Photo left to right: Gavin Barnes, James Dunkinson, Matt Allin, Sam Baker, Paul Baker, Rob Fuller GCC lose out to Old Buck’ in thrilling final Garboldisham made it through to finals evening (11.12.2016) of the Norfolk Cricket Board 6-a-side Winter Indoor Cricket League, for the second year on the trot. Their semi-final was against Snettisham which they won by 11 runs and Old Buckenham beat North Elmham. The final against local rivals Old Buck’, proved to be a classic and went down to a very tense last over. Despite only scoring 233, Old Buck’ regularly took wickets to restrict Garby who fell short by just 5 runs to finish as runners up. Garboldisham Women off to cracking start GCC ladies, who are the 2015 and 2016 Norfolk Women’s Indoor League Champions, made a very good start to their winter campaign with two wins on the trot. Last weekend (Sunday 15 Jan) they beat Winterton by 35 runs and in their first match against Brooke they finished 65 runs ahead. Their next game is this Sunday 22 against Old Buckenham. This …

With the new season just around the corner, here’s an update on a number of role changes and some diary dates: Chairman: Paul Feavearyear (Fevs) replaces Robert Secretary: Robert replaces Fevs Treasurer: Charlie Wright has replaced Phil McGahan Youth/Parent Rep: Charlie Worby has replaced Ross Johnson Captains for 2017 season will be as follows: 1sts: Danny Cash 2nds: Charlie Worby 3rds: Eddie Thorne 4ths: Robert Leech Sundays: Lydia Raven And some dates for your diaries: Adult and junior nets are still being finalised, and these will be confirmed shortly. Groundforce weekend will be the weekend of 1st/2nd April 17. The sportsman’s dinner is coming up on Friday 24th March. Our speaker is former England and Yorkshire opening bowler Matthew Hoggard and the comedian for the evening is Paul Boardman (former Sky Sports presenter and son of comedian Stan Boardman). It should be a cracking start to the season! Contact Peter Barnes for tickets 01953 681026 or 07825 351062. Finally, Barnesy is also planning on putting an order together for club ties and we are trying to establish how many …

Photo: GCC 1st XI wicket keeper Pascal Walker (left) and Alex Hogg, ‘1st XI Player of the Year’ (right) present Donna Taylor with the ‘1st XI’ and ‘Club Batsman of the Year Award’ which Donna collected on behalf of Dan Constable. Dan made 808 runs (including friendlies). ‘Club Bowler of the Year’ was awarded to Kieran Pask who took 30 wickets. Garboldisham CC Presentation Evening Awards, Park Hotel Diss, Saturday 15 October, 2016 1XI Best Bowler – Kieran Pask Best Batter –  Dan Constable Player – Alex Hogg 2XI Best Bowler – Tom Davey Best Batter –  James Worby Player – Danny Philpot 3XI Best Bowler – Peter Barnes Best Batter –  Andy Freake Player – Phil Carr 4XI Best Bowler –Robbie Starling Best Batter –  Neville Kemp Player – Andy Smith BOWLER OF THE SEASON – Kieran Pask 30 wickets BATTER OF THE SEASON – Dan Constable 571 runs (808 runs including friendlies) BUNNINGS AWARD – Maurice Bradbury CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR  – Chris Davey Everyone had a fantastic evening with lots of laughs …