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2008
15-May U11 v
Fransfield (H)
On a bright
night at Top Ground Southwell U11s bowled first against our guests
Farnsfield.
All of our
bowlers did well against a good Farnsfield team, with Richard Brock , Tom
Winning ( who bowled our first Maiden of the Season), and Joe Stutchbury (
who took the only wicket to fall ) doing well. Our fielding is improving and
Jordan Barnes Ella Hughes Mikey Gleeson along with 9th Man Jos Jacobson all
did well walking in, backing up and preventing 2's .
Farnsfield
finished on 269 ( aided by our 16 wides !) with a net score of 263.
Batting
second Jordan and Greg showed great concentration and they didnt loose a
wicket against some good bowling ( Liam Delaney 2overs for 0 runs). Our
second pair of Mikey and Ella got off to a nightmare start loosing a wicket
on their first ball but then they battled well and didnt loose anymore.
Ruth
Sprawson hit the ball hard but kept finding the fielders and our last 2
pairs lost 6 wickets between them including 3 run outs !
We finished
on 242 but lost 7 wickets giving us a net 195. Farnsfield , who only bowled
4 wides the worthy winners.
Areas to
work on ...all of them but some small improvements in all areas will make a
big difference.
My thanks to
Mrs Winning for her help and to John Thompson who scored and warmed the team
up.
8-May U11 v Papplewick
This was
never going to be easy. A well practiced and experienced Papplewick team
batted first and Southwell bowled well with just a few wides, good keeping
from Dan Jones and an excellent run out by Greg Behl and a stunning catch
by Ruth Sprawson.
After a good
start by Papplewick our bowling pegged them back with them finally scoring
262 runs for 6 wickets ( Net 226 ). Max Clarke took 2 wickets, and Jordan di
a good job as 9th man.
Our batting
struggled against some good bowling. We did witness some sharp running
between Henry Harmer and Dan Jones. In the end we scored 240 for 13 wickets(
net 162).
Many thanks
to John Thompson for Umpiring and Phil Clarke for keeping parents happy !
Team : Greg
Behl, Ruth Sprawson, Joe Stutchbury, Dan Jones, Tom Winning, Mikey
Gleeson, Max Clarke, Henry Harmer, Jordan Barnes
2006
Southwell U11’s 2006 – Hardball 8 a-side Manager
& Coach:
Garth McCarthy & Simon Carr
As we are ever closer to the
2007 season it has made me all the more aware that I have yet to pen a short
report to recognise a team that excelled during the 2006 season and done the
club proud in both team and individual performances.
I am also proud to report that
15 players represented the team on one or more occasion. This hopefully
supported the clubs vision of enabling as many players at this age to experience
hard-ball cricket. There are many keen players at this level, so any support
from Parents who are able to help is always appreciated.
The
Squad :
·
Dev McCarthy
(Captain),
·
Ben Carr
(V/Captain)
·
Dan Gleeson
·
Elliot
Checkley
·
Matt Bowles
·
Joe Saleh
·
Sam Barnes
·
Christian
Cummings
·
Jack Surtees
·
Emily
Stutchberry
·
Jack Brooks
·
Josh Cottam
·
Rob Brown
·
Alex Green
·
Sam Shapely
The Under 11 Southwell
“hard-ball” team had a very successful season and developed in strength and
experience with each game throughout the season. Practices were held in the nets
and out in the field on a Friday evenings and were well attended with many
enthusiastic players coming up to Top Ground each week.
The weather at the beginning of
the season was not ideal for cricket and this lead to many matches having to be
re-scheduled and in the end one match not completing and another cancelled due
to the opposition being unable to field a side, right at the end of the season.
The team eventually completed 9 competitive matches over the season. This all
being the case, the team were joint winners of the league and worthy Semi
Finalists in the Cup that was narrowly lost to Farnsfield, the eventual winners
of the tournament.
Amongst the teams success there
have also been individual successes and milestones reached. Dev McCarthy and Ben
Carr both made their debuts for the Southwell Development squad captained by
Peter Johnson.
In the county arena, both Devon
and Ben acquitted themselves well as players for Notts County representative
u11.
The benefit of writing this
report late has also enabled me to congratulate Elliot Checkley and Matt Bowles
who were down selected at the end of 2006 to a final group from which the 2007
u11 Notts. County representative side will be selected. We wish them the best of
luck for the forthcoming coaching sessions at Trent Bridge.
The success described above
does not happen without help from many quarters and a big Thank You and note of
appreciation is due. Firstly, thanks to the parents for transporting players to
matches and practice, ALWAYS on time and to provide support! Many players and
coaching peers from the club were also always on hand on a Friday to assist
Simon and myself with the coaching.
The statistics below provide a
summary of the players’ performance over the summer. The team played 16 over
matches batting in pairs and each player bowling 2 overs. A player lost 5 runs
each time they were out.
2005
Southwell
u11 - in-door squad retained the Mansfield & District League in-door trophy they
won in 2004!!
Competitive and responsible play were at the
heart of the teams approach to the games with only losing 9 wickets throughout
the tournament. Strong batting performances from Christian Cummings and Devon
McCarthy ensured strong finishes in all batting innings. An all-round team
performance with the ball ensured very few wides or no-balls were bowled in
relative terms and thus we managed to claim many wickets through diligent
bowling which put the opposition under pressure.
Outstanding fielding and consistent bowling
helped the team achieve their success in a confident fashion during the initial
rounds and the finals.
Southwell beat Mansfield & Plessley and Mansfield
Hosiery Mills in the initial round robin and then rounded matters off with
strong wins against Kirkby Portland and Farnsfield on the 4th December to win
the annual floating trophy.
The MHM league team was made up of :
Footnote :
The U11 indoor side are also currently competing in
the John Birch in-door league on a Saturday evening and after 3 league matches
are unbeaten, having claimed victories against Ratcliff on Trent, Notts/Arnold A
and Notts/Arnold B. Some thrilling cricket has been played with the team really
enjoying the exciting format.
The squad who play on rotation, captained by
Devon McCarthy include:-
Garth McCarthy & Simon Carr -
Coaches
Carr Ben
Gleeson Daniel
McCarthy Devon
Bowles Matthew
Cummings Christian
Brown Robert
James Oliver
Surtees Jack
Shapley Sam
Checkley Elliot
Stutchbury Emily
Saleh Joe
Radford Cash
Garth McCarthy
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U11
+ U13 League Presentation, 7-October - Southwell Honours - see
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KWIK
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Southwell Sparks 26th June
Week 4
took us to the picturesque Newstead Abbey ground, famous (in Kwik Cricket terms)
for its very narrow boundaries and consequently very high scores.
First off, we played
Blidworth. Faced with erratic bowling we batted steadily all the way
through. Top scorer was Sophie with 13, but everyone contributed well as we
lost only 1 wicket – Ellie out for the first time this season, caught on the
boundary.
Our bowling was good
throughout, and the fielding keen. So much so that we only conceded runs off
7 balls in the 8 overs. Alice bowled fast and accurately, taking a wicket,
and Sophie, Lucy and Maddy all bowled maidens.
So, an assured victory.
Sparks 139 (145 for 1) Blidworth 116 (122 for 1)
Our second match was
against Papplewick, who had picked their “good” team! Their manager
announced that they had accidentally selected a County player, but he
“wouldn’t try his hardest”. The girls weren’t convinced!
We lost the toss and
batted. And at the end of the first 2 overs, we found ourselves with 33 runs
– Holly and Lucy going boundary-mad. Ellie and Rebecca added a further 16,
Rebecca hitting a 6 and a 4 off consecutive balls. Alice and Sophie made 22,
including 8 byes off the County player and two 5s(!); and Emily and Libby
consolidated things. Libby was unlucky to hit her wicket. So a Sparks record
score of 178.
When Papplewick batted, we
knew that we would have to defend the short boundaries with accurate bowling
and cat-like fielding. We started well; Holly taking a wicket first ball, but
then both Alice and Emily managed to drop the next one (unluckily, they
stopped the 4 well). Sophie and the aforementioned Alice and Emily all bowled
tightly, and then Rebecca took her first wicket.
All of which meant that
Papplewick needed 42 to win off the last 2 overs. No problem, thought the
spectators, until … the County man walked out to bat. With trepidation Libby
stepped up to bowl – she did her job, only 20 runs scored.
So captain Lucy faced the
task of conceding 20 or less from the final over. Her first ball was
straight, the batsman swung, missed, and the ball hit the stumps. 28 needed
off 5, County player (“not trying” - having scored 19 off 5 balls so far) to
face. The ball duly disappeared to the boundary, but it bounced. So 24 off 4
balls. The next one was also clubbed away – but again it bounced. 20 needed
off 3, and short of no balls we knew we’d got it. Lucy “allowed” him to hit
14 off the last 3 balls. But we’d won!
Sparks 178 (184 for 1) Papplewick 173 (191
for 3)
Another victorious week and
the girls have done superbly. We’ve won 5 games, and beaten every team in our
league at least once…All except for the Byrons who we meet next week!
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Southwell Sparks 19th June
Off
to Papplewick for Week 3 of the competition.
Our
first match was against Newstead. For a pleasant change we batted
decently from the start. There was one unfortunate run out, but otherwise all
the pairs batted excellently – our captain, Lucy, was the only player who
failed to hit a boundary. Alice and Ellie both hit three 4s, and everyone
contributed well to a score of 166.
When
Newstead replied, Charlotte and Claire each took a wicket in the first 2
overs. Everyone else bowled very steadily and there was some outstanding
fielding – particularly Rebecca’s two catches at mid on. Ellie completed an
excellent match with a fine final over.
Sparks 166 (172 for
1) Newstead 109 (127 for 3)
The
second game was a rematch against Calverton, who had beaten us a
fortnight ago. Francesca replaced our star fielder Rebecca, who went off for
a father’s day lunch.
Once
again we batted first. Holly and Charlotte got us off to an excellent start –
Holly managing four boundaries in her 19. Ellie and Libby ran brilliantly,
and Ellie managed a 6. Lucy and Claire played sensibly and cautiously till
the last ball when Lucy smote a further 6! The final pair, Alice and
Francesca, accumulated a few more runs. One of the most pleasing aspects of a
very good batting performance was the fact that we lost no wickets – very good
batting and excellent concentration on a very hot day!
In
the field we bowled well, but unluckily. Charlotte sent one through a gap in
the stumps, Holly missed a fairly straightforward caught and bowled chance,
and there were a couple of occasions when a more pernickety umpire would have
given the batter out “hit wicket”. But the bowling was accurate and the
ground fielding once again very secure – special mention to Claire and
Francesca who were outstanding. Calverton’s last pair attacked the bowling
daringly, but once more Ellie ensured the victory with a tight last over.
Sparks 156 (156 for
0) Calverton 144 (144 for 0)
So
after 3 weeks, Sparks have a 50/50 record. Last year – when we won 4 out of 10
– was our best in recent seasons. Let’s see if we can beat that in 2005, and
maybe even get a “plus” score: this team certainly has the quality and spirit
Chris Steel
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Southwell Sparks, 12th June
We
played hosts at Top Ground to the other teams this week.
In
our first match against Papplewick we were rather too generous hosts!
Papplewick batted first and made a good score of 150. We were unable to hold
onto a couple of sharp chances, but the ground fielding was excellent.
In
reply, each pair managed some good batting, but each pair also lost a wicket.
Therefore we were never really in contention.
Pappplewick 150 (150
for 0) Sparks 103 (127 for 4)
The
second game was the much-hyped contest with the boys of Southwell Byrons. We
managed a brief coaching session which culminated with Charlotte demonstrating
the power of her pull shot – the look on one or two of our opponents’ faces
was interesting!
Sarah and Emily got us off to a good start, which Ellie and Libby built upon
expertly – a straight-driven 4 from Ellie being a highlight. Our last two
pairs continued the excellent work, Charlotte and Sophie each managing a
boundary. With excellent running between the wickets, we ended with a decent
total of 133 (our best this year).
Byrons got off to a good start, but were stymied by a finely-judged catch by
Emily, running in from the mid-wicket boundary. She followed this up by
bowling one of the Byrons out. Ellie and Francesca continued the pressure
with accurate overs, so that the last pair of batters required 12 to win.
Byrons’ coach still had an ace to play, however, and the final over began with
the scores level after three well-struck boundaries. Maddy bowled her
customary mature over, but we were unable to take that vital wicket.
Still, it was a wonderful game, played in a friendly, competitive spirit. The
girls really did themselves justice: batting, bowling and – particularly –
fielding were excellent. Our next challenge is to play this well in the first
game each week!!
Sparks 133 (145 for
2) Byrons 138 (150 for 2)
Special thanks to Dee Carr (and Hattie) for staffing the tea bar throughout
the morning.
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Kwik Cricket, 5th June
Sparks opened their Kwik Cricket campaign with 2 games at
Calverton.
Southwell Sparks 109
(127 for 3) v Calverton 145 (151 for 1)
A rusty start! There was some excellent bowling from Libby
and Maddy, but Calverton’s last pair scored 25 to set a stiff target.
Lucy and Sarah started our innings very brightly, but a
superb run out knocked us back a bit. The remaining batters took a while to
remember to get their feet moving (both while batting and running!) and we
were tied down by some excellent fielding and accurate bowling.
Southwell Sparks 123 (135 for 2)
v Blidworth 116 (128 for 2)
A much better performance. After eccentric running by our
opening pair, Ellie and Libby started the recovery – Ellie hitting an
excellent cover driven boundary. The next pair put on 16, featuring a 4 from
Maddy and a 6 (off a diminutive bowler) by Claire.
The bowling and fielding was very efficient. Alice took a
wicket, Francesca returned to the fray with a very good over, and Ellie,
Claire and Sarah all starred in the field. The final over began with
Blidworth needing 14. They hit a 4 off the first ball, but Maddy kept her
nerve and bowled her second excellent over of the day.
Overall, there is a great
foundation to build on. Lots of progress made already, plenty of potential to
improve. As always, excellent team spirit.
Chris Steel
2004
Under 11 End of Season Report – 2004
Under
11’s – Champions Again!!
Southwell Under 11’s have retained the League
Championship which they won last year! They have achieved it against all odds –
half of the 15 players used were 1,2 or even 3 years young; and they also had to
play 9 of their 11 games away from home.
They also had to complete
the season with a demanding schedule of 4 games in 5 days – including 2 matches
on the final Sunday. Despite being decimated by holiday commitments they showed
spirit and strength in depth and continued their successful run. This
commendable attitude was an essential ingredient of their league success.
They won 9 and lost 2 of
their matches – one defeat being in the Cup Final.
Players involved were:
Grant McCarthy
George Bacon
Sam Johnson
Max Danby
Chris Bowles
Liam Gleeson
Devon McCarthy
Scott Hill
Adam Boyd
Paul Smith
Euan Haynes
William Bell
Matthew Bowles
Ben Carr
Richard Brierley
Congratulations to all
players – and best wishes for their forthcoming match as Champions versus Rest
of the League, which is at Mansfield Hosiery Mills on Sunday September 12th,
start 10.00 am.
Congratulations as well to
those players who progressed to represent the County side (Grant McCarthy) and
also the League Representative side (Sam Johnson, George Bacon, Chris Bowles).
Tim
Willson
2003
U11's
Win County Club Championship
Ellerslie
29-August-2003
Ellerslie
- 29 Aug 2003 Click Thumbnails for larger image
As
Champions of the Mansfield League the Under 11’s qualified to play in the
Notts County Club Championship, in which they played against the Nottingham
League Champions (Wollaton) and the Bassetlaw League Champions (Bridon).
A
good performance in the next game v. Bridon was now essential if we were going
to recover from this defeat – and the boys delivered in style!! Excellent
bowling and fielding from everyone restricted Bridon to 218. The team then
batted sensibly throughout their innings, without conceding a single wicket. Two
boundaries at the end from Matt Wookey ensured that not only did we win but also
boosted our overall run total which would be significant if Bridon beat Wollaton
in the final match.
The
Bridon bowlers, unable to take a wicket against us were then on fire against
Wollaton – taking 6 wickets in 8 overs. They just scraped a win off the last
ball, leaving Southwell as County Champions with a vastly superior overall
run-rate.
Tim
Willson
Under
11 Hardball Squad News
(August
31-2003)
U11
hardball match report - Papplewick vs Southwell
The final match of the season that had
been re-scheduled many times eventually was played with Southwell, now the
County Club champions, keen to keep their unbeaten league record intact.
Southwell won the toss and elected to
bowl. A good consistent bowling performance from all the players supported by
a sound fielding performance, realised wickets from the first over bowled. Sam
Stead topped the bowling with
4-10 while, Matt Wookey, Grant McCarthy, Dominic Williams and Joe Marshall all
chipped in with two wickets apiece. An energetic and supportive fielding
performance closed the Papplewick innings with a net score of 166 having lost
13 wickets.
Southwell opened their batting with a
boundary coming from the bat of Sam Johnson in the first over. A steady middle
order performance from Sam Stead (17*)
and Dominic Williams (18* including four consecutive boundaries) put the game
out of reach of the home side. The innings was rounded off with Matt Wookey
making a net 286 that included 6 boundaries.
An all round solid team performance led
to a final net score of 248, having lost 10 wickets in the excitement to score
runs.
The game was played in good spirit with
enthusiastic support for all the Southwell players including one player in the
opposition who was strongly supported by both the Southwell players and
supporters, Devon McCarthy, from Southwell who filled in for Papplewick, as
they were a player short. A well held catch (the batsman, Alex Rainbow never
thought so!!) and some accurate bowling helped the home side.
This concludes the league
season’ with a 100% record! Southwell now play the ‘Rest of the League’
on September 21st.
Tim
Willson
(August
25-2003)
Congratulations
to all 18 players (see below) who have played in the 7 games so far this season
– you have an unbeaten league record and have been confirmed as Mansfield and
District League Champions with one game to go!!!
Further
congratulations to Matthew Wookey who has played for the County Under 11’s;
and to Alex Rainbow, Joseph Fryer and Grant McCarthy who all played for the
League Representative side.
As
Champions there are now several more games to play, as follows:
Tim
Please
see below for season statistics to date
Under
11 Hardball statistics to August 22nd 2003
Players
used
Name Appearances
Alex
Rainbow 6
Sam
Johnson 6
Joe
Fryer 5
Joe
Marshall 4
Dan
Benson 4
Dominic
Williams 4
Will
Anstey 4
Grant
McCarthy 4
Sam
Stead 3
Max
Danby 3
Jack
Beaumont 2
Jaisal
Patel 1
Jess
Lucas 1
Holly
Weaver 1
Jake
Brown 1
Ben
Birch 1 (sub)
Chris
Bowles 1 (sub)
Playing
Record :
League Played 6 Won 6
Cup Played 1 Lost 1
Games
still to play:
County
Club Championship (at Ellerslie CC) Friday August 29th
Champions
v Rest of League Sunday September 14th (provisional)
Under
11 Match Reports 2003
4/6/2003 SOUTHWELL v WELBECK
Southwell
U11’s first hardball match this season was against Welbeck Warriors. This was going to be the ideal match to get everybody much needed
hardball experience.
We
lost the toss but still batted first. Matt Wookey and Joe Fryer made a very respectable total of 39 for no
wickets off their 4 overs. Max Danby and Jaisal Patel batted very well and did themselves proud. Sam Johnson and Joe Marshall put more precious runs onto the scoreboard
and Alex Rainbow and Grant McCarthy completed the innings superbly. We ended up on a nett score of 251. A good score for our first match as a team, but would it be enough?
Everybody
bowled extremely well, all bowling tightly with wickets from Matt, Joe F (2),
Joe M and Sam.
Our
total ended up to be enough. What a great start to the season. Well done lads!
SOUTHWELL
275 for 4 WELBECK 246 for 5
5/6/2003
M H M v SOUTHWELL (CUP)
Our
second game of the season was against Mansfield Hosiery Mills. This game
was the first round of the cup. Everybody was looking forward to this
match, after the success the day before.
We
lost the toss and were made to field first. Everybody bowled well but not
enough wickets were taken and we ended up needing a nett score of 297 to win.
Joe
F batted well, making 17 (out once), Grant 16 (out once) and Joe M 13 not out.
We ended up on a nett of 230. We were unfortunate to meet a team on form
in every respect. Their running between the wickets was awesome and gave
us something to think about.
Unlucky
lads, next time!?!
MHM
314 for 2 SOUTHWELL 266 for 6
23/6/2003
SOUTHWELL v M H M
Our
third match of the season saw us face Mansfield Hosiery Mills again but this
time in the league. Could this be
time for revenge?
We
won the toss and chose to bat. The
innings was opened extremely well by Joe F and Sam followed by Dan Benson and
Dom Williams. With Joe M and Will Anstey coming in as the third pair and
Matt and Alex rounding off the innings, we
ended up on a nett score of 250.
Everybody
bowled very well with Alex 3-1-6-0, Sam 2-0-3-1, Dom 2-0-6-1 and Joe M
2-0-6-1. Mansfield Hosiery Mills ended up on a nett of 241.
Dan,
Dom and Will all made their debuts for Southwell. Excellent win lads!
SOUTHWELL
268 for 3 M H M 259 for 3
24/6/2003 FARNSFIELD
v SOUTHWELL
A
beautiful summer’s evening and we were off to meet Farnsfield who had not lost a game all season. Would their winning streak come to
an end? We’d do our best!
We
won the toss and chose to bat first again. Matt and Sam got us off to a flyer, scoring 45 for no wicket. Will and Jack Beaumont put a few more precious runs on the scoreboard. Alex and Dom took to the crease, then Joe F and Grant ended the innings
with 22. Our nett score was
272. Was this going to be enough?
Everybody
bowled economically without taking any wickets but a good well disciplined
fielding display meant we took 3 run outs. They had a nett score of 267. Farnsfield’s
winning streak had come to an end because of us! Well done lads! A
fantastic result enjoyed by a crowd of supporters enjoying both the cricket
and the weather.
FARNSFIELD
285 for 3 SOUTHWELL 302 for 5
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