The cricket season may be done but you can still exercise the little grey cells at the club’s upcoming quiz night. Five tables are already booked but there’s always room for more. Bring your friends along to enjoy this evening which is always good fun. The event is being run by Paul Sheffield next Friday,…
The Thirds wasted a glorious opportunity to pull off an unlikely win over table-topping Old Haberdashers on Saturday. They were cruising to victory with their opponents looking short of ideas and inspiration when Ben Orchard was needlessly run out just after bashing a brilliant half-century. Suddenly, the visitors’ innocuous bowlers, who had been serving up…
There’s no one hero this week… there are too many of you to salute. Last Friday, was one of the busiest ever when the club was used for a social cricket match and memorial party for about 200 people. The evening was a great success all round but only thanks to the huge efforts of Lara, Nick English, Paul Sheffield, Charlie…
It’s half-term and the club is playing host to three Charley cricket sessions, which bring together teams of under-13s from across Herts, Beds and Bucks to compete in a series of matches. These occasions have been hugely successful with dozens of children and their families coming to the Park. They take a lot of organisation, so…
The Fourths welcomed Hatfield and Crusaders to the Park on Saturday to play out what turned out to be a very good game of cricket. After winning a toss he would rather have lost, stand-in captain Dave Barwick chose to bat first on a decent-looking pitch. Barwick and fellow opener Nick English struggled to find their…
The Fifths came away with a close-run draw against a Bentley Heath side currently riding high in the league, after a rain-shortened game provided an entertaining contest. The weather had already accounted for the Seconds, so that enabled Gareth Jones to fill in as a specialist fielder – it deemed rather unsporting to allow a…
We had a brilliant, sunny day on Friday welcoming a touring team from Slovenia and their opponents The Rain Men. A big thank you to everyone who made this occasion special. However, no one can have worked harder than Paul Sheffield who had an incredibly busy stint behind the barbecue. He shifted dozens of perfectly…
Why was chairman Chris Johnson beaming this week? Because he was so thrilled with the 14-14 day at the club on Sunday. Good weather, entertaining cricket, great atmosphere, old friends returning, some new ones made. He called the event ‘a landmark day’ for the club. So, he decided to nominate a list of heroes this week who made the…
THE Fourths got their league campaign off to the ideal start with a hard-fought six-wicket win against North Mymms Captain Mark Folwell won a very important toss and had no hesitation in asking North Mymms to bat first on a wicket that offered plenty for anyone who put the ball in the right areas. Opening bowlers Guy Johnstone…
A spectacular batting capitulation saw the Thirds crash to an improbable defeat in their opening friendly of the season on Saturday.Set a modest 110 to win in their 40-overs-a-side contest with Watford IIIs, Graham Fisher’s men appeared to be cruising to victory at 96-4 with more than ten overs remaining.But the middle and late order crumbled…
