Paddock News

We were away for a good few weeks this year surfing and prior to that week I hadn't cut the wicket in the paddock for a while and when we got back it was very green and long and in need of a cut. The council did their usual cut and once it was dry yesterday me and Joe went over and cut it, aware that today it would be raining.

This evening in the rain I've been over and done some repairs while it's wet and sown a load of seeds to repair the holes. I've then done a bit of top dressing in the newly seeded areas and left it at that for the moment. While we were away it had been sunny most of the time, but there had been 3 days were it rained a lot and know that prior to us going on holiday we'd had some very heavy rain. The affect is the paddock is in very condition and needs very little in the way of repairs and looks amazingly lush and green.

Usage this year - to be honest with Ben being that bit older he's not been out there much at all. Joe has though and hopefully will do next year, so I reckon I'll continue to maintain it for at least another year. I've used it for practice - did so yesterday for a couple of hours and will do through Sept and October, so for the moment it's still be looked after and cut.

Ben's first five fer

Blimey! Busy year this year, what with work and the fact that I had to step in as captain for the 4th XI. I'm not going to get all reflective about it as yet as there's still a few more games to play. It looks as though there's a chance we may yet stay up in this league but we'll have to see how it goes, I know that one of the games that we're due to play is going to be problematic with regards to getting players as there's a wedding and a lot of the players are going apparently.

Ben's first Five fer.

The weekend just gone followed a win at home the weekend before where one of our bowlers took six wickets for very little in the way of run - Mark Williams. But this week my older son Ben who's just short of being 16 took 5 wickets in a game we lost and my other son Joe who's only just 13 took the only other wicket other than a run-out. So well done Ben for getting your first Five fer! Some of the wickets were exceptionally good - I think two were the top of off stump and the last one nearly had the stump out of the ground. This was in a match against Hainhalt and Clayhill 5th XI