Rankin's Cricket Club

I am very pleased to announce that our cricket club has been selected by the ECB to become a Focus Club. This means we have been recognised as serious cricket provider and promoter for the community.

ECB Focus Club Definition
A Cricket Club that:
- Is affiliated to the ECB via the County Board
- Is committed to achieving the objectives within Building Partnerships
- Will work in partnership with ECB, the County Board, Schools and the Community to deliver high quality agreed development plan outcomes
- Has achieved or is committed to achieving and maintaining Clubmark Accreditation evidencing that they are a safe, effective and child friendly Club
- Has a development plan that has been approved by the County Board and is reviewed and updated on an annual basis
It's great news for the club to be awarded this accreditation and follows on from last years hard work in becoming clubmark accredited.

This could have only been achieved by the hard work being carried out behind the scenes by everyone from players to parents, committee members and especially our coaching staff and support from the Greensward Academy School.

I know from being involved that everyone is happy to help where they can and to promote cricket to local children and see the club thrive is just great.

This years competition will take place at 7.30pm on Friday 30th October 2009 at the pavilion.
Enrty is £5 per person and includes food.
Closing date for entries is 26th October 2009 - Contact James Cousen to enter.

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Results

WINNERS:

(OPEN COMP)James Cousen beating Dave JONES in the final 2-1
(LADIES COMP) Tonia COUSEN beating Nikki LEES in the final 1-0.

The presentation awards night was held at the pavilion this year and i am pleased to say it was a fantastic night. We had 130 people attending the event, thanks to everyone who attended and it was great to see such wonderful support for our cricket club.

Well done to all the bar staff and everyone who helped with the food and setting up the marquee. Also thanks to Adrian for a great job on the DJ.

Photographs from the night will be added to the galleries shortly.

The award winners for 2009 were as follows:

1st XI Batting - Malcolm King
1st XI Bowling -Deepak Nanda
1st XI Players Player - David Wilkins

2nd XI Batting - Pete Warner
2nd XI Bowling - Carl Lees
2nd XI Players Player - Pete Warner

3rd XI Batting - Raj Patel
3rd XI Bowling - Raj Patel
3rd XI Players Player - Raj Patel

Sunday League XI Batting - Scott Simmons
Sunday League XI Bowling - Scott Simmons

Sunday Friendly XI Batting - James Cousen
Sunday Friendly XI Bowling - Will Nolde

Evening League XI Batting - Malcolm King
Evening League XI Bowling - David Jones

U9's Batting - Jack Nolde
U9's Bowling - Ben Cousen
U9's Managers Award - Calum Dunmore

U11's Batting - Archie Davis
U11's Bowling - Elliot Burdett
U11's Managers Player - Josh Pipe

U13's Batting - Max Davis
U13's Bowling - Carl Lees
U13's Managers Player - Chris Annison

U15's Bowling - Carl Lees
U15's Batting - Jack Baker
U15's Managers Player - Sean Druce

Jack Petchey Achievement Award Winners - Kerry Lees, Matt Barnes, Sean Druce & Max Davis

ECB Young Cricket Leaders Coaching Award - Leon Kawa, Will Nolde, Jack Berry, Jack Baker & Sean Druce.

LUCKY WINNERS
Dear Member,
Results of Draw Number 57 held on 26th September 2009 at the Clubhouse are as follows:
Payout £900
First Prize £300 Number 105 Mark Lewis
Second Prize £100 (x 3) Number 30 Tina Thorogood
Number 59 Colin Oliver
Number 24 Mrs. D. Quinn
Third Prize £50 (x 6) Number 33 Phil Pope
Number 5 Dave Howe
Number 81 Dave Wilkins
Number 7 Pete Warner
Number 32 Phil Pope
Number 78 Jill Cornwell
Many thanks for your support of the lottery during the year which has seen a total payout of £4,200.
The next draw will take place in the New Year so that the coffers can be replenished for next year’s
draws.

Check out the two new photo galleries from the Cricket Camp & Garons Trip!!

The last league game is on Saturday 29th August and it's a good enough reason to drink extra beer!
Starting at the pavilion after the match then heading on somewhere for a Chinese (Thai Closed) and a few more scoops....
Players, partners and anyone welcome.!

Presentation time has come around again, this year we are holding the night at the club on 26th September.
Please see flyers in club or contact Scott on 077761855504 for more details.
Please support the club!!

Rankins 3rd X1 win first game

Rankins chased down 188 to guarantee a 3 wicket win. With about 5 overs to spare. Rankins bowled first and all bowlers kept down the run-rate. Carl Lynch finishing off with great figures of 12 overs 3 maidens 3 wickets for 36 runs. With Leon Kawa bowling economically well with 7 overs 1 maiden for 22 runs. Some neat catches were taken, with Marc Cameron taking a low catch off Will Nolde at wicket-keeper. Sean Pickering taking a close catch and Peter Nolde taking a nice catch as well. Also early a great piece of fielding from Will Nolde which produced a direct hit from a throw from the boundary. Though Rankins will be a little disspointed that while we had them 85-5 at one stage we didnt contain or limit their runs.

Batting and Peter Nolde and Will Nolde opening up, Peter Nolde fell early on after being caught at gully after, leaving us on 20 runs. Will Nolde then followed 20 runs later by playing on. Raj Patel meanwhile was starting his amazing innings of 61 as he notched himself his first fifty of the season (plenty more to come raj, no pressure). Steve Heron stayed with Raj to produce a nice little partnership, to leave us well on course for victory. With Marc Cameron finishing the innings of nicely with 20 not out.

Matches between the 1st XI and Hatfield always tend to be closely battled affairs and this was to be no exception ending in a tie!

Batting first we posted 153 for 8 from our 45 overs. The conditions were difficult early on but a partnership of 87 between Gregg Dutton (31) and a superb 76 from Matthew Tindall saw us go to 95 for 2 and things were looking respectable. The rest struggled and eventualy we edged our way to our total of 153 which never really looked enough.

Hatfield started brightly with openers Hills (31) and Wright (25) getting their run chase off to a good start. After a couple of quick wickets Norton came out to bat at 5 for Hatfield and took the bowling attack on with a rapid 52 before falling to Deepak Nanda in the first wicket of his 5 wicket haul (5-29 off 12 overs).
A succession of quick wickets, aided by four catches from Paul Rafferty then changed the game and it looked like any result was possible with Rankin's fighting back and the last pair of Hatfield batsmen Crane and Bently needing 20 runs.
Scott Simmons the captain brought himself back on to bowl with Hatfield needing just two for victory. His first ball going for a bye to level the scores on 153. His next ball was full and straight and saw Cranes middle stump removed to bring the game to an end and the match tied.

The second XI this weekend narrowly lost to Ekco but the day was crowned with a superb 130 from Daryl Greenfield. See fixtures for full scorecards for all teams.

Batting first saw a superb opening partnership of 110 by Carl Lees and Anthony Steel, Steel on his debut at the opening spot. Carl fell just short of his half centuary on 47 and Anthony was eventually run out on 26. The team then posted a very respectable 120 for 2 off the 20 overs.
In the field Rankins were sharp and Anthony steel topped off his day with two catches.Wickford were left 13 runs short with good performances from all the Rankin's bowling attack. The outstanding performances with the ball coming from Max Davis (4-14) and Adam Mayhew (2-23). Sean Druce and Carl Lees both took a wicket each and Wickford were left on 103 for 7 at the end of their 20 overs.
A really top performance from the U15's against a well respected Wickford side. Well done and good luck in round 3!