We would like to thank Lane Plumbing & Heating for continuing as our main sponsors for the 2016 season. Free Foresters 160th Anniversary Match Athletics in Sutton Coldfield Cricket Club Club Historian Peter Bell on tradition of athleticism within the membership of Sutton Coldfield Cricket Club. It was a somewhat overcast Sunday on 17th September 2016 when the Free Foresters returned to their inaugural ground to compete in a 160th anniversary match against a team of SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club (SCCC) players selected by match manager Andy Biddle. Although sIll slightly overcast the weather remained good, and there was a good, friendly atmosphere created by plenIful support. SCCC went into bat first and, aKer a quality game of cricket, they won the match with a very notable century, scored by Lee Thomason. This being the highlight of the match. The Free Foresters also played against our club in 1997, the 150th anniversary of the founding SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club Lee (right) receiving the Sunday 1st XI Player of Year Award at the Annual Awards PresentaIon Evening from President of the Club, James Ross. Issue 2 October 2016 Page 3 Annual Presentation Evening Page 4 On 20th July 1856 the Rev William Bedford founded the Free Foresters Cricket Club in the grounds of his rectory in SuAon Coldfield. The team is so named because ’Foresters’ refers to the Forests of Arden in Warwickshire and Needwood in Staffordshire, and ‘Free’ because members would be free to play against the club without permission, rather than being ‘Ied’ to Free Foresters alone – hence their moAo being ‘United through Un-ed’. NEWSLETTER October 2016 Page 1 NEWSLETTER October 2016 Contents 2 Useful Resources Helpful contacts and informaIon. Winter Nets 2017. 3 AthleIcs in SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club. An arIcle by Peter Bell. Annual General MeeIng. 4 Awards PresentaIon Evening. 5 Chairman’s End of Season Report Saturday 4th XI Team End of Season Report. Gary Bogle. Grizzlies Under 11 Report. Rob Haines. 6 Obituary MarIn Bradbury. The Royals The Royals The Teams The Free Foresters Cricket Club & SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club
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We would like to thank Lane Plumbing & Heating for continuing as our main sponsors for the 2016 season.
Free Foresters 160th Anniversary Match
Athletics in
Sutton Coldfield Cricket Club
Club Historian Peter Bell on tradition of
athleticism within the membership of
Sutton Coldfield Cricket Club.
It was a somewhat overcast Sunday on 17th September 2016 when the Free Foresters returned to their inaugural ground to compete in a 160th anniversary match against a team of SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club (SCCC) players selected by match manager Andy Biddle.
Although sIll slightly overcast the weather remained good, and there was a good, friendly atmosphere created by plenIful support. SCCC went into bat first and, aKer a quality game of cricket, they won the match with a very notable century, scored by Lee Thomason. This being the highlight of the match.
The Free Foresters also played against our club in 1997, the 150th anniversary of the founding SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club
Lee (right) receiving the Sunday 1st XI Player of Year Award at the Annual Awards PresentaIon Evening from President of the Club, James Ross.
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Annual Presentation Evening
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On 20th July 1856 the Rev William Bedford founded the Free Foresters Cricket Club in the grounds of his rectory in SuAon Coldfield. The team is so named because ’Foresters’ refers to the Forests of Arden in Warwickshire and Needwood in Staffordshire, and ‘Free’ because members would be free to play against the club without permission, rather than being ‘Ied’ to Free Foresters alone – hence their moAo being ‘United through Un-ed’.
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October 2016Contents
2 Useful Resources Helpful contacts and informaIon.
Winter Nets 2017.
3 AthleIcs in SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club. An arIcle by Peter Bell.
Annual General MeeIng.
4 Awards PresentaIon Evening.
5 Chairman’s End of Season Report
Saturday 4th XI Team End of Season Report. Gary Bogle.
Grizzlies Under 11 Report. Rob Haines.
6 Obituary -‐ MarIn Bradbury.
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The TeamsThe Free Foresters Cricket Club & SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club
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Club OfficialsPresident: James Ross
Chairman: Colin Greetham
Treasurer: Jim Hobbis
Director of Cricket: Steve Perryman
Child Welfare Officer: Ann Sargent
Website Manager: Roy Hopwood
Senior Section Secretary/Secretary: Steve Russell
Membership Secretary: Robin Wheeler
1st XI Team Captain: Graham Clark
2nd XI Team Captain: Martin Ball
3rd XI Team Captain: Mohammed Khalil
4th XI Team Captain: Garry Bogle
Fixture Secretary: Hugo Russell
Junior Chairman: Mike Mackey
Junior Section Secretary: Post Vacant (Acting) Roy Hopwood
Clubhouse Manager/Cricket Chairman: John Howard
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If so, contact: Paul HeronMobile:07792 794427email: [email protected]
Useful Resources
Sutton Coldfield Cricket Club Website
Newsletter Editor: Roy Hopwoodemail:Roy Hopwood
If you wish to ‘CONTACT US’ please use the form on our website:
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2 prizes drawn each month1 number - £2.00 per monthPrizes will grow as more people join Direct Debit forms can be obtained from behind the bar, or you can follow this link and download the forms from our website:
Each junior and senior age group has a qualified ECB level 2 allocated to it with specialist sessions provided by ECB level 3 coaches. Coaching will take place on the following days:
Friday Nights: Friday night tends to be Junior Club night where not only does the coaching take place, but parents are welcome to stay and watch as well as use the bar facilities. In addition, the BBQ is available for food from 6.00- 8.30pm every Friday night. Parents, children and friends are all welcome during the evening.
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The Clubhouse is available for:Party or birthday, functions & social events
Good rates for members and friends
Contact: John HowardClubhouse ManagerMobile: 07846 697521
Winter Nets 2017
Winter Nets will start on Tuesday 10th January 2017 and will be held at Bishop Vesey Grammar School’s Sports facility in Boswell Road, SuAon Coldfield. They will run for a total of twelve weeks.
Tuesday Sessions will be from 6pm unIl 7.30pm and will be for U9, U10 & U11 age groups.
Thursday Session One will take place from 6pm unIl 7.15pm for U12 and U13 age groups
Thursday Session Two will take place from 7.15pm to 8.30pm for U14, U15 & U16 age groups.
Last winter net session -‐ 30th March 2017
An applicaIon form will available on our website from 1st November 2016.
SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club has had a tradiIon of athleIcism within its membership and as early as Whit Monday in 1863 the Rector agreed with the Town Council to
promote a sports event during a game of cricket in Rectory Park. The event was adverIsed as ‘Club Feast’ in Rectory Park, with prize money for the winner of the games, which were intermingled with ‘General Amusements,
Country Dancing, Foot Ball, Cricket, Quoits and other AthleIc Sports’.
Prize money was adverIsed as 2 shillings and 6 pence (25p) for the Hurdle Race winner for Men and also for the second Hurdle Race for Men, but excluding the winner of the first race. There was also a 2 shilling and 6 pence prize for the winner of the Flat Race for Men. Also in the programme were two Flat Races for Boys with a prize of 2 shillings and a similar prize for a Sack Race. ‘Games to commence at three O’clock P.M. and All Disputes to be Referred to the CommiAee’. There was no indicaIon if ladies could take part in the sack race. This event ran for a number of years but no records of winners were recorded and there was no accurate measured distance between the start and finish lines. By 1871 there was a gravel track in SuAon Park alongside Coles Meadow, later to be known as Crystal Palace, close to where the CliKon Road Youth Centre and the ASTRO surface is now situated. This was the first and only athleIc sports event to take place amongst the Club’s members. All the races, except the hurdle race were run on a gravel track, with the hurdles run on the grass.
It was recorded that there were some notable athletes amongst the members. The Rev W.H. Colmore won the hundred yards and Godfrey Robinson won the 440 yards, referred to as the ‘quarter mile’, whilst the Rev W.C.R. Bedford finished second in both races but won the hurdles with Godfrey Robinson finishing in second place.
Two years later, representaIves of these families all gained ‘Blues’. W.C.R. Bedford and T.M. Colmore ran the hundred for Cambridge and Oxford, respecIvely, whilst G.M. Robinson rowed in the Cambridge boat. John Ellison, for many years the ‘Starter’ at the Bishop Vesey's school sports, was also a parIcipant in the events at Coles Meadow. We also had an outstanding athleIc in Eric Bertram Crockford (right) known as Tom, who played cricket for SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club and Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He won a gold medal in the 1920 Olympic games in Antwerp playing hockey for Great Britain and Ireland, as well as represenIng England on 17 occasions. His indoor acIvates included billiards where he was an excepIonal good player holding a number of records for the highest break. In the summer of 1936, the Olympic Games were held in Berlin and we can boast of success by another Club member Arthur Godfrey Kilner Brown who lived at 146 Rectory Road and won a gold medal in the 4 x 400metre team relay and a silver medal in the 400 metre individual race. Godfrey’s sister Audrey also won a silver medal at the 1936 Olympic Games, known as the ‘Hitler Games’ and it is worthy of noIng that Godfrey’s brother Ralph, who also played cricket for the Club, later to be knighted as Sir R.K. Brown won the 1934 AAA 440 yards hurdles Itle and finished third in the Empire Games later that season.
Today’s cricketers are extremely athleIc, as no ball is safe unIl it hits the boundary line because fielders will dive or slide tackle the ball to prevent it crossing the line. Players of the past never or rarely got grass stains on their flannels because they had to be dry-‐cleaned, whereas cricket whites of today can be washed and back in use within hours.
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Peter Bell, Club Historian/Archivist
1863 Advert ‘Club Feast’
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2016 will take place on Monday 7th November starting at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse. Steve Russell, Club Secretary, will send out details of the meeting together with the full Agenda shortly together with details of how to nominate your choice of Club Officials and Team Captains.
It’s important to ensure that the AGM is well attended, and all fully paid up members of the Cricket Club are, therefore, aked to make time to attend this important meeting.
The posiIons for re-‐elecIon at the AGM are as follows:
❖ Chairman of the Club❖ Club Secretary❖ Treasurer❖ Cricket Chairman❖ Grounds Chairman❖ Junior Chairman (though this is oKen simply an endorsement of the vote at the Junior AGM)❖ CommunicaIons & Website Manager❖ Membership Secretary❖ Fixtures Secretary❖ Grants & Sponsorship Coordinator❖ Welfare Officer
All nominaIons and/or expressions of interest in wriIng to Steve Russell, Club Secretary, at [email protected].
NominaIons must be received by no later than 6th November -‐ no nomina?ons will be accepted at the mee?ng.
Steve will also be interested in hearing from anyone who would be interested in joining the General CommiAee in a non-‐elected posiIon. As previously stated, expressions of interest to him at the above e-‐mail address
Annual General Meeting 2016
We would like to thank Lane Plumbing & Heating for continuing as our main sponsors for the 2016 season.
Under 9s AwardsU9 Batsman Award -‐ Sam HandsU9 Bowler Award – Hamzah Khalil
Unders 10s AwardsU10 Batsman Award -‐ Toby BakerU10 Bowler Award -‐ Carl Springer
Under 11s AwardsU11 Batsman Award -‐ Tom HurleyU11 Bowler Award -‐ Felix HainesU11 Coaches Award -‐ Jack Hurrall –Woodward
Under 12s AwardsU12 Batsman Award -‐ Will ThomasU12 Bowler Award -‐ Jack Hurrall-‐WoodwardU13 Batsman Award -‐ Frazer Bell
Under 13s AwardsU13 Bowler Award -‐ Luke BishopU13 Coaches Award-‐ Sinel GunarathneU14 Batsman Award -‐ Mustafa Ali
Under 14s AwardsU14 Bowler Award -‐ Mustafa AliU14 Coaches Award -‐ Billy Sansome
Under 15s AwardsU15 Batsman Award -‐ Dan HurstU15 Bowler Award -‐ Sam Bogle
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A Selection of Photos of the Evening
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Our Awards Presentation EveningThe Awards PresentaIon Evening for the 2016 season took place on Friday 23rd September at the Club’s pavilion in Rectory Park, SuAon Coldfield. The evening was well-‐aAended by Team Managers, Coaches, friends and families. The Chairman, Colin Greetham opened the awards presentaIon with a short summary speech on the Club’s acIviIes during the season and thanking all those involved, from coaches to tea rota volunteers for all their help. John Howard, Cricket Chairman, then spoke about all the hard work everyone had put in, but reminded people that the CommiAee needed help also in order to carry out their duIes before handing over to the various Team Managers and Coaches. The awards were presented by James Ross, President of the SuAon Coldfield Cricket Club.
Junior, Senior and Special Awards 2016
Under 19s AwardsBasng -‐ George WestlakeBowling -‐ Jacob Squire-‐WoodClubman -‐ Ben Dunnington
1st XI Awards1st XI Basng -‐ Lee Thomason1st XI -‐ Bowling -‐ James Hunt
1st XI Special AwardsJack Smith 115 no vs Moseleylee Thomason 102 no vs HimleyLuke Jones 7-‐30 vs Bromsgrove
2nd XI AwardsBasng Award -‐ Jack TwiggerBowling Award -‐ Stuart Russell
2nd XI Special AwardsTom Eustace 104 no vs HandsworthSam Sargent 6-‐23 vs Stourbridge
3rd XI Awards3rd XI Basng Award -‐ Reagan Beamish3rd Xi Bowling Award -‐ Jack Holland
3rd XI Special AwardsJosh Mukarjee 6-‐24 vs Kings Heath
4th XI Awards4th Xi Basng -‐ Pravin Ramachandran4th XI Bowling -‐ Archie Bogle
4th XI Special AwardsHarry Lucas-‐Williams 6-‐14 vs StreetlyGary Bogle 6-‐16 vs StudleyElliot Needle 126 vs Aston Unity 3rd XI
Sunday 1st XI Player of Year Lee Thomason
Special AwardJacob Squire-‐Wood 7-‐20 vs NuneatonSam Bogle receiving his under 15s bowler of the
year award.
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Chairman’s End of Season ReportI cannot report in such a celebratory manner as in the past three seasons, which seems unfamiliar and difficult to come to terms with. However, there is much to learn from our experience and we must respond posiIvely in order to re-‐establish the standards to which we have become accustomed.
It is clear that communicaIons between management, players at all levels and coaches has to improve and if this happens, will go a long way towards improving maAers Also, returning to strategies that proved successful when pracIcing and training. No one could have anIcipated the number of injuries to squad members and this put great strain on availability and other selecIon issues.
La Manga was a new venture and the Club came away aKer winning the compeIIon with plenty of good pracIce in pleasant surroundings. The opImism generated did not, unfortunately, conInue for the rest of the season and soon dissipated as results began to go against us. All has not been ‘Doom and Gloom’ by any means, posiIve results being
found elsewhere. The Junior SecIon again thrived with addiIonal members making Friday and Monday nights very busy with record BBQ and bar returns.
The U19 and U12 sides both reached the playoffs of their respecIve compeIIons and a record number of Juniors represented the club in the various age groups. Junior players represented the County and District squads -‐ all returning with creditable performances.
The Annual Dinner was parIcularly successful, as was Presidents Day, the Old Boys game and our involvement with ‘Ten Not Out’. We have hosted touring sides from Scotland and India, and have been the venue for school’s fesIvals whilst working hard to improve relaIons with members of the community.
The Free Foresters’ game was very successful -‐ good weather, a good atmosphere created by plenIful support and quality cricket. The match was won by our Club side -‐ a notable century scored by Lee Thomason being the highlight.
All that we do takes input, commitment and hard work from a large number of people. The work that goes on ‘behind the scenes’ is considerable. My thanks and appreciaIon goes to all those players, parents, commiAee members, sponsors, coaches and managers who have helped carry the Club on during this season. Teas are a parIcularly arduous duty and many volunteers filled the rota -‐ our grateful thanks!
There is a great deal of hard work to be done to get the Club back on track. One season where we are not so successful is not catastrophic, but it may serve to remind us all that we cannot take things for granted and let complacency creep in. If we intend to play the game at the highest level then we take the lessons learned from 2016, pick ourselves up again and work to achieve the success that we have previously enjoyed.
I am looking forward to 2017, and wish you all the very best.
Colin Greetham, Chairman
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For the SuAon Coldfield Saturday 4th XI team the season was a good one and to get a mid-‐table finish with such a youthful side was a wonderful effort. From Max Smith taking the first wicket of the season in our match against Aston to the same player scoring the winning runs on the final day to seal a victory against Four Oaks the side played the games in the correct way, hard but fair, and with respect for the opposiIon.
We’ve had so many brilliant individual performances from our under 15s, including 2 50s from Sam Bogle opening the basng, a 6 wicket haul from Harry Lucas Williams, Archie Bogle with 28 wickets including 2 five wickets hauls. We also had hard hisng big scores from Nathen Lawrence [42] and Ibrahiem Guizer [68] together with an amazing 126 from Elliot Neddle
We were lucky to have brilliant efforts from our keepers Ben Dunnington and Dan Hurst who both hit good runs for the team and helped keep team spirits high.
Pravin Ramachandram, who averaged over 60 runs, held the basng together both winning and saving matches for the team.
On a personal note would like to thank everyone who played for the team this year. Your efforts and good humour made the season and my captaincy easy and a lot of fun. I hope to see you all next season.
Gary BogleCaptain, Saturday 4th XI Team
Saturday 4th XI Team End of Season Report Grizzlies Under 11 League
The under 11's have gained the runners up spot in the Warwickshire Grizzlies league, having qualified for finals day there was a convincing victory over Wellesbourne in the morning before losing the final to a strong AAock side in the aKernoon.
I’m running an U11 to U14 indoor league on a Monday evening at SuAon College. The details are to be finalised but anyone interested should contact Rob Haines [email protected]
Rob HainesManager, Grizzlies Under 11 League
Garry receiving an award from Club President, James Ross
We would like to thank Lane Plumbing & Heating for continuing as our main sponsors for the 2016 season.
It is with deep regret that the President, Chairman and CommiAe have to announce that MarIn passed away last Tuesday (27th September) aKer a courageous baAle with cancer.
An enthusiasIc member of the Club who joined the Junior Coaching Team and formed a great partnership with Paul. Both their sons played for the Club and, in 2010, the U13 team won the Warwickshire County Championship Itle.
MarIn’s son, Joel, conInued to play for our senior teams and captained the U17 team in 2014 and was the recipient of the Junior Player of the Year Award in 2015. Although very ill MarIn aAended the Club dinner and was able to see Joel being presented with the trophy.
Louise, MarIn’s wife, said “Being part of the cricket club was a valuable experience for MarIn enabling him to gain strength through friendships with Joel and his friends”.
MarIn was regular volunteer on work parIes, a musician who played with his band at the club, a keen fan of Walsall Football Club and a big fan of the American rock band The CounIng Crows.
Our thoughts are with Lisa and the family.
MarIn, far right on the back row in green top, with the U13 Team in 2010The photograph can be viewed in the Clubhouse
