Mikeyboy
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Champagne Moments - 2007In the best traditions of Test Match Special - please mention and continue to add your champagne moments of the 2007 season.
My entry so far is;
Botany Bay v HWCC - Sunday 15th July
Wilkes bowls a head high full bunger which batman tries to leather - only to pop up to extra cover stood about 10 yards away. Thankfully the cricketing knowledge of our esteemed umpire (one of the few on the pitch who knew the laws) prevented both batsman and bowler from further embarassment!
A nice bottle of Moet (which has been in my fridge for nearly 2 years) will be presented to the best entry at the end of the season!
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Wilkesoid
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Re: Champagne Moments - 2007 | Mikeyboy wrote: |
A nice bottle of Moet (which has been in my fridge for nearly 2 years) will be presented to the best entry at the end of the season! |
Methinks a certain Mr K Saigal will suddenly take a huge interest in this forum [or he may well just rob Micks house].
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Steve Hunnisett
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The Champagne Moment is a good idea and in my "watching" position in most matches, I will mentally note anything that is worthy of mention. There's been a few already this season - such as Sam's "negative bowling down the leg side" against Shepperton, Aman being let off the catch money as it was deemed "too hard", Praveen's monster 6 against Paddington, Laney speaking fluent Martian after the same game, and so on - the list will be extensive come the season's end.
Also to be posted on this forum will be the announcement of "International Cake Day" probably at the NPL match - this will be announced in advance so as to hopefully forestall any attempted stitch ups by Johnny W this year!!
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Mikeyboy
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I'm sorry - did I read that correctly.
'being let off catch money because it is too hard'..
Never heard anything so ridiculous.
Get your hands up...
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Wilkesoid
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| Mikeyboy wrote: | I'm sorry - did I read that correctly.
'being let off catch money because it is too hard'..
Never heard anything so ridiculous.
Get your hands up... |
Don't get me started  I was talking to Steve and Jonah about this in the car on the way to Botany Bay, and found myself getting quite annoyed about this even then, a month later!!!! Actually, I'm getting annoyed about it now  And I got fined for one at Eastcote that I ran in ten yards for, dived at and didn't even get a hand on..... Right, where's my gun!
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Steve Hunnisett
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I know - when I used to play, U.S. was very strict about anything that even touched a fingernail being deemed to be a "drop" and therefore worth 50 pence. And of all people to let Aman off, it was J.P., the original "Get yer hands up" man.
I'm think of demanding a refund even after all these years!
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Mikeyboy
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When we have international cake day - can we run a side book as to how much will be over JP's face at the conclusion of tea!
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Steve Hunnisett
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Sheer class!!! The baked beans all over his boat race at Old Lyonians was the best ever! 
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Wilkesoid
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| Steve Hunnisett wrote: |
I'm think of demanding a refund even after all these years! |
Bloody hell.....no offence mate, but we'd need a sugar daddy like Roman Abromovich for the club to refund all your dropped catch money 
[Mental note to self: If ball touches pads at Enfield - and lets be honest, it usually does - just walk off the bloody pitch as soon as the appeal goes up  ]
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Steve Hunnisett
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Enjoy walking home from matches do you Wilkesey?
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admin
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Wilkesoid shoulder & arming a straight one at Clyst Hydon on Tour... pitching off-stump, hitting off-stump; off-stump emphatically uprooted.
In the infamous words, "No one likes to see that!"
Bahhhaaaaahhhahaaaaaaa
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Wilkesoid
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[quote="admin"]Wilkesoid shoulder & arming a straight one at Clyst Hydon on Tour... pitching off-stump, hitting off-stump; off-stump emphatically uprooted.
In the infamous words, "No one likes to see that!"
Bahhhaaaaahhhahaaaaaaa[/quote
While I, also, subscribe to the 'Never let the truth get in the way of a good story' way of doing things, I should point out that to cliam it was "a straight one at Clyst Hydon on Tour... pitching off-stump" is about as accurate as your bowling was at Shepperton 
I will not ,however, dispute that I shouldered arms and that my off-stump went cartwheeling away to the wicket keeper. That said, I'm not sure that trying to play it with my bat would have made too much difference 
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Steve Hunnisett
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I would like to nominate Clive Saunders, who was faithfully following Praveen's car to Sidmouth, unfortunately not realising that Prav was taking a rather large detour to Clyst Hydon in order to pick up our Sri Lankan overseas guest player!
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Steve Hunnisett
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Tim
Always remember
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This admirable quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance should be the cornerstone of this forum!
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Steve Hunnisett
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I've heard it all now!
Request from one of our players on Sunday for the umpire (me) to stand to one side whilst the bowler was running in as he couldn't see him when I was standing in the customary position behind the stumps!!!
Arrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!!!
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Wilkesoid
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JP's subs being £8.10....baaaaahh
Jonny W dropping THAT catch 
Micky H's fabulous fumble for four
3 of us going through the availability and forgetting to include Richard J Crompton
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Steve Hunnisett
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Yes, the £ 8.10 catch money was a bit special. I think that this must be some sort of record. Even with my slightly "iffy" catching - at least in my earlier days, I don't think I ever racked up up anything like this, although to be fair to JP, he was a bit unlucky in that we took 8 catches and only dropped 2. The ratio is normally the other way around!
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