UXBRIDGE CRICKET CLUB

Dear All,

Over the past few seasons you, the Club members, have been asking Uxbridge CC to source a new style cricket shirt that is lighter and more modern than the current Club shirts. We are pleased to announce that for the forthcoming 2010 cricket season the Club are providing a brand new kit for the senior teams.

The kit will be made by Canterbury of New Zealand, who are renowned worldwide for manufacturing sportswear for a number of international teams. Whilst we hope you agree from the visuals of the kit that it is aesthetically pleasing, we feel confident that it also meets the needs you asked of it, ie that it is both lightweight and breathable.

As the turnaround period for the kit will be five to six weeks and the first friendly is on the 17th April, the committee would appreciate the senior members' cooperation in responding to this simple question as quickly as possible:

What chest size are you?

We would like to place an order sometime next week and to do so we need to gauge how many of each size shirt to order (small, medium, large etc.). A quick response from you all to the above question will help get the right quantities of stock in and save on any wastage of unwanted items, therefore saving money for the cricket section which can be used to greater effect elsewhere. To increase our already outstanding team spirit and to place an early psychological advantage over opposition teams, the Uxbridge CC officials would like all players to wear the same kit on to the pitch when representing Uxbridge CC in the 2010 season, so please respond to ensure you get a shirt ordered in your size.

Please email your response to Gareth Stoneman at gstone01@bucks.ac.uk. If you have any further questions regarding the kit please do not hesitate to place your question in with your response.

In addition Bill Darvill has six XLarge UCC fleeces for sale at the clearance price of just £8.00, so if you would like one of these be quick and contact Bill on billdarvill@hotmail.com.

Regards,

Uxbridge CC Cricket Committee

I am pleased to announce that the Chairmans Appeal Fund, now stands at over £16,200.
Included in this figure are recent donations from Bal and Parm Mangat and £190 profit from the October Quiz Night.
We are within touching distance now of reaching our
£17,500 target. Are you able to make a small donation towards the Fund ?

Background:
On becoming Executive Chairman of UCC in Sept 2007, I initiated the Chairmans Appeal Fund with a view to raising funds to enable essential work to be done to the exterior of the County Bar prior to the start of the 2008 season, this has now been rescheduled for March 2010.
My initial target was to raise £6,000 from Club members prior to Xmas 2007 and then to look to double this amount after Xmas through local business contacts and further
fund raising activities. Although the general response to date has been excellent, less than 50% of existing cricket members have contributed. I would hope that reading this update will prompt a few more of you to send me a donation,
big or small, it all counts.

I wish to thank the following for their generous donations to the fund to date:

Chris Alder, Peter Alford, Austin Ambrose,
Mike Ash Howard Brown, Richard Buxton, Hazel Corden, Dilip Chotai Ryan Connor John Cook, Rob Darvill, Bill Darvill Mike Darvill, Abrar Dar
Jeff Elmer, Dave, Jack & Tom Drinkwater Richard Gaylard Nick Gibbs, General Mills
Russell Grant / WISE Charities, IHG Ltd
John Griffiths, Alan & Elizabeth Hilton,
Alan Hodge, John Hunt, Andy Nicol
Andy Jaffray, Sanj, Dhiraj & Rohit Khullar
John Lavender, Anne O'Dea Sanjay Patel
Bal Mangat, Parm Mangat Richard Marks,
John Mitchell, Humphrey Pocock
Murray Nash, Vijay Patel, Min 'Tiny Tim' Parmar
Geoff Peake, Tyrone Porter, John Pothecary
Tony Reely John Sedgwick Under 11/13 Colts
Tony Stephens Andy Stephens, David Spokes,
Gareth Stoneman, Mike Stoneman, Danny Swannell,
Luca & Mike Seneviratne, Steve Turner,
Eric, Jan & Steve Thomas, Neil White,
Richard Whitcombe, Steve Whitworth,
Lionel Wiggins, Steve Wright,
Bennett Residential, Uxbridge
Darts Section, Display Signs Uxbridge,
Hale Hamilton Uxbridge, Club Colours,
Price WaterhouseCoopers

Many thanks,
Bill Darvill

Middlesex will again be playing at Uxbridge in 2010.
Fixtures are;
Sat 10th July vs Hampshire (20/20)
Sun 11th July vs Gloucester (20/20)
Wed 21st to Sat 24th July vs Sussex (4 day County Champ.)

Kabir Toor (Uxbridge Colts 1997 - 2006) made his Middlesex 1st X1 debut at Uxbridge yesterday in the Pro 40 victory over Derbyshire Phantoms, Middlesex winning by 50 runs.
Kabir, batting at number eight, only faced three balls in the last over of the Middx innings (3 not out), but proceeded to take his first wicket in first class cricket
with the last ball of his first over.
His three overs were progressing nicely until he was hit for two big sixes towards the end of his third over. Final bowling figures 3-0-25-1
Congratulations to Kabir (and his father, Sukhminder) on reaching this landmark. Would think he has a good chance of playing again this coming Saturday in Middlesex's last PRO 40 also at Uxbridge - 12.45pm start.
Middlesex are currently top of this league.

Darrells dazzlers continued their fine season on Thursday, having beaten Stanmore in the first play-off game they then rolled over Southgate to reach the last eight of the Middx
League Knockout.

The result was setup by an excellent allround bowling display to get Southgate out for 86. The star performers being Nikhil with 2 for 8 and Jagroop with 1 for 19 with most of his runs coming off the edge

In reply just two wickets were lost, Kurran Mangat finished on 47 not out.

The games only get harder after each round, the next game promises to be a real challenge, but the reward for th victors is a place in the county finals

After saying at the presentation evening last year that the U13A would win the league next season, I am pleased to say that they have won it and won it in style. Results were; 8 wins, 1 loss (which I accept full responsibility for) and a game cancelled. It should be noted that the 8 games won were on the trot and with overs to spare. Congratulations to all of you.

This looks like it has been a very successful season for all the Colts teams. Congratulations to you all.

Uxbridge Under 17's followed their U15/13/13B counterparts
by winning their league at Ickenham last night.
Ickenham batted first at scored 121 for 3 off their 20 overs. With Rohit Maini top scoring with 71, Uxbridge
scored the winning runs in 18.5 overs to earn a place in the North Area play offs.
Congratulations to Tom, Linda & all the boys involved.

The U15's got the win they needed against West Harrow to make certain of the league title for the second year running

Uxbridge were riding high at the top of the league, whilst West Harrow were bottom. It looked like mis-match and that's exactly what it turned out to be.

Uxbridge bowled straight and caught their catches which was enough to rattle West Harrow out for 64, with all the bowlers getting in on the wickets

In reply Osama (39no) smacked the ball all over the place, to win it for us in the 8th over, for the loss of one wicket.

Congratulations to the boys on winning the league (having only lost once all season). It's been a real team effort, with everyone in a squad of 12 making a significant contribution through the season.

Parm Mangat / Dilip Chotai - U15 Managers

The culmination of over 18 months preparation
and liaison with Middlesex CCC'S David Holland
was reached earlier this week with the news that
Uxbridge Cricket Club, Cricket Section, has received
notification of approval of Clubmark Status from the ECB.
We are one of eighteen clubs in Middlesex to achieve this
recognition, which will hopefully open bring a number of benefits to the Club. More information to follow.