Phil Evans has booked the Fitzharrys school sports hall again this year for under 10/11 & 13 age groups.  The details are as follows:-

Venue: - Fitzharrys school, Northcourt road, Abingdon OX14 1NP www.fitzharrys.oxon.sch.uk

Directions: - See web site.  Turn left at the end of the drive & follow round to a car park close to the hall.

Dates: - Starting Saturday 27th February for 6 consecutive weeks ending on 3rd April (Easter weekend)

Times: - U10/11 – 9.15am registration. Start 9.30 – 11am

U13 – 10.45am registration.  Start 11am – 12.30pm

Cost: - £3 per child per session or £15 for all 6 sessions, cash or cheque payable to AVCC.

What to wear/bring? – Trainers & white or coloured cricket type top.  Shorts &/or tracky bottoms.  A drink is essential & of course the payment.  This will be soft ball practice & so no need for pads, gloves or protector.  You can bring your own bat if you have one.

We will remind you again nearer the time & look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.

Abingdon Vale CC have been drawn at home to  Beaconsfield in the 1st Round of the ECB National Club’s Knockout Cup.  This is a repeat of the 2007 fixture which AVCC won by 6 wickets.

The date of the game is Sunday 16th May, with a 1pm start

Recently, the Oxfordshire Cricket Board released details of their County & District squads for winter training of 2009/10 and the summer fixtures of 2010.

Congratulations to all of the below:

County Squad Selection:

Senior Womens Squad:

• Samantha Moore

• Helen Webster

U17 Girls Squad:

• Samantha Moore

U12 Boys Squad:

• Arthur Beard

• Graham Beer

U10 Boys Squad:

• Harrison Ward

Vale of White Horse District Squad selection

U15 Boys Squad:

• Joe Butcher

• Jason Cardy

• Adam Scholey

U13 Boys Squad:

• Matthew Butcher

• Thomas Harris

• Aled Newton

• Thomas Stubley

• Cameron Spilsbury

U11 Boys Squad:

• Amand Halgreen

The cold weather that has hit Abingdon so far this winter has certainly affected the club

Please see the photo below – reproduced by kind permission of http://www.abingdonblog.co.uk/

Once the snow melts – we will need to do some ground work to gwt the ground up to scratch for the new season

There has been a change to this week’s U15 Training.

This Friday, the Under 15 training will be at Josca’s – 6.30pm to 8.30pm

The remainder of the sessions at Abingdon School (7pm-9pm) will not be affected on the following dates:

• Friday 22nd January
• Friday 29th January
• Friday 5th February
• Friday 12th February
• Friday 19th February
• Friday 26th February
• Friday 5th March
• Friday 12th March
• Friday 19th March
• Friday 26th March

For further information, please contact Stuart Cardy on stuartcardy@btinternet.com

AVCC Winter Nets:

The first tranche of Winter Nets have been arranged for  Friday 22nd January and Friday 29th January (7.30pm-9pm).

The venue is Radley College Sports Centre

All are welcome to attend

After the presentation evening held at the club on 17th October, I’m delighted to be able to publish the full list of awards presented as follows:

1st XI Batting: Daniel King – 463 runs @ 42.09
1st XI Bowling: Paul White – 44 wickets @ 15.50
The ‘Ed Tilley‘ 1st XI Player’s Player of the Year: Ed Tilley – 295 runs @ 24.09 & 23 wickets @ 15.74

2nd XI Batting: Chris Butcher – 463 runs @ 35.62
2nd XI Bowling: Robin Newman – 20 wickets @ 32.55
The ’Simmons‘ 2nd XI Player’s Player of the Year: Luke Mitchell – 111 runs @ 13.88 & 10 wickets @ 39.10

3rd XI Batting: Alec Inns – 330 runs @ 82.50
3rd XI Bowling: Harisha Sreekantaiah – 21 wickets @ 19.48
The ‘Alan Tilley‘ 3rd XI Player’s Player of the Year: Ben Lanham – for his captaincy through the season

4th XI Batting: Andrew Hornsby – 236 runs @ 33.71
4th XI Bowling: James Kenworthy – 12 wickets @ 24.33
The ‘Turner/Crooks‘ 4th XI Player’s Player of the Year: Richard Matthews – 176 runs @88.00 & 11 wickets @ 24.09 (inc. first hat-trick)

The ’Binns’ Captain’s player of the Year was won by Andy Munday – or not caring where he played throughout the season and infact played for all four league sides during the season

Sun XI Batting: Garry Cook – 214 runs @ 30.57
Sun XI Bowling: Mark Rallings – 22 wickets @ 22.36
The ‘Vice Presidents‘ Sunday XI Player’s Player of the Year: Julian Thorn – 156 runs @26.00 & 12 wickets @19.83

Performance of the Year: Alec Inns – 133* (5×6, 19×4) for the 3rd XI v Didcot 2nd XI  (Away) (18.07.2009)

Young Player of the Year: Henry Pickford – 107 runs @ 8.23 & 13 wickets @ 34.00 in all adult matches in début year at fifteen.   Henry started the season in the Third Eleven and finished up opening the bowling for the First Eleven

Most Improved Young Player of the Year: Adam Shorten – 18 wickets @ 21.22.  Adam stated the season in the Fourth Eleven and finished the season as the senior spin bowler in the Second Eleven

Six Hit Trophy: Alec Inns – 9 sixes

Clubman of the Year: Joffy Cummings

From our roving reporter (Ady White) – some photos of the dutch dinner from last night!

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The Dutch tour starts next week (the 20th July) – and will start offwith a 20/20 match on the Monday evening – additionally, there will be a fundraising BBQ on the 18th July – see the flyer.

The tour itinerary will be as follows:

• Monday 20th – July Dutch tourists arrive in Abingdon approx midday. Meet hosts, drop off bags then back to the club for 20/20 match v AVCC and BBQ.

• Tuesday 21st v Cumnor (a). 2pm start.

• Wednesday 22nd – Day off – day trip to Oxford by boat. Sightseeing/historic pub crawl/ games in the Parks. Tour Dinner 8pm at Upper Reaches – 3 course meal, £25 pp.

• Thursday 23rd v AVCC Invitational XI at Hales Meadow (all day game), 11am start.

• Friday 24th v Kingston Bagpuize (a). 2pm start.

• Saturday 25th – Day off – either watch 1st XI v Great Tew, 3rd XI v Twyford II, or Northants v Aussies (County Ground, Northants). Beers of the World in the evening.

• Sunday 26th v Hosts XI at Hales Meadow, 45 overs per side, 2pm start.

• Monday 27th – Dutch tourists return to Leiden.

A copy of the itinerary can be downloaded using this link: Dutch Tour Itinerary, and also, please have a look at at information about the BBQ on the 18th July.