Welcome to Marsh Gibbon Cricket Club

The OCA Leagues for 2012 are now available via the OCA Website, and the good news is that our 2nds have not gone down!

We remain in Division 7 !

The First Team remain in Div 2 and are joined by 5 new teams with 1 relegated from Division 1 – Tetsworth and 4 coming up!!   Some familiar faces among them with East and West Hendred and Watlington joining us in 2012.

Watch this space for an update from our Annual General Meeting and the new committee……The most important news is that Stuart, Mikey and Nathan will continue as Captain’s and all 3 are pumped up for glory!

Calling all MGCC Members……Friday 11th November is the date for the AGM. 

7.30pm at the Pavilion.  

All the usual excitement!

Time to prepare for 2012…come along and here all the new OCA proposals for the new season….. and the MGCC Development Plans as well…

We underlined the Season with a fantastic Dinner Dance and Presentation Evening on Saturday 8th October.

Dancing was to the hip hop tunes from DJ Happy Sammy and an outstanding 3 Course Dinner was washed down with copious libation (Drinkaware!)

Over 50 Players, Partners and Friends of MGCC were royally amused by the 3 Captain’s accounts of the Season and tales of naked midnight sliding?! 

The traditional ‘Fines Quiz’ created by Fines Master Granty was won the Chambers/Jones Table by a single point from the Young Guns Table.

The serious awards were distributed and each winners’ ascent to the stage was accompanied by their individual theme tune (in brackets), selected by Frankie.  First up were the Tea Ladies (Here Come The Girls) ; Best in the League without comparison!   Followed by Nathan Callow (We are the Champions), Captain of the Midweek Team and winners of the Bucks Midweek Shield.  He invited Alex Wallace (The Inbetweeners) and Himself! (The Boy Does Nothing) to receive the Batting and Bowling Awards.      

Next came 2nd XI Skipper; Michael Timms (Pass Out) who invited Jordan Allison (Eye of The Tiger), Steve Turner (Party All Night) and  Himself! to receive the Batting, Bowling and Fielder Awards. With Jordan also receiving the Outstanding performance for his almost ton!

Dig Dave (Top Cat) stylistically embarassed as many as he could before inviting Stewart Black (Men in Black) to receive the Batting Trophy, Wayne Platts (I’m sexy and I know it!) to collect the Bowling Award, Himself for the Fielding Recognition and Carl Needham (Unbelievable) to accept the Outstanding Performance.   

 With the Captain’s all clapped out, the Chairman thanked a selection of essential stalwarts, crucially the task performed by Barry Timms as the Umpires Co-ordinator and his team of; Mark Leonard, Dave Watkins, Barry Leonard (and even young Timdog), who went and collectively umpired for the Club on over 30 occasions this Summer.   Also the stirling efforts of the Ground Crew led by head honcho Bazza.

We remembered a great character who sadly and suddenly passed away this year Charles (Charlie) Harrison and toasted his memory.  We also wished our President, Horace Leonard a continued recovery from his operation.

The prestigious ‘Duck Cup’ was won by Nathan Callow and he was heralded to the Duck Song!  Before we returned to the remaining serious achievements, as Jordan Allison was elected the Young Player and Barry Leonard elected the Clubman and presented with the Hine Cup for his work on the ground.

The Club also recognised the contribution of Nick Tyler who (between 1991 and 2011) held positions of 1st and 2nd Teams Captain, Club Chairman and fundraiser (Whistling Nick!) Nick recently left the villge, but remains a senior statesman for the Club and was presented with Honorary Life Vice Presidency.   Nick was trumpeted to the tune of Jerusalem!

Barry Leonard is synonymous with Cricket in Marsh Gibbon as there is virtually nothing he hasn’t done for the Club, and continues to do. He labours to create a true wicket every week of the Summer with barely a day passing without one task or another being tended by him.  Something he has done year on year. Barry was heralded as an Honourary Life Vice President (to the tune of Ground Force!)    Both men received standing and lengthy ovations!

The night descended into raucous dancing and drinking with little regard for decorum and somehow (as usual) the few still capable tidied the remnants away in the early hours.

With 2011 closed we start to look toward 2012 with the AGM on November 11th at the Pavilion.  All Members welcome.  

….And finally, if any of the 500 Photographs displayed during the evening are wanted for Mantelpieces please let Carlos know and he can email copies to you?

The annual dance has been moved to Saturday 8th October due to many members being unable to make this coming weekend.  

This annual extravaganza will follow the theme of :  Black Tie (or lounge suit) and Evening Dresses (for the ladies Blackie!). We shall be served a sumptuous 3 course Dinner and then groove to the bashing tunes of DJ Sammy until midnight.  There will be a free glass of bubbly (or 2!) on arrival at 7- 7.30pm.   Not to forget the distribution of silverware for the Club and Players that excelled in 2011….  All, washed down from a very reasonably priced full bar and wine selection, of course!

Tables will be for 8-10 and friends and relations are welcomed.  Please let us know if you have a group that wants to sit together? 

Menus have been distributed, but if you need more let a committee member know (your Skipper).  Please return Menu selection by 1st October at the very latest!

All this for only £25 per Adult and £15 for Under 18′s…bargain!

Really hope to see you all there…and don’t forget….Action from the Season will be played out again with over 500 action photographs from Firsts, Seconds, and the triumphant Midweek Team scrolling on the big screen!

Plus…the Statos have worked the magic again and full Marsh Wisdens will be available – and for the very first time a complete history of all 2nds matches and players since entering the OCA!

Make it a Night To Remember!!

(Contact your Skipper for any more info….)

Sadly the dream of Promotion ebbed away for The Originals with the Season ending, and so the Fantasy ended….The Fantasy League that is!

Go to the Fantasy League Page for the Final Standings.  Congratulations to Wayne and Debbie whose team of : Blackie (3264), Wayne (1874) and Carlos (1967..DOB!) took them to Victory!

Obviously the Individual Player Points Values for next season will be amended according to how each player fared this season – so Joe will probably be favourite!

Final Player Scores:  Blackie 3264 – miles out in front!  Carlos 1967 – very steady,  Plattsy 1874 big effort, Frankie 1838 very solid,  Briefo 1558 underplayed!, Sathya 1210 thanks Caribbean!!,  Crouchy 1177  needs more willow!, Big Dave 740 wrap those fingers!, Olaf 570 strong finish, Granty 467 more power!, Wilber 293 no more holidays!, Kaim 112 who? and finally Joe 70, nice cameo!

 Get ready for 2012 and a 2nd Team Leagus as well!

As you will see from the “Rogue’s Gallery” – The PIG has already been Smashed and the cash released (no need to go the back way on this occasion!)  So get your s*it shirts and shorts out for Saturday. …..And, there are a few other things you need to know and plan for……

• GROUNDWORK     The season closes on Saturday and so next Saturday (17th) we begin thepreparations for next season!  We need as many members down the ground from 9.30am to help: take down and store fencing, put the sightscreens away, scarify, seed and loam the square (and rope off). Many hands make light work as they say and so please come down and help out as soon as you can make it!   The better the preparation the better the wicket next year.

• PRESENTATION EVENING     Saturday 24th September.  The Annual Club night with 3 course meal, bar, dancing to DJ Sammy and much drinking! Please round up your partners, friends and family.  You can even get a table together (8) Let a skipper or Committee member know asap.  The Annual Awards will also be presented!

   …and of course, the Original also have the small matter of winning the last game against Broughton tomorrow and moving up the table to 3rd!

Jackal.

иконописиконографияThe Originals got back to winning ways on Saturday with a narrow one wicket victory against Oxford Caribbean. Following a very disappointing defeat to Faringdon, where Wayne Platts starred with the bat with a stylish 82, Gibbon were in need of a confidence boosting win to keep their promotion hopes alive.

With Caribbean arriving late, their innings was reduced by 6 overs, but there intent was positive from the start, however, it was Gibbon who struck first with in-form Sykesy having one snaffled behind the stumps by the skipper. Wayne was bowling with pace without a lot of luck at the other end, which complemented the guile of Sykes from the other end. Caribbean accumulated runs at a steady rate, but were pegged back by regular wickets, with all-rounder Matt Mead getting in on the act with a 3-for. Caribbean mustered a decent 190 all out, on a decent pitch for both bat and ball.

A splendid tea was taken as Mrs Linda Leonard returned to the fold of refreshment provider with a sumptuous feast of sweet and savoury. Particular mention must go to Maisie’s flapjack which went down a storm! As Gibbon struggled to wrestle themselves away from the tea table, it was now time to set about getting the runs. Satty and Stew Black smashed the ball to all parts as we got off to a great start with 70 off the first 8 overs, but when Blackie was removed and Alex was run-out after a mix-up with Satty, we were starting to look over our shoulders. Sat went for an aggressive 44, as Wayne steadied the ship a little, but regular wickets meant this was going to be a tight one! A quickfire 24 from Mathers kept us in the hunt, but it was number 9 Sykesy who capped a fine all-round display with a well controlled 27no to see us home in the last over with only one wicket remaining!

A good win and we were pleased to get over the line to keep our promotion hopes alive. A large amount was deposited in the new-look pig, wonderfully decorated by the lovely Debs! Aswell as the defeat, a particular highlight for the day was that We all finally got to meet Joe’s young lady as Satty made an instant impact with the poor girl……..you can always rely on our Satty! Very pleased after many months of speculation amongst the lads to finally know which team Joe is batting for!

Massive game this weekend at Witney Swifts, which is a must-win!

Stu