2011 TOUR
This year’s tour will see a
return to Carmarthen.
It will run from 14-17 August with 40 over games on 14th and 16th and a 20 over game on the 15th .
The cost will be £30 per night. Please let Stephen Barlow if you are keen to go.
We will sty at the Ivy Bush Royal Hotel in
Carmarthen, hotel of Paul & Ann Jeacock who are
great supporters of our tours and will no
doubt make us very welcome with good food and long bar hours.
2010 TOUR
After three
years break "The Tours Back On!" Dave Allen is organising this years tour to Cheltenham 25-28 July.
Depart
Bodicote on 25th July to deepest darkest Cheltenham, returning scars and all on
the 28th
in between there will be 2 full games and a 20:20 plus the Bodicote Open.
Cost for this extravaganza is a miserly £120 B&B, places limited to 14 sold
on a 1st come 1st served basis.
For more details contact Dave Allen on
d-j-allen@hotmail.co.uk or 01295 273508 (H) or 07757 709677 (M)
Places are
going fast!
PREVIOUS TOURS
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
2005
CARMARTHEN report below
2006
CARMARTHEN -
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