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Following last years first ever County visit by Lancashire under 13 girls to our ground.

 

Northumberland Cricket Board has awarded our club another great honour for the 2009 season, when we will host Durham U13 Girls on Sunday 10th May and Lancashire U13 girls on Sunday June 28th, both games are either 1:30 or 2pm starts.

 

The normal Northern warm welcome for all players, supporters and coaches.

 

Come along and support our Northumberland girls, bring along the family make a day of it. Everyone welcome, the Rugby Club bar facilities will be open on the day. 

Northern SCC members would like to wish Mathew Storey all the best for 2009 as he has returned to his roots at Ashington CC, where he played as a junior.

 

Matty had 2 good years with us and he goes with the blessing of all at our club, he will be missed not just for his ability on the pitch as a leg spinner and his batting. Matty will also be missed for his banter on and off the pitch "Nickname Maker" or "Motor Mouth".

 

If things do not go as planned Matty is more than welcome to return.

 

Good Luck Marra!!!!!!!!!

Starting 16th February 2009 we have booked Hirst High School for a 10 week period starting at 8pm finishing at 9:30pm.

 

The format is the 2 senior teams will have the first 2 nets and the junior members will have the use of the remaining 2 nets.

 

If attending please make an effort to be at the sports hall 10 minutes before start time this will allow for setting up the equipment, remember that we have to put the equipment away so do not dash away as they say "more hands make light work"

 

Remember to bring along your subs they are £2.50 for adults and £1 for juniors, students and unemployed. 

 

All current players and in particular any new players are encouraged to attend!

At our AGM held on 5th February 2009 the following members were voted into positions within our club;

 

Chairman: Paul Milburn

Secretary: Dean Hardy  

Treasurer: Dean Hardy & Paul Milburn (Shared position)

Welfare Officer: Duncan Storey

Committee Officers:David Wanless, Christopher Harwood, James Richards, Michael Hudson, Stephen Henderson

 

1st XI Captain:Christopher Harwood          1st XI Vice Captain:Dean Greaves

2nd XI Captain: Stephen Henderson          2nd XI Vice Captain: Robert Clark

Midweek Captain: James Richards            Midweek Vice Captain: Mathew Tanney 

 

 

Northern Social Cricket Club Committee would like to thank the CE Electric Fund for their grant aid to support our kitchen improvements. What was pleasing to see was the help from our members in all aspects of the work undertaken.

 

Club Chairmans comments "it just goes to show that when we all pull together what we can achieve, the kitchen is fantastic, finished to a very high standard and it is all down to the efforts of our skilled members" 

 

Special thanks goes to Midge "The Trowel" Adamson, Paul "The Joiner and Jack of all Trades" Milburn, Alison "Finishing Touches" Milburn, Dean "The Painter & Labourer" Hardy, Jim "Wheelbarrow" Hardy, Cory "Junior Labourer" Milburn, Ray "The Plumber" Tewart and Tom "The Floor Polisher" Elliott.   

 

The Committee would like to thank all who attended the presentation night at Ashington Rugby Club on 7th November.

 

Great Night had by all.

 

Special thanks to the members of the Rugby Club who helped out on the night.

 

                                              Club Awards

 

1st Team		2nd Team		Midweek Team
Players Player		Players Player
James Richards		Nigel Little Jnr
Captains Award		Captains Award		Captains Award
Matthew Storey &		David Wanless Jnr		Matthew Storey
Dean Greaves
Batsmen Award		Batsmen Award		Batsmen Award
Chris Harwood		Michael Hudson		Duncan Storey
309 Runs @		268 Runs @		177 Runs @
Average 44.14		Average 38.2		Average 22.12
Bowlers Award		Bowlers Award		Bowlers Award
Dean Greaves		David Wanless Snr		Peter Tipple
20 Wickets @		25 Wickets @		9 Wickets @
Average 15.15		Average 9.6		Average 20.78
Special Awards
Century Award
Chris Harwood
Northern SCC v Civil Service
1 st Team
28 th June 2008
112 Not Out
Team Score 260 -6
Club Appreciation Award 2008
Cory Milburn
Qualified Club Scorer & League Under 21 Scorer
Great Servant to the Club
First Class Scorebook and Team Sheets
Northumberland Cricket League Award
Most Improved Ground 2008
	Northern Social C C
Groundsman Paul Milburn
Northumberland Cricket Board
Groundsmans Association
Ground of the Year 2008
Joint Winners Northern Social CC
Groundsman Paul Milburn

Northern Social CC was awarded 3rd place out of 27 clubs in the Club of the Year Award by the Northumberland Cricket League for the 2008 season.

 

This award is graded from the umpires reports; some of the items which are looked at are the condition of the wicket and outfield, behaviour of players, the quality of the scorer and the book, scorer sheet and paperwork been completed on time, and the general match day experience for the umpires.

 

This was a great honour for our club who came 10th last season, which shows we are heading in the right direction.

 

Special thanks should go to the clubs ECB Quailfied Scorer Cory Milburn who is only 14 years old, and his book is second to none in the league. 

 

He has also been reconised by the Northumberland League where he has been the Under 21 League Team scorer for the past 2 seasons. Well done Cory, many thanks from all our members.

                            Proud moment for our Club and Groundsman.

                                                 

Northumberland Groundstaff Association were pleased to announce the winners of the second Turfcare Northumberland Ground of the year.

The league nominations were:

 

North East Premier League - Newcastle
Northumberland & Tyneside Senior League - Percy Main
Northumberland Cricket League - Northern Social
West Tyne League - Humshaugh
Alnwick & District League - Mitford

The joint winners of the 2008 award are Northern Social and Humshaugh, the nominated grounds were judged by executive members of the Northumberland Groundstaff Association and pitch advisors based on the quality of the grounds this summer. The winning clubs each receive a voucher for £50 to be used on Turfcare Specialists Ltd products.

Pictured left to right are Terry Charlton (Turfcare Specialists Limited), Paul Milburn (Northern Social CC), Ian Mather-Brewster (IOG Regional Advisor) and Alan Simpson (Humshaugh CC).

 

                               Comment from our Groundsman.

 

It is fantastic honour for our club to be nominated by our own league never mind being awarded joint winners the for the whole of Northumberland.

 

This award makes the long hours I spend at our ground worthwhile, it has been pleasing to hear so many good comments from umpires and visiting players and officials, in this a very trying season weather wise.

 

We can only hope the weather is more cricket friendly in the 2009 season.