Under 11's hammer Derriaghy

The Cregagh under 11's game an awesomely powerful display against their Derriaghy counterparts last night (Thursday).

On a very slippy mat ( due to yet another rain shower) skipper Adam McCormick was asked to bat after loosing the toss.

Runs flowed from the off with James Hume, Mark Johnston, Ollie Fleetham and Adam scoring freely, but a few rash shots always kept the home team in the game. At the end of 20 overs the mighty CCC were 71 for 9.

The Derriaghy innings started disastrously (for them) with Lewis Cunningham getting two wickets in his first over. Other quick wickets from Mark Johnston (one) and Adam McCormick (two) had Derriaghy struggling on 16 for 5. With Cregagh a team of all-rounders, it was time to show how powerful our bowling attack is, as Cameron Lindsay, James Hume, Daniel Larmour and debutant Tristrim Stewart (two) all got amongst the wickets.

With two great catches from Mark Johnston and Daniel Larmour and wicket keeper Mark Lowry only letting 4 byes the Derriaghy innings was done just before 8.30. 44 for 11.

A throughly professional display by a superb group of young men. I couldn't pick a man of the match last night as each man was as good as the other. Well done...

Cricket Section Functions

Please note the following dates for forthcoming functions:


Friday 21st August-table quiz in aid of club funds. 7.30 for 8.00 pm. Admission £5 per person including supper.


Friday 2nd October-end of season club dinner

Youth Section Dates

Please note the following important dates for the youth section:

Wednesday 22nd July-practice re-starts at 6.30 after the July break

Wednesday 12th August-end of season party and awards starting 6.30. Note there will be no outdoor practice that night.

Under 15 League Game Re-arrangements

The dates for the final two U 15 league games are:

Friday 31/7-Instonians (A)
Friday 7/8-Saintfield (H)

Youth Practices-July break

Please note that there will be no youth practices on Wednesday 8th and 15th July due to the July holidays.

We will re-start on the 22nd at 6.30pm

2009 Subs

All members please note that the 2009 subs are now overdue and should be paid to their captains or left behind the bar in the club this weekend.

Subs are the lifeblood of the club and are needed to continue to provide the facilities that we all enjoy.

Details of the subs tariff can be found on the web site home page

Stuart Catterson
Chairman

U15s make it three in a row

The Under 15s made it three league wins in a row with a 5 wicket defeat of CSNI at Stormont on Thursday 2/7 in a high scoring game.

After losing the toss skipper Matthew Simpson and his team were asked to field with the game being played on the back square with short boundaries on all sides and a very fast outfield.

Not surprisingly all of the Cregagh bowlers found it difficult to keep the runs down as edges and mishits went for easy runs however this was not helped but some poorly directed bowling and lack lustre fielding.

After using 6 bowlers the CSNI total ended with an imposing 165 for 3 off their 20 overs with the wicket takers being Stephen Nixon,Neil Adams and James Taylor.

As in the two previous victories the batsman then pulled the team out of a hole as they went after the victory target with great skill and judgement.Openers Matthew Simpson and Neil Adams added 88 for the first wicket with Neil first out in the 11th over for a well crafted 45.
Next in was Haider Masih who kept the momentum going with a quick fire 22 with Simpson continuing to play the captains knock at the other end.

A flurry of wickets then followed as Haider (22),Stephen Nixon,Matthew Simpson (26) and James Taylor all departed trying to keep the run rate up at the required 8 per over.

However a steadying innings from James Harper (plus a considerable number of extras given away by CSNI) saw Cregagh home to 166 for 5 in the at the end of the 19th over.

Another excellent performance by the batsman but a considerable improvement is needed in the field before we complete the league campaign against Saintfield and Instonians.