Groundsman in shorts horror.....John Pilcher with ex Challow overseas players from Tasmania Jason and Scott Pearce, and Gary Crawford

Look!!       You can now watch all the major sporting events live at Challow.   
We’ve just got SKY SPORTS and a BIG SCREEN,

James Phillips in Oz

'I arrived in Queensland at the beginning of October to play the season for Redlands Tigers in the Brisbane grade competitions. Since then I have had the opportunity to play and train in very different conditions to back home which has been very beneficial. It has also been good to play both one and two day cricket which require a variety of different skills. Before Christmas I worked my way up through the grades and played my first game for the 3^rd grade team last week against University of Queensland and scored 65. I have been working hard on my game during the week with Blair Copelin, former Challow player and head coach at Redlands, who has been a massive help for me. During November I had the chance to bowl at both the Australian and West Indies players for a couple of days leading up to the Brisbane test match which was a great experience. Happy new year to everyone, have a good pre season and I look forward to returning home in March ready for the start of the new season.'

 

Cherwell League 2010 fixtures now available here

Club Dinner

A big thank you to all those who came along and supported the CCCC Annual Dinner and Awards Evening – it appeared that a good night was had by all!! 
The evening saw a fantastic meal provided by Coleshill Caterers, a ‘short’ resume by JP, and the evening was rounded off by an entertaining insight into
his career as a journalist/broadcaster by Ralph Dellor.  We hope to repeat the event again next year, probably in late September/early October – any feedback or suggestions from anyone would be most welcome.

 JP attends the OSCAs

 John Pilcher was rewarded for his many years of hard work at the club when he attended the 2009 OSCA’s ceremony at Lords in early October. 
The NatWest OSCA’s (Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards) recognises the volunteers in clubs, leagues and boards who make the game the success that it is.  Each county invites nominations from its clubs during the season and then selects County Winners in seven categories, these winners then attend the National Ceremony at the historic Lords Cricket Ground where the shortlisted few are presented to the assembled masses.  John was nominated in the ‘Behind the Scenes’ category – one of many at the club who could have been put forward for this award.

Challow benefit from new mower

It is with great thanks to the ECB Machinery Fund that we were able to take delivery of our new outfield mower in mid August.  The new John Deer ‘triple’ will allow Weed to cut the outfield in a fraction of the usual time, and may even see some more grass being brave enough to show its face!  The new mower was purchased thanks to the grant aid scheme that is only open to Clubmark Accredited Focus Clubs, and contributed 75% of the cost of the mower – some £6000.

On a rare, fine sunny day Challow did well to restrict M.C.C. to 225-7 in 54 overs.  The declaration left Challow 41 overs to make the runs and despite a good start we lost quick wickets in this challenging run chase to be all out for 184.  Many thanks to John Pilcher's hard work in organising this festive cricket day and to Rupert Evans for bringing the M.C.C. team. 

(pictures by Dave Hislop)

Challow & Childrey have become the 14th club in Oxfordshire to be awarded the Clubmark accreditation from the England and Wales Cricket Board and Sport England.