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St Annes Win
The St Annes 1st XI started their weekend well with a 15 point away win against Morecambe. Batting first they set the home side a target of 164 after being bowled out in the 48th over. Dinuk claimed another five wicket haul as he dismissed the final Morecambe batsman with the home side one run shy of the target.
The seconds were soundly beaten by Morecambe as they were bowled out for just 114, a target that Morecambe reached with just 4 wickets down in the 32nd over. The third XI had a comfortable victory over Kirkham and Wesham 2nds. The fourth XI also won beating Fleetwood IV by 30 runs.
Dinuk Signs For 2011
We are very pleased to announce that our Professional Dinuk has agreed to sign for 2011. Dinuk has been an exemplary Professional on and off the pitch during his 2 seasons with the club so far and we are all looking forward to seeing Dinuk back in 2011. In 2009 he took 98 League and Cup wickets and he is already well on his way to beating that total this year.
Second XI Fixtures
The 2nd team league fixtures away to Barrow and at home to Carnforth have been rearranged for the following dates:
Sunday 22nd August – Away at Barrow
Sunday 29th August – Home to Carnforth.
Freddie Drops In
Andrew Flintoff was a surprise visitor on Sunday 8th August as St Annes 2nd XI played their Cup semi-final against Lancaster. Fred stayed for a chat with some former team mates and kindly signed autographs for a number of youngsters on the ground. St Annes won the game and will now play Chorley in the final on September 5th.
Flintoff Out for Season
The possibility that Andrew Flintoff could be making a return to Northern League cricket looks to have been dashed for this season as Lancashire announced that he will play no cricket for the remainder of the 2010 season.
Speaking on radio recently Andrew said that he was looking forward to returning to St Annes and meeting up with his former team mates again. Maybe next season!
New Sponsors
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This is our new coloured clothing kit for 2010. Many thanks from all at St Annes CC go to Mark Rae of Mark F. H. Rae Funerals and Jason Graham of Neron Computers for sponsoring our new kit. If anybody wants any contact details for our sponsors please let me know.
Andy Kellett, Cricket Chairman
Congratulations to Martin Diggle!
The members and Committee would like to congratulate Martin Diggle who recently completed the Wrathway Walk, a 308 mile trek, to raise funds for the Rosemere Trust in Preston. So far he has raised over £3600 pounds for this very worthy cause and his efforts are continuing with a charity night to be held at St Annes CC on Saturday June 12th immediately after the England world cup game. You can donate to Martin's cause online by clicking here or by visiting his webpage www.justgiving.com/MARTINDIGGLE. Your support on Saturday night will be very welcome.
Northern League Handbooks
 The new 2010 Northern League handbook is now available for purchase. The new look is a credit to Mike Latham who has provided a number of photos and stats that are included in the book. Copies of the handbook are available from the club for £3 or by post at a cost of £5 (which includes postage and packing and a small donation towards Cancer Research) from
Latham Baxendale
28 Windermere Drive
Adlington
Chorley
PR6 9PD
All cheques to be made payable to 'Northern Cricket League'.
Junior Nets 2010
Junior nets at St Annes CC.
Under 10/11 and kwik cricket - Monday 6pm
Under 13/15 - Wednesday 6pm
Under 17 - Thursday 6pm
Social Secretary Wanted
The Committee of the club is keen to develop the social activities within the club and is seeking a person who would be willing to fulfill this function. The Social Secretary would have their own sub committee to sort out events and also the committee would agree a budget for their needs. If you would be interested in helping to develop the social side of the club and have time to devote to the job please contact either Graham Tindall or Chris Davies.
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Under 10's Reach Finals
St Annes Under 10's have reached the Palace Shield Finals to be played at South Shore on 11th July, starting 10.30am. The finals day consists of two semi finals and then a third/fourth place play off and the final. St Annes won the Western Division and meet Vernon Carus in their semi final at 10.30am. All support for the boys would be welcome.
It is a fantastic achievement from the boys and we wish them all the luck and enjoyment in the finals.
The players who have all played their part this season are:
Alex Bradley (capt)
Nathan Bend
Will Bickerdike
Jake Cuff
Alexander Douglas
Andy Drake
Kamran Iqbal
Aidan Preston
Kyle Skelly (wk)
Josh Taylor
Jamie Van Wyk
Rowan Yousaf
Further congratulations to our excellent under 10 coaching team, Neil Bradley and Javid Iqbal, and all the parents/grandparents/brothers/sisters who have all encouraged the boys all throughout the season.
Russ
Under 10's Set League Record
St Annes under 10's have re-written the record books in their first game of the season during the victory at South Shore. St Annes, batting first, did not lose any wickets in totalling 269 for 0 (it is pairs cricket and you start on 200, losing 5 runs per wicket lost). I received an e mail from League Secretary Mark Myers to confirm this was correct as this has never been done before at under 10 level, the fewest wickets lost in all past games at under 10 level is two. This is a great achievement by the boys and I wish to congratulate them all on this achievement, aswell as Neil Bradley and Javid Iqbal our under 10 coaching team.
A remarkable statistic so early in the season and one of which the club should rightly be proud. Keep up the good work lads.
Russ
St Annes boys make U/11 District Squad
Congratulations to Henry Higson, Alex Bradley and Oliver Pitt who have all been selected for the under 11 district squad.
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 Dinuka Hettiarachchi is the 2010 professional and he will be returning as the club professional for the 2011 season. He is a 33 year old left arm orthodox slow bowler and right hand batsmen. He has played 1 test for Sri Lanka and is currently playing for the Chilaw Marians in Sri Lanka. Dinuka has an impressive 1st class tally of 673 wickets at an average of 21.47 with an economy rate of 2.88.
2011 will be Dinuka's third season at St Annes after an impressive 2009 season taking 87 wickets for 912 runs at an average of 10.48 and looking likely to equal or better that tally this season.
Get Back In Touch
Ever wonder what happened to your former team mates? Now is your chance to find out with our players reunited forum. Just let us have a few details and we will try to get you back in touch with each other. Remember John Isles? He is the latest former player trying to get back in touch with former team mates. If you want to contact him let me know and I'll pass on your details to him.
Gordon Garlick Professional 1954 - 58
 Read a review of a new book about former St Annes professional Gordon Garlick written by local author Gerry Wolstenholme. Apart from his time at St Annes, Garlick also played for Lancashire and Northants as well as at Fleetwood and Kendal in the Northern League.
Archive Updates
Did the Busby Babes Play at St Annes?
Read a reply from Matt Busby to an invitation to play at St Annes in 1955.
There are a a number of new additions to the photo archives following Russ Bradley's visit to the Blackpool Gazette and also thanks to Don Sigsworth and Michael Helme who passed on some team pictures from the 1960s, 1920s and 1930s. Also, Jim Collins has sent a photo of what is thought to be the YMCA cricket team here at St Annes in 1948 with a few unknown names - if you can help us to fill in the blanks click here to send us an e-mail with details. We are keen to expand the photo archive and would really appreciate your help. If you have any St Annes CC photographs that have not already featured, please let us have them so that these can be added. All photos will be returned to you once they have been scanned. E-mail details of any photos you have to
pics@stannescricketclub.org
1972 Cash Crisis
Things have changed a lot in the last thirty years and the club has prospered but it didn't always look that way. Read an article from the Gazette about the then proposed development of Highbury Road.
Thanks to Alec Maitland for submitting the newspaper clipping.
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