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Cater picked for Oxfordshire

The their 3 day match at Bournemouth, Oxfordshire beat Dorset and Town's Jonny Cater
making his debut for the County had a superb start to his Oxfordshire career scoring 98 in the first innings and 48 in the 2nd innings.

Cater picked for Oxfordshire

Buckingham Town's wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Cater wins his first Oxfordshire cap
this weekend having been selected to play against Dorset at Bournemouth in the 3 -day
game which starts this Sunday (24th July).    Jonny has been rewarded after some impressive
batting displays for the Oxford Development XI.

CRICKET: Ricks wins landslide victory in Cherwell battle
(From the Oxford Mail on Tuesday 8th February 2011)

Chairman Clive Ricks last night won a landslide victory as cricket’s MP Sports Cherwell League’s power struggle came to a conclusion.
Ricks, Dick Giles, David Pryor and their supporters crushed the gang of eight rebel executive members 26-7 in the showdown at a packed Rover Cowley Sports & Social Club.
Three clubs abstained in the vote at the extraordinary general meeting, while Brackley and Bourton Vale were not represented.
It was a resounding triumph for Ricks’s team with the clubs leaving no-one in doubt who they wanted to run the league.
At the same time it was an ignominious defeat for the rebels – Don Brooks, fixture secretary John Pearson, secretary Peter Tomlin, treasurer Jim Lodge, Mick Boyden, Tariq Mehmood, Graham Stearn and Ken White – whose strategy in forcing the EGM backfired in such spectacular fashion.
After the meeting, Ricks said: “I was relatively confident that the clubs, who backed me at the AGM, would continue to back me.
“It was a victory for the team I have managed to put together.
“They are playing, umpiring or in a senior administration position with a Cherwell League club, and putting those people together I came up with the A-team.”
At the same time, Ricks thanked his opponents for their work.
“Before we move on to the job in hand it is very important that we do not forget the tremendous amount of work that has been put in over many years by many of the outgoing executive to ensure the efficient running of the Cherwell League,” he added.
Brooks took defeat on the chin.
“I am quite happy with the result,” he said. “I am looking forward to spending as many years that I have devoted to the Cherwell League in other channels, which are already in place.”
Tomlin declined to comment.
Giles was co-opted as secretary and Len Payne as treasurer, with Stephen Brain, Keith Arnold, Lee Morgan, Stuart Misseldine, Peter Tubb and David Ward forming the league’s interim management team.
It is expected that a further EGM will be held in the next month when the above – plus any other nominations – will be voted upon.

AN INTRODUCTION TO CRICKET UMPIRING
(News item dated February 8th, 2011)
The Bucks Cricket Board is holding two introduction courses for supporters, parents, coaches and players who want to know more about the game of cricket as an umpire. The courses will be delivered by the Bucks Association of Cricket Officials.

The course is aimed at those who would be willing to officiate in a Junior age group match knowing they have the basic knowledge to umpire effectively.

Further Details

Town 3rds Promoted
(News item dated November 27th, 2010)
Having finished runners-up in division 8 in 2010 Town's 3rd's have now been promoted due to re-organisation of some divisions in the MP Sports sponsored Cherwell League.

Stop Press
(News item dated November 27th, 2010)
At last nights AGM (26th November) Jason Ell was re-elected as Town's 1st XI captain for a third term in office and also was elected as BTCC's Club Captain. Graham Judd was elected as 2nd XI Saturday skipper taking over from Andy Thatcher.

Sad News
(News item dated November 27th, 2010)
BTCC club members held a minute's silence at their AGM last evening (26th November) in respect of Jim Yardley the former Worcestershire and Northants cricketer who very sadly passed away this week in Canada.

Jim for a number of years was a tremendous coach for Town's youngsters before moving to Canada in 2002.

He will be sadly missed by all.

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