TOUR
2006
Message from Balti
to confirm this years
arrangements -
BCC Tour 2006
Cliff Hotel Gwbert
Sun July 30th - Wed Aug 2nd
3 nights B&B - £110
We need to send deposit to hotel soon, and places are going fast...so I require
a £30 deposit from all those wishing to come ASAP - cheques payable to
"Bodicote Cricket Club" please.
Tour party confirmed so far -
1. Dave Allen (nickname tbc)
2. JP
3. Inzy
4. Fastlane
5. Balti
6. Wigger
7. The old man (Bob Campbell)..?
TOUR
2005- SANITISED REPORT FROM SIMON WOODRUFF.
10 July v Llandovery
BCC enjoyed
another sun-soaked tour of Wales, starting at Llandovery who have a picturesque
ground. Unfortunately due to a double booking this was denied to us, instead we
were allocated the school astro, which seemed to be halfway through haymaking.
The outdoor changing facilities at least allowed us to intimidate the 9
man local team with our honed physiques (take a bow
11 July v Bronwydd
Day two of the
tour dawned red hot, just like the winner of the Bodicote Open, played at
spectacular Carmarthen GC. The Balster completed a historic Grand Slam of the
2005 golf majors, despite the treat of enormous bowel movements and further
contractions, which worryingly for his partners were coming at ever decreasing
intervals. We then travelled to picturesque Bronwydd, scene of a disastrous
1998 tour defeat. The previous days' poor batting carried on with a grim 12-4
showing after 5 overs. However things looked up with a partnership of 77 off 8
overs by Simon Pollard and S.W, who departed for 32. Polly carried on to a
splendid 71*, giving us a good total of 141-6.More fineable offences were
incurred by golf champion Balster, who, having forgotten to throw his golf ball
to the crowd earlier, made up for it by throwing his bat after a golden duck.
George 'ASBO Boy' Lawrence slept through most of the innings under a
hedge, blatantly attracting the wrath of zealous fines chairman Festa. In
reply BCC gained remarkable momentum through Polly and Inzamam bowling in
tandem and conceding only 9 runs from 4 overs. However as the bowling declined
from the dizzy standards set by these cult bowlers, Bronwydd through skipper
Wayne Mitchell (88) moved ever closer to victory.6 runs were needed from 2
balls with Mitchell on strike, when experienced Sid struck with the help of a
now conscious Porger behind the stumps to remove the danger man. A wicket with
his final ball by Sid ensured victory, and the tantalising prospect of being on
a hat-trick for a least a year. Other bowling performances of note were
Festa 2-20 and Porger and JP with buffet efforts of 0-24 & 0-20
respectively off 2 overs each.
12 July v Drefach
The final day of tour brought an early fitness (and fatness) session on the beach, followed by an afternoon laying around in various recovery positions watching the cricket at base. On the health front, it was a great relief to all that the Balster had finally had a result from the many packets of turbo-lax which he had consumed over the course of the tour, and was proud to announce the birth of triplets. An evening game at Drefach turned into a beer match, as the home side could only field 7.However the 7 weren't bad and threatened to embarrass a jaded BCC side, reaching 148-6 with the help of JP sportingly giving two of their batsman another life and allowing a last man stand, complete with a requirement that the batsman say 'in' at the end of each run. Accordingly this game will not be granted 8th class status. For those interested in strange games the BCC fielders who played for Drefach let the home side down by dropping the Barbarian several times(Inzy, JP, Polly),with Stuart showing much zeal to dive full length and catch Gazza first ball. In reply the Balster added to the feeling of farce by failing to notice that the pitch had also been marked for a junior match, and thus was stumped by 4 feet whilst being confident of being in. Porger and the Barbarian lashed with glee to set up Sid and Polly for a final dash to a fairly meaningless win. An excellent tour of which these reports are but a sample as of course what goes on tour stays on tour, but if you see Sid in a dress don't be too surprised
Here it is, details finally about Bodicote '2005' Cricket Tour!
All things have now been confirmed and we are heading back to the Valleys of South Wales. Please find below details of the hotel which we to be staying in :-
http://www.ivybushroyal.co.uk/
As you can see this is a very nice hotel and for those of you who do not know the owners Paul and Ann, we will be very well looked after with a bar that will shut when we want it to....not like Poole 2004! It goes without saying that this is a far superior hotel to what we usually stay in and we must respect the place.....I shall not be buying an air horn this year! Anyway this is the boring stuff so please read on and act NOW :-
Tour Dates :- Sunday 10th July to Wednesday 13th July.
Accommodation :- As detailed above. This will cost us £99 per person b&b based on shared rooms. If you don't want to share it will cost you more, please let me know.
Games :- Sunday 10th v Llandovery CC 40 Overs, Monday 11th v Bronwydd CC 20 Overs, Tuesday 12th v Drefach CC 20 Overs.
These are all confirmed however we are in the process of trying to change the Monday game to a 40 over afternoon match. Outside of the matches there are two options Golf or Drink, details to follow.
Payment :- I need to forward a deposit cheque to the hotel and confirm final numbers ASAP therefore please can you confirm your attendance and send me a deposit cheque for £40 by the end of April to :-
Simon Pollard
69 Waltham Gardens
Banbury
Oxon
OX16 4FB
or pay me at nets. Your outstanding balance of £59 will be required by the end of May please.
This should be a great tour so please confirm your place and give me some money ASAP and if you have any questions please call or email me.
PREVIOUS
1985 -
1986 - HEXHAM - Pannal (L), ? (?) Northumberland
Police (W)
1987 - NEWQUAY - Helston (T), Menheniot (W),
Werrington (L), Wadebridge (W), Liskeard (W)
1988 - ST IVES - Helston (A), Hayle (W), Penzance
(W), Falmouth (L), Werrington (W)
1990 - ISLE OF MAN - Southern Select (W), Isle of Man
(L), Presidents XI (W), St Johns (L)
1991 - EDINBURGH -
1992 -
1993 - CHANNEL ISLANDS - Guernsey (D), Board XI (D), Queen
Elizabeth College (L), Jersey (L), Guernsey Island XI (W)
1997 -
1998 –
1999 –
2000 – CARMARTHEN -
2001 – LLANDOVERY -
2002 – LLANDOVERY -
2003 – BRIGHTON – lost all thrre despite scoring over
200 in each game
2004 – POOLE – hammered on the pitch if not off it in genteel
retirement country - Photo's