Uppingham are
Rutland/Kookaburra Twenty/20 Champions 2009 after victory over Ketton at
Oakhams cricket lawns ground on Friday evening. Batting first & setting
a modest total of 103, Uppingham fielded very well to defend their total
& Ketton finished 7 runs short of the total required. Full report to
follow.
The players from the T20 final would like to say a big thank you for the
Uppingham support, it was very much appreciated by ALL the players.
The first team
lost away at Bourne on Sunday, chasing 220 they fell 70 runs short.
The seconds continued their winning streak when beating league leaders
Uffington at home. Chris Thomas to scoring with 72 & Jamie Wild, Danny
Dumford & Ollie Webb all taking 3 wickets & Tom Hubbard taking a
'Collingwood style' catch of the season at backward point. The thirds had back to back
wins over the weekend. At Ashby Carrington on Saturday they piled on 254
off 40 overs with Jamie Dumford scoring 140 before Rachel Richardson and
Will Howe got stuck in with the ball. Jamie 'wickets' Morton weighed in
with yet another haul when Carrington were skittled out for 134. At home
on Sunday they produced another great fielding display with Josh Wedge
and quickie Max Collins opening the attack & then Sherman Finnemore with
4 wickets, restricting Kinoulton to 107 all out. Dave Thorpedo had
to be held back and finished off the visitors to finish with bowling
stats of 0.1-1-0-1 (yes that's right).
Ed Scott helped knock them off
in 22 overs and scored his maiden 50. The 3rds now top their division.
This Sunday the seconds &
thirds are both at home & there are two friendly games. There is no
first team game this week.
.
The Burrough League team have reached the final of the Burrough
League Plate
competition with an emphatic victory over Sproxton on Wednesday evening.
The opening partnership of Mark Cox(72) & Martin Bennett(62no) put on
121 for the first wicket with Jamie Binley(40no) given a free role &
pushing the score to 193-1. Despite a below par fielding display,
Uppingham restricted Sproxton to 104 to reach their second consecutive
final. The final will be against Queniborough (currently top of
division one!) on Friday 24th July. The venue has not yet been
announced.
The gates at the entrance to the ground have now been hung, the
water pipe to the ground has been connected & pressure tested in
readiness for the water supply for the ground being connected & the
outfield & squares have now been cut a couple of times & the grass on
both is thickening up nicely.
Recognise anyone famous in this picture?
Yes, current club members & players Martin Bennett,
Tom Scott, James McLeod, Max Tspanaglou & Will Fletcher in their younger
days when being presented with a football league trophy at the
Leicestershire FA headquarters at Holmes Park Leicester when playing for
the Uppingham Colts.
Oh & the lad on the left of the back row is Leicester
Tigers star Matt Smith, currently on tour with the England Saxons side
in the USA!
We have ordered a new style of senior playing shirt,
rain jacket & club cap. The shirts are priced at £24, the rain jacket at
£27 & caps
at £10. Please see Adi Salt or Kev Bennett to purchase.
The junior outdoor coaching / practice sessions began at the Newtown
Road ground on Thursday 23rd April & will continue on Thursday
evenings until mid-August. They are proving as popular as ever with
several new players attending. All new players are welcome &
registration forms are available on the evening.
Membership forms for the 2009 season are available
here. Membership
packs are also available from captains & bar-staff. Please remember that
your membership fee is now due & must be paid by 31st May 2009.
A
personal fixture & availability list is available for you to download
here.
Before a meeting of the Uppingham Town council on 4th February, Mayor
Karen Senogles presented UTCC chairman Charlie Scott with a cheque for
£10,000 towards towards the development of our new ground. Also present
were former Major Colin Forsyth & Town Clerk Susan Awcock, along with
junior club members George Scott & Rachel Richardson, a Leicestershire
county player.
We would like to take this opportunity of thanking
all of our 2008 sponsors & hoping that we can look forward to your
continued support in 2009. Any new sponsors of the club
would be very welcome as we look to build for the future.
More senior player profiles needed please.
Form here.
The clubs annual dinner & presentation evening was held at
The Falcon hotel & was once again a great success with 160 of the clubs
players, supporters & sponsors attending. Many thanks to all those that
attended. Pictures.
Following last years dismal response to the request
for photos of club members in their
UTCC shirts around the world, I thought we would give it another try
this year. The first picture received was from Ed Scott who wore his
shirt while over in Kenya.
We are a Focus Club & we have now
also gained ECB ClubMark accreditation whereby we have demonstrated that we are fully equipped in
every sense to look after youngsters and promote cricket
to the youth of the community.
To comply with ClubMark regulations we have a
Child Welfare Officer and we ensure that sufficient
qualified coaches and supplementary
helpers are always
available to look after all of our colts.
All of our coaches and helpers have undergone
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks and all coaches
have taken first aid courses in addition to their
level 1 or 2 cricket coaching courses.
You can rest assured that your children are in
safe hands at the club.
We are looking to find out as much about the clubs
history as possible. If you have any old
documents, photographs etc that relate to the club that we could have,
or have copies of, please pass them on to a committee member.
Any early
memories or stories about the club would also be of great interest. Many
thanks to club president the late Peter Scott for his contribution.
If any club captains or officials have any reports or information
that they would like posted on the site, please send it to me at
kevbennett@uppinghamtowncc.co.uk
(Ideally in Word or Excel formats).
We have added a Player Profiles section to all teams. If you would like
to add your profile you can download a formhere.
helpers are always
available to look after all of our colts. 
