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The senior awards were presented at the annual dinner held at Baldwins Omega last month. The list of winners for 2009 is:

Clubman of the Year: Bill Croft

Yorkshire League

Best Batsman: Nick Gaywood
Best Bowler: Nadeem Khan
Player of the Year: Alex Patmore

South Yorkshire League

2nd XI Best Batsman: James Colton
2nd XI Best Bowler: Mark Longley
3rd XI Best Batsman: Danny Walton
3rd XI Best Bowler: Ben Fielding
Player of the Year: James Colton

Yorkshire & Derbyshire League

Congratulations to Richard Kettleborough on his promotion to the International Umpires Panel. We wish him all the best. Congratulations also to Joe Root for winning the Man of the Series award on the recent England U/19 tour of Bangladesh. Along with the launch of Michael Vaughan's book, this makes for a very good few weeks for the club.

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The Summer Prize Draw was held last night in the bar at Abbeydale and was drawn by Mr. Anil Walhekar, the manager of the touring Cricket Master's Academy. The winners and ticket numbers are as follows:

1) 42 inch LCD TV - Ben Shaw (251)
2) Bat signed by Michael Vaughan - Garry (6481)
3) Bat signed by Imran Khan - Dave Jones (699)
4) Shirt signed by Graeme Smith - Sides (7496)
5) £150 Luxury Hamper - Joan Mason (2804)
6) £150 D&P cricket bat - Hodgkinson (6068)
7) £75 glasses voucher and free eye test - C. Pickford (7397)
8) £100 Ice carpet cleaning voucher - Chris Ash (1725)

Outdoor practice starts this week, Thursday 9th April, at the normal time of 6pm-8pm.

There will also be a practice session on Saturday, 18th April, for all players not selected for the 2nd XI match on the same day. This will start at 1pm.

The 1st XI squad will play a friendly against Chesterfield on Sunday, 19th April at Chesterfield starting at 1pm.

The draw for the club's Summer Prize draw (raffle) has been changed from Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August due to numerous difficulties getting all the sold ticket stubs back. The draw will be held in the bar at Abbeydale at the end of the day's play and winning tickets will be drawn by Mr. Anil Walhekar, the manager for the Cricket Master's Academy, who we are currently hosting.

The prizes are:

1) 42" LCD TV.
2) Michael Vaughan signed bat.
3) Imran Khan signed bat.
4) Graeme Smith signed shirt.
5) £150 Luxury Hamper.
6) D&P Cricket Bat worth £150.

The nets and sightscreens need to be reconstructed for use this season. We would appreciate everyone's help on Sunday, 5th April at 10am.

Martin Maddocks will be in charge and the more assistance he has the quicker it will get done. As all of you are aware, there is no official groundsman this season so everyone will need to help out wherever and whenever possible.

There will be fielding practice for all seniors on Thursday, 2nd April from 17h30 - 19h00 at Abbeydale. This doesn't affect the session at Meadowhead which is in the normal slot of 20h00 - 21h30.

With the season a little over five weeks away, I'll be dividing players into two groups at nets this week. One group consisting of current and potential 1st and 2nd XI players and the other the balance of players attending. The format will be the same as last week with nets for an hour and fielding for 30 mins.

Here are the 4th team averages for 2008.

Here are the fielding statistics for all adult sides combined. They are listed by total catches.

Here are the batting averages for all adult sides combined. Blade barely scraped a thousand...

Here are the bowling averages for all adult sides combined. Well bowled Nads...

Here are the top bowling performances for all teams in 2008 as shown on the Play Cricket site. Read on Nads...

Here are the top batting performances for all teams in 2008 as shown on the Play Cricket site. Read on Blade...

Race Night, an annual club fundraiser, is to be held on Thursday 26th February 2009 at Baldwins Omega Restaurant at 7.15 for 7.45.

Senior Nets has been cancelled. Meadowhead closed due to the weather.

Pre-season nets will be held at Meadowhead for all age-groups except U/9's who will be at Birkdale. Saturday sessions start on January 24th, Tuesday's on 27th and Thursday's on the 29th and will run till the last week of March. The day and times for each age-group session is as follows:

Seniors: Thursday 20h00 - 21h30
U/17: Tuesday 20h00 - 21h30
U/15: Tuesday 18h30 - 20h00
U/13: Saturday 09h00 - 11h00
U/11: Saturday 11h00 - 13h00
U/9: Sunday 14h00 - 16h00 (start date to be confirmed)

VERY IMPORTANT: To ensure we provide the best possible coaching environment we've split the juniors into different groups within their age-groups. Juniors will be contacted by letter with the dates that their group's sessions start.

News from AGM on Wednesday:

1st XI Captain - M. Dixon
2nd XI Captain - R. Richards
5th XI Captain - B. Shaw

3rd, 4th, Mansfield league and Midweek Massive captains tbc.

Match fees: £15 for seniors
£7.50 for students and juniors

Anyone interested in coaching/managing a junior team next season (2009) or with helpful ideas on how the junior section can be improved is invited to attend a meeting on Wednesday, 3rd December 7pm at Abbeydale.

The meeting will be to discuss all things related to junior coaching and management which includes winter nets, squad selection, practices, representative cricket, juniors' integration into senior cricket, friendly matches and friday night Academy.

If you unable to attend but in a position to assist, can you please contact Riaz Richards or Julie Lister as soon as possible. (contact details on website)

The end of season awards dinner on Friday night, although not particularly well attended, was thoroughly enjoyed by all who did. The following prizes for 2008 were as follows:

Clubman of the Year - Julie Lister

Yorkshire League

Best Batsman - Nick Gaywood
Best Bowler - Nadeem Khan
Player of the Year - Pete Turnbull

South Yorkshire League

Best Batsman - Riaz Richards
Best Bowler - Mark Hickman
Player of the Year - Riaz Richards

Yorkshire & Derbyshire League

Best Batsman - Chris Ash
Best Bowler - Prashant Meshram

Fastest 50 - Nick Gaywood
Best Bowling Analysis - Richard Tasker

Nick Gaywood also received an award for achieving 10 000 Yorkshire League runs. No awards were presented for the midweek league.