Due to lack of spirit and lack of players, Russ decided to resign from both Skippering the club and playing

id like to wish everyone who tried and helped out good luck with the future.

the rest well done in ruining a good club !!!

Back row: Stimpy Barnet, Yorkie, Ricey, Ibby, Daz Slade, Harry Horlsey

Front: Gaz Loveridge, Robbie BRadshaw, Tommy Mumford, Ivor (Shorts) Lawrence, Bourts

Robbie Holding the Albert Robins Plate for 2008 Well done all

With us lying 6th only 38 points behind Walsall who we play this weekend a must win for any chances we have this year !!!

as for relegation this week is the turn for home, we need positive cricket for rest of season after this week we finally have a home game after 5 weeks on the road

were currently 55 points clear from 2nd bottom, remember if more than 1 Warwickshire league side get relegated from the Birmingham league div 3 then 3 or even 4 can go down, so its vital we stay keen and available for 2008

Marston Green have 100 points only 32 behind keep it going guys we need positive performances

only managing 142 all out ASCC were on the back foot, Evergreen Gary Loveridge at no 10 smashed a great 40 in a solid partnership with club no 11 Leight Barnett (Improving all the time with 11 not out, yet still to be out on a saturday) only 5 getting into double figures, Harry & Ricey started solid with 37 partnership, wicket was spiced up by overnight rain !!!

in reply Sphinx started badly 51-7 from from 21 overs, only resistance coming from Paul Charnley (Sphinx’s football manager and ex C&NWW player) with a solid 64 Not Out, no other batsman had reached double figures

so when the rain came down and finished the game somehow ASCC had managed a losing draw Sphinx 90-7 had nosed in front of the rate !! so 14 points to Sphinx and 8 to ASCC leaving us 6th in the table

Ibby with another good bowling spell 4-28, Ricey & Ash collected 1 wicket each

Umpires man of the match: Paul Charnley SPHINX

Sports v Massey Ferguson/Jag Daimler @ Bannerbrook Lane Coventry

Opening stand of 109 by Harry and Ricey before Ricey goes for 44 26th over, New signing Steve French hits a well made 34, Harry Runs imself out for a brilliantly made 92 “muppett”, Irfan smashes 40 from 21 balls “please work on the reverse slog” Immy hits 16 at a run a ball leaving sports on 242 from 50 overs

early wickets for Ibby and Ash Harrison have Massey’s down to 63-7 before a solid 53 from number 9 Ireland holds up the innings along with opener Davies 34 from 118 balls, Harry Removes both and sports need the final wickets, many bowling changes and a great effort sports fall short and take home 18 points, leaving Massey’s on 170-9 batting out the last 10 overs for a losing draw

Umpire’s Man of the Match: Harry “Houdini” Horsley “still another yard of pace required

sports stay 5th in the league

Harry in Action

Batting 1st Sports score 116 ex Amateurs Players Ricey 61*, Frenchy 20 and Horlsley 18* did the damage, Lee Rastall collecting 3-26 for Hinckley

In reply Steady bowling from Daz “Da Blade” Slade 2-20 from 5 and Jakey 2-15 kept the rate down, yorkie picked up the other wicket 1-17 from 4 – fine bowling perforance from all only Hinckley Batsmen to get into double figures Jack Horlskley 15, Lee Martin 35* and James Lester 25 Ammies only managed 87-5

4 points gainined for Sports should see us move into mid table of the NIC Nuneaton Thursday ngiht league division 1

Away to Streetly – Ricey won the toss and elected to field on a small very pretty looking ground

having decided to bowl, 4 players then get stuck in traffic and we start with 7 players “the joys of being a captain” seeing as im writing this my mood was’nt at its best pretty much through the 1st 25 overs

Anyway after dropping Finlay on 0 with 7 players he then smashes a fine 125 “Bourts didnt see it”  3rd over we finally had 11 there Captain Yeend supported him well with 53, opening stand 140 from 30 overs sports had some work to do, Irfan in his 2nd game bowled well taking 4-87 from 17 overs, Yorkie, Barnett and Ash Harrison all tried hard but the scoreboard never quiet got under control, streetly finishing with 286-9 from 50 overs, Stimpy collecting 2 wickets mainly due to the great work behind the stumps from the evergreen Gary Loveridge

Chasing down the total, Mo And Harry opened up, Harry had a life early but failed to capitalise on this going for 14, Mo looked good and again got himself out, Ibby and Irfan went cheaply bringing Ricey to the crease 84-4, Both Him and Immy built and strong partnership both pasing half centuries before Ricey is caught behind by Keeper Curtis standing up trying to guide one down !! ERROR CAPTAIN

Immy passes a well made 100, but then the collapse, Sports needing 69 to win from 10 overs with 5 wickets left somehow chucked it away in kamakazi fashion, Ash, Yorkie, Gaz and Bourts all went within 5 overs leaving Immy stranded needing 41 to win with Stimpy Barnett, a massive 6 and then next ball its game over for Attleborough, a mixed effort allround !!!

Captains Comments: being a young side, we must improve are general confidence when under pressure teams dont come to be beat, we need to adapt more to chasing a total and build and innings, a flashy 20-30 here and there isn’t going to win a game EVER !!!  TAKE responsibility you score the runs don’t leave it to anyone else, when things are bad in the field we need to stick together as a unit. one mistake from myself was not bowling Harry more, but like i said not a great thinking day from me after the late arrival of Ibby, Immy Mo and Irfan !!!

Umpires man of the match: Streetly’s Sean Finlay (125) well played

on another point poor sportsman ship by streetly, we clapped 50’s,100’s they didnt very poor