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Newbury Weekly News

SPORT

Falkland’s cricket season is off to a soggy start WITH the sort of weather that

Sport down the years

close rivals. Back in the 1990s, when Falkland legends like Pete Randall, Mark Baker and Nigel Trumper were in their pomp on and off the pitch, I remember regularly playing Beaconsfield. Our overseas player in those days was an outrageously talented Pakistani by the name of Zaheer Abbassi, or “Zeddy”, as we all called him. Rumour had it he played international cricket for Pakistan, but in those pre-internet days nobody could verify that. He certainly seemed good enough. It was during a game against Beaconsfield where it became clear he really did not rate me. He was not alone with this assessment of my limitations, but

unlike the rest of our more polite team-mates, he was not afraid to demonstrate his complete disdain towards my batting. Having run me out two Saturdays in a row, he kept me off strike for the best part of 10 overs, while he hammered the ball to all parts. He was turning threes into dot balls, such was his determination to keep me away from the action, and then relying on a Usain Bolt like turn of pace on the sixth ball of each over to get to the other end. His English was as limited as my batting. He would call “yes, we will not run now”, or “no we will have one run”. Soon after he reached his hundred it rained, and I finished

sent Noah scuttling for his hammer and nails all those years ago, it has not been the best start to the new cricket season. This time last year it was glorious unbroken sunshine, but then we were not allowed out of our homes. Now we are free to play or watch cricket but the constant rain is making things almost impossible. While I was at Newbury Racecourse watching Palace Pier take another stride towards equine superstar status, Falkland were at Cove. They lost by 80 runs on the Duckworth Lewis method. 97/9 meant just two points and a slow start to the season.

SPORT has always been convered in the NWN down the years. We look at the unforget- table moments from 50, 25 and 10 years ago May 19 2011 Sam’s double for Team Kennet SAM Randall bagged a brace of gold medals to head Team Kennet’s haul in the Berkshire Track and Field Championships at Bracknell. He and his fellow under-17s set the pace with Randall striking to win the 200m and 400m titles in respective times of 23.7 and 50.6 seconds. Yolanda Nicholson also won gold in the long jump with her clearance of 4.93m, one of her three medals alongside bronzes in the sprints with times of 12.8 and 27.0, and Freya Eaton was another golden girl in the 300m hurdles with a personal best time of 48.3. Codie Burnett claimed a new PB of 43.6 seconds to finish second in the 300m, also clearing 4.50m in the long jump to win a bronze medal, while Emma Seymour was third in the discus with her throw of 25.95m. Luke Angell just missed out on gold with his throw of 45.28m for second place in the javelin, but Jack Hatton and Matt Davies completed the under-17s medal haul with a one-two in the 100m hurdles in 14.3 and 15.2 seconds respectively. Kennet’s leading senior was James Moorcroft, who won the 800m in 1 min 58.8 seconds and finished third in the 400m in 52.0 seconds, while the under-15s also scored well with Nathan Gillis winning the boys’ 1500m in 4:36.8 and Yasmin Ryder finishing second in the girls’ 1500m in a new club record of 4:52.00 with Georgina Bradford one place behind in 5:02.1. Millie Calkin also made the podium when she won the silver award in the 100m in 13.7 seconds and bronze in the long jump and 200m with a 4.59m clearance and a time of 28.1 seconds. Helen Broadbridge represented her university in the Cambridgeshire County Championships, and added to the team’s success with gold medals in hammer, discus and javelin. She broke the county record in the hammer with a throw of just under 47m.

TIM DELLOR talks cricket

The previous week their game at Cookham Dean was cancelled because of a morning deluge. While I am at Wembley cheering on mighty Binfield in the FA Vase final this Saturday, Falkland are back at home to Beaconsfield. These two teams have long been

with not many not out. Sometimes rain is good.

Payne selected for British team Hammer thrower in competition at Loughborough

By LIAM HEADD liam.headd@newburynews.co.uk @liamh_nwn

NEWBURY hammer throw- er Charlotte Payne has been selected to represent Brit- ain Under-20 at the Lough- borough International this weekend. The action will take place on Sunday and with both the European and World Athlet- ics U20 Championships taking place this summer, the com- petition provides an excellent opportunity for athletes to gain valuable experience in a competitive environment in the prestigious British vest. In the women’s hammer, Payne has been selected hav- ing already secured the world and European under-20 stand- ards. Payne, who is part of the British Athletics Futures Academy Programme, will be hoping to build on her seventh place at the European Un- der-20 Championships in 2019. Last year she improved her personal best to 63.92m at the Müller British Athletics Championships. The event will see teams from Wales, Scotland and JANE Brackenbury and Jason Kendal won the Chappell Cup, a better-ball stableford compe- tition at West Berks, with 41 points. Playing off handicaps of nine and one respectively, the pair were four shots clear of the field and were followed home by a three-way tie on 36 between Sandy Miller and Steve Cox, Tina Mulford and Greg Collins, and Pat Treacy and Rob Bridgeman, with the placing resolved on countback. Mark Charlton, with a gross 80, net 70, won the first round of the Lambourn Trophy, a two-round

Ethan Kuijtens in action over the weekend

The Kuijtens brothers with their medals Ethan finished seventh and was the sixh male overall in the under-13 age group, Reu- ben was 15th and the 13th male in Tri Star 2, while Josh was fourth and the third male in Tri Star 1. Jane and Jason win Chappell Cup at West Berks Charlotte Payne will be back in action on Sunday Loughborough Students take part, with guests competing in the individual and relay races. n Team Kennet had the three Kuijtens brothers compete in the Milton Keynes duathlon on Sunday.

GOLF

win in last month’s midweek stableford by winning the ladies’ midweek May medal with gross 113, net 79. Tina Mulford with gross 100, net 82, was second, while Sandy Miller took third place with 113, net 84. There was a four-way tie on 20 points in the weekly nine-hole qualifying competition for the Liddiard Cup with Steve Fisher winning on countback from Chris Prior, Dan Bowsher and Greg Col- lins. In team events, West Berks sen- iors won 5-1 away at Wokefield Estate, while Luke Prestoe and

Dan Taylor won their way into the fourth round of the national Daily Mail Foursomes knockout competition by winning at home against Weybrook Park Golf Club at the first extra hole. n MORE than 60 members took part at Theale Golf Club last weekend for the Rosser Shield, a stableford competition. Chris Clack, last year’s club captain, took the top spot with 39 points. James Duffey was runner-up with 38 points, the same score as Danny Blenkinsopp and Dave Coulson.

men’s medal that drew 92 entries. Gary Moore was second with gross 89, net 72, while Chris Prior gross 87, net 74, won a five-way tie with Jason Read, Luke Prestoe, Tim Howes and Colin Harrison on countback to take third place. Graham Brindley won a close- ly-contested May seniors’ medal with a score of gross 90, net 71, while Patrick Whelehan with gross 84, net 72, was second, beat- ing Bill Loughlin, gross 95 net 72, on countback. Jane Wilmore followed up a

Jason Kendal and Jane Brackenbury