News Archive September 2005

28/09 Indoor 6 a side Entries East & West

26/09 Womens League Final Table

19/09 Ball Skills Sessions at Grampound

19/09 Under 15, 13 Youth League County Finals

17/09 Lanhydrock win the Jolly's Drinks Complementary Cup

16/09 Half Term Ashes Tour of Cornwall

11/09 East v West County Finals 

11/09 Mining Evening League Final

09/09 Callington relegated from Premier League

09/09 Sunday Cup Final cancelled

08/09 Sunday Cups Updates

06/09 Cornwall U 21's beat the Isle of Wight

04/09 Cornwall League titles decided

01/09 County 1 Revised BH Monday scores

01/09 Norfolk beat Wiltshire in the rearranged MCCA Trophy Final

Entries are invited for this year's Cornwall Cricket League Western Section Indoor 6 a side competition which will be held at Truro College . Please contact the organiser Del Codd, Tel: 01209 820075, e-mail: codd@zoom.co.uk Closing date for entries is Sunday 9th October.

Entries are being taken for this winter's Eastern Section Indoor 6 a side at Fowey Leisure Centre. Any clubs interested please contact as soon as possible the organiser Steve Jarman, e-mail: enquiries@hattricksports.co.uk or 3 Tremewan, Trewoon, St. Austell PL25 5TJ Tel: h (01726) 76393, w (01726) 67654 Closing date for entries is Sunday 21st October at the latest

Balls skills at Grampound

Cricket Balls skills sessions for 5 to 10 year olds are being held at Grampound-with-Creed Community Hall on Tuesdays starting on 4th October, and ongoing, between 5.30pm and 7.00pm at £1.00 per session All sessions will involve generic ball skills with highly qualified coaches including lots of FUN and GAMES for all boys and girls aged 5 to 10. There are limited places due to the size of the hall so please book early to avoid disappointment. For more information and to reserve a place please contact either Tim Marrion (Cricket Development Officer) on 01872 324387 or Chris Hunkin (Community Cricket Coach) on 07973 813549

Lanhyrock win the Jolly's Drinks Complementary Cup Final at Roche CC on 17th September

Lanhydrock won the cup for the first time in a well contested final. Dave Hollyoak and Jason Rowe added 107 for the third wicket. Wendron openers Gareth and Mark Mitchell added 78 for the first wicket in 20 overs. Steve Hodson made a hard hit 26 but the task for the tail proved just too much.

Lanhydrock 200 all out (D Hollyoak 79, J Rowe 55; A Harris 5-58, C Martin 3-45),

Wendron 193-9 (G Mitchell 50, S Hodson 26; K Reid 4-33, M Dumont 2-30).

Lanhydrock beat Wendron by 7 runs.

Man of the Match Dave Hollyoak

Half term 'Ashes Tour of Cornwall'

Following the success of the England Cricket Team Cornwall Cricket are running an 'Ashes Tour of Cornwall' during the October Half Term which consists of quality coaching and fun and games for all boys and girls aged 7 to 13.

The tour is as follows:

Mon 24th October - Redruth School Sports Hall

Tues 25th October - Truro Leisure Centre

Wed 26th October - Mounts Bay Sports College Sports Dome

Thurs 27th October - Poltair Sports College Sports Hall

Friday 28th October - Callington Sports College Sports Hall

All days run from 10.00am to 4.00pm and cost £10.00 for the day. For further information and to reserve a place please contact Tim Marrion, Cricket Development Officer on 01872 324387.

Mining Division Evening League Final at Redruth CC

There was an exciting finish to the Mining Division Evening League Final at Redruth on Sunday where Chacewater secured a one wicket victory off the penultimate ball of the match. Mount Hawke & Porthtowan 103-6 (B Bryant 21, J Mann 18, T Dunstan 18; P Holmes 4-19), Chacewater 107-9 (M Mailling 34, T Armstrong 13; R Thomas 4-23 (inc hat trick), L Heard 2-26),

Chacewater beat Mount Hawke & Porthtowan by one wicket.

The Jolly's Drinks Cornwall Cricket League's Management Committee have confirmed the relegation of Callington from the ECB Cornwall Premier League to County Division 1 for the 2006 season. The Committee met on Thursday and discussed a formal request from Callington Cricket Club that their 1st XI be relegated with immediate effect. Relegation was not deemed automatic this year, following the withdrawals of Menheniot and Helston. However, it was the general view at a meeting of Premier League clubs, with the LMC at the beginning of July, that the bottom club, if wished, be allowed to go down.

It would enable an eight team division to be formed, playing each other on three occasions in 2006 rather than the proposed 2007. In order to facilitate a reduction to eight teams at the earliest opportunity, and to achieve a suitable format of twenty-one '110 over' time games, the LMC have thus taken the decision to relegate Callington. Next season teams will play on Saturdays and Bank Holidays only, suitably interlinking with 2nd XI fixtures, and only have one blank day early in the season.

The decision to move to an eight club Premier Division endorses the views of the ECB who in a recent letter to the League have stated "The ECB has never insisted that there must be 10 clubs in the Premier League. We were not prepared to allow more than 10 because of concerns about the impact on the overall standard of cricket, and the recent problems clearly suggest that this view was justified. There is no reason why the Premier League should not operate with a smaller number of clubs, with these clubs playing each other more frequently. It is obviously important that the League structure reflects the wishes of the clubs and the players, but it is also important that the standard of cricket is as high as possible and it is difficult to see that this objective can be achieved by returning to a League of 10 clubs".

County Division 1 champions Hayle are promoted to the top flight while Beacon and Goldsithney are relegated to Division 2 West.

CCL Press Release 8th July following a meeting with Premier League clubs.

"Clubs unanimously agreed that the Premier League should be reduced to eight teams at the earliest opportunity, playing each other three times on Saturdays and Bank Holidays only. The games can be fixtured alongside the existing Cornwall League twenty-two match season with each team having just one bye within the first month of the season. All twenty-one games would be of the '110' over time format. The aim is to achieve an eight team division by the 2007 season at the latest. However it was agreed that the present league rules must be adhered to for this season regarding promotion from County 1, with the top team eligible, subject to the necessary criteria being met. As two teams have withdrawn the eighth placed team in the Premier League will not be relegated, unless it is their wish, at the end of this season. Should nine teams compete in 2006, at the end of the season there would be two down and 1 up to provide eight teams for 2007."

The Jolly's Drinks Sunday Cup Final, which was scheduled for Redruth on Sunday 18th September, has been officially cancelled by the League. The competition has been hampered due to the withdrawals of clubs from the competition, concessions and bad weather. The prospective finalists, St Blazey & Paul have only actually won on the field one and two games respectively of the seven originally scheduled.

The Jolly's Drinks Sunday Complementary Cup Final will take place on 18th September at Roche CC 1.30pm between Lanhydrock v Wendron

Cornwall League Titles decided. St Just retained their ECB Cornwall Premier League title with four games topare.

Sat 3 Sept Round Up. The County Division One Champions Hayle lost with a weakened team in a high scoring game to relegated Goldsithney. Elsewhere in the rest of the Cornwall League eight of the twelve championships were decided on the final day.

In the east Luckett beat Tideford by seven wickets to beat Bude to the Division Two title by four points. Lanhydrock clinched Division Three from Newquay with a win at Liskeard. Saltash are the convincing winners in Division Four while Pencarrow and St Minver have won Divisions Five and Six respectively.

In the west St Gluvias got the win they required at St Just to take the Division Two title from Perranarworthal by 14 points. As with Bude in the east Wendron, despite losing fewer games, lost out to Hayle in Division Three by 9 points. Botallack lost on the final day but won Division Four by 7 points from Gerrans. In Division Five Porthleven's win at Leedstown coupled with Perranporth's defeat at Mullion gave them the title. Gulval's last day win at Penzance in Division Six see them take the honours from Wendron and Redruth. In Division Seven St Newlyn East overtook St Gluvias who dropped a couple of vital bowling points at home to Newquay on the last day while St Just were the clear winners in Division Eight.

The East v West County Finals take place next Saturday at 1pm and are: Division Two St Gluvias v Luckett (at St Austell CC), Division Three Hayle II v Lanhydrock (at Perran-ar-worthal CC), Division Four Botallack v Saltash (at St Neot CC), Division Five Porthleven v Pencarrow (at Troon CC), Division Six Gulval II v St Minver (at Wadebridge CC). Division Seven West Champions St Newlyn East, Division Eight West Champions St Just IV.

A couple of revised County Division 1 scores from Bank Holiday Monday. Troon scored 204-9 and not 199-9 v Beacon (i extra bonus point), whose last man Steve Eddy came in and hit the penultimate ball through cover for four then sliced the last ball to third man for the three to win the game by one wicket in one of the more dramatic finishes of the season. Wadebridge were 129 for 8 and not 129 for 5 (1 fewer bonus point) in the win against Launceston.