Last updated:  18 August, 2008 20:44  DAS

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Saturday 6th September.  End of league season BBQ, music and stuff... see Bar for details.

Terry Carr scored his maiden century for Dunstable on Sunday 17th August 2008, and then went to his first 150.

Terry's 156 came in the 2nd XI game against Caldecote and included 20 fours and 2 sixes.  Despite this marvellous effort, the 2nd XI still lost the match as visitors Caldecote chased down Dunstable's score of 254, off the last ball !  Match report.

Terry now has both hands securely on the batting cup for this season.

Well done Terry - Marvellous !

Beds County Development are holding a Summer Holiday Cricket School at Lancot Park on 26-29 August. Ages 7-17 years. 

Lead Coach - Brad Matthews  ECB Qualified Coach

Sessions from £6 - £15    Download application form here

This year the President's Day game was the Reg Morgan Memorial Match.

On a bright and sunny day, many former DTCC players of yesteryear turned out to see the Club defeat the Presidents XI for the first time in a number of years.  The President's XI was packed with former DTCC players who have either moved away or have "retired" from playing.

Man of the Match was Luke Cherry who received a bottle of Champagne presented by Reg's wife June Morgan.. 

Those of you who were at the Lancot Trophies will know what a great day it was for the Club and how much everyone who took part enjoyed the day. 

Of course a very big thank you to Roger and his team for making the day such a success once more. And a very special thanks to everyone who came down and helped out with the event but especially to "The Burger Boys" and girls  (Steve Rennison, Martin Cutler, Ian Keogh) who did such a sterling job behind the Barbie all day - Not a dead animal was spared.

Thank you all.

The annual Presidents Game is this Friday 25th July.  This years game will be the Reg Morgan memorial Match following the death of the Club  President in May.

Game starts 2pm.

We have arranged a quiz night on Friday 18th July at the Club.  Entry fee just £5 with Fish and Chips Supper an extra £4.

7.30pm for 8pm start.

You can get a team together or just come on down and join one on the night.

See Pauline or Dave Skinner for more details.

Andy Watts is going to take part in Sir Ian Botham's latest Charity Walk for Leukaemia Research. Watty will be joining Beefy during his walk at Windsor on 11th October. 

Beefy's target is walk through 9 towns in the UK raising money for Leukaemia research; Watty's is more realistic (what with not being a Knight of the Realm and all) and has set a target of £1,000 on a walk around Windsor.

You can sign the usual sponsorship form which will be doing the rounds at the Club, or you can donate at Watty's on-line page at http://www.justgiving.com/andywattsdtcc

Go on, do something nice today and make a difference; Sponsor Watty. 

To read more about Beefy's walk click here

Link to Leukaemia Research website.

The list of paid members is on the club notice board.  Please check to make sure your name is there.  If you still haven't paid your sub, this is your last chance !

Reg Morgan

Reg Morgan, The Club President sadly passed away last Thursday (15^th May).

Reg had been a member of the Club for over 40 years and during this time he undertook a large number of roles that made a significant contribution to the Club. 

As a player he was a dependable off-spinner who played for the Club until the mid 1980's but his real contribution was as Secretary and then Chairman until 1987. One the last decisions of his period of Chairmanship was the vote to set up a sub-committee to actively search for an alternative ground which started the process of the move to Totternhoe. In addition he was Bar Secretary at Bull Pond Lane at a time when volunteers ran the bar and also was instrumental in organising the early tours to South Wales in the 1970's. Older members may also remember Reg’s midweek team nicknamed “Morgan’s Marauders” where a Club team played as the Wild Barfield works team where Reg worked.

Reg always took great pride in being Club President particularly enjoying Presidents Day and welcoming old members and friends back to the club and was always supportive as the Club moved forward. Reg was also a Trustee and an Honorary member of the Club.

Over the weekend, the Club flag was flown at half mast, the players observed a minutes silence and wore black armbands as a mark of respect.

The Funeral will be at 3.00pm Tuesday 27^th May at All Saints , Wilstead , just off the A6 , South of Bedford

Cricket Force 2008

Sat 5th April 2008

A very heartfelt thanks to all the following people who answered the call and took part in the "Cricket Force 2008" event:

Andy Boocock , Martin Cutler, Paul Gilbert, Ian Keogh, Robbie Keogh, Andy Kilduff
Richard Kilduff, The Little Duffs, Ted McDougal, Steve Rennison, Rob Simpkins
Dave Skinner, Michael Skinner, Adam Stearn
 

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" rolled our sleeves up and got stuck in to help the Clubhouse be ready for the new cricket season. We carried out a very, very deep clean of the Kitchen, cleaned the Bar-B-Ques, lifted and cleared beneath the paving stones on the balcony, cleared out the gutters, the showers, the net area, the cloakroom and store cupboard, painted the field gate, and moved the storage garage,  plus some other things I can't bring to mind just now. 

Poor weather and a much smaller turnout than past years prevented some other things from getting done. These things still need doing and will have to be scheduled in during the early season, most likely on a rota basis. So if you missed out, don't worry your chance is coming.

We hope that the rest of you appreciate the fabulous effort and commitment shown by these people and that you buy us all a beer next time we meet (I'll accept Michael's on his behalf).

Skinns

Umpires and Scorers Wanted 

We urgently need umpires and scorers for the 2008 season for all teams and for both days, Saturday and Sunday.

If you're interested in standing in the middle or driving the electronic scoreboard and laptop scoring software, please contact us for more details or use this link to contact us.

Think you know the signals ? Follow this link, it's really twee 

Starts this Sunday 11th November at 6pm.  No previous cricket experience necessary. 
ECB qualified coaches. Aged 13 years and upwards.

Contact Pauline at the Club on 01582 663735

DTCC Golf Day

The 2007 Golf Day was played at Chalgrave Manor Toddington on Sat 13 Oct 2007. 
 

The overall winner of the Welsh Open Trophy was Rob Simpkins with a score of 38 points playing off a handicap of 24. 

Second place went to Dave Skinner with 32 points, just ahead of a large number of players who scored between 28 and 31 points .

Nearest the Pin was won by Ian Keogh, Longest Drive was Rob Simpkins.

The Junior's competition was won by Robbie Keogh who also picked up the longest drive in the Juniors.

Fathers and Sons was won by.... the Keoghs by just 1 point.

Best team score was from Messers Farrow, Gilbert, and Skinner with 93 points (three ball).

 
Fazza's caddy was unhappy that he had selected the wrong club again.

The 2007 Herts Cricket League Facility Marks show Dunstable at the top once again for the 4th year running.

The main pitch scored highly with the 1st and 2nd XI coming home with top marks in their Divisions at 8.20 and 8.47 respectively. The second XI score at 8.47 was the highest in any Division. 

The Nursery Ground also scored well for the 3rd & 4th XI at 7.49 and 8.00 respectively,  but didn't quite top the marks in both Divisions. We need to work on the Nursery Scorebox / scoring facilities for next season.

A few games where we could do with home fixtures next season would be for the 3rd's vs Hexton (scored just 3.56), and 4ths vs Rickmansworth III (scored just 3.44).

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A quote from the visiting Surrey League side team manager during the tea interval against the Beds Representative XI  recently. Yet another accolade for Hilly, Roger, and the Club - well done.

The Beds League Representative XI won the game ( Report  and  Scorecard)  and will now play the Essex League XI in the final of the Club Cricket Conference Readers Sovereign Trophy, at Southgate CC, The Walker Ground, Waterfall Road, N14 7JZ (020 8886 8381) on 22 August from 11.30am

So if you fancy a day out to watch the Beds Boys (inc our very own DTCC lads) take on the might of the Essex league, book that leave now..

On a bright, sunny evening, an estimated 2,000 people turned up to see Middlesex beat Bedfordshire by 54 runs in the 20:20 friendly game at Lancot Park on 20th June.

Match Report from  Dunstable Today .

Have you got any photo's from the game ?  - Please send them to me and I'll do a montage on the website. 

The teams will play in coloured clothing with a white ball.

This is a really great opportunity for the Club and we need to make the most of it. We need your help to make it all happen on the day; these things don't happen by themselves,  but with your help we can spread the load.

All club members are therefore asked to make themselves available please, either to assist before hand with preparations or for a couple of hours on the day, or clearing up next day. There's lots to set up before hand. On the day we need stewards, gate managers, servers in beer tent,  programme sellers, security stewards - a whole raft of things.

We'd all love to just watch but unless these things are done, there won't be anything to watch.

Please see Andy Watts, Adam Stearn, Dave Skinner, Ted McDougall, Steve Rennison, Ian Keogh to find out what you can do to make this day a really good one for the club.

"Ask not what your club can do for you; ask what you can do for your club"

Dunstable's Mayor Praises DTCC

Following the very successful Colts Presentation Evening, the Mayor of Dunstable Mrs Cynthia Gresham, has written to the Chairman in praise of the Club:

"Andy Boocock and his team managers and coaches are to be congratulated on the hard work, energy, and enthusiasm that they put into running the Colts teams. It is so encouraging to see so many young members of the Colts enjoying the sport and gaining so much from participating in a team game.

Thank you for making me so welcome and may I wish Dunstable Town Cricket Club continued success - a Club that is as great asset and credit to our Town."

Hear hear...

DOUBLE TOP CHAMPIONS !!

Sat 2 Sept 2006- 1st XI beat Old Albanians to clinch the Herts Saracens Div 2 Champions slot.

Sunday 27th August 2006- 1st XI secure the Sunday Beds Premier League title with a tied match against Luton Town & Indians.

Lancot Trophies 2006 - Thank you from the Chairman

" On behalf of the Club I want to thank everyone who gave their time and effort to make The Lancot Trophies such a success. As a club member and representative I felt really proud of what the Club achieved and I hope all of you felt the same.

Obviously Roger deserves particular congratulations for his vision, enthusiasm and sheer hard work without which the day would never have happened and I would also like to individually thank both Ross Tommey and Adam Stearn who I know have put a huge amount of time to make the day a success. 

But the real success story was that so many club members ( and some parents who aren't members ) worked so hard whether it was taking money on the gate, being league managers, parking, selling raffle tickets, scoring, umpiring, cooking, counting money, preparing 4 new strips and boundaries, sorting out the bar and kitchen, putting up notices ,clearing up ,setting up the loudspeaker system and all the many other jobs. Thank you all so much.

I thought the Club would like to see what others have been saying : -

Redbourn U.10 manager Jeff Chapman said " I had the privilege of managing Redbourn under 10's at the Lancot Festival. It was a fantastic day which all our boys thoroughly enjoyed . A big thank you to Roger and DTCC for organising such a marvellous event "

Hertford's Rob Carter wrote " Please accept a big thank you from Hertford CC …. Everyone had an excellent day and it was extremely well run. The players who gave up their cricket for the boys did Dunstable Town proud "

Steve Cantellow wrote " Superbly organised …. Great day. I have been to many youth football tournaments but none have come close to what I witnessed on Sunday. Congratulations to all involved -- a real credit to DTCC "

John "Ted" McDougal