Colts News
Spring 2010
Match Reports
Under 15 Cup 2010
The Semi-Final was played at AOB, June 14th. Dulwich Team: A. Neden, G.Bond, F.Glen, S.Redmayne, T.Barnard, D.Beer,D.Edwards, A.Vinnicombe, J.Rumble, F.Newell and F.O’Connor.
This included four from the year below, we scored 137; A.Neden retired 50, G.Bond retired 50, we chased down a totalof 136 and achieved this in the last over with 4 balls to go. 6 bowlers were used during the AOB innings: F.Glen,A.Vinnicombe,T.Barnard, S.Redmayne, F.Newell, F.O’Connor.
All contributed and the whole team put in an outstanding fielding performance under severe pressure. The Weather throughout the game made things very difficult as it was constant drizzle with poor light.
The Final was played at Old Whitgiftians on the 16th of June the only change in the team was P.Fincham in place of T.Barnard.In this game we batted first and scored 111 recovering from an inauspicious start of 1-2; F.Glen retired 50 and S.Redmayne scored 32.
Old Whits chased down the total with 2 overs to spare.We used 7 bowlers who all performed admirable and all the boys fielded well. Conditions in this game were made particularly difficult by a setting sun.
The boys performed to a high standard throughout the competition and should be very proud of themselves.
Welcome to another season of junior cricket at Dulwich CC.
We seem to go from strength to strength with coaching sessions for all age groups from 6/7 to 15 and teams playing League matches from under 9 to under 15. Additionally some of our under 14/15s will be playing for our Academy side from late June in the Surrey Trust League.
For those who are new to the Club we recently attained Clubmark status and there is a strong link between the Colts section and the senior Club. The junior section has boys (and some girls) from over 40 Schools.
Our new member registration day is 5th April from 11 am to 1pm at the above address and if you are unable to come that day please would you return the forms by post by then and notify us by e-mail. Some of the age groups are likely to become full so if you know of others who are interested we shall deal with applications for these age groups in the order in which parents have first notified us of their interest.
The coaching sessions are held on the days and times* listed on the relevant form and are organised by Allen Blackford who has a team of qualified coaches, many of whom are Club Players, to support him. Please contact Allen with any specific coaching queries you may have.
*Please note that if your child is in Year 4 and has not played cricket before the appropriate coaching group is on Sunday morning.
In addition to the Colts section also runs a number of senior cricket teams including a ladies’ side. We hope that young players who start in the Colts section will eventually play senior cricket at Dulwich and many of our stonger players have played senior cricket from 13/14 upwards.
We run teams at every year group from under 8 to under 15 with additional Academy and Development sides for promising players from 13/14 upwards to facilitate the transition from Colts to senior cricket. There are also two teams in the Under 10,11 and 13 age groups so that players who have limited cricketing experience but show promise, have the chance to develop their cricket in matches.
Apart from the coaching the organisation and team management etc. are run purely on a voluntary basis and we are very keen to encourage parents to get involved even if they have limited cricket knowledge. Like any Club the more that people like you put into it the more your child will get out of it.. Some of our junior players have represented Surrey in age group cricket others have spent a few years enjoying an enjoyable activity in the fresh air and can look back on their first four, catch or wicket.
We look forward to seeing you on the 5th.
Finally if you have any views on how we can improve things for next season now is the time to get in touch, I look forward to hearing from you.
Dulwich Colts Organiser
Dulwich CC Colts Section.
