28 September 2008

At the League Presentation Evening on Friday 26 September PCC collected the Champions Trophy, Chris Turner won Best Bowler, Bevan Davies shared Best Wicketkeeper and Sue Johnson won the Best Presented Score Book. Will Hellewell failed to notice the accumulation of sugar lumps in his lager.

30 August 2008

30 Aug - Firsts beat Calver at Home, Seconds win at Chesterfield Barbarians. 31 Aug - Firsts at home to Zingari falls foul of the heavy rain.

26 August 2008

• 26 Aug- Parkhead Firsts seal their status as back-to-back League Champions, despite losing to Stanton-in-the-Peak on Sat 23 Aug with one ball remaining. On the same day, the Seconds came a cropper at Youlgrave Lodge, losing by 4 wickets, having been at one point 18-6, and remain in third place, now out of touch with the leaders.

16 August 2008

• A 177 opening partnership between Ian Davis and Adam Burkinshaw sees the Firsts to a win at Hundall and open up a 64 point lead in Division One with three games remaining. Seconds lose at home to 2nd placed Hathersage and are now 30 points adrift in third place, having lead Division Two for much of the season.

14 August 2008

• Goodbye to "Taffy" our skipper who has taken up a job overseas and played in his last match on Saturday 9th August taking a "fifer" and getting 24 before being run out in the rain.
• Firsts lose in the heavy rain on 09 Aug but maintain their position at the top. Seconds are cancelled and remain third.
• CONGRATULATIONS to our U13s who maintained an unbeaten record throughout the season and were Champions of their division.

27 July 2008

• Wins for Firsts and Seconds on Sat 26 and Sunday 27 July.

25 July 2008

• This Saturday 26 July the Firsts are away at Holmesfield and the Seconds are at home to Sheepbridge
• On Sunday the Firsts travel to Elvaston and the Seconds entertain Eyam.
•  The 125 Group draw for the £1000.00 prize will be held before the end of the season.

12 July 2008

• Due to the Winston Cup, There is no first team match on Saturday 19 July, while the Seconds have a friendly at home against Baslow.
• On Sunday 20th the Firsts are at Home to Belper Meadows and the seconds are away at Anston.
• Saturday 12 July - Losses for both league sides.

05 July 2008

• Saturday 05 July - Firsts declare on 242-5 and win by 115 runs at home to Collegiate. Seconds win by 5 wickets away at Stocksbridge with Lewis Clayton and Jon Gilson sharing an unbeaten 97 6th wicket stand.
• Sunday matches fall to the weather.

28 June 2008

• Sat 28 June Firsts beat Ashford-in-the-Water at home, whereas the Seconds having been 37-8 at one point and then hauled back into contention thanks to a ninth wicket partnership of 82 by Mark Turner and Graeme Davies, lost by five wickets at Ridgeway to concede first place in Division 2.

15 June 2008

• Saturday 14 June - Firsts win by 6 wickets at Calver thanks to an Ian Davies hat-trick, while the Seconds win by 4 wickets at home to Chesterfield Barbarians.

09 June 2008

• Firsts and Seconds back on the winning trail (each gaining 20 points) - Firsts won by one wicket at home to University Staff, while the Seconds just failed to take the last Centralians wicket at Niagara Sports ground.
• On Sunday 8th June the Firsts won at home to Hardwick Estates and the Seconds triumphed (just) away at Breaston.
• There is no U17 match this week.
• A recent milestone achieved by one of our stalwarts is featured - and the stats are here. There is no truth in the rumour that Andy is designing a special lob-zimmer frame to ensure he can achieve the next milestone sometime adjacent to the twenty-second century.

02 June 2008

• A bad weekend sees both teams lose in the league on Saturday 31st May, and June commences with a complete rain washout across the board on Sunday.
• The Firsts didn't manage to defend their 199-9 and lost to Holmesfield by 4 wickets.
• The seconds came agonisingly close on a difficult track at Sheepbridge's Tibshelf ground. Chasing 115- 8 they lost their last three wickets for 1 run, to end up 3 short with 4 balls to spare.
• On the brighter side, both teams remain at the top of their respective divisions, albeit with reduced leads.
• Our Tea Lady, Maureen Hayes, continues her recovery from her hip replacement operation.
• The new outdoor net facility was christened on Friday 23 May.

PCC Winter competition
Week.17 and final table.
 
The PCC winter competition is completed and  the final table is attached. There will be no free cricket for a Parkhead player as the thoroughly-deserving winner is Andrew Graham, a work colleague of Martin Bouchier and an avid Newcastle United fan. He had been at or near the top throughout the competition with a remarkably high percentage of correct predictions until this week, when Chelsea's late winner gave him his only 3 points and he was very nearly caught by Ian Vinall. He wins £100.
Second is Ian Vinall, not someone that naturally comes to mind for this sort of thing and no doubt all of us will be talked through it at great length in the near future. Pity his poor brother and dad who finished below him.
In third place was Nick Clark, by all accounts a bit of an expert at fantasy league stuff and, by coincidence, also a Newcastle United supporter.
There was a tie for fourth place between Alan Taylor and Ken Mackay. Alan is a friend of Andy Vinall's and so Vines will be hearing all about it for weeks from his mate as well as his brother. Ken did extremely well considering that he handicapped himself by backing Scotland to win every rugby match (heart ruling head, I cannot bet against the Thistle - Editor).
The wooden spoon winner was Ian Gregory who cruised home with a final nil points this weekend. Again it was thoroughly deserved because there was no discernible difference between his early guesses when he was trying to win and his later ones when he was trying to lose.      
Elsewhere David Spilman, Jamie Brown and Chris Turner smashed their respective fathers and Fran Wynn beat husband Jon by 5 points after a ding-dong struggle.
 
Very many thanks to all who entered the competition. I hope that it was a bit of fun and it has raised more than £750 for the club, a useful sum in a period when there is usually no income. Also many thanks to Ken Mackay for doing the website bit and to those who signed up good numbers of non-PCC entrants, in particular Billyboy Forsdike, Martin Bouchier, Bev Davies, Ian Gregory and Andy Vinall.
 
Andy Reichwald 
 

• The 2008 Club handbooks are now available - please be aware that there are a couple of Thursdays mentioned where the date is wrong (for example 24 May should be 22 May) - also some phone numbers are incorrect, details will provided here.
• Next meeting of the Management Committee is on (tba) at 19:30 in the pavilion.
• A huge thank you to Mike Bailey for all he has done for Parkhead since the 1970s. Mike and Anne are now settled in Shetland, complete with winter weather - everyone in the club wishes them the very best. We will miss them very much.
• Outfield topdressing in partnership with RAY (Recycling Action Yorkshire) supported by Yorkshire Forward
• Taffy is planning a two week tour of Sri Lanka in April 2009 - please let him know if you are interested, he will be happy to take a deposit - anticipated player costs around £1300 - non-player costs to be determined.