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Under 11's Season

  • Cowdrey Under 11’s Share Title (Stuart Seal U11 Coach/Manager)
  • A season in which Cowdrey dominated through the first seven matches of their 10 match season. Then a tight game away to Flimwell ended in a narrow defeat and a slight confidence dip echoed through the squad. There were many key performances with 3 wicket hauls and 25’s in abundance throughout the team and the fielding in patches had been exceptional.
  • In all, 18 players were used to complete our league programme, with school trips and other activities effecting availability at the back end of the campaign. Despite this, the squad held strong and the team had won eight out of nine going in to the final match. Although bonus points had taken us ten points clear, our final opponents, Edenbridge, had the very same win/lose record. In the tightest game of the season and on a track that did little for the batsmen, Edenbridge managed the win with just a few balls remaining. The end result was a shared title with Cowdrey and Edenbridge joint winners of The Under 11’s Border League Division 2. Cowdrey Under 11’s are joint Champions of The Border League Division 2.
  • All the players deserve a mention; however here are the top performances in brief:
  • 5 x 25’s Jake McGroarty & David Challis,
  • 4 x 25’s & 1 x 3 wickets haul Bradley Warwick-Browne,
  • 3 x 25’s & 2 x 3 wicket haul’s Alfie Hoare,
  • 2 x 3 wicket hauls & 1 x 25 Joe Devlin,
  • 25’s for Harvey Coton & Tom Simmonds,
  • 3 wicket haul’s Joe Massey & Ben Wallace.
  • The other squad members are: Jack Roberts, Sam Larkin, Toby Seal, Max Cooper, Philip Davis, Tom Weedon, Jack Sellar, Sam Bell, Will Hinchelwood, Rory Salter, Shiv Pattanshetti.
  • The team voted for their own “Player of the Season” and Alfie Hoare was the worthy recipient. Well done Alfie.
  • It was a pleasure to manage the Under 11’s this season and the squad did extremely well to gain a trophy for Cowdrey CC. All of the parent’s were hugely supportive throughout the season and I am sure players appreciate the effort and commitment. Good luck to all the players moving up to the next age group and also the new blood who will take up the challenge of retaining the title.

Double Wedding Bells!

  • Congratulations to Steve and Amy Thomas, and Glen and Helen Warner, who waited for the season to finish before tying the knot!
  • Best wishes from all at the club go to the happy couples!.

Final day round-up 2009

  • The 2nd X1 had a good win against Wickham Park today which cements their position in the Kent League. Steve Thomas hit a long awaited excellent century as the highlight.
  • The 1st X1 lost a winner takes all game to Deal,the eventual worthy League Champions. Chris Jones added another wicket making 46 in total for the season.
  • Well done to both teams for all of their efforts during the season.

Awards Night

  • Our annual awards night will be on October 16th.
  • Dinner at the Oriental Buffet at 8pm.
  • Presentation of awards follow the dinner back at the George and Dragon

Christmas Dinner

  • Our Christmas Dinner will be on December 11th at the Carpenters Arms, 7.30 for 8pm start.
  • Approx £24 per head. We all agree that we had a great meal there last year, with tremendous food and atmosphere!
  • Contact Darren or Rooney to book places asap

Membership Subscriptions are overdue

  • If you have not yet paid your membership subscription, please pay it NOW.
  • This is the annual renewable fee to be a member of Cowdrey CC. Match fees are seperate.
  • See your team captain/manager asap.

Old News

Golf Day Results

  • With the threat of appalling weather, 12 brave souls arrived at Darenth Valley GC on Friday to participate in the hastily arranged 'unofficial' Cowdrey Golf Day.
  • Torrential downpours, thunder, lightning and greens resembling lakes, didn't dampen the spirits although good scores were hard to come by. Thankfully at the half way stage, the weather improved with blue skies and warm sunshine, so we persevered on. The scoring improved accordingly with most players showing a better back nine.
  • Will Needham won with a stableford score of 40 points playing off a handicap of 13
  • Thanks to those that played and made it an enjoyable day.

Aussie bowler sets BATTING record!

  • Chris Jones set a new club batting record on Sunday when he scored 184 not out.
  • On a very hot afternoon, Chris batted throughout the innings, and was cheered on by many of the clubs players who had come to watch.
  • The previous record of 180 was held by Glen Warner coincidentally at the same ground, Leigh, Kent.

Glen steps down as captain

  • Glen Warner has announced that he has resigned his captaincy of the 1st X1.
  • He has said that he needs to spend more time making arrangements for his forthcoming wedding this summer.
  • Glen has been at Cowdrey from a boy and has been instrumental in shaping the club into what it is today. His achievements are not to be under estimated as he has worked tirelessly for the club, both on the field and off it. He has been the Leagues top batsman on many occasions, and has always supported the youngsters who have broken into the senior teams. He is not only respected by all of us at Cowdrey, but also by opponents, who are always happy to claim his scalp! Glen will of course still be very much part of the 1st X1.
  • We wish our new captain, Lewis Wright, supported by Andy Roberts, all the best for the future.

Aussie confirmed for Cowdrey

  • Aussie fast bowler, Chris Jones, will be joining CCC this summer as our overseas player. In 2008 Chris had a successful year at Wooton Basset CC in the West Country helping them to promotion, whilst taking many multiple wicket hauls. We would like to welcome Chris to our squad at CCC and hope he enjoys his stay with us.

Sully's soldiers win promotion!!

  • Well done to the 2's as they finished runners up securing promotion to the Kent League 2nd X1 Div 4. On a rain soaked Swanmead pitch, Ian Scott stepped up to the plate and cracked a terrific 152 runs with great support from Steve Smith, to help our boys make a huge target for Bromley Town to achieve. We then bowled out the Town securing all the points we needed to leapfrog Offham into second spot. The champagne was flowing as Sully was overjoyed, "its been a long season and I am so proud of these boys" he said through tear stained eyes..."lets get to the George!"

Cowdrey colt makes Kent squad

  • Jake McGroarty from our Under 11's has been invited to join the Kent Young Cricketers U11 squad. Whilst we have had many players attend trials for Kent, Jake, a right handed batsman and leg spin bowler, is the first Cowdrey colt to achieve such a high County status. Gary Marshall, Cowdrey's Director of Cricket, and everyone at Cowdrey CC would like to say well done to Jake and wish him every success for the years ahead.