At this weekend’s home fixture a presentation took place to Jill Cheeseman of the new Club Bell, which has been comissioned in memory of former Club President, Chairman and Player, Derek Cheeseman. Thanks to the individuals who contributed to getting the bell: Simon OldfieldKate WilliamsonDerek BoughtonRob PrestonAdey BletchleyStu LeeceJoe RobertsDavid Read more…
Our Ladies went into their double header against Oxford 2s in the Super 8s tournament knowing that two victories would see them complete the group stage unbeaten and reach Finals Day. The day started well with winning the toss, which enabled Deddington to opt to field first – a much Read more…
It’s a rare event for 9 members of Deddington 2 to suffer second degree sunburn whilst watching their opening pair rack up a 103 partnership. This is what Messrs Welch and Oldfield inflicted on their teammates in the first full game of the season home to Cropedy 4 on a Read more…
Not much to report this week apart from the unseasonal rain and wind that put paid to both our games at the weekend and the majority of games in the League for the third week running. The women didn’t have a fixture last Sunday either. Hopefully we will get enough Read more…
So we have gone from the driest April on record to possibly the wettest May on record. The gods are having a laugh at our expense. May is in fact usually the driest month in the year in this part of the Country, but we certainly hope this is not Read more…
Week one of the Cherwell League. Rain enforced the home game for the Seconds to be called-off, but the Firsts were lucky to be playing Wolvercote III at a ground near Radley and the rain stopped mid-morning enabling a 25 over game to start at 3.30pm. Batting first, Niall Murphy Read more…
Well, as anticipated, May has started and the rain has come! The unpredictable British weather is just so predictable. Anyway nets have been cold, but dry during April and numbers have been encouragingly high to all sessions. Rob Barton has the current bowling machine record of 80mph and who would Read more…
Just a few notes on preparations for the new season. The Square April has been a month of mainly sunshine, but definitely no showers, in stark contrast to 2019 when the first round of League matches had to be postponed, because most squares had been too wet to work on Read more…
Outdoor nets at the Windmill Centre in Deddington have started and will run at 5.30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays at least until the start of the playing season next month. The ladies nets are at 6.30pm on Fridays. The rules around using nets are different from last season, so please Read more…