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Durham Jets v Derbyshire Flacons Friday night August 17^th 6.30 start we have 8 tickets to be used by our members.

If you would like a ticket please contact your chairman.

Saturday 11^th August saw our 1st team entertain second top Blue Flames at the REC. We batted first and got off to a steady start before losing Matty Tanney for 13, this then saw former captain A. Peacock arrive at the crease him and David Dent put on a partnership before David was out for 23, in came Lewis Tanney he was out with a stunning caught and bowled for 1. Callum Milburn entered the stage he out on 21 before he was out LBW. Kevin Hetherington (Tucker) hit a brisk 25 Adam hit another 50 for the club eventually out on 65. We finished on 190 for 7.

Chasing Blue Flames lost two quick wickets of I. Khan for 6 and Y. Baig 0 to Dean Greaves and Cory Milburn, in came Maqsood who hit a brisk 55with support from Faisal with 24 and Awan with 34 and the not outs of A. Khan on 30 and N. Amin the latter two bated very well for number 8 and 9s to see Blue Flames home in the final over.

Our Bowling Dean Greaves 3 wickets for 25 runs, Cory Milburn 2 for 45, James Richards 2 for 43, Scott Maddison 0 for 37 and Matty Tanney 0 for 28.

So close but yet so far we need a win to give us a cushion from third bottom place in the league as we don’t want to get drawn into the play offs.

Ashington Rugby CC 7 points Blue Flames CC 27 points.

Our 2^nd team Travelled to Monkseaton in a top of the league clash as Church Hill Playing Fields. We lost the toss and were put into to bat we soon found out why with the wicket being very unpredicteable. Our scoring was slow and we lost our captain Rosser early on bringing Michael Adamson to the crease with Dean Hardy both built a partnership before Dean was out on 17, Michael went on to score 45 before he was out. Paul Milburn 20 not out helped us limp to a score our 121 for 6 in our 40 overs.

Monkseaton 1st plans were obvious with Bob Zenniti flashing at ball we thought that we had him plumb LBW in the second over to 12 year old Owen Mason hitting Bob on the foot with a full ball in front of all three NOT OUT was the decision from Monkseatons captain who was umpiring bob went on to score 69 before being caught off our spinner Jonny Acaster. Monkseaton hit the winning runs with 6 wickets down with 2 overs to spare.

Trevor Elliott bowled a great tight spell well supported by Tom More and Craig Jobson.

This defeat left the Rugger boys still 6 points in second place however Monkseaton 1^st team have a game in hand.

Monkseaton CC 1st team 26 points Ashington Rugby CC 6 points

We have a new order of club playing socks selling for £4.50

We do not make a profit on the socks we are selling what we paid for them if you would like a pair contact your chairman.

On Friday 10th August Northumberland Councty Cricket Board are using our facilities to host a under 10 soft ball event at the REC.

Saturday 4^th August saw our 1^st team travel to Chopwell to play GEMS, we lost the toss and GMS elected to bat on their small ground. Our opening bowlers Cory Milburn and Dean Greaves made some early inroads removing three of the top four batsmen however A Mukhtar made 41, J Mirza 46, Z Shahid 78 and J Qureshi 47 helped push their score along to 254 all out.

Our bowlers Cory Milburn 3 wickets for 40 runs, Dean Greaves 3 for 27, James Richards 0 for 49, Mark Lawrence 2 for 62 and Scott Maddison 1 for 42.

We started the chase off by trying to score but not give wickets away opening bat Harwood fell for 15, this brought Adam Peacock to the crease with Cullum Milburn the pair put on a good partnership before Callum fell for 35, and Adam went for 58, David Dent for 25 and then Cory Milburn made a fight of it scoring 45 batting at number 8, he hit a massive six which landed on football pitch and even the GEMS players applauded, we eventually fell 27 runs short in our run chase posting 217 all out.

We need to look to pick up 2 wins from our last 5 games to keep us away from the third bottom playoff position.

GEMS 30 points Ashington Rugby CC 10 points

Our 2^nd team welcomed Rock 1^st Team to the REC, we won the toss and put them into bat. A Ferry scored 41 and K Wilson 30 with a late order partnership.

Our best bowlers was T. Elliott who took 3 wickets for 16.

Our run chased started very poorly losing 6 of our top 7 bats for only 30 runs, T. Parkinson from Rock taking 6 wickets for 20 runs in his spell.

Michael Adamson our number 3 bat and Craig Jobson our number 8 bat dig in and then bated brilliantly seeing the Rugger boys to a great win Michael scoring 64 not out and Craig scoring 48 not out. We won a game from the jaws of defeat.

Ashington Rugby CC 27 points and Rock CC 7 points

1st played Blagdon Park CC on Saturday 28th July at the REC on a wet day we won the toss and put them in they scored 126 all out.

Chasing we were 50 for 0 wickets and 70 odd for 1 then we went to 105 for 5 then 123 for 9 with Dean Geaves hitting the winning runs with a boundary four.

Ashington Rugby CC 27 points Blagdon Park CC 7 points.

Our 2nds were at Ulgham CC they batted first scoring 141 for 7 then the lightining and thunder came we went off and came back on chasing the runs we were timed out with 4 overs let with our score on 128 for 6.

Ulgham CC 12 points and Ashington Rugby CC 12 points

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With our 2018 Northumberland Cricket Board club affiliation we also signed up to the Durham County Cricket Club ticket scheme which allows us to have 12 - T20 Vitality Blast tickets free along with our season ticket for all Durham games.

The remaining T20 Durham games are as follows;

Thursday 2^nd August 6:30pm start v Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Wednesday 8^th August 6:30pm start v Leicester Foxes

Sunday 12^th August 2:30pm start v Lancashire Lightning

Friday 17^th August 6:30pm start v Derbyshire Falcons

If members would like to use the free tickets or would like to purchase tickets at a discounted rate speak to your chairman and he can arrange it.

Presentation evening at the Rugby club there are only four Saturdays free from the end of the cricket season in September to mid-November, they are;

• 22^nd September

• 10^th October

• 10^th November

• 17^th November

If we are to looking at book the club we need to make a decision on the date and what band/singer we are to use.

If members have any idea on a band or singer let your chairman know.

The leqague do is to be held on 10th November.

The committee will need to meet to discuss this and other club issues soon, the club secretary will contact our committee members to arrange a suitable date for our committee meeting.

On Saturday 4th August 2018 Ashington Rugby Club has a band night with a buffet priced at £10 per ticket.

The band is Howard Baker Band.

Tickets can be purchased via Rachel Sanderson or via your chairman.

1st team is away at GEMS and the 2nds are at home against Rock 1st.

Band does not come on till 9pm.