Indoor Nets
Indoor nets in advance of the 2008 season will take place the Norton School on five successive Thursdays from 6th March. Start time is 7.00pm with a close at 9.00pm. The first hour will focus on the younger members of the Club with the second hour given over to senior members.
CLUBMARK
Temple Cloud Cricket Club has been awarded the ECB CLUBMARK to recognise the contribution the Club makes to local cricket and youth cricket in particular.
From the ECB Web site:
The ECB continues to work with Sport England on the pioneering club accreditation scheme ‘Clubmark’ to develop a vibrant and healthy club cricket infrastructure.
Cricket clubs can play a key role in the successful delivery of Building Partnerships – cricket’s strategic plan for 2006-2009 - by supporting the delivery and implementation of the following programmes:
o Focus Club Community Cluster Programme
o Affiliated Club and League services
o Workforce development
o Player development
o Facility development
o Competitions development
o AChance to shine programme
The ECB Clubmark and community cricket clubs play a central role in all of these programmes and Clubmark will provide the standards that clubs involved in these programmes will aspire to.
In addition, it is expected that clubs who achieve the ECB Clubmark will be recognised and rewarded for their hard work and commitment to club cricket in England and Wales.
By registering to work towards ECB Clubmark, clubs join a growing number of cricket clubs across England and Wales that are prioritising junior development, creating a benchmark for high quality community club cricket.
There are a number of people and organisations who support clubs through
the ECB Clubmark process, including the County Cricket Boards, County Sports
Partnerships and local Sports Development Units among others.
County Cricket Development Managers can help clubs through the process of achieving ECB Clubmark Accreditation.
ECB Clubmark gives clubs an opportunity to write and implement new procedures as well as acknowledge existing practices. Cricket clubs are required to present evidence and demonstrate implementation across four different themes, culminating in the production of a Club Development Plan.
The four themes are:
o Duty of Care and Safeguarding
Children
o The Cricket Programme
o Sports Equity and Ethics
o Club Management
A.G.M.
The 2007 AGM took place on 11th December.The 2007 season was one of the most successful seasons in the Club's history.The 1st XI won Division 2, the Minor Club's Twenty20 and the Don Crouch Trophy. Kevin Curtis also won the individual award. The Club officials were re-elected for a further season. Club funds were little changed over the season.
Presentation Dinner
Yet again a packed room had a very pleasant eveing at Emborough. Kevin swept up most of the awards (see above). Gary James and Sam Perkins shared the 2nd XI award. if you want to see some photos go to Dinner Photos.
Somerset Cricket Board Cup Final 2007
Minor Club Cup - South Petherton v Temple Cloud
An early start was called for. Ivor first to arrive very smartly dressed I must say. Complete with his piece of paper. It read up at 6.30 am. Wash. Club 7.30 am. But what day Ivor? Where’s the coach I heard someone say?. There it is quick let’s grab the back seat. Someone ring Veats find out what the weather’s like down there. The report is good no rain. Blue sky and dry. Come on Driver lets go. Convoy behind have we got this many supporters?
Taunton 9.15am South Petherton are already warming up. We can’t get in to the changing rooms, they’re locked. Key found. Come on boys Minds on. There we are kitted out by the Curtis Sports & Leisure corporation brand new spanking shirts Temple Cloud Somerset Knockout Cup Taunton 2007.
The toss takes place in the middle. Whoops lost again we’re having a bat. What a magnificent turnout, we have filled one end of the ground with our supporters, where did they all come from??? And then we hear the roar from the Brislington Boys. Looking around there are many old faces from the past lots from the present and more of the future. To all thanks for your fantastic support the noise and encouragement was unbelievable. I did not realize TCCC knew so many people. Thanks again.
Off we go; the message is to get a nice steady start. Sheps out 2nd over for 2. Come on the Bear is the shout. Jamer and Kevin surely we will be OK. Well not to bad now 30 for 1 off 6, 80 for 1 off 10, Oh no Kevin out 51 off 31 balls. Simon now pushes on only to be run out for a quick fire 20. But no! Another run out, Jamer going for a 2 but not quick enough. Down to Mo and Lumbo now. Both manage to knock a rapid 20 a piece. Last over lets go for it boys Spence Veats and Logger fair play manage to get us to a reasonable total 167 off our allocated 20 overs.
The South Petherton reply is a good start by their two openers whilst managing to stay up with the required rate. Kevin and Simon opening the bowling. The Petherton boys are now happy going on and put on a opening partnership of 100 off 12 overs. Surely they have no need to panic. Lumbo bowls there left hand opener still Petherton have plenty in hand. Lumbo takes the next wicket. Mo joins the party and with Odd taking yet another stunning catch in the deep. The Cat runs one out. Still Petherton are in the driving seat. 40 off 4 then 30 off 3 and 25 off 2. The noise from the vast Temple crowd is deafening (who are all these people) Come on "The Village" is the shout.
Mo last but one is a great over, 20 from 1 now needed. Lumbo has to bowl the last - the tension is building, people can't watch. 2.dot.2 The game is over the noise is incredible people ore on the pitch they think its all over, it is now. Is that tears in Cats eyes??? The MIGHTY TEMPLE have won the cup. The crowd goes wild when the boys are presented the cup on the balcony at the Somerset cricket ground. It does not get better than that. They finish off at the club only to get carried away again and forcing Ivor to go to town. Has any one seen or heard form Ivor in the last 24 Hours???????
What a fantastic game of cricket and more than that what a magnificent result for the Club and what a day; would not have missed it for the world.
Back row, left to right: Andy Hayne (Chairman), Spencer Pocock, Gary Hunt, Matt Sheppard, Simon Curtis, Steve Curtis (12th Man), Simon Mahoney, Martin Veater
Centre: Coral Gale (Scorer)
Front row, left to right: Roger Gale, Nick Campbell (w/k), Kevin Curtis (Capt), Mark Hamblin, James Hayne
NPower National Village Knockout Competition
Temple Cloud 1st XI v Failand and Portbury CC, Sunday 20th May 2007
The eagerly awaited debut appearance for Temple in the Npower village knockout was greeted with considerably better weather conditions than the preceding day and much more conducive to ‘the summer sport’ the visitors Failand and Portbury CC won the toss and elected to bat first and their openers made steady progress against the unusually wayward opening bowling spells of Simon Curtis and Matt Sheppard – Shep being possibly a little off key due to the late night negotiations he had taken part in with various women’s groups, some who were protesting and some who were attached to the love movement, before managing to climb into his bed! However the introduction of James Hayne to the bowling attack was soon to bring a change of fortune as, with the score on 71 he induced McArthur to hit a full blooded pull straight to the specialist short third man who held the catch comfortably. Flinders then joined Hayne and these two bowled with great control stemming the run rate from what had been an haemorrhaging 8 an over, back to a more respectable 3 per over and the strain of countering his bowling led to Hayne removing the previously free scoring S. Bachelor who had become becalmed in the 30’s for a long time before frustration finally took over and he lost his middle stump. Once Flinders was rested after 7 restricting overs and Hayne had completed his maximum allowed 9 over spell, Hanchet and Humphries lead a spirited assault on all of the following bowlers that saw them move rapidly again before Flinders returned in the 37th over to remove Humphries with his first ball, for a well constructed 90 and with Hanchet finding things a little more difficult in the last few overs he was left at the end of the 40 overs for an agonisingly close to a century score of 97no. The visitors had amassed an impressive 273 for 4 wickets and could be excused the slightly confident air they exuded.
After a sumptuous tea, well appreciated by the visitors, The Temple batting reply was entrusted to Sheppard and Hayne - who began this innings as they had finished the previous day’s, with confidence and power a plenty. The scoreboard rattled round at about 5 an over initially and then Sheppard changed up a gear and decided to take the aerial route – sadly, for Veater snr, this “peppering of the car park area” had the large crowd scrambling to move their cars and desert the viewing area - just when ‘the bucket’ was about to be passed around as part of Veater’s benefit season! The fifty run milestones came and past in close proximity for each of the openers and the Temple spectators were holding their breath at the prospect of a third consecutive century from Sheppard when he was too sadly perish caught on the boundary edge for 94 going for the 6 that would have seen him to three figures. This first wicket fell at 162 and whilst the opponents might have hoped for some respite, the next batsmen in was Kevin Curtis and the visitors were going to get more of the same treatment from his bat! Hayne moved on serenely accumulating his runs as he liked and by the time Kevin was out, to the young, but talented, J Bachelor for 42, the game was almost over in Temple’s favour. It just remained for Hayne to reach his deserved century – and for young Bachelor to add the valuable scalp of Simon Curtis to his impressive mini spell – before Temple had overhauled the visitors score with 4 overs to spare.
The next round of this tournament will see Temple Cloud drawn away to the very strong side from Bristol -Stapleton CC who have played there cricket at much higher levels than Temple - but who knows what can happen on the day!!
On the day Temple lost!
