Colchester & East Essex Cricket Club

Academy in Action

2010-03-02T00:00:00.001Z

Some pictures from the latest session of the Elite Academy. Click on the picture to see the full set on Flickr.

AGM and Awards Night

2010-02-28T22:19:00.000Z

Presentation Evening

Annual awards for 2009 were presented after the AGM on Friday 22 January 2010.

1st XI Batting - Joe Austin - 510 runs at 72.86
1st XI Bowling - Ben Stephens - 29 wickets at 27.76
2nd XI Batting - Dhruva Bhaskar - 217 runs at 36.17
2nd XI Bowling - Malcolm Edwards - 27 wickets at 13.93
3rd XI Batting - Arthur Cairns - 182 runs at 20.22
3rd XI Bowling - Amos Chiwora - 19 wickets at 16.42
Young Player - Dominic Thomas - 35 matches - 417 runs at 18.95 and 23 wickets at 36.04
Most Improved Player - Omar Ahmed - 1160 runs at 42.96
Most Dismissals - Nathan O'Brien - 38 catches / 7 stumpings

Management & Cricket Committees

Click here for the committee members for 2010.

Further Net Sessions

2010-02-24T08:38:00.000Z

We have arranged a couple of indoor practice sessions aimed principally for Sunday second and third XI players and those unable to make the senior club sessions currently running at Chelmsford.

These will take place at the University of Essex Sports Centre, Wivenhoe Park, from 9am to 11am on Sunday March 7 and Sunday March 21.

This will be a great opportunity to shake off the cobwebs and get in some practice before the season starts. No chance of a lie-in, however, if you want to take part.

We have booked two lanes for each session, so I would hope we can accommodate up to eight players per lane. We will have to share the cost of the nets between those taking part, so the more who attend, the cheaper it will be.

Please let me know by e-mail whether or not you are able to attend. If we are overwhelmed by demand I will draw up a rota.

February 200 Club Winners

2010-02-17T22:23:00.000Z

The winners of this month's 200 Club draw are;

£100 - B. Prior
£50 - D. Spelling
£25 - M. Mehan
£25 - D. Last

Full details of previous winners and the 200 Club subscription form can be found on the website at http://www.colchestercricket.org/200club.html

Pre-season Training

2010-01-27T20:34:00.003Z

Seniors pre-season training has kicked off with a very encouraging attendance at the first session held at Castle Park on Saturday. Group fitness and training sessions will run every Saturday at 11.00am, with additional take home exercises and skills sessions scheduled between now and the start of the season. See here for details: (CEECC pre-season outline.docx)

We are lucky enough to have the input of Alasdair Jones from Colchester Physiotherapy, who has put together a specific exercise program for the club and will be on hand to lead and instruct these activities. The first set of exercises are accompanied by an injury checklist to be filled in - this is to help target specific areas for strengthening and rehabilitation during the program: (Exercises + Injury checklist.pdf)

All players are welcome and we look forward to seeing you down at the park in the coming weeks.

Academy - Skill Sets Week!

2010-01-24T21:26:00.001Z

After Week 2 was cancelled due to the snow, the academy resumed for Week 3 of the schedule which was ‘skill sets week’.

The players were grouped into their relative skill, spin bowling, seam / fast bowling and wicket keeping; and worked on specific drills and skill that provided them with a better understanding of their technique.

The academy players were fortunate to have the services of Dave Lucy, a wicket keeping specialist who worked with the keepers on drills that can improve their all round technique, the group saw great improvement and we would once again like to thank Dave for a great session.

Terry Charrington, an Essex Academy Elite Coach worked with our spinners this week. He specifically worked on alignment and wrist positions to enhance turn and bounce. The spinners found this interesting and the coaching point that Terry imparted will be worked on for the remainder of the academy and beyond.

The fast bowling skill set was run by Gareth Fisher Academy Head Coach. He worked with two separate groups of seamers / fast bowlers on specific technical drills that they themselves can take away from the session and work on to improve speed and accuracy.

The academy hopes that the ideas / expertise and drills the skills sets offered the players this week will be worked on throughout their time and the academy and when practicing elsewhere.

A few pictures can be found on the club photo gallery.

Awards Evening Pictures

2010-01-24T20:58:00.001Z

A few pictures from the AGM / Awards evening on Friday 22nd January have been added to the club photo gallery, click on Photo to view them.

Youth Fixtures 2010

2010-01-24T20:11:00.001Z

The Youth fixtures for 2010 have just been released. Click here to view them.

200 Club Winners - January 2010

2010-01-24T20:02:00.002Z

The winners of this months 200 Club draw were: P. Vidovic,T. Rothery, D. Slater and M. Bashall.

Further details of the 200 Club, including application form can be found on the 200 Club page.

Academy Report

2010-01-11T10:00:00.007Z

The Colchester & East Essex CC Academy held its inaugural trials on November 14th 2009.

We received around 60 candidate applications across all three age bands for the first intake, which was promising.

The trials where conducted by Gareth Fisher (Academy Director / Head Coach), Colin Perkins (Academy Elite Coach) and Julian Russell (C&EE 1st XI Captain for 2010 / Elite Coach).

We were impressed with the commitment of all candidates and the standard of cricket played was extremely high. However, we had to make some tough decisions and our intake for the Winter Training 2010 settled at 32. Congratulations therefore goes to the following:

Junior Academy	Intermediate Academy	Senior Academy
Ben Arulampalam	James Hingley	Kiri Samaranayake
Ronan Gallagher	Ankush Jagota	Hugo Douglas
Ben Allison	Joe Chester	Miguel Nydam
Charlie Fernandes	Tom Avery-Hickmott	Harry Theron
Simon Fernandes	Connor Gallagher	Monty Douglas
James Bealey	Ollie Bocking	Jack Gardner
Adam Mayes	Michael Wrathall	Matt Godbold
Ashvin Prabaker	Dominic Manthorpe	Kieran Dale
Sam Chapman	Francis Hunt	Nick Scott
David Austin	Nick Harrington	William Kearse
Harrison Staines
Matthew Watling

The training program will commence on 2nd January 2010 every Saturday for 12 weeks. Now the hard work begins!

We wish the very best to all.

Thanks go to Piri Piri Cricket and a number of private individuals for their support of the program.

Colts Nets CANCELED

2010-01-08T14:59:00.001Z

Youth Nets have been canceled for this Sunday (10th Jan) due to forecast for further bad weather over the weekend.

First Session for Junior Elite Academy

2009-12-31T10:47:00.003Z

Good luck to all those involved in the new Elite Junior Academy, the first session being this weekend.

Gunn & Moore Equipment Exhibition

2009-12-02T18:35:00.005Z

On the 9th December Gunn and Moore will be selling Cricket Equipment and other cricket products at the Clubhouse

They will be there between 6.30 and 9.00pm

The bar will also be open

If people wish to come down please do so

Many Thanks

Presentation Awards Evening

2009-11-27T13:07:00.007Z

The Presentation Awards evening unfortunately fell victim to the pre-Christmas snow. The presentations will now take place at the AGM on the 22nd January.

The annual Presentation Awards Evening will take place at Castle Park on Friday 18th December from 8pm to celebrate individual and team achievements in 2009 and get members together for a pre-Christmas drink.

~~Please e-mail Spesh (andrew_2_kennedy@yahoo.co.uk) if you are planning to come as hot food will be laid on.~~

Senior Indoor Nets

2009-11-27T13:00:00.002Z

Starting Tuesday Jan 26th and every Tuesday for 10 weeks, 8-9pm at Chelmsford County Ground - reply to the weekly email if you wish to come as space is limited each week to 6-8 people.

Winter Coaching Schedule 2010

2009-11-17T13:52:00.003Z

The winter coaching schedule has been finalised. Coaching will take place Sunday afternoons between 1pm and 3pm. Sessions are arranged by age groups so please check the schedule for the relevant sessions. Contact Neil Thomas on 07745 377 811 or neil@thomasneil26.wanadoo.co.uk for further information.

Closing Date for Academy Applications

2009-11-09T16:54:00.003Z

If you wish to join the new Youth Academy please get you applications into Gareth Fisher by Wednesday.

See http://www.colchestercricket.org/academy/academy.html for more details.

Launch of Youth Academy

2009-10-08T15:13:00.007+01:00

The new Colchester & East Essex Youth Academy will be launched in January 2010. The academy aim is to take our most talented young cricketers and make them even better to ensure there is a seemless path to our adult sides. Applications are sought at three age groups 7-11, 12-15 and 16-18.

For full details please see the Academy page.

Forms in various file formats have now been uploaded.

Team for 26th Sept

2009-09-22T12:42:00.001+01:00

2nd XI v Little Bardfield - Away on Saturday 26th September - PDQ Div 2 - 1:00 pm Start - Meet 11.30am at Castle Park
Ben Stephens (c), Gareth Fisher, Reece Topley, Malcolm Edwards, Lorrie Austin, Neil Parsons (wk), Azadar Shah, Amos Chiwora, Chamath Jayasooriya + 2 x A.N.Others

Umpire:- Ron Sargeant, Scorer:- ???

The Future of Colchester & East Essex Cricket Club

2009-09-22T12:35:00.001+01:00

Wednesday 30th September will be an incredibly important date in the history of Colchester and East Essex Cricket Club.

It is the date that we take over the full responsibility for the running of the clubhouse from the previous Sports club, which comprised both the hockey and cricket clubs. This transition will bring with it many changes, with extra responsibilities along the way and with extra opportunities for us to improve the facilities as we would want them.

This is a really exciting time for the cricket club and one which all members need to be aware of.

In celebration of this fact we will hold an ' Opening Night Presentation' on Friday October 2nd at 8pm in the pavilion.

This will include a FREE drink and a few nibbles for all club members, a short SGM where we have to agree a couple of changes to the constitution (10 minutes) and a short presentation on the future of the cricket club and how the changes will affect you.

Please make every effort to attend - it's not often you get a free drink!

Cheers

Andrew Kennedy

Teams for 12th / 13th September

2009-09-11T21:53:00.003+01:00

2nd XI v Boxted @ Home - Sat 12th Sept - PDQ Div 2 - 1:00 pm Start - Meet 12:15pm at Castle Park

Ben Stephens (c), Rob Maxwell, Gareth Fisher, Reece Topley, Sean Hever, Nikki Vieler, Kieran Dale (wk), Glenn Wheeler, Will Spain, Nick Scott, Dominic Thomas

Umpire:- Ron Sargeant, Scorer:- Brian Savill

1st XI v Witham - Home on Sun 13th Sept - PDQ Premier - 1:00pm Start - Meet 12.15pm at Castle Park

Nathan O'Brien (c+wk), Gareth Fisher, Reece Topley, Glenn Wheeler, Chamath Jayasooriya, Kieran Dale, Nikki Vieler, Nazir Khan, Dhruva Bhaskar, Joe Austin, Steve McEvoy

Umpire:- Panel, Scorer:- Brian Savill

2nd XI v Great Totham - Away on Sun 13th Sept - PDQ Div 2 - 1:00 pm Start - Meet 11:45am at Castle Park

Lorrie Austin (c), Will Spain, Monty Douglas, Hugo Douglas, Jamie Barry, Joe Whyte, Clive Earley, David Wilson, Sanjay Nayar, Dominic Thomas, Neil Parsons (wk)

Umpire:- Ron Sargeant, Scorer:- David Low

3rd XI v Stebbing - Away on Sun 13th Sept - PDQ Div 5 - 1:00 pm Start - Meet 11:30am at Castle Park

Neil Thomas (c), Lee Keeling, Arthur Cairns (wk), Chris Spain, Azadar Shah, Amos Chiwora, Barry Ball, Toby Reid, Andrew Cairns, Ryan Mayes, Sanjay Jagota

Umpire:- Andy Mayes, Scorer:- Sasha Cairns

Ardleigh Green 2009

2009-09-11T11:31:00.007+01:00

The final Essex league games of 2009 were both against Ardleigh Green with the First XI away and the Second's at Castle Park - pictures from Ardleigh Green where 1st team won by 91 runs.

The Second XI got themselves into a good position by bowling well but once against the batting let the side down. Mark Vickers, on Essex league debut, dismissed the top four Ardleigh batsmen and Glenn Wheeler took a wicket with his first ball; an absolute peach. Ardleigh ended on just 174 but the tail wagged as they soaked up their full 52 overs. This in turn allowed Ardleigh to apply scoreboard pressure as their slow over rate gave us only about 40 overs to play with. The top order all failed to make a significant contribution so it was once again left to Bolts to top score.

First XI scorecard

Second XI scorecard

End of Season Bash

2009-09-11T10:42:00.002+01:00

The Summer Bash was held on Saturday 29th at the Clubhouse and it was a great evening organised by Lorraine George and her bevy of ladies Carole, Lizzie, and Janet. The marquee in front of the pavilion was adorned in Club Colours and a welcoming site, then champers made the evening start well. The food was very good all homemade and prepared by Jean, Lorraine George, Nikki Spelling, Lizzie McQueen and Carole Warren and plenty of it.

Thanks to the helpers Charlotte and Laura Warren and the legend Keith the Hat to Spesh for the music

Colts Presentation Evening

2009-09-05T15:35:00.000+01:00

Colchester and East Essex Cricket Club's annual Colts Presentation Evening was held at Castle Park on Friday, September 4th.

Coaching 2009

2009-08-10T15:13:00.001+01:00

ALL practice and coaching for junior cricketers has now finished for the season.

Many thanks to the coaches and managers who have helped at training and matches since we started in January, in particular Colin Perkins, Andy Mayes, Dave Merriday, Stuart Ager, Toby Reid and Bob Austin who handled most of the Sunday morning sessions.

Please keep an eye on the club website for details of winter training sessions and for details of outdoor practice which normally starts after Easter.

If you have any questions about opportunities for cricketers aged seven to 16 at Colchester and East Essex CC, please e-mail me at neil@thomasneil26.wanadoo.co.uk or call 07745 377811.

NEIL THOMAS - Junior Cricket Administrator