Ground:Parkside Road, Kendal Cumbria LA9 7Bltel: (01539) 724051

Netherfield

Cricket Club

Ground:Parkside Road, Kendal Cumbria LA9 7BLTel: (01539) 724051

Email:

Website:

Northern League Champions 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 & 2008

Members of the 3D Sports Northern Premier & Westmorland League

Chairman
Treasurer: / Wallace Thompson
11 Grasmere Cresc Kendal LA9 6LP Tel (01539) 724044
E-Mail
Aubrey Bowman
13 Castle Riggs Kendal LA9 7BA
Tel:(01539) 724330 / Secretary &
Fixtures
Welfare Officer
Bar Manager / Ian Heath
5 Shanny Lane Natland Kendal
LA9 7QX Tel (015395) 60141
E-Mail
David Armitage
Tel: 01539 730753
Martin Blamire
Tel: 07901834590 or Club No
E-Mail

NEWS BULLETIN - JANUARY 2012

PLAYERS MEETING - The Players Meeting to select the Captains for each of the 4 Senior teams was held on Tuesday 10th January. The captains need to be ratified by the AGM.

AGM -

We hereby give notice that the AGM of the Club will take place on Tuesday 21st February, 2012 in the Pavilion at 8-00pm.

Notice of Motion involving any new rule or alteration at the AGM should be given to the Secretary not later than 7 days prior to the date of the Meeting.

To assist in the election of Officers & Captains for the Meeting a Notice will be posted in the Pavilion and nominations (agreed by the Nominees) can be placed on the notice board or can be accepted by post. A list of current Officers is shown below to assist. New members will be welcomed on to the Committee.

Chairman / Wally Thompson / Treasurer / Aubrey Bowman
Vice Chairman / Keith Fawcett / Ass Treasurer / Les Brown
Secretary
Ass. Secretary / Ian Heath
Colin Robinson / Membership Sec
Child Welfare Officer / Mike Rigg (not standing)
David Armitage
Committee
Ashley Dixon / Alan Wilson / David Otway / Mike Graveson
Neil Grantham / Wilf Anderson / Alan Little
Robbie Lambert / Mike Dugdale
Martin Boyd

PROFESSIONAL

You will be pleased to note that we have completed the signing of J J Pienaar from Easterns & Titans in South Africa. He is a Left Hand bat and right arm medium fast bowler. Cobus is a genuine all rounder and we have high hopes for the coming season.

INDOOR NETS

These start on Thursday 2nd February 8-9.30pm at DallamSchool, Milnthorpe site in new facilities. Not Heversham

As you probably know we have a new website

Would you please register as a member, it costs nothing, but will help us to communicate with you.

Netherfield

Cricket Club

Ground:Parkside Road, Kendal Cumbria LA9 7BLTel: (01539) 724051

Email:

Website:

Northern League Champions 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 & 2008

Members of the 3D Sports Northern Premier & Westmorland League

Dear Players & Members,24th January 2012

Happy New Year to you all.

A review of last season is very encouraging. Despite once again beginning without a Pro we got off to an encouraging start. We had two new players in Marc Brown from Carlisle and John Mason returning to the area after some time away. Funnily enough we had almost signed Vernon Philander who was awaiting release from his franchise which never came and then we thought we’d signed Brady Barends and he never arrived. Philander, of course, went on to make his S African debut in November taking 14 wickets.

Stuart Nixon followed his previous top season with an even better one as he took 45 wickets, with the eventual Pro, Ben Laughlin, taking 27. Marc Brown had an excellent start to his Northern League career with 576 runs inc one century. Ben Haddrick, Alex Atkinson & John Huck all exceeded 400 runs, John taking the batting prize with an average of 39. Cup success eluded us despite reaching the semi final of the Readers Cup. It was the first time for a long time that we had’nt reached the Final of the Blufin Meageen County Cup, going down at Workington. However, we finally finished fourth losing only 4 League games, with only Leyland & Darwen losing less.

Elsewhere, the 2nds finally finished fifth after a good start with skipper Shane Dixon leading the way with 412 runs at 37 and Stu Dixon and Hasan Nazir claiming 30 wickets each, the 3rds finished just above the relegation places after losing 9 games to the weather. Steve Wilson recorded 353 runs and Tim Reddin his second century, and the 4ths finished eigth in the fifth Division but played a lot of the young junior players.

The juniors had some success with the 10’s, & 14s winning their respective Leagues and the 12’s & 16’s runners up. The U14s also reached their Cup Final but lost again to Shireshead. The coming season starts on 16th April with a home game with Champions, St Annes. We have been drawn at home in the League Cup to Leyland, away at Prestwich, my original club, in the Lancashire Cup and home to Freckleton in the National.

Trying to secure a Professional has proved difficult in the last couple of years but this year as stated overleaf we have moved early to secure Cobus Pienaar. He plays in the same standard as Malan last years Barrow Pro who has moved to Ramsbottom, and Brett Pelser, the Leyland Pro but he is much more a genuine all rounder than either of them.

But what the Club badly needs now is for some of the younger members including players and parents to start getting involved, and new younger volunteers to take an active interest in the running of the club. DO NOT be afraid to put yourself forward. Your contribution no matter how small will be welcomed.