 A quick update this month to keep you informed of recent and future events. Keep checking the

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DARTFORD Cricket Club est. 1727

THIS ISSUE:

•  Updated 2011 Events list •  Cricket Force 2012 •  Academy Winter Training

•  AGM

•  Quiz Night •  Christmas Party

•  Bowling Machine

•  200 Club •  League Awards •  Golf Society •  Who’s Who

2011 Events Date Time

Quiz Night Fri 18th November

7:30pm

AGM Sun 4th December

12 Noon

Christmas Party & AucKon of Kme promises Fundraiser

Sat 10th December

7:30pm

Updated Events List for your Diaries! Please support your club events.

CRICKET FORCE 2012

Although it seems like the cricket season has only just ended its Wme to start thinking about how we can improve our Grounds for next season. Alex Farmer has already painted the Orange Hallway a DCC blue and it looks much be[er. If you have any ideas for next season please let us know, Michelle Slater has kindly volunteered to lead Cricket Force for next season so if you can help out please email [email protected]. We are also looking for donaWons to the club so if there is anything you can give be it Materials or Time please contact us.

CLUB NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2011

ACADEMY WINTER TRAINING

All indoor sessions will take place at the Leigh Technology Academy, just across the road from Hesketh Park. There are 3 different sessions depending on your respecWve school years: Years 1 to 3: start on Sunday 4th December at 2:30 – 4:00pm. Years 4 to 7: start on Sunday 4th December at 4:00 – 5:30pm. Years 8 to 10: start on Friday 18th November at 6:30 – 8:00pm.

This year we are keen to encourage you all to book your places in advance which you will receive a discounted rate. Sibling discount is also available but only on course bookings. This enables us to plan the best sessions possible for you as we know the numbers a[ending, allowing us to tailor the coaching team at each session. There will sWll be the opWon to ‘pay per play’ but preference will be given to those booking the course. Please contact Alex Farmer to confirm your a[endance or if you have any queries. As always, please pass on to any friends or families you know who may be interested in coming along to try our fun sessions. If you are not a member but would like to come along to our winter training please contact me – some equipment can be provided if we know in advance. Remember Academy training clothing can be ordered from www.dardord.sportreach.co.uk

COACHES WANTED

If you are interested in becoming a Dardord Cricket Club coach please contact Alex Farmer. We have many opportuniWes available and support will be given throughout your course. As we look to expand the Academy we will need more support from club members and Parents, so please get involved.


2011 AGM Sunday 4th December 12.00pm

As always, a very important event in the year.

This is for all members including juniors and their parents, with vital informaWon and decisions about the running of the club and our future.

Including elecWon of 2012 club officials and captains!

Please make a note of the date now and make every effort to a[end.

FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY AND AUCTION OF TIME PROMISES – CLUB FUNDRAISER

SATURDAY 10th DECEMBER 7:30pm to 12.00pm at Hesketh Park £15 for adults £5 for children (aged 13 and under)

Includes indian buffet meal provided by club sponsor Green Spice, or opKonal chicken nuggets and chips for children.

This year DCC will be holding its first ever family Christmas party as a great way to celebrate the fesWve season. The hall and bar will be decorated, the disco will be rocking with fesWve tunes and the egg nogg will be flowing! During the Christmas party, we will be holding an aucWon to raise funds for the Club. We are looking for people to get further involved with the Club and we would like you (members, parents, wives, grandparents!) to donate your Wme and skills which can then be aucWoned off on the night to the highest bidder.

Promises of Kme that have already been donated are: • Four-‐ball golf Wcket for Woodlands Manor • Three course Indian meal for 6 people to be cooked and served in the highest bidder's house (cost of ingredients not included) • Set of brand new golf clubs • William & Josh Slater (Colts) have promised to wash somebody's car.. under adult supervision! • 2 x 1hr 1 to 1 cricket training sessions with our head coach Adam Clarke • a free gas boiler service (replacement parts not included) • A pair of handmade curtains, cushions, a blind or bedspread (fabrics/materials not included) To either book your Kckets (staKng whether adult/child) or donate your skill for the aucKon, please contact Michelle Slater [email protected] or 07973 787707

CLUB NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2011 BOWLING MACHINE

Aoer some feedback from our members It has been decided at General Commi[ee that we will be purchasing a brand new Bowling Machine for the upcoming winter nets. The new machine will be the Professional model which allows for Random delivers and will come with the delivery feeder arm allowing individual use without the need for the feeding the ball manually. The order has been placed and we should take delivery in the next week or so.

DCC ‘200’ CLUB LOTTERY

The New DCC 200 Club Lo[ery will go live by the end of November, we are currently waiWng for our applicaWon for a Licence from Dardord Borough Council to be processed. Once completed we will be in a posiWon to adverWse this and receive your applicaWons to enter the lo[ery. More details will follow shortly on the website. If you have any queries please contact me at [email protected]

LEAGUE AWARDS

CongratulaWons to Garry Cook (756 runs) and Steve Silver (43 Wickets) who won the 2011 Barng and Bowling awards for the 1st XI Division 2. The PresentaWon of these awards will be on Friday 11th November at the Ramada Hotel, Hollingbourne.

Whilst on league news, the drao 2012 fixtures for the 1st & 2nd XIs have now been released, one to look out for is the 2s last game of the season v Bexley at the Royal Hesketh. h[p://www.kcl.uk.net/fixtures/index.htm

DCC QUIZ NIGHT Friday 18 November at 7:30pm

Our quiz master Surge Birring returns for one of his hugely popular quiz nights!

Please get your team together and book your table in advance

Teams of 6 people -‐ Adults £5 and u16s £3.

Always proves to be a good fun night for young and old so please come along!

Contact Surge to book -‐ 07876 493559 or [email protected]


The Harry Bright Trophy (for guests) was won by Brian Mullan who scored 43 points playing of a handicap of 8 (which meant he went round in 1 over par). Second place went to Pete Ryan on 42 points (off 12). The player who won the ‘Most golf for the least amount of points Trophy” went to Mark Baker with a dismal 23 points! Mark has agreed to sponsor this trophy for the future events! Well done Mark! Just a single point divided the top three DCC players challenging for The Surge Singh Shield. Gavin “Fore” Pointer finished on a splendid 41 points; li[le Jack Atkins shown great maturity beyond his years to come home with 42 points and grab the runner-‐up trophy. But it was firng that the inaugural Shield was won by a performance worthy of any Green Jacket. That performance was provided by the Shield benefactor Surge Singh himself who scored 43 points off a handicap of 9 going round in 2 over par. It was wonderful to see the champion collect his own Shield on its first ouWng!

32 intrepid golfers fuelled with mugs of coffee and bacon rolls, armed with pitchforks and sun cream headed to the first tee at Birchwood to ba[le for the Surge Singh Shield, The Harry Bright Trophy and the PGA Cup. They were going head to head with the cream of Dardord Golf Club a[empWng to get their names on the coveted individual and team prizes. The compeWWons were fiercely contested just a solitary point between the champion and second place for both individual compeWWons.

The PGA Team Trophy was won by Dardord Golf Club 456 points against Dardord Cricket Clubs 420 points. The points were calculated by totalling the top 12 scores from each team. Everyone had a great day and the drinks and champagne flowed in the post match dinner and prizes giving. Thanks to Ron for supplying the prizes and to Surge and Harry for sponsoring them. As the event was so successful and enjoyed by everyone we are proposing Spring & Autumn ouWngs with the Spring one being a one nighter away at a top course in the South East. Thanks to everyone who took part – it was a great day!

DARTFORD CC GOLF SOCIETY


WHOS WHO?

This months Who’s Who, is Club Stalwart Dave Hill.

Bar Steward & General Commikee Member I was first introduced to DCC by my father-‐in-‐law Les Knapp. I had been daWng his daughter Lynne for some Wme. (she is now club treasurer and my wife) I think it was around 1990. In them days I was just a social member. It was Les that first got me working behind the bar, I sWll remember having to wash all the glasses by hand, and dry them. I first started playing cricket whilst living in the in the Lake District with borrowed equipment from Nigel Knapp, aoer myself and my wife Lynne moved back there in 1996. On our return to Dardord in Feb 1998 I sWll had the cricket bug so rejoined the club as a player, playing for the 4th and 5th teams. My Greatest crickeWng memory was winning the Readers South Thames Reserve Division in 2000, it was a great year because the team was an unbeaten all year and captained by Ken Walter. Harry Bright persuaded me to join the general commi[ee in 1999. I took over the running of the bar in October 2000 from Nigel Knapp and have seen many changes over the years. The latest being a change of brewery. I am always around the club on a Saturday and Sunday during the season and you are more than welcome to buy me a beer or two. I Look forward to seeing you at the club.

Editor-‐ Dave is also the caretaker of the club and does a lot of work behind the scenes that most members are unaware of. He plays a major role in fundraising, including his successful Real Ale Nights, that over the last few seasons have raised several thousands pounds for DCC. Well done Hillsy………

And as most of us know he is a Rubbish Dancer!!!!!

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