Welcome To Guildford City Cricket Club - Great Cricket in the Heart of Surrey

Great wins for 1st XI, 2nd XI & 3rd XI

Two weeks running the Guildford City senior teams (made up of seniors & colts from the development program) have made a clean sweep of wins.

The 1st XI under Mohammed Ali showed outstanding skill in the first half with notable bowling from Jaan Hameed and atheletic fielding all round . A great full length diving catch was taken by 17 year old Nayeem Rehman, along with lightning reflex catches by Eranga Mendes and Saj Mohammed behind the stumps. After opening well with 50 for 0 before tea chasing 135 City lost a few quick wickets...the tea was too good and it had the desired effect (by the opposition). With two wickets left Nayeem & Andrew Sampson put together an outstanding performance with some first class stroke play to take City three runs short of the target. Last man Bate Ulla showed the strength of the City batting by dispatching the ball for 4 resulting in four straight victories.

The 2nd XI captained by Chandra used his bowlers well. 16 year old Sami Khan took 4 for 17 along with Asif Hussain 4 for 26 ending Old Suttonians innings to 77 all out. Imran Rashid (33) and Mohassan Ali Raza (25) played outstandingly well with Ali Wadiwalla finishing the job after 13.1 Overs.

The 3rd XI under 'Rocky' bowled with intent as they removed Wallington for 128. Abid Hussain 5 for 20 and Zaffar Khan 3 for 6 did the damage. 18 year old Ahmed Iqbal powered his way to 56 not out with a range of shots out off the twenty20 manual. Supporting act Zafar Iqbal (father of Ahmed) played a classic one day game. He punished the bad balls which there were plenty and defended the good ones.

Well done City.

Cricket Training 2009 ( Starting 30 April 2009)

U9's ............................Sundays 10-12
U11's...........................Sundays 10-12
U13's.......................... Sundays 10-12
U15's...........................Thursday 6-8
U17's...........................Thursday 6-8
Adults's........................Thursday 7-9

Everybody is welcome New or Old, just turn up at the Surrey Cricket Centre<directions> and the experienced Coaching staff will prepare you for the year ahead. Remember All abilities welcome.

FUNDRAISING. The Jumble Sale raised just over £300. We could have done with more ladies and children’s clothes, toys and books and HELPERS!! Still a very good result, so thanks to all who did help and/or gave things to sell. Maybe a Car Boot Sale next, so get in touch if you are interested in booking a pitch.

Like cricket fun and jokes, then buy the book.........

'After Dinner Cricketing Tales' is composed of cricket anecdotes from cricketers at every level of the game and is a great source of amusement.

It was compiled and printed to raise funds for the Guildford City Youth Project which provides cricket coaching and the opportunity to play to young players from schools who can only provide very limited sporting opportunities and to members of minority ethnic groups who do not have access to coaching.

It also has the added benefit of enabling the various groups to gain better understanding of each other’s culture.

The book can be obtained via the the Lords website , or directly from:

Stuart/Sue Brown

Guildford City Youth Project

18 Trodds Lane

Guildford GU1 2XR

Cost £6.99 + £1.50 P&P

Guildford City would like to wish our former Coach Mark Lane the best of luck for being selected as Head Coach for the England Ladies cricket team <read article, this opens in a new window>. Mark brought a lot of experience and coaching development to city as well as securing promotion to division 1 of the fullers league.

TESCO VOUCHERS Tesco are again giving vouchers which we can redeem for cricket equipment. Last year we did not collect enough to get anything but we have banked those 470 vouchers in the hope we will do better this year. Schools collect them too so you’re loyalty may be divided but maybe so could your contributions! We would like to get two Spring Return Stumps and these are 2,160 each so please help. Vouchers will be available from 2nd March until 7th June and must be used to order by July. This year we have 58 more, so far, ONLY 3792 TO GO.

If anyone has any ideas about fundraising and can organise an event to bring everyone together please let our new Club Secretary know ( Saffina Elahi on 01483-747868) . Rubina has already organised a trip to watch a T20 game and is hosting a curry night so any events are welcome.

Important Dates
DATE	EVENT
ASAP	Cricket Subs are now due please pay as soon as possible as funds are important to the smooth running of the club. Please download the <Subscription Forms> and return to Sue Brown
12th June 2009	Quiz Night
TBC	Brian is hoping to arrange a Caribbean event when the West Indies are over in May. More details will follow.

City pays above the normal rate for good umpires because we need and appreciate the assistance with the development of our Colts. If you are interested in Umpiring, Scoring or Coaching please call Stuart (01483-575634) or Saffina Ellahi (01483-747868)

If you know of anyone who would like to join the club, please pass on their contact details to Sue Brown (01483-575634), we would like to keep in touch with them during the winter