Category: 2015 Season

Some 2015 Highlights… and a December 12th Reminder

Dino avoids getting overexcited

2015 Highlights part 1 . Don’t forget BBRTC (as in Blue Ball and Real Tennis) vs CURTC (as in Cambridge and Real Tennis, curtc.net), 11am Saturday, December 12th and afterwards (3pm) back at HQ. All welcome to watch and try the ‘Sport of Kings’…

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Secretary’s Report 2015 presented to the AGM on Sunday 15th November 2015

Ladies and Gentlemen,
It gives me great pleasure to present the fifth Secretary’s Report of the reformed Grantchester Cricket Club.

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GCC 2015 Averages*

Napton end on 138

What we’ve all been waiting for: The mostly complete GCC 2015 Averages… Please check out www.grantchester10k.org for the full 2015 Grantchester Charity Runs photo gallery!

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Square Repair

Some ‘action’ shots as the Spring lane Square received it’s end-of-season make-over (scarifying, seeding, fertilizing, loaming and luting) last week….

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All Good Things…

Baggers gets advice and helmet from AP

GCC hosted the London Erratics for the final game of the 2015 season on what turned out to be a glorious afternoon at Spring Lane. A bit of horse (no-kidding) trading meant that both sides started with 10. After being dropped four times (admittedly of one ball), narrowly avoided….

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GCC Not Caught Napping

How to go on Tour... Get a bus

I was a bit delayed by another ‘project’ in getting to Spring Lane on Sunday and these photos are not the sharpest . Our gracious visitors were from Napton in Warks arrived in a splendid bus. The game matched the weather and we look forward to welcoming them in the future….

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GCC vs Lidgate & Ousden

Having made a more or less recovery from my last outing under GCC colours, and fortified with a bit of extra protection around the leg area, I took the field led by GCC’s skipper for the day, George….

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Double Trouble

Jonte's flatter one....

What do you do when the Oppo just doesn’t show up? Double wicket tournament of course…….

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GCC on the March….

How did we get on on Sunday? Another good question but fortunately someone has already asked it……

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Match vs Reach Rearranged for Sunday, August 23rd at 1:30pm

Good news! GCC vs Reach now on Sunday August 23rd at 1:30pm at Spring Lane

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Please Mister, Can We Have Our Ball Back?

Mighty Six

This morning, Paula, Lord Archer’s housekeeper called to return a ball from The Old Vicarage’s garden. It had landed feet from a statue they have of a wicketkeeper and only a few more feet from the greenhouses…….

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It Costs You Nothing To Be Polite (a Tour p.s.)

Money Cannot Buy....

True, many think me ‘old school’ but home from Derbyshire I wrote to The Duke of Devonshire to thank him for the Chatsworth game. The Duke is from an even ‘older school’ and, of course, has replied.

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Spring Lane from a Different Viewpoint

A view (with a difference) of some action from GCC’s Gents vs Players match from June, 2015

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Welcome back Stapleford

GCC's kit awaits.....

Wednesday, July 15th, had us play a hurriedly put together 20-20 game at Stapleford. Last minute it may have been but we still managed to deliver a very good team and a …..

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Highgate Taverners Come to Town

Tasty

Spring Lane was looking immaculate last Saturday as we welcomed the Highgate Taverners back to Spring Lane. Unfortunately the GCC upper order proved to be somewhat camera shy and were back in the pavilion (or rather our new marquee) by the time I arrived. However, the last wicket pair…..

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