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FEW WORDS FROM THE MAN HIMSELF:
I SEEM TO HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY TIME COACHING/MANAGING COLTS CRICKET
AND ACTING IN ADMIN POSTS FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS FOR SO'TON, WINCHESTER
& DISTRICT AND BWCC. IN BETWEEN I SEEM TO RECALL DOING SOME TEACHING
TO EARN A CRUST. I'M STILL HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH ONGOING PROGRAMME
INTRODUCING CRICKET INTO EIGHT OF OUR NINE LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS
AND RUNNING THE NOW ANNUAL JUNIOR CRICKET FESTIVAL THAT WE HOST.
SOME
OF MY PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS SEEMINGLY INTERMINABLE CAREER;
- HONOURED AT BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BWCC - I STILL CAN'T
BELIEVE IT!!!!!
- SELECTED FOR HANTS COUNTY TRIALS AS A SCHOOLBOY 45 YEARS AGO
FOR BOTH CRICKET AND RUGBY;
- NO LUCK WITH THE CRICKET (I WAS NOT A GRAMMAR/PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUPIL!!);
- SELECTED FOR RUGBY THOUGH - FAILING THE 11+ HAD ITS ADVANTAGES;
IN 1966, JUST AFTER THE WORLD CUP, GETTING RUN OVER BY A CAR AND
SPENDING OVER A YEAR IN HOSPITAL AND THEN BEING TOLD I PROBABLY
WOULDN'T WALK AGAIN. (LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I WAS GIVEN
A FREE, LIFE-TIME SUPPLY OF MEDICATIONS FROM THE WD-40 COMPANY
AND KURUST);
OUR
VERY OWN U16S WINNING THREE INDOOR COMPETITIONS (LEAGUE, CUP AND
COUNTY FINALS)IN 1997 INCLUDING (A VERY MUCH SLIMMER) DAVE ODDIE
AND TOBY WEAVER (HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK?)
WATCHING
CHRIS TREMLETT (NOW HANTS CCC) SLAUGHTERING MOST WINCHESTER &
DISTRICT OPPOSITION WITH EITHER BAT AND/OR BALL; IN A NEW FOREST
LEAGUE MATCH VS. MICHELMERSH, TAKING 7-31, RUNNING OUT TWO OTHERS
AND BEING GIVEN THE MATCH BALL; SCORING 82 N.O. FOR BWCC IN A
RECORD 145-RUN STAND WITH COLIN THRESHER VS. FAIR OAK;
ON
BEING ASKED AT AN U11 GAME WHICH OF THE FIELDERS WAS MY SON AND
HAVING TO EXPLAIN THAT MY TWO DAUGHTERS WERE PLAYING ON THE SWINGS;
UMPIRING
A SCHOOLS MATCH, HAVING GIVEN A BATSMAN OUT L.B.W. AND RAISED
MY LEFT INDEX FINGER, I WAS DISTURBED TO SEE HIM SAUNTER SLOWLY
TOWARDS ME AND THEN VERY POLITELY ASK "EXCUSE ME SIR, WAS THAT
ALL OUT OR HALF OUT?".
I
PREFER NOT TO REMEMBER THE DARKER MOMENTS.
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