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| InterDistrict Knock Out Trophy 2009 | |||
| Group 1 | Northern Festival: North West, North East, Scotland, East Midlands | ||
| Group 2 | West Midlands, Wales, West | ||
| Group 3 | Eastern Counties, Kent & East Sussex, South, Surrey & West Sussex | ||
| Best losing District* | decided by total runs scored divided by the wickets lost | ||
| Semi Finals - 18th August at Oakham School | |||
| Semi Finals A | Winner Group 1 v Winner Group 2 | ||
| Semi Final B | Winner Group 3 v Best losing District | ||
Final - 19th August at Oakham School |
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| Advised fixtures & results to date | |||
| Group 3 | Group winners: | ||
| SO v CP SX v CP EC v CP SO v EC EC v SX SX v SO |
SO won by 5 wkts CP won EC won by 123 runs cancelled SO won |
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| Group 2 | Group winners: | ||
| WA v WM WA v WE WM v WE |
WE conceded WE won |
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| Group 1 | Group winners: | ||
| Best losing District | |||
| North West Schools Twenty/20 Competitions 2009 | |
The Forty Club North West can confirm that two Twenty/20 competitions for State Schools will be held this season |
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| Thurs 2nd July | At Farnworth Social Cricket Club: for 4 schools based in Bolton - the schools involved will be the top four from Bolton Education's League competition - the ground is on Piggot Street, Farnworth, Bolton. |
| Friday 3rd July | At Worsley Cricket Club: A repeat of 2008's very successful Salford Schools Twenty/20 - the same four schools have been invited to take part as last year namely Walkden High School (the holders), St Ambrose Barlow HS, St George's RC HS and Wentworth HS - the ground is located on Walkden Road, Worsley |
| We have the pleasure of announcing that Surridge Sports are sponsoring both events, they are providing trophies and medals plus £500 Vouchers for the winners, £250 vouchers for the runners up and £125 vouchers for the losing semi finalists. | |
If you are in the area please come and see what Forty Club can provide for inner city schools where cricket is a dying game |
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| For futher details contact Tony Fare (NW Chairman) | |
| Surrey & West Sussex - vacancies for players | |
Please note that Surrey & west Sussex have vacancies for the following fixtures: |
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| July 1st July 2nd July 5th |
Haberdashers' Aske's |
| If you would like to play, please email Richard Bennett asap If you are not a member of the Forty Club - please consider joining! |
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| Membership Secretary Details |
| Please note that email address as listed in the 2009 Fixture Card is incorrect - it should read: p.gaywood@btinternet.com |
| Club Ties |
| Does your old one need replacing?
The Membership Secretary holds the stock of these silk ties - £10 each + £1 p&p |
| Overseas Subsciption Rates - changes |
| Changes (from 1st May 2009) to the subscription rates and Life Membership fees have been announced Click here for more details |
| 38th TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT 20 – 24 July : Oakham School, England Tournament Manager - Ron Hart |
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| Please contact Ron Hart if you wish to play in any warm up match or in the Triangular Tournament (tel: 01435 863541 - email) | |
| Pre – Tournament Matches to be staged in Cambridge | |
| Sat 18th July | Bad Boys XI v Combined XL XI at Churchill College (2.00pm) - Match Manager: Ron Hart |
| Sun 19th July | SGS XI v Eltisley CC at Eltisley (2.00pm) - Match Manager: Robert Smith |
| Sun 19th July | Combined SGS & Dansk XI v Combined XL XI at Churchill College (2.00pm) - Match Manager: Ron Hart |
| Mon 20th July | a tour of Cambridge |
| 20th - 24th | Triangular Tournament |
| Thurs 23rd July | Cricketers' Club of New South Wales v Combined XL XI at Oakham (2.00pm) - Match Manager: Robert Smith |
| Autumn Tour 2009 | ||
| Namibia | ||
| The Forty Club will be going on tour this autumn. The tour is to Namibia in the months of September and October and, whilst planning is still in progress, is expected to include 9 cricket matches. | ||
| The departure date is the 16th September with a flight to Windhoek. Thereafter, under the guiding hand of the local Springbok Atlas agents, and the Ron Hart company, there are 9 matches planned, including a match against an U19 Namibia XI, some sight seeing, some safari trips and plenty of time to chill out. The aim is to have 18 – 20 cricketers in a party of 40 playing matches against sides with the wonderful names of Outjo, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Windhoek Nightwatchmen and Oshakati. | ||
| This is breaking new ground for the Forty Club but without changing the basic objective of taking our cricket to others, and to encourage the game. |
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| We will be warm, we will be comfortable and we will be careful. Let the cricket do the talking! | ||
| The party will return to England on the 7th October – and still be in time for the Forty Club Annual Dinner! | ||
| If you would like to join the party, please tell Peter Robinson and send him a deposit cheque for £150 (made payable to 'The Forty Club') to the address below. The final tour price is expected to be about £2000 and all efforts will be made to keep it down to that level and hopefully less. In these troubled times prices can fluctuate but Peter Robinson and Ron Hart well understand the priorities of XL members and the need to keep a cap on costs. | ||
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| If you are tempted, please send your cheque as soon as possible so that we can ‘reserve’ the initial price quotes. We would love to have you join what promises to be an exciting tour! |
| The Annual Forty Club Northwest Golf Day |
| 29th September 2009 |
This will be staged at the Garstang Golf and Country Club in Lancashire. |
There is a Best Western Hotel in the complex should anyone wish to stay. Teams of three will Stableford Rules for the the main trophy and prizes given for longest drive and a nearest the pin. The cost is £32 per head [£96 per team] which includes Bacon Sandwich on arrival, the round of golf, a two course evening meal and prizes. First Tee Off is midday. All are welcome to join us |
Please contact Nigel Barrow on 01524 824708 for more details |
Dates for your diaries 2009 |
| * Annual Dinner, 9th October 2009 at the Park Lane Hotel, London * MCC fixture, 12th August 2009 hosted by East Midlands district. |
Dates for Club Committee Meetings
District Websites
There are now EIGHT District websites
| Eastern Counties - | www.xlclubeasterncounties.play-cricket.com | |
| West District - | www.westxlclub.play-cricket.com | |
| Kent & East Sussex - | www.40club-kent.co.uk | |
| Scotland District - | www.xlclubscotland.play-cricket.com | |
| North East District - | www.xlclubne.play-cricket.com | |
| North West District - | www.xlclubnorthwest.play-cricket.com | |
| Wales District - | www.40clubwales.co.uk | |
| Surrey and West Sussex - | www.xlclubswsd.play-cricket.com | |
| Dutch Forty Club website - | www.sgs-cricket.nl | |
| Danish Forty Club website - | www.cricket.dk/Forty/fortyhome.htm |
Supplier of club colours
The supplier of Club colours is
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| Berkeley Sports 50 Upper Hale Road Upper Hale, Farnham Surrey GU9 0NS Tel: 01252 728083 E mail: sales@berkeleysports.com |
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| Members who wish to order Forty Club cricket colours should | ||
| (a) | go to the website www.berkeleysports.com and on the front page - clubs - XL Forty Club and follow the instructions, or | |
| (b) | use the order form, or | |
| (c) | call them on +44 (0) 1252 728083 | |
Membership
As at 9th April 2009
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Playing membership by District is as follows |
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| District | Total Members | Playing Members* | Players aged 39/45 |
| Scotland | 131 | 52 | 6 |
| North East | 142 | 44 | 1 |
| North West | 177 | 46 | 14 |
| West Midlands | 143 | 42 | 7 |
| East Midlands | 161 | 81 | 16 |
| Eastern Counties | 218 | 87 | 14 |
| West | 207 | 82 | 6 |
| North Thames | 326 | 100 | 14 |
| South | 289 | 109 | 10 |
| Wales | 114 | 51 | 10 |
| Surrey & West Sussex | 449 | 89 | 7 |
| Kent & East Sussex | 351 | 139 | 12 |
| TOTAL | 2708 | 922 | 117 |
* also includes 60 'UK' umpires & 1 'overseas'