Thanks to Lydia Raven for organising the rather tasty wine tasting evening at The Langley yesterday evening. We were entertained by wine expert Camilla from ThirtyFifty and got to try out and learn about all different sorts of wine from around the world. A great evening with most of the wine finding its way down our throats. Did I hear that they also do beer tasting events…

Lewis Taylor after Saturday’s win for the 3rds against Saxlingham. Lewi score 142 and notched up his first century for the club Match summaries for Saturday 27 June 2015 The 1sts had a final few tense overs in their away game at Horsford but managed to scrape victory, grab the 23 points and move up to third in the league table. Horsford batted first and were restricted to 193 all out with Rob Fuller picking up 5 wickets – his second fifer of the season. With the bat, Kristian Williman had another superb knock for GCC, finishing on 96 and just 4 runs short of his century. After Kristian’s heroics, Garby survived a nervy batting collapse and with no wickets in hand the final two batsmen saw them over the line to win by one wicket. The 2nds had the day off after their opponents Narborough pulled out of the league earlier in the season. Like the 1sts, the 3rds had a heart-in-the-mouth game against visitors Saxlingham. Batting first, Garboldisham rattled off a heady 304 for 6 with wicket keeper …

There’s lots happening and here’s a reminder of all the weekend fixtures and next week’s fixtures plus social events. Please check all details with team managers/captains just in case any matches have been cancelled or re-arranged. Please keep on sending in results, photos, match reports, Quote of the Week suggestions, news and so on. You can send items to nickandh@talk21.com Fri June 26 Junior nets Sat June 27 1sts away to Horsford A, 2nds no game this week, 3rds at home to Saxlingham, 4ths away to New Buckenham Podington tour: As soon as Saturday’s matches are finished many players will be off on the annual tour to Northampton and Podington CC in Bedfordshire from Sat June 27 – Tues June 30 Wine tasting evening 8pm at The Langley. £20 a ticket, £35 per couple. Contact Lydia Raven Sun June 28 U9s away to Bungay. U11s away to Hethersett and Tas Valley. Tour match Podington v Garboldisham Mon June 29 Tour match Horton House CC v Garboldisham Tues June 30 U15s away to Mattishall (SNCL). U13s at home to Gt Melton Boys (SNCL) Tour match Reed CC v Garboldisham Weds July 1 Thurs July …

Garboldisham Foxes U19s v Sprowston Sprowcats U19s July 2, 2015 This coming Thursday sees a newly formed Garboldisham Foxes U19s team face Sprowston Sprowcats U19s at The Langley in the new NatWest club U19 Twenty20 competition. Garboldisham will be in Group 3 of one of three Norfolk groups. Each group contains four teams and the Foxes will be up against Brooke Blaze (home Aug 12), Sprowston Sprowcats  and Swardeston Sharks (away July 29). The winner of each group will take part in a final’s day. Those eligible to play will be anyone who was aged 18 or under on the 31 August last year (2014). Check details with Kristian Williman who will be organising the team. This new Norfolk based U19 competition is part of an ECB nationwide initiative launched this year and will help replace the old Junior Carter Cup U17s competition which was twice won by GCC in 2011 and 2013. Some of the players who starred in the 2013 victory (pictured above) will be playing in the new U19 T20 side on Thursday. Should be a great competition! …

Garboldisham U13 Girls took part in the Norfolk Ladies Taverners U13 tournament this evening. Despite the miserable weather, the girls played some great cricket and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. In the first game they played Great Melton. Some great batting from Jess Davey led to the team setting 77 to win. Garboldisham fielded well including a great caught and bowled by Beth Champion (who took 3 catches in total) meant that Garboldisham won by 35 runs with Great Melton reaching 42 off their overs. Old Buckenham were next up for Garboldisham and again GCC opted to bat. Some good running from Ella Dye and Megan Grant meant that GCC reached 55 off their overs. Old Buckenham got off to a slow start with some tight bowling again from Beth, Eleanor Pringle and Isabelle Gallant. The team played really well but with a few misfields, Old Buckenham reached the required runs in the penultimate over. The teams continued to play through the rain and in the final fixture Garboldisham took in Swardeston. Garby batted first and reached …

Match results for Saturday 20 June 2015 The 1sts had a terrific home win against Acle and had the game wrapped up by 4pm. It was one of those days when everything just clicked. The visitors batted first but struggled to get going as their wickets tumbled at regular intervals and they were bowled out for just 86. Young off-spinner Callum Olpin took 3 wickets, Rob Fuller and Sean Taylor took 2 wickets each but the pick of the bowlers was probably Alex ‘Hoggy’ Hogg who took 2 wickets but went for just 11 runs off 13 overs including 9 maidens! There was one run out. In reply, Garboldisham lost just 2 wickets and quickly chased down Acle’s total. Best batting figures went to Pascal Walker with 32 not out. Afterwards, first team scorer Dawn Briggs summed the game up as: “Simply amazing to watch – amazing bowling and amazing fielding from the Garby lads!”. The 1sts are currently sitting 4th in the league table. Away to Stow A, the 2nds notched up their first win …

Here’s a list of the weekend’s and next week’s fixtures. Friday 19 June-Thursday 25 June Please check all details with team managers/captains just in case any matches have been cancelled or re-arranged. You can send in any results, photos, match reports, Quote of the Week suggestions, news and so on to nickandh@talk21.com or text Nick on 0779 638 0779 Fri June 19 Junior nets U15s away to Swardeston. Norfolk Alliance (NA) Sat June 20 1sts at home to Acle, 2nds away to Stow A, 3rds away to Gt Melton B, 4ths at home to Gt Ellingham Sun June 21 U11s at home to Mulbarton. 10.00am. South Norfolk Community League (SNCL) Garboldisham v Dersingham in the Lady Mary Plate Cup. 1.00pm Friendly away to Ashby 2.00pm Mon June 22 U13s away to Swardeston at Hilltops. NA Tue June 23 U15s at home to Gt Melton (re-scheduled from May 2o) NA Wed June 24 Thu June 25 Over 40s away to Topcroft U15s at home to Rocklands. SNCL Senior nets

If you’re interested in youth cricket at GCC and across South Norfolk then the SNCL website: www.southnorfolkcommunityleague.co.uk is always a good place to visit with it’s match reports, photos and stats. If you take a look at their Roll of Honour page you’ll see that GCC’s Callum Olpin (U17) and Joe Baker (U15) are topping the batting table for players scoring more than 50 runs, with Toby Culling not far behind. Callum clocked up 75* in a good win against Diss early in May (match report here) and Joe and Toby picked up 65* and 55 in their epic run chase against Cringleford Lodge last week (match report here). And Garby are looking good in the bowling stats table as well, with Tommy Ling’s 3 for 7 against Old Buck and max Elder’s 2 for 7 against H&TV making an appearance. Keep checking the SNCL site through the season for updates. The South Norfolk Community League also have a very good Facebook page. Tommy Ling