Chairman’s Blog

Theo ups the tempo while Ben runs on cruise control

There is nothing like a drinks break to interrupt the flow, and for Standard Athletic at Belmont, the drinks break removed the shackles from Ben Bowles, and saw Theo flourish with abandon. The run rate for the previous 60 overs has drifted along at a miserly 4 an...

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2011 Awards

2011 Awards Leading Batsman (and honourable mention) Charlie Munton             460 runs at an average of 76.67 (Jasper Smallwood        321 runs at an average of 64.20) Leading Bowler Nick Tapp                       27 wickets at an average of 16.30    Young...

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Snatching defeat amidst the pies at Otterden

Cruising for victory with Jasper and Pit-pat smashing sixes though the cedar trees into the park land, everything was perfect at the most perfect of country grounds. Plenty of fire power in the locker, 120 for one and cruising; Giles was forgiven the pies that had...

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Minding your language under the rainbow

A sticky dog at Beneden, a shower and intermittent drizzle, the sky was lit up by a pair of perfect rainbows arcing over the ground with a very autumnal feel to the air. Out in the middle Al Smallwood, manfully holding the innings together after Jasper's demise, was...

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TRV takes it to the wire at Tenterden

Age is beginning to take its toll on a number of senior Stragglers. It was widely postulated that montane erosion is more eye-catchingly swift than the Boulanger on the boundary or Snapper fielding off his toes; and the Chairman's bowling now has such lack of pace as...

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