14 Dec 2005
Best wishes from ALL at the club go to our groundsman, Ian, who has been in intensive care following an embolism. Thankfully, he is on the road to recovery -- at least he timed it well !
Also best wishes to Mrs Chair (Bunty) who has recently broken her wrist, following a fall !! (things some people will do to avoid cooking a Turkey ! )

More Congrat's, this time to Waqar and Noreen, celebrating the recent birth of their 2^nd baby daughter, Imaan.
Sohail's son has been named Mustafa, Abdul is still thinking about a name for his daughter, Kylie or Britney ?

So, how come no-one else was invited to the party that Waqar, Sohail & Abdul were at in March ??

30 Nov 2005
. . . and finally, some pictures of The Chairmans Dinner in The Gallery.

Congrat's to Abdul & Sohail on the additions to their families -- details to follow.

28 Oct 2005
Another entertaining Chairman's Dinner - well done to Keith for all his hard work. Dougie Brown in fine form, and good to see James Anyon (crutches and all!), and Congratulations to Dave Herbert on his successful bid for Dougie's Signed print of England's Ashes pace attack.
Main Awards:
Sat 1XI Players Player: Waqar Mohamed.
Sat 2XI Player of the Year: James Ayliffe.
Sat 3XI Player of the Year: Matt Johnson.
Warwickshire Sunday League Player of the Year: Abdul Hafeez.
Sun 1XI Player of the Year: Elliott Seal.
Sun 2XI Player of the Year: Tom Stretton.
DCC Clubman of the Year: Mike Herbert.

26 Oct 2005
ASHORNE CC, (who have one of the loveliest grounds in the Cotswolds) and who the Thirds have had many enjoyable games against in the last 2/3 years, are in dispute with their new Landlord.
He has fenced off their ground and it is possible that he may stop them playing in future.
Dorridge have sent their support to Ashorne, and we may be asking for members to join in demonstrations etc. !!!!!!!

15 Oct 2005
CONGRATULATIONS  to Richie & Anna Robinson on the birth of Josiah Samuel.

1 Oct 2005
James Ord and Sam Reddish selected for Warwickshire CCC Academy tour to South Africa this winter. Malcolm & John are looking for sponsors !!!!

18 Sept 2005
In the Traditional season closer THE SANGER SHIELD, The YOUNG GUNS beat a DCC CLUB XI by " a handsome margin".  YG's 233 all out in 38 overs, with excellent knocks from James Ayliffe (94) and Sandy Allen (57); and another fine spell from Greg Pearson of 5-39 (Eleven for the week-end). The CLUB XI  had to battle against "iffy" umpiring and bad light but still managed a gallant 137 (Zee Ali 26, Waqar 22, Parksy 22)
Undoubted highlights:
Ben Linfield's look on being given out, Stumped Stretton, Bowled Dutton.
Fiz playing on, Bowled Big Brother Abs.
Rod being Run Out by Ayliffe.

17 Sept 2005
In a game spoilt by poor umpiring decisions on both sides (but mostly against us !), the Firsts lose to Aston Unity and suffer our first relegation for "many a year".

12 Sept 2005
Well done to Michael Vaughan and the England team; not forgetting James Anyon's excellent 4for, for Warwickshire v Surrey.

11 Sept 2005
Sunday Seconds beat Bedworth in the League Cup Final. See reports on their CRICKET page.
AND see E Mail from Bedworth Skipper with their thanks for the day.

10 Sept 2005
Rain effects both Sat games. Firsts will just have to beat Unity next week !

3 Sept 2005
Firsts grateful for losing draw & 8 pts to move above relegation spot. Looks like last game v Aston Unity will be VITAL.
Seconds lose about as heavily as you can !
Thirds only win 'cause other side can't raise a team.

CONGRATULATIONS  to Kevin & Rachel: Mr & Mrs Wright.

29 Aug 2005
In a "we-really-need-this-one-boys" game, the Firsts lose to Bottom club - Cannock - by 2 wkts.
Seconds relieve any pressure on them with excellent win v Fordhouses.

27/28 Aug 2005
Weekend of very mixed fortunes.
All Sat sides lose, Firsts (hopefully, temporarily) in a relegation spot, Seconds are Very-Low mid table ! Thirds on the slide.
A Sunday side played CHIPPING SODBURY CC in an exciting tied game - 209 each (main feature a Rod ton): the day marred by a theft from the home dressing room of wallets, phones and watches: the day enriched by both sides taking a time-out to watch England beat the Aussies, & James Anyon's 4-33 helping Warwickshire to a great win over Sussex.

20 Aug 2005
Congratulations to James Anyon on his 2 wickets in Warwickshire defeat of Lancashire in C&G semi-final.

20 Aug 2005
All-round poor performances !
Firsts lose (even though Abdul hits 127*, to give him an average of 321 in last 4 innings !) Seconds losing draw, Thirds lose.  Everyone hanging on to "lower mid-table respectability" !

15 Aug 2005
First 2005 tour photos in PHOTO GALLERY.

14 Aug 2005
Congratulations to Rod and his boys (!) on beating Kings Heath, and taking 2nd Div title + Promotion. Sunday seconds also win but are likely to finish third.

13 Aug 2005
No Sat games -- Rain.

7 Aug 2005
Poor Sunday, with both sides losing.

6 Aug 2005
Firsts & Seconds losing draws, Thirds just lose.

5 Aug 2005
Bit overdue, but photos of DCC 75th Anniversary in 2004 now in PHOTO GALLERY.

4 Aug 2005
WCCC U17 v Durham CCC U17 at Dorridge. Durham win, chasing 380, in last over of the 2 days ! See Scorecard:

4 Aug 2005
Max has unearthed some old tour photos from the 1987 visit to Yorkshire. See Photo Gallery.

31 July 2005
Sunday firsts continue march to league title with win v Kenilworth Wardens, seconds also win and are joint top.

30 July 2005
Seconds rained off, but Firsts & Thirds both lose.

23 July 2005
Wins all round !!!! and very welcome too.    Tour Reports are posted !

20 July 2005
Congratulations again to James Anyon on his First Class debut for WCCC in 4 day game v Nottingham at Edgbaston.

17 July 2005
Sunday firsts in biggest  scoring game in memory. DCC 400-2  Olton 287-8

16 July 2005
Mixed fortunes, First lose, Seconds winning draw, Thirds win.

15 July 2005
Tour Party return home after 4 fabulous days in the Wiltshire/Gloucester sun. Won 3 Lost 1. See CRICKET/TOUR for reports
Who was in Room 18 ? White Hart report "Key is missing" !

10 July 2005
Sunday Firsts thrash Nuneaton by 9 wickets. Chasing 152, James Ord's undefeated 100 sees DCC home.

9 July 2005
Firsts lose but Seconds and Thirds have good wins.

6 July 2005
Dorridge's  Warwickshire men in action again ! James Anyon with 3 more wickets v Northants helps WCCC into Quarters-Finals of 2020 comp; and Sam Reddish with the Seconds at Ombersley contributes a steady 13* in helping to beat Worcester in Second Eleven Trophy.

4 July 2005
Congratulations to James Anyon with Hat Trick v Somerset in 20 20 game at Edgbaston.

2 July 2005
Losing draws for first & seconds, poor loss by thirds.

26 June 2005
Two great wins by Sunday sides, Firsts top League, Seconds - second.

25 June 2005
Rain causes Seconds & Thirds to have day-off. Firsts claim winning draw after last weeks poor showing.

19 June 2005
Rod & Abdul, with tons apiece, help Sunday firsts beat Water Orton, but Seconds lose.

18 June 2005
Firsts caned by Cannock, Seconds & Thirds win.

11June 2005
Mixed day at Dorridge !
Firsts losing draw, seconds lose, but thirds come up trumps with 4 wicket win.

4 June 2005
Excellent wins by 1sts & 3rds. 2nd's winning draw.
Rod with his 3rd ton of the season & Greg with 9-27 star as firsts smash Shrewsbury by 134 runs.
Undefeated ton by Mark Hewston (132 out of 183) sees the thirds home by 8 wickets.

31 May 2005
A Pertemps team drawn from Rod Hokin, Elliot Seal, Greg Pearson, Ben Linfield, Fizz Abdullah, John Wright and Warwickshire's Nick Warren carried off the the 6 aside contest held at  the beautiful Wormsley Lodge Ground , within the 2500 acre estate of the late John Paul Getty. The competition is one of many events being held during the year in support of the Dougie Brown benefit programme and was enjoyed by all concerned.  

The Pertemps team remained unbeaten throughout the tournament and beat a strong team from Bromsgrove School in the final.

Pertemps Chairman Tim Watts and our own Club Patron and Pertemps Director John Smith were amongst the crowd who stayed to see their side receive congratulations from Dougie Brown as the sun set over this wonderful Chilterns cricket ground.
See photos in GALLERY 2005.

It has just been confirmed that Dorridge Cricket Club have been awarded the coveted Clubmark accreditation by the Warwickshire Cricket Board acting on behalf of the England & Wales Cricket Board and Sport England.

 

Dorridge CC set out to achieve this landmark over 12 months ago and included Clubmark as a key aim within the Club’s development plan. With 5 teams playing league cricket every weekend during the cricket season and with a thriving junior membership the Clubmark standards in areas such as coaching, sport ethics and child welfare and protection are seen as important benchmarks against which performance should be judged.

 

Club Vice Chairman John Wright said that “Although we have always striven to operate as a quality local sport club understanding the Clubmark benchmarks has required us to conduct a thorough self examination of all that we do and how we do it. Inevitably changes have had to be made and we have also had to commit ourselves to publish policy statements in a number of important areas so that members, parents and the local community in general can see exactly what we stand for and how we go about things. It is important to emphasis as well that this is a never ending journey and we will continue to drive standards forward. This is nevertheless an important landmark for Dorridge Cricket Club and one which confirms we are very definitely heading in the right direction".