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U11/U13 Winter Coaching

Paul White — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:03:25 +0000

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 Juniors in County / District Squads

Paul White — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:20:43 +0000

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

AVCC Under 15 Training

Paul White — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:25:05 +0000

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 Ron Maudsley Trophy Semi Final – A Players View

Paul White — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:29:43 +0000

Written by Tom Guntrip – AVCC U13

Abingdon Vale County Champions!

(…well… sort of)

On a very hot day of difficult conditions, one team stood out in a great day of great cricket… well two… but the other doesn’t count. Abingdon Vale were always positive, always fighting, even when things felt hopeless, they kept their heads up and soldiered through.

In the first match against Thame, with two Gazebos up for spectators and our watching player, we lost the toss and were put into bat. Tom “Yoda” Harris and Dan Torrance walked out to bat, knowing that 90 was a good total.

The first 8 overs ticked along nicely, Yoda having a quick start and then easing up, as we got to 32 off 8 overs. Then, very shortly, Dan Torrance was unluckily run out from a fluky direct hit for 10. Adam Scholey, the team’s chatty wickie, then came in.

With the previous game against Oxford B, Adam proved that he could bat at 3, in a surprise move up the order, getting 24n.o. and helping the 10 wicket victory. Today should be no different.

Back against Thame, Adam continued to play well, notching up 20 by around 15 overs. Yoda had retired after hitting a four to get 33, another fantastic innings, bringing his average in the last 4-5 games to around 115. Another great innings. James Pierce went in as a pinch hitter, after his slogging expertise proved useful many a time. However, a great delivery and a heave straight down the ground got him bowled first ball.

Matt Butcher went in, not at his usual two, and almost immediately played a cracking square cut that practically took off Point’s hand, scorching to the boundary. Adam then hit one high after trying to smack it through the off, and the bowler took a good catch. In comes the skipper, Jason.

Jason played well, playing great shots that sadly only picked him up a couple of singles. Off the last ball, he got caught, going for a big one.

AVCC: 93-4.

Thomas Harris – 33 – retired
Dan Torrance – 10 - run out
Adam Scholey – 20 - Caught and Bowled
James Pierce – 0 - Bowled – Golden Duck
Matt Butcher – 8 - Not out
Jason Cardy – 2 - Caught

So after a quick talk by Stuart, the coach, the team went out to field. To begin with, the opener of the bowling, Yoda (again!) bowled a great line, keeping it tight. By the end of 3 overs, him and Harry Wilkinson, our other opener, had kept it tight to around 9-10. Then H. came on for his 2nd over. Midway through, he bowled a beauty. Leg stump disappeared, and the breakthrough came. Next ball, a mate of many players, Legs, supposedly their best batter, showing off in nets earlier, took his guard. H. ran in. Then, the stumps were flying again! A Golden Duck! Sadly, no hat-trick for H. but it was still great bowling. After their first spells of 3 overs each had been bowled, Thame were on about 20-2.

On came Tom Gardner, one of our several mystery men. His slow left armers, no spin, just slanting it, went a bit awry early on, but he recovered well, forcing an edge to point. Sadly, Yoda dropped it. Then on came the skipper, Jason “Jase/J” Cardy. He bowled very good as well, taking a fantastic wicket maiden in his spell. Tom also took a wicket, with the same batter playing the same shot as before, but this time, Yoda held on well. After 3 overs each, Tom “Gunny/Gunner” Guntrip, our 2nd mystery man, came on. His first over went well, going for only two. Then on came another mystery man. Dan Torrance, our regular quick spinner. His strange action confused the batters, getting a wicket and going for not much. Then Gunner came on again, but a left-hand/right-hand combo disrupted his rhythm, and he went for 12. Dan than fared little better, his juicy leg side bowling going for 10. Replacing Tom at his end was Luke Casey, a regular big hitting lower order feature. He bowled well to start, but then went for 2 fours by fine leg, our fine leg being short and a bit off the ball. He went for 9. Then came on J. again. He bowled another good over, keeping it tight when we needed it. By then, they needed about 20 off the last 3. They then needed 16 off the last 2 overs, with Yoda coming on and bowling great. A skied shot was unluckily dropped by Gunny at short cover, diving backwards with his weaker left hand. However, he made up for it with some sharp fielding after it, the over going for only about 4.

H. bowled the last over, and it went well, until a four put us on the back foot again. Suddenly, a four was needed off the last ball. Everyone went on the boundary. They then flicked it to Gunny at Mid wicket, where he fielded comfortably and threw it in, the batters runnnig regardless in case of a bad catch by the keeper. That was not the case, and Vale won by one run! A great performance.

Yoda – 4-0-12-0

Harry Wilkinson – 4-0-12-3

Tom Gardener – 3-1-8-1

Jason – 4-1-10-1 (Bowled a wicket maiden)

Gunner – 2-0-15-0

Dan Torrance – 2-0-13-1

Luke Casey – 1-0-9-0

Vale make final of Ron Maudsley Trophy (Oxon U13 KO Cup)

Paul White — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:26:28 +0000

Written by Stuart Cardy – AVCC U13 Manager

On a very hot day, AVCC U13’s arrived at Bicester & North Oxford CC to find they had been drawn against Thame in the semi final of the Ron Maudsley Trophy. Thame started favourites having already beaten Vale in a league match earlier in the season.

Vale lost the toss and were put in to bat; Thomas Harris and Dan Torrance went into the game in a rich view of form. The bowling was very good from Thame with there openers bowling a good line and length. Progress was steady for Vale, Harris scoring well, with 11 coming off of the 5^th over. Vale had reached 38 when they lost their first wicket, Torrance being harshly adjudged to have failed to make the 22yards in time. The 2^nd wicket fell in the 18^th over just a few balls after Harris had retired on 33. A great innings showing more skill and maturity as the season progresses. The score on 80 for 2 was a little short of where Vale would have liked to have been, so tried to push on to 100. James Peirce out for a duck followed by Adam Scholey. Scholey though had managed to plunder 20 valuable runs for the cause. Jason Cardy was out caught off the last ball for 2 with Matt Butcher finishing on 8 not out. Vale finished with 93 for 4 off the 20 overs. Many believed this was around 20 short of the required score needed for victory.

Thame were confident before and now had a real belief that this was a very achievable target. A smart start with 13 off the first 3 overs. Harry Wilkinson conceded 5 off the first 4 balls of the 4^th over then took his 1^st wicket, bowling out Alexander. This was followed next ball, bowling out his mate from rugby, for a golden duck! Vale on top, 18-2 off 4.

Thame then took their time trying to rebuild their innings. Tom Gardner was the first change bowler; he bowled a maiden with his 1^st over then took the wicket of opener Adams for 18 in his 2^nd over. After 15 overs Thame had progressed to 65-3. So 29 needed off 5 overs. Torrance was given a 2^nd over and conceded 6 and took the valuable wicket of Patey for 21 (another good player dismissed). Cardy as Captain had some tough decisions to make. He bought on Luke Casey, he had 4 good deliveries then 2 balls, leg side were both dispatched for 4. 80 – 4 from 17 overs……..14 from 3 overs required. Cardy then bought himself on and bowled a wicket maiden, big cheers from the Vale supporters. Harris came on to bowl over 19, a skied shot from Thame batsman Parker was sensationally dropped by Tom Guntrip. Good plan though as Parker had now reached 30 and had to retire.

New batsman and added pressure, final over Wilkinson returns, 9 required. 5 off the 1^st 4 balls left Thame only needing 4 for victory. Wilkinson then takes his 3^rd wicket with a clean bowled. Vale then only conceded 2 off the final ball with all fielders on the boundary. Huge cheers all round and great relief as Vale win by 1 run and progressed to the final to face North Cotswolds.

North Cotswolds are a district side from East Gloucestershire and are full of excellent players; they had earlier defeated Aston Rowant by 10 wickets in the Semi Final. Tough times ahead for the Vale.

Some lunch taken and some wise words and clichés from coaches Stu and Chris. It was time to face the challenge. Another toss lost and Vale batting first again, this time it was a lot harder to score as the bowling was quicker and straighter. Vale lost wickets quickly and found themselves 33-6 from 9 overs. It was now the target to try and bat out the 20 overs. Tom Guntrip and Tom Gardner put on the 9 in the next 4 as Vale limped towards the finish. Garnder top scored with 14 including a six (overthrows). Vale ended their innings 1 ball short of 20 overs all out for 63.

This total was never going to be enough, and so it proved. North Cotswolds raced to victory scoring 64 for 2 from only 6.4 overs. Some success though for Harris and Cardy as they took a wicket each. North Cotswolds proved they are the best in the competition but Vale showed how far they have come this season and deserve all the credit they have been given. Losing the final did not take away the great achievement this was.

The Team:

Jason Cardy – Captain

Harry Wilkinson – Vice Captain

Adam Scholey – Wicket Keeper

Thomas Harris

Matthew Butcher

Dan Torrance

Tom Guntrip

Tom Gardner

Andrew Stoney

James Peirce

Luke Casey

Toby Mazonowicz – 12^th Man

Junior outdoor coaching

Graeme Coates — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:44:12 +0000

Following the success of the recent indoor ‘Shaping & Grooving’ coaching at Fitzharrys school, this season’s Junior outdoor coaching will begin on the following dates:-

U10/11 – Saturday 18th April 9.15am – 11.15am & every Saturday morning thereafter (weather permitting!)
U13/15 – Thursday 23rd April 6pm (6.15pm start) – 8pm (ish) & every Thursday evening thereafter (weather permitting!)

Please remember to fill in a membership form & return it to myself or your age group Manager with £35 payment. Forms are available at the coaching sessions.

If you are playing hard ball cricket (U11 upwards) you must bring a box/protector & wear cricket support underwear (jockstrap with pouch!). Don’t forget your water bottle!

KAFF’S CAFF will be open on Saturday mornings for breakfast, tea & coffee etc! For those of you yet to sample this culinary delight, you are in for a life changing experience! Salad dodgers welcome!

See you there!