News
Both Teams Second in Divisions
No honestly it's true.
Bob Feeling Rough
True - Our simpathies go out to Bob as he has come down with a virus. His anti-biotics ran out quickly and without much effect. It was only after a return visit to the docs and a chat with the wife that he realised he had been taking the dogs tablets.
Annual Cricket Tour
Sunday July25th – Wednesday July 28th. The Golden Grove Arms, Llanarthne, Camarthenshire
£60.00 inc.3 nights Bed/Breakfast. The format will follow much the same as last year -
Leave The Plough, Bodicote early Sunday morning
Sunday afternoon - 40 over match
Monday morning - Annual BCC Golf Open
Monday evening - 20 over match
Tuesday afternoon - 40 over match
Wednesday morning - leave for home after breakfast (avoid the offer of a lift from Bob Campbell!!)
Please note- it is also expected that vast quantities of local ale will be consumed until the early hours, most evenings.
New Scoreboard Trials
Our
intrepid reporter caught the first trials of the new scoreboard this week.
Situated at the cow end, 3 Chinook helicopters maneuvered it into place. It is
expected to be ready in time for a millennium. It is also thought to be the
first brand new antique at the club since the arrival of Sir Robert.
6 a Side Competition in Sheffield
We have been invited to make up a team in a 6 a side competition in Sheffield being organized by ex Bodicote tourist Simon Pratt. It is to on the 8th August and should be a good laugh. Please see Keith for details.
Mike makes a good start
Mike Meredith made a good start in the firsts this week with 38 from 38 balls.
Golf, Barbie and Walk
Do not forget the above functions are coming up, Balti wanted to speak to everyone involved in the Golf.
Barl's Team Talk Recorded
Thanks to anonymous from Brackley who secretly recorded one time skipper Barl explaining cricket to young Sebastian.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
New Club Record for Bucks
Here at the web site we like to have a go at Bucks, but to be fair Bucks has got a new club record. We congratulate and salute his success. It has taken all of his skills and determination but well done. Ibiza Dance Anthems is available from Our Price for only £14.99.
Old Boys in Touch
Alan Parfitt has taken time out from corruption on the EU gravy train to send us a note. Please leave a message on the guestbook. It will be the only way to get stuff onto the site without me editing it.
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Shorts
True, Sid drove Keith and Skip home from Preston Capes, it was getting late Keith 'I could do with some food', Skip quick as a flash 'I would say you could do without for quite a while'...New names from the official nickname committee, Phil Newman is now Hubert and Kilvo is now Gilpington. Both of these taken from the book. Inzaman Ul Smith was once know as Richard Smith but due to his batting, belly and dismissals has been converted.
Last Weeks News
Tubby Calls for Neutered Umpires
Kilvo - Plonker
As you may have noticed our beloved leaders have been carrying folders around in an effort to be less disorganized. Our second team captain left his on top of his car and drove off. Thankfully somebody found the folder and found an address in it. The address happened to be on the pitch report forms and was handed over to the league official. The league official phones Balti who went and got it. Amazingly the money was still left in it.
Sid needs a break after marking out the pitch.
Please help when ever you can. The pitch can be done in an hour if enough of us can get out and help. As somebody who has been away, I can say the quality of the square is unbelievably better. Lets keep it that way.
TV Rogers Archive Photo
An old batch of photographs has surfaced this week showing the Bodicote team of the seventies. Shown this week is our very own chairman TV Rogers bowling from the cow end in the 74 midweek cup semi-final against Culworth.
Shorts
Cheers to Kilvo and missus on the birth of Oscar. Kilvo was very worried at one stage and tried to phone the maternity ward, in error he phoned Balti. Kilvo 'how's it going?' Balti 'great, we've got three out and the last one was a duck'. ... Bucks was batting against Charlton, turns round and says to the keeper 'how many great batsman have there been in this league?', 'one less than you think' came the reply... Skip talking to Barl, Barl 'Evenley want me to play for them very badly', skip 'well you the right man for the job'... Phil to Slogger 'How do you manage to keep so fit for a match?' 'I think nothing of getting up at five, running round the park for two hours, then getting in three or four hours net practice before a cold bath.' Phil 'That's funny. I don't think much of it either!'... 'I'm proud to say that in thirty years of playing cricket, I've never scored less than twenty five runs and never taken less than three wickets,' said Bob Lawrence. 'I wish I could say that,' said Sid. Eric spoke up. 'Well, why don't you? Bob just did!'