Fred Graham Twenty20 Trophy

First round games to be played by Sunday, May 11th (no extension will be allowed):

Bollington v Stockport Georgians

Yet to be arranged:

Irby v Birkenhead Park Friday, May 9: umpires to be appointed

Second round to be played by June 1st:

Bollington or Stockport Georgians v Alderley Edge Irby or Birkenhead Park v Neston
Bredbury v Macclesfield Upton v Chester Boughton Hall
Mobberley v Poynton Christleton v Oxton
Burnage v Timperley Oulton Park v Nantwich
Hale Barns v Sale Tattenhall v Warrington
Marple v Didsbury Grappenhall v Widnes
Cheadle v Hyde Urmston v Toft
Bramhall v Heaton Mersey
Middlewich v Bowdon

Clubs are urged to arrange match dates as soon as possible. When they have doe so, the home club must inform the Fixture Secretary so that local panel umpires can be appointed.

Cheshire Cup hit by rain

ALL first round games in the Cheshire Cup were rained off on Sunday and will now take place on Sunday, May 11th (1.30 p.m.):
Brooklands v Winnington Park (umpires Neville Abberley and Norman Cook); Hale Barns v Parkfield Liscard (Terry Hill and Peter Hayes); Malpas v Stockport (Dave Sutton and Geoff Young); Middlewich v Congleton (Chris Smith & AN Other); Old Parkonians v Grappenhall (Patrick Hutchinson & John Bone); Sale v Caldy (Steve Kirkbright and John Coakley).
Birkenhead St. Mary’s v Davenham is provisionally on Sunday, May 18th.

Cockspur Cup

FIRST round games due to be played on Sunday, April 27th were: Darcy Lever v Bramhall; Smethwick v Nantwich.

SECOND round fixtures on Sunday, May 11th (1 p.m.): Hyde v Huyton; Leyland v Chester Boughton Hall; Urmston v Elton or Sefton Park; Wavertree or Chorley v Widnes; Alderley Edge v Kearsley or St. Helens; Bootle v Bowdon; Farnworth SC or Atherton v Heaton Mersey; Neston v Darcy Lever or Bramhall; Evesham or Wolves v Smethwick or Nantwich.

Clubs are asked to inform Newsletter of the results of all Cockspur Cup games so that their programmes can be recorded.

Over 40s fixtures begin

OVER 40s section fixtures begin on Wednesday, May 7th in three divisions.

Bramhall plan to observe a minute’s silence prior to their game at Sale in memory of the late long-serving John North, who founded Veterans cricket in 1983.

Under a new regulation, cancelled games may be re-arranged within 14 days by mutual agreement as long as no other League fixture is involved, in which case the Competition Secretary must be informed. Clubs who wish to vary the date of a fixture to another day in the same week should also inform the Competition Secretary in advance.

As fixtures in the third week clash with the European Champions Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United in Moscow on May 21st, clubs may wish to re-arrange:

THIS WEEK’S GAMES (6.15 p.m.)

West Division: Barnton v Davenham; Chester Boughton Hall v Grappenhall; Irby v Upton; Nantwich Cavaliers v Warrington; Tattenhall Wreckers v Christleton.

East Division l: Bowdon v Mobberley; Marple v Alderley Edge Wizards; Timperley v Urmston; Toft v Poynton Legends.
East Division 2: Bowdon Vale v Cheadle Hulme; Cheadle v Romiley ; Macclesfield v Brooklands; Sale v Bramhall. Open: Bredbury St. Mark’s. Romiley’s home game against Bredbury on May 14th has been brought forward to Thursday, May 8th. The table in this division will be devised by dividing the number of points gained by matches played as there is an uneven number of clubs and not all play the same number of games.

Unreported items from April 26th

IN the ECB Premiership, the little matter of a hat-trick taken by Alderley Edge’s Jason Whittaker was omitted when Widnes telephoned details of their club’s home defeat. Jason’s victims were Luke McCoy, Damien Moore and Tom Bromhead. Widnes gained three points not four as first reported.

Birkenhead Park failed to telephone the result of their First Division game against Bramhall until Sunday and it was not possible to send the result to the PA. BP omitted the names of the not out batsmen from both sides on their result sheet. All players taking part in matches must be recorded (umpires also please note). …Upton’s Ian Sharrock took 4-42 at Cheadle Hulme not 3-42 as telephoned …Andy Windsor took 4-33 for Didsbury at Poynton, not Andy Windsor as reported.
Ben Thomas scored 50 in Irby’s nine runs win at Burnage in Division Two.

Andy is fighting leukemia

Newsletter is grateful to Poynton Sports Club chairman Kevin Bell for the following contribution:

“Poynton’s popular and successful long-time 2nd XI skipper Andy McAlpine is fighting leukemia. Andy had a great season in 2007 leading his team into the Premier division, then made a personal breakthrough into the 1st XI, a challenge he was looking forward to continuing this season.

Andy was then diagnosed late last year with a serious and rare form of leukemia, he is continuing to have intensive treatment to which he is responding well. Andy and his father Duncan are really important to everyone at Poynton Sports Club and we are sure everyone in the League will join us in wishing Andy a successful recovery.

We can’t wait to see you back on the cricket field, Andy”

HALE BARNS chairman Ian Bishop is in hospital in the UK after needing medical treatment after being badly bitten by mosquitos while on holiday in Greece.

Sportsman’s Dinners

UPTON are to stage their eighth Sportsman’s Dinner in the pavilion at Old Greasby road on June 20th when former Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers striker John Aldridge is guest speaker. Tickets at £40 can be obtained from Gavin Byrom tel. 07977 100709 or by e-mail on gavin.byrom@gmail.com.

MARPLE’S 12th annual Sportsman’s Dinner is in their pavilion on Friday, November 14th, when Glamorgan’s Robert Croft speaks. Information on tickets at £32 are available from chairman Keith McGuffie on 07909 998521.