Category Archives: Bitton Cricket Club News

On a slow Saltford wicket the visitors slowly but surely reached a respectable total of 155 for the loss of 6 wickets. This was down to a stubborn 57 from Alan White in 88 balls and a sixth wicket stand of 65 with Dan Veale who hit a quick fire 39 in 41 balls.  The host struggled to reach their target thanks mainly to the slick fielding of their visitors.  After reaching 111 for 4 their batting collapsed and…

We have been drawn away against Stratton on the Fosse on Thursday the 17th of May in the preliminary round of the Butcombe Cup.  The game is scheduled for a 6.15 start. The Draw for the Main Saturday League cup competition has also taken place and we have been drawn away at Pak Bristolians on Wednesday 16th May in the preliminary round.  If we beat Pak Bristolians, we will face University Staff at home on…

A big thank you to everyone who attended the Comedy Night at the end of March, The evening with the help of the raffle and the auction raised £458 for the club. A big thank you to Ross for his work on the wonderful prizes for the auction, to Shaun for his comparing and of course to the One Direction boys for the butt of  all  the jokes!. I hope everyone enjoyed the evening, Thanks Again.

The first of we hope several barbeques throughout the summer will be at the Cricket Club on Saturday May 12th, starting at 7pm. As soon as the 1st X1 match is completed we will get the music on and hopefully everyone can have an enjoyable evening. We ask all members to support this event from both the Senior and Junior sections, all family and friends are most welcome. More details to follow…

Please find listed below playing members who benefited with free membership for the 2012 season after securing advertising boards to be displayed at the ground for the next 2 years. The promotion to the members closed on the 31st March for free membership for 2012. The good news is any board secured from April will give the playing member free membership for the 2013 season.   Mr Chairman is happy to negotiate a board on behalf of…

Senior nets on a Friday start’s this Friday April 13th from 6pm. There are more clubs now netting on Friday in preparation for the senior weekend cricket. We hope to utilise each Friday as an additional night to our normal Wednesday night training sessions. Everyone is welcome to start the weekend off with a good net session!!!!.

Due to drainage problems the pre-season friendly at Brislington on Sunday April 15th, has unfortunately been cancelled. However we have agreed to visit Brislington now on Sunday April 29th, which now replaces the home game versus Winterbourne.

An unbeaten 8th wicket partnership of 73 runs by Chez Dyer (37no) and Chris Diaper(36no) saw the team home against Keynsham Cricket Club in our first pre-season friendly of the season. Chasing the home side total of 155 the platform was set with a quick fire 18 from Jordan Smith and a disciplined 44 from Shaun Smith. The pick of the bowlers were Nathan Mullings(2 wickets) and Chez Dyer (3 wickets) who took the first…

We start our senior outdoor training on Wednesday from 6pm. The investment in the mobile net should help improve our training sessions and we look forward to seeing as many playing members as possible. The night allocated to the senior’s is a Wednesday night but sometimes it could be a Tuesday if we have matches taking place.   The junior training night is a Thursday night, starting this week at 6pm.   All training is of…

In preparation for the start of the season we are asking as many senior players and junior players to support the 2 Saturdays allocated to do the ground maintenance in preparation of the start of the season. For the junior section we have set the task of painting the site screens and base boards on the far side fence. The seniors players can help in clearing the far side ditch, repair of the 2 bay…