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#GoMagnets
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Our Club day is Saturday the 14th of September - diaries at the ready pleaseโฆ ๐๏ธ
Presidentโs Day trophy at stake ๐
6-aside matches all day, group stage, semi-finals and a final ๐ค
Enter as an individual and allocated a side mixed of ages and ability ๐งโ๐งโ๐งโ๐ง
SPOND! โ๏ธ
Jeremy Gillham, aged 70, walks out to bat for the final time as 5th XI captain,
Jerry has skippered the team for 22 years and played through decades for our great Club ๐
No words will ever do justice to what this man has done for our Club, we canโt even try.
Thanks, mate.
With the exception of our overseas player for 2022, every single member of this Saturdayโs 1st XI - now aged 31 to 16 - has represented LGCCC at the age of 15 or younger ๐ช
How club cricket was meant to be ๐๐
Tomorrow sees Tom Simmons' final game for LGCCC (for now!) as he moves on, having relocated in recently.
Simmo made his debut in 06, scoring 243 runs in the 5s without being out ๐
Since then he has scored 7287 1st XI runs with 16 tons ๐ช
One of our best ever ๐
#BattedSimmo
2s all out 34
3s all out 34
4s all out 99
5s all out 12
If you donโt laugh, youโll cry, right?
@crickshouts
@ThatsSoVillage
@WisdenCricket
Still getting 5๏ธโฃ teams out and 5๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ blokes cricket on a Saturday!
Always next week lads ๐๐
Duncan Elder bows out of club cricket after 50 years.
A fantastic servant to the game and a serious pleasure to have him for the last 11 years of his career ๐
Presented with his beloved Spurs shirt from the Chairman.
#CheersDunc
Itโs a record breaking Bank Holiday Monday!
Amy Mitchell has just become the youngest player to ever score a ๐ฏ for Letchworth Garden City Cricket Club.
Amy, aged 12, scored 103* against Tring for our U13 Girls team.
Congratulations!
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A very happy 70th birthday today to Mr Letchworth Cricket Club - the legend himself - Jeremy Gillham.
It would be impossible to describe Jerryโs contribution to the club within the character limit!
Have a wonderful day, Jerry ๐ฅ
Donโt get too drunk - big game Saturday!
1s WIN AND STAY UP!
After a tough year, back-to-back wins completes the great escape.
100 to win with four wickets left and Praveen Bhatti (50*) and George Denman (46) steer us home ๐
#wearestayingup
The 1st XI WIN by SIX runs with a final over run out for an EIGHTH win in a row to be PROMOTED.
Letchworth Garden City 244/7 (50)
Leverstock Green 238/10 (49.3)
Unbelievable win ๐งฒ
Unbelievable team ๐งฒ
Unbelievable season ๐งฒ
#WEAREGOINGUP
Wishing the best of luck to
@wilbates
on his move to
@HarrogateCC
following relocating due to work.
135 1st XI appearances, including captaining the side to the Championship title, with a superb haul of 3833 runs and 173 wickets.
Cheers Batesy. Hope to see you back soon.
An unfortunate ending to the 1st XI game today, match abandoned due to a horrible injury to Jonny Harris.
Thanks to
@bishcricket
for their brilliant care and support.
Jonny is in good hands and will be back!
A reminder the result isnโt the most important thing.
A special day at Fairfield Park for Tom Watts on Saturday, scoring his maiden hundred aged 14 in the 4th XI ๐
Tom hit 1๏ธ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ0๏ธโฃ fours and 1๏ธโฃ six on his way to 104* from 108 balls, the youngest Letchworth cricketer to score a hundred since 2006 ๐
Scorecard:
The oldest player in Saturdayโs 1st XI was the captain aged 29, with 8 players aged 26 or younger.
8 of the 11 came through the junior ranks at Letchworth Garden City Cricket Club.
Bunch of mates, coached by volunteers since kids, playing the best cricket they can ๐๐
Super proud of Rose Dovey umpiring the
@Sunriserscrick
๐
@SEStarsCricket
at Lordโs today!
Rose is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who came to the UK 2015 first, and now coaches our girls section as well as
@hertscricket
.
An inspiration to everybody at the Club!
The 1st XI WIN by SIX runs with a final over run out for an EIGHTH win in a row to be PROMOTED.
Letchworth Garden City 244/7 (50)
Leverstock Green 238/10 (49.3)
Unbelievable win ๐งฒ
Unbelievable team ๐งฒ
Unbelievable season ๐งฒ
#WEAREGOINGUP
With the exception of our overseas player, all of todayโs 1st XI (aged between 18 and 41) came through the Letchworth Garden City Cricket Club junior section and have played their entire career at the Club.
#TheLetchworthWay
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An outstanding piece of sportsmanship shown by
@HHTCC2014
today when their fielder signalled a six for a catch on the boundary when nobody else had any kind of view.
Wonderful to see. Credit to a top club and the true spirit of our great game shown.
An open letter for players from
@BHNCClub
- a lovely place to play our great game.
If youโre in Hertford area and looking to get back into the sport after time out or have youngsters making their first steps into senior cricket, we canโt recommend them highly enough ๐
Congratulations to Dylan Williams making his 1st XI debut tomorrow in the Championship season opener ๐
Dylan, 15, is the youngest player since Tom Simmons in โ08.
8 of the XI have been with the Club since age 10.
No paid players.
Average age: 24
The Letchworth Way ๐๐
In the first completed league derby between Letchworth and Hitchin in 15 years, the Magnets win convincingly by 86 runs ๐งฒ
Letchworthโs Praveen Bhatti with an exceptional 94*, with David Sprittles 82 and Dave Albon a blistering 24 ball 58* ๐ฅ
3fer for Spritz too ๐ณ
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Three generations of Gillhams!
Great to see Jeremy (69), Tom (44) and Henry (13) in winning action for the 5th XI on Saturday.
A wicket on his senior debut for Henry, 3/14 and 74 runs for Tom and a catch behind the sticks for Jerry.
The family legacy continues!
A special Sunday in the
@BedsLeague
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Slumping to 107-9, Nathan Sprittles was joined by Ethan OโSullivan aged 14 on his senior debut for Letchworth requiring still 61 to win.
Nathan superbly assisted by Ethan, saw us to victory off the final ball. Ending 100*.
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Overseas for 2๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ ๐ณ๐ฟ
Weโre delighted to welcome our first overseas player since 2017 to the club, Christy OโBrien joining us for the summer from Auckland University Cricket Club.
Christy is a keeper-batsman playing in the UK for the first time โ๏ธ
Welcome and good luck!
A special good luck to a Letchworth legend playing his final game of Club cricket in the 4s today, Jerry Dovey ๐
โShovesโ has been a stalwart of the Club for decades, playing 300 games in the Play-Cricket era and loads before.
Where would we be without him?!
Go well, Jerry ๐
A huge thanks to
@Tammy_Beaumont
for her incredibly kind donation of kit to the Club recently!
Girls cricket at Letchworth is absolutely flying and we canโt wait to see the progress our young stars in the coming years ๐
Thanks Tammy, hope to see you here at some point!
PROMOTION!
The Sunday XI, after their victory today coupled with results elsewhere, are guaranteed a top two finish and are promoted from Division Three of the Beds League.
2๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ players
1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ wins
3๏ธโฃ skippers
1๏ธโฃ loss only
Well done all involved!
One win for the title ๐
Pivotal Piper the Player of the Year!
Congratulations to Charlie Piper, who was awarded Division Three Player of the Year at the Beds League AGM last night ๐
He also collected the teamโs trophy for winning the league ๐
Caps a special year for CP, including his 1st XI debut.
A sensational Sunday hundred for skipper Liam Bishton ๐
But an even better run chase from
@OSCricketClub
!
Chasing down 240 with exactly six balls to spare.
Great game played in lovely spirit and nice socially distant beers afterward.
Rematch to follow in August!
So proud of our U10s, who yesterday became County Champions! ๐
Fantastic cricket played all day between four hugely talented sides. The future is bright for Hertfordshire cricket ๐
Congratulations to Joe Davidson who makes his 1st XI debut today aged 16 - the youngest player to do so since Tom Simmons in 2008 ๐งข
The kid can play ๐
Graham Bishton becomes the eighth life member of the club, following in the footsteps of...
Colin Croucher
Colin Chatfield
Jeremy Gillham
Maurice Crouch
Gavin Booth
Roger Thomson
Mark Bianchi
#Legends
In our first year of
@BedsIndoor
cricket, weโve won the bottom league to move up to Division Four next season!
Played 7 โ
Won 7 โ
We chased down 107 with three overs to spare this morning to seal the unbeaten season ๐
Congratulations to our Dylan Williams who won
@hertscricket
U14 Boys Player of the Year for 2023!
Dylan scored a fantastic 136 off just 76 balls against Suffolk, as well as bowling and showing outstanding leadership as captain.
Weโre all very proud ๐๐
#HesOneOfOurOwn
The good news just keeps on coming!
A huge congratulations to Rose Dovey who has won the 2021 Hertfordshire Cricket 'Inspired to Play' award ๐
Well deserved and Rose & husband Jerry will attend the Hertfordshire Celebration Event at the BWT Trophy final at Lord's this month ๐ฅ
Itโs coming homeโฆ ๐ถ
Our U15s are COUNTY CHAMPIONS!
A 7 run win over West Herts sees us take the crown.
A massive well done to the players, parents, coaches and supporters ๐๐
A fantastic achievement by the boys ๐
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Some sad news in recent days that Dave Humphreys has passed away after illness, who played for Letchworth between 2011-2018 amid an illustrious amateur cricket career.
Dave played 95 times for us, captaining the 3rd XI and the Sunday XI ๐
A top bloke who was a lot of fun. RIP.
WHAT. A. WIN.
We've chased 193 down, 9 down, with two balls to spare.
Prav Bhatti and Steve Hughes put on 29 for the last wicket ๐ซ๐ซ
The unbeaten streak continues!
Girls cricket at Letchworth is going places ๐ช
Hereโs our U13s from last night, who played their first game of the season (and first ever in an all-girls league) - winning by 49 runs against Radlett!
Go on girls ๐๐
An agonising last over, one wicket defeat to Watford Town in the cup final๐ข
Amazing run to the final from all our boys, gutted to fall short but proud of how they represented the Club ๐๐
Congratulations to
@watfordtowncric
๐
Thanks to
@RedbournCC
for being amazing hosts ๐
Today sees our 2022 overseas player Christy OโBrien head back to NZ ๐ณ๐ฟโ๏ธ
- Most games in a season since 2001 with 39 ๐ฅ
- Second most runs in a season since 2000 with 1341๐ฅ
- 34 dismissals ๐ฅ
Thanks for everything Christy, good luck and see you soon!
Farewell last night โฌ๏ธ
1st XI WIN for the third week on the spin ๐ช๏ธ
By 120 runs in a 33 over game at Ampthill.
Dave Albon a ballistic 127* ๐คฏ๐
Zac Hayes first 5fer in England ๐
Massive thanks to all players, officials and groundstaff for the game on in trying conditions
@AmpthillTownCC
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Wishing everybody up down the land good luck as we return tomorrow to play the game we love ๐ค ๐ค
Make the most of it and enjoy every moment out there! ๐๐ป
Thanks to
@ECB_cricket
,
@GOVUK
and
@10DowningStreet
for the opportunity.
The first recreational 11 aside sport back ๐
Berkhampsted win by 3 runs in an incredible game of cricket!
Well done to our hosts, a truly superb evening
@BerkoCC
๐
Our boys collect their runners-up medals having done the Club proud ๐๐
**TEAM OF THE DECADE**
2๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃs ๐
Anonymously selected via committee, your Letchworth Garden City team of the decade is...
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ
Tom Simmons
Mike Hughes
Will Aitkenhead
Matt Bridge
Will Bates
Maxford Pipe
Dave Albon
Sam Booth
Richard Barclay*
Dan Burley
Andy Newland
1s WIN at Ampthill, by seven wickets, chasing 198 thanks to a spectacular partnership of 156 from Josh Brunsdon (75*) and Macaulay Denman (70*) ๐ฅ
Harry Aitkenhead 3/40 and Charlie Piper 3/26 with the ball ๐ณ
What a win!
**PROMOTED**
The Sunday XI are GOING UP!
Queens Park Westfield post 190/9 which gives our boys the four bonus points needed to seal promotion โฌ๏ธ
Can we chase it?
We donโt need to.
Good luck to local side
@HitchinTownFC
in their FA Cup tie this weekend - one win away from the first round for the first time in 23 years ๐๐
#NorthHerts
A fantastic win for the Sunday team by two wickets against Luton with just four balls to spare!
Richard Stewart did the damage with the ball with 6/28 ๐
OโBrien, Kilby and the Sprittles brothers all chipped in to get to the target ๐ฏ
Well done boys ๐
Letchworth have beaten Lashings!
Our 1st XI chase down Lashingsโ 112-8 with a ball to spare to win over the All Star XI ๐ฅ
David Sprittles wins the game with a six and went to 50 in the process ๐
A great day with over 400 people in attendance!
And the bar remains openโฆ
Tom Kilby wins the final
@hrjforemanlaws
Performance of the Week award for 2021.
Tom's first 5fer in the 2s against Dunstable took him to 20 league wickets in his first full season as he helped them to promotion from Division 3A ๐๐
The Sunday side have claimed a victory over Sandy. Well done to all involved. And congratulations to our friends
@PrestonHertsCC
who have won their
#NVC18
match. Another weekend of the season done and dusted
#fourteenmore
A Sunday victory by six wickets chasing 199 against
@BinghamCC
to complete the tour weekend.
4 wickets for Elliot Lee and 50s for Will Aitkenhead and Daren Lewis.
A re-run of the Blast!
4 to win off the last ball, front foot no ball!
Our Sunday T20 side lose their unbeaten run in a thrilling one wicket defeat to
@hatandcru
- what a game of cricket ๐
We are safely through to the quarter-finals though, bring it on!
Ladz โฌ๏ธ
ICYMI:
We had a great Presidentโs Day on Saturday, raising nearly four figures for the Club and fun had by all the family ๐
Well done to the Whitethorn Wanderers, who were crowned champions! ๐
Thanks to everybody who supported - canโt wait to do it again next year already.
A huge congratulations to, and very proud of, Letchworth player Andy Catherell who was the
@EssexCricket
Ability Player of the Year for 2020 ๐
Well done, Andy!
๐ The Essex Ability side continue to impress, but there could only be one winner of this award.
Congratulations to Andy Catherell who has been named the Ability Player of the Year ๐ช
โช๏ธ Sponsored by
@GroupKingswood
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The
#OldBoys
show the
#YoungBoys
how to do it with a last over victory.
What a day at Fairfield - amazing to see so many old faces and youngsters enjoying our great game.
Massive thanks to everybody involved!
Maxford Pipe moves on to the newly reformed Newmarket Cricket Club.
Maxford first came to the UK and joined us in 2011, making 125 appearances in total (3497 runs, 178 wickets).
Max also hit 3 hundreds for the first team, and took 3 five wicket hauls ๐ช
Congratulations to Richard Stewart who wins the inaugural
@hrjforemanlaws
Performance of the Week Award with his 4/25 in the 2nd XI gaining 49% of the vote.
He is rewarded with a call up to the 1st XI this weekend.
1st XI win for the SIXTH time in a row - EIGHT weeks unbeaten - with a crushing 6 wicket win over league leaders Chorleywood before 5pm.
Sam Kendle 4fer ๐
David Sprittles 74* ๐
Promotion race. Hat. Ring. Thrown.
And finally a well done to our local friends
@PrestonHertsCC
on their well deserved promotion to the Championship.
Warn the bar staff for our two matches next year... ๐๐บ
NEWS ๐ฐ๐๏ธ
Following last night's AGM, our skippers for the season are...
1s Tim Graham
2s Dave Albon
3s Chris Hughes
4s Elliot Lee
5s Jeremy Gillham
Best of luck to each!
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Following on from our record breaking youngsters last weekend, congratulations to Dylan Williams who this Saturday will become the youngest player to play a league game for the 2nd XI in the Play-Cricket era ๐
La Masia ๐๐ช๐ธ
Winter can be a long season for cricketers, especially those who rely on sports clubs for friendship and company.
Weโll be playing indoor cricket from this November, winter training from January and the Club is always open for those who need a beer or a chat at any time ๐๐