TOUR TO INDIA
We are close to having a complement of tourists but there is still room if anyone else would like to come.
Get in touch with Paul Berman before the end of this week about joining.
01395 263964 or devonseniorscricket@gmail.com
Get in touch with Paul Berman before the end of this week about joining.
01395 263964 or devonseniorscricket@gmail.com
DEVON SENIORS CRICKET
Seniors Cricket Club Over 60s/70s walk to support Ron’s March for Prostate Cancer
Many thanks to those who have already contacted me registering that they wish to take part. Others have mentioned it to me and the walk is being advertised at Devon County Cricket Club and the DCB plus one or two local clubs, so I anticipate that we shall have a good turnout. NOW IS THE TIME TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST WITH ME, so I can start putting the final arrangements in place.
Background
Ron Hedley, who is involved closely with Buckinghamshire Over 60s and Over 70s cricket was diagnosed with prostate and bone cancer in November 2018. He spread the message that this disease would affect 1 in 8 men and encouraged them to be alerted to PSA testing. With the help of many teammates, friends and celebrities Ron organised a cricket match, lunch and auction and then followed up with a series of walks to raise vital funds. After successfully raising £19,000, Ron met with the CEO of Prostate Cancer UK and the wife of Bob Willis, Lauren Clark. This generated the idea that every County playing Over 60s cricket organise a walk in their County, encouraging their members to join Ron in donating to the cause. Ron has set 15 September 2024, his 75th birthday, for the final walk to take place. To date over £30,000 has been raised – a fantastic effort.
Key points:
• Date of walk: Saturday 20th April
• Meet 10.30am South Devon Cricket Club, Newton Abbot (Photos, T-Shirts for walkers)
• 5.5 mile walk – along cycle track from Jetty Marsh via Teigngrace and Stover
• Destination: Bovey Tracey Cricket Club for refreshments (bar open) around 1pm
• Bovey Tracey CC 1st XI playing a pre-season friendly vs Blackheath, spectators welcome
• Register your interest with Andy Rose devonseniorstreasurer@gmail.com
It is important to register interest with me so that I can keep you up to date with the arrangements on the day. The expectation is that each participant will donate £25 to the charity. You can raise this through your own sponsorship or better still get more sponsors to add to your initial £25. I will provide forms to participants. I will also suggest how we can operate transport as it is a linear walk, but this should not be an issue as public transport is available if there is a problem.
My thanks to South Devon and Bovey Tracey Cricket Clubs who have thrown themselves into supporting this worthwhile fundraising event. In particular Bovey are supplying refreshments and opening their bar at the completion of the walk, so I need a rough idea of numbers likely to be involved, as does Ron Hedley who is supplying T-shirts and caps. Ron and his wife and some friends will be joining us for the walk so let’s impress them.
This is a very worthy cause and relevant to so many of us. Please join in what should prove to be an enjoyable and profitable occasion.
Andy Rose
Treasurer
Any donations can be made direct through this link:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-rons-march-for-prostate-cancer
(please write the word “Devon” in the comments section, so we can see how much this particular walk makes)
Background
Ron Hedley, who is involved closely with Buckinghamshire Over 60s and Over 70s cricket was diagnosed with prostate and bone cancer in November 2018. He spread the message that this disease would affect 1 in 8 men and encouraged them to be alerted to PSA testing. With the help of many teammates, friends and celebrities Ron organised a cricket match, lunch and auction and then followed up with a series of walks to raise vital funds. After successfully raising £19,000, Ron met with the CEO of Prostate Cancer UK and the wife of Bob Willis, Lauren Clark. This generated the idea that every County playing Over 60s cricket organise a walk in their County, encouraging their members to join Ron in donating to the cause. Ron has set 15 September 2024, his 75th birthday, for the final walk to take place. To date over £30,000 has been raised – a fantastic effort.
Key points:
• Date of walk: Saturday 20th April
• Meet 10.30am South Devon Cricket Club, Newton Abbot (Photos, T-Shirts for walkers)
• 5.5 mile walk – along cycle track from Jetty Marsh via Teigngrace and Stover
• Destination: Bovey Tracey Cricket Club for refreshments (bar open) around 1pm
• Bovey Tracey CC 1st XI playing a pre-season friendly vs Blackheath, spectators welcome
• Register your interest with Andy Rose devonseniorstreasurer@gmail.com
It is important to register interest with me so that I can keep you up to date with the arrangements on the day. The expectation is that each participant will donate £25 to the charity. You can raise this through your own sponsorship or better still get more sponsors to add to your initial £25. I will provide forms to participants. I will also suggest how we can operate transport as it is a linear walk, but this should not be an issue as public transport is available if there is a problem.
My thanks to South Devon and Bovey Tracey Cricket Clubs who have thrown themselves into supporting this worthwhile fundraising event. In particular Bovey are supplying refreshments and opening their bar at the completion of the walk, so I need a rough idea of numbers likely to be involved, as does Ron Hedley who is supplying T-shirts and caps. Ron and his wife and some friends will be joining us for the walk so let’s impress them.
This is a very worthy cause and relevant to so many of us. Please join in what should prove to be an enjoyable and profitable occasion.
Andy Rose
Treasurer
Any donations can be made direct through this link:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-rons-march-for-prostate-cancer
(please write the word “Devon” in the comments section, so we can see how much this particular walk makes)
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Friendly Fixtures
Sunday 21st April. Exmouth Away Contact: Roger Wensley
Sunday 28th April. Kilmington Away Contact: Neil Matthews
Sunday 9th June. Harberton Away Contact; TBA
Sunday 16th June. North Devon Police Filleigh CC Contact: Dave Hart
Thursday 20th June. Cornwall Over 70 Away Contact: Tom Stanton
Sunday 30th June. Chulmleigh Away Contact: TBA
Sunday 21st July Yelverton Bohemians Away Contact: TBA
TBA Seaton
Sunday 28th April. Kilmington Away Contact: Neil Matthews
Sunday 9th June. Harberton Away Contact; TBA
Sunday 16th June. North Devon Police Filleigh CC Contact: Dave Hart
Thursday 20th June. Cornwall Over 70 Away Contact: Tom Stanton
Sunday 30th June. Chulmleigh Away Contact: TBA
Sunday 21st July Yelverton Bohemians Away Contact: TBA
TBA Seaton
NETS 2024 |
60s Podcast |
The following have been arranged for all age groups of the Club. The Captains will be particularly keen to meet up with new Members.
If you have any suggestion or proposal for net sessions at your Club in the North (west) of the County please get in touch with me, Paul Berman. There is a charge of £3 for each session. Also someone will be there collecting annual Subs if you prefer to pay directly rather than online. EXETER UNIVERSITY ONDAATJE CENTRE THURSDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 6-8 PM FRIDAY 8TH MARCH 8-10PM FRIDAY 22ND MARCH 8-10PM EXMOUTH CC MONDAY 8TH APRIL 11-1PM MONDAY 15TH APRIL 11-1PM IPPLEPEN CC 9TH APRIL 4-5.45pm 16TH APRIL 4-5.45pm |
News of a new podcast that has been created by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee for Senior cricketers.
www.trevorjlee.com/44-at-60/silver-stumps-over-60s-cricket-podcast/ It will be on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Podcast Addict and others. Episode 2 went live and features England O60s captain Richard Merriman talking about the forthcoming Over 60s World Cup. |
DEVON SENIORS ALL TEAMS FIXTURES FOR 2024 now on play-cricket
Club AGM 2023
The AGM was attended by 20 players. There were apologies from 20 players and from 6 officials and vice-Presidents. The Chairman’s report has already been made available on the website.
The Secretary presented his report. The chief item in it was that he will be standing down in 2024 after 7 years to make way for someone younger to take on the role at the next AGM. The Treasurer’s report had been circulated to all members prior to the AGM. The Club is in a healthy state financially at the moment, partly due to one-off payments from the ECB and DCB. There were 87 Subscriptions paid for 2023. But the defibrillators need refurbishing in 2024 which is a large expense.
Anyone who has a project involving Club members is invited to pitch it to the Committee.
The Treasurer confirmed that he will be standing down in 2025, thereby avoiding there being a simultaneous change in the Club’s two administrators. He proposed that Subs and Match fees should remain unchanged, at £10, for the 2024 season. This was accepted unanimously.
The President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Fixture Secretary, Webmaster and 60s 1st XI captain were all re-elected unopposed.
Steve Broad and Jeff Baxter have agreed to take on 50s 2nds and 70s respectively. At the time of writing, Steve Moore has taken on the 50s 1st XI and Neil Mattews Captain for the 60s 2nd XI.
The Chairman reported that it had been a difficult decision to make when choosing the DCB /Shrey kit deal. He proposed that it be reviewed at the end of the 2024 season.
The Secretary referred to the impending National 60s AGM and the balls due to be used in 2024, after this season’s terrible choice of a Stonehill ball. The meeting indicated that it would support a proposal to spend a little more on balls if it meant sourcing a better quality item.
After exactly one hour the Meeting was closed and all present enjoyed a hearty meal at the Carvery.
The Secretary presented his report. The chief item in it was that he will be standing down in 2024 after 7 years to make way for someone younger to take on the role at the next AGM. The Treasurer’s report had been circulated to all members prior to the AGM. The Club is in a healthy state financially at the moment, partly due to one-off payments from the ECB and DCB. There were 87 Subscriptions paid for 2023. But the defibrillators need refurbishing in 2024 which is a large expense.
Anyone who has a project involving Club members is invited to pitch it to the Committee.
The Treasurer confirmed that he will be standing down in 2025, thereby avoiding there being a simultaneous change in the Club’s two administrators. He proposed that Subs and Match fees should remain unchanged, at £10, for the 2024 season. This was accepted unanimously.
The President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Fixture Secretary, Webmaster and 60s 1st XI captain were all re-elected unopposed.
Steve Broad and Jeff Baxter have agreed to take on 50s 2nds and 70s respectively. At the time of writing, Steve Moore has taken on the 50s 1st XI and Neil Mattews Captain for the 60s 2nd XI.
The Chairman reported that it had been a difficult decision to make when choosing the DCB /Shrey kit deal. He proposed that it be reviewed at the end of the 2024 season.
The Secretary referred to the impending National 60s AGM and the balls due to be used in 2024, after this season’s terrible choice of a Stonehill ball. The meeting indicated that it would support a proposal to spend a little more on balls if it meant sourcing a better quality item.
After exactly one hour the Meeting was closed and all present enjoyed a hearty meal at the Carvery.
New Captains for 2024 |
Latest Stats 2002 - 2023 |
End of season reports |
The Captains for the 2024 season:
Over 50s 1st XI captain for 2024 will be Steve Moore. Over 50s 2nd XI captain for 2024 will be Steve Broad. Over 60s 1st XI captain for 2024 will be Roger Wensley Over 60s 2nd XI captain for 2024 will be Neil Matthews. Over 70s captain for 2024 will be Jeff Baxter. Congratulations and good luck to all the captains. |
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National 60s/70s AGM 30th November
The customary preliminaries were followed by the appointment of a President and Vice-Presidents: Scyld Berry, Henry Blofeld, Roland Butcher, Paul Farbrace, Barry Hearn OBE and Sir Tim Rice.
The Treasurer reported that in view of the £14000 held in reserve, the Subs for next year’s competitions could remain the same.
Paul Bradley reported on what had been a very successful season for the England 60s team, most notably beating Australia 3-2.Chris Lowe had similar news from the 70s, beating Australia 2-0 and one game tied, played in England.
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution were designed to clarify the role of the Committee and to avoid some of the issues which had arisen this year. Regarding selection of players dropping down a level, it is now compulsory for the permission of the Competition organiser to be obtained beforehand. If there is a question of the weather being a problem, it is the Met Office prediction which should be referred to. All the amendments were approved en bloc unanimously.
Amendments to the Rules – 5.1.3; 7; 8 - were put forward by the Committee. The most important was the need to communicate between teams where there was substantial distance to travel and the weather was looking dodgy. In addition there is now a Rule that home counties “must make every effort to minimise the travelling distance of the opposition” The aim is a maximum of 120 miles between designated central towns for each County.
Disappointingly the proposal by Devon that for 70s “either team requests the game be 40 overs” was voted down by 10 to 15. It was clear from the short debate that many delegates had either not read the proposal or didn’t understand it. The only bright spot is that at least three of our likely opponents in the matrix are pro-40. And for the future, even the England 60s are looking to play 40 over games.
The Committee were elected en bloc in the absence of any challenges for the roles.
There will be 33 Counties in the 60s 1sts Competition and Yorkshire and Wiltshire will bring the 2nds up to 30.
A preliminary indication from the Meeting suggested that the majority are in favour of the 1sts being 3 X 8 and 1 X 9 with the extra games meaning a start to the calendar in the middle of April. Durham seemed to think this was a good idea, which was interesting.
The 70s will have the addition of Middlesex, Lancashire and Bucks. It might mean that the matrix changes but this is to be preferred to having fixed groups.
There is a plan to replace the existing website with the aim of giving more people access to upload reports and results and most particularly venues.
There is now a dedicated page for the Prostate Cancer Awareness walks being organised by Ron Hedley. Wiltshire intervened to say that it was imperative that as many people as possible ask for a PSA test even if they are not exhibiting potential symptoms.
It is crucial that results are logged on to Play-Cricket on the day. In fact most games are now scored in this way so not a problem generally. The reason for this is that in the later stages there is pressure of time to organise venues.
The survey on the quality of the 2023 balls had been analysed and there are three options being considered for 2024. The supplier will be either Stonehill, Reader or Dukes. Hunts had offered a pink ball but this was ruled out. The ball will be red. The main criteria are Quality against Price. There are some Counties which do not want to pay a bit more for a better ball.
There will be a push for distribution to be directly to the Counties. This year had been problematic due to games early on being cancelled.
Meeting closed without there being any contentious issues given an airing.
In a conversation with Chris Swadkin after the meeting closed, I suggested that in view of the poor decision that had been made for the 2023 balls it would be good to have clear transparency over the decision-making process for 2024.
The Treasurer reported that in view of the £14000 held in reserve, the Subs for next year’s competitions could remain the same.
Paul Bradley reported on what had been a very successful season for the England 60s team, most notably beating Australia 3-2.Chris Lowe had similar news from the 70s, beating Australia 2-0 and one game tied, played in England.
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution were designed to clarify the role of the Committee and to avoid some of the issues which had arisen this year. Regarding selection of players dropping down a level, it is now compulsory for the permission of the Competition organiser to be obtained beforehand. If there is a question of the weather being a problem, it is the Met Office prediction which should be referred to. All the amendments were approved en bloc unanimously.
Amendments to the Rules – 5.1.3; 7; 8 - were put forward by the Committee. The most important was the need to communicate between teams where there was substantial distance to travel and the weather was looking dodgy. In addition there is now a Rule that home counties “must make every effort to minimise the travelling distance of the opposition” The aim is a maximum of 120 miles between designated central towns for each County.
Disappointingly the proposal by Devon that for 70s “either team requests the game be 40 overs” was voted down by 10 to 15. It was clear from the short debate that many delegates had either not read the proposal or didn’t understand it. The only bright spot is that at least three of our likely opponents in the matrix are pro-40. And for the future, even the England 60s are looking to play 40 over games.
The Committee were elected en bloc in the absence of any challenges for the roles.
There will be 33 Counties in the 60s 1sts Competition and Yorkshire and Wiltshire will bring the 2nds up to 30.
A preliminary indication from the Meeting suggested that the majority are in favour of the 1sts being 3 X 8 and 1 X 9 with the extra games meaning a start to the calendar in the middle of April. Durham seemed to think this was a good idea, which was interesting.
The 70s will have the addition of Middlesex, Lancashire and Bucks. It might mean that the matrix changes but this is to be preferred to having fixed groups.
There is a plan to replace the existing website with the aim of giving more people access to upload reports and results and most particularly venues.
There is now a dedicated page for the Prostate Cancer Awareness walks being organised by Ron Hedley. Wiltshire intervened to say that it was imperative that as many people as possible ask for a PSA test even if they are not exhibiting potential symptoms.
It is crucial that results are logged on to Play-Cricket on the day. In fact most games are now scored in this way so not a problem generally. The reason for this is that in the later stages there is pressure of time to organise venues.
The survey on the quality of the 2023 balls had been analysed and there are three options being considered for 2024. The supplier will be either Stonehill, Reader or Dukes. Hunts had offered a pink ball but this was ruled out. The ball will be red. The main criteria are Quality against Price. There are some Counties which do not want to pay a bit more for a better ball.
There will be a push for distribution to be directly to the Counties. This year had been problematic due to games early on being cancelled.
Meeting closed without there being any contentious issues given an airing.
In a conversation with Chris Swadkin after the meeting closed, I suggested that in view of the poor decision that had been made for the 2023 balls it would be good to have clear transparency over the decision-making process for 2024.
Chairman's Report 2023
Another season comes to a close. One of varied degrees of success and disappointment. I will leave the detail for the captains to cover in their reports, keeping my rambling to a minimum.
Sincere thanks from the Committee for the work of everyone involved from the Sponsors, Vice- Presidents, Umpires, Scorers, Captains, Clubs & Venues, Spectators & Supporters and not forgetting the Players and long suffering Partners.
As has been the case over the last few years, availability has been a big issue. The captains have again been magnificent, doing a very difficult job to an excellent standard. Thanks guys, you may not feel it at times but that effort is much appreciated by everyone within our club.
It has been a privilege to be Chairman this year although I must apologise for not being around more. My season was cut short in June after tearing a calf muscle and ending up in plaster. Injury sustained? You guessed it, agreeing to play at the last minute for Filleigh. Will I never learn?
Our club continues to be in a strong position, both financially and in player numbers. However, we shouldn’t sit on our laurels and members must continue to encourage new players to join. Remember, it’s a privilege to play for your county, something most of us never dreamed of happening in our early playing years.
Hopefully there will be a large turnout at this week’s AGM and dinner. We will attempt to get as many reports out to the membership as we can prior to the meeting. Thus keeping the AGM short and allowing more time to eat and socialise.
Dave Hart
Chairman
Golf Day
Despite the gloomy forecast 17 members attended the inaugural Devon Seniors CC Golf Day at Downes Crediton Golf Club, with a mixture of golf (good & bad), dodging the odd shower and convivial good, humoured chat, all those that attended appeared to have enjoyed the day and meal afterwards, with conversations continuing well after the final putt was holed. It is certainly hoped that this will be an annual event or even a pre-season warm up fixture!
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Thursday 31st August Home (Shobrooke Park) v Hollywood Golden Oldies - Hollywood 105-3 ( 25 overs) Devon 93-9. Hollywood won by 12 runs
Despite a horrendous forecast and torrential rain in the morning, the game eventually started at 2.30 though reduced to 25 overs. It was completed without any breaks for rain and the evening remained fine.
The game was followed by a substantial BBQ that was soon consumed to a background of buzzing intercontinental chat.
Despite a horrendous forecast and torrential rain in the morning, the game eventually started at 2.30 though reduced to 25 overs. It was completed without any breaks for rain and the evening remained fine.
The game was followed by a substantial BBQ that was soon consumed to a background of buzzing intercontinental chat.