Village Voice Oct / Nov 2019 Issue 194

whilst our youngest players (age 6-8) all
enjoyed Sunday morning Coaching sessions.
Meanwhile, our Senior sides, featuring a very
healthy number of Colts, enjoyed some mixed
results in their respective Leagues.
Player-availability through this Summer has
been good as more Colts came of age to play in
both Saturday sides, and we noted another year
of healthy interest from new or occasional
players who have joined in and helped to make
a difference. We are already determined to
follow up on this success in 2020.
Those that visited the cricket club in the
summer will note that the Ground is looking in
good shape thanks to the efforts of our small
band of volunteers who give so much of their
time to the Club. The outfield and playing
square has now entered its annual state of
hibernation, the sight-screens have been
returned to their winter moorings at the bottom
of the field, the pitch-covers have been
dismantled and everything has been ‘put to bed’
ahead of its reawakening next Spring.
If you are interested in playing, scoring,
Umpiring, making teas or helping out around
the Ground, please get in touch. However you
would like to contribute, you will be guaranteed
a warm welcome and lending a hand to one of
the Village’s oldest concerns is an incredibly
enriching and rewarding thing to do.
Off the field, the Club finds itself in a
reasonable financial position but in order to
continue to invest in the club and to provide the
best possible experience for local players, young
and old, we will be looking to improve our
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fundraising next year and we are always looking
for sponsors. If you are interested in anything
from branding our playing shirts or advertising
at matches, to using the ground for a company
event or the opportunity to promote your
business to the 350-strong membership, please
get in touch with Jon Cockcroft at jrcockcroft@
gmail.com. You can find us on Twitter (@ptgcc or @
ptgcccolts) or on Facebook (‘Penn & Tylers Green Cricket
Club’ or ‘Penn & Tylers Green Cricket Club Colts’) Jon
Wilson (jon2wilson@gmail.com)
Penn Pond Waders Golf Society
Since our last update, our members and guests
have enjoyed 2 outings to some new golfing
venues on the Waders event calendar. In July,
we visited Buckingham GC. The course was in
good condition and proved challenging for
some, especially me, whose tee shots regularly
found the abundance of trees lining the
fairways! The day was won by our captain-inwaiting,
Ben Childs, scoring an excellent 39
points, playing off a handicap of 18. Ryan
Shadwell was runner-up on count-back scoring
35 points off a handicap of 10.
Last month, 30 of our members visited
Essenden GC. Favourable conditions and a
relatively easy course led to some excellent play
with the vast majority of the field scoring 30
points or more. Ian Gray led the way scoring 43
points to win the day, playing off 16 (not
anymore now that he’s the latest victim of the
occasional brutal cuts inflicted by our Handicap
Secretary!). Runner-up was Gentleman Jim
Morris, scoring an excellent 41 points off his
handicap of 16 (now 13!).
Diary date for an forthcoming event:
• 5th Nov 2019 - New Zealand GC
If you are interested in joining our friendly
Society or initially to come along as a guest at
one of the above events, please contact our
Secretary Bob Teuton on 07973 137446. As
always, we look forward to welcoming some
new Waders at some of the great golfing venues
we’ve got booked this year. John Horton, www.
pennpondwadersgolf society.com
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