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End of July 2008
Coming soon (hopefully… if I've got time): photos from the England and
Brittany tours.
In preparation, for next April: the 2009 tour could very well take us to
the Caribbean – namely St Lucia, Pete Valace's island home. We'll try to keep
the money side of things tight. More info on that shortly.
As usual, no home matches in August.
On the radar:
The 3rd Edition of the Six-a-side
Grand-Ouest Tournament (reminding you that we won the 2 first editions) will
take place on Saturday August, 16 at Gourin. Marco is in charge of the Team, so
get in touch with him (use our contact@saumur-cricket.com address).
The Finale of the 1st Coupe
ACNO-Siddalls' at Les Ormes on Sunday, August 31.
A busy September – report to the
fixtures list – with a lot of matches to be played!
29 May 2008
Trust me, you don't want to know. I could hardly believe it myself. The
pitch is flooded. Again.
Must be the 3rd time this year. It's that damn rain.
Obviously we can't play on Sunday, unless we take up water-polo.
The Saumur-Nantes rematch is postponed until further notice. Probably
October.
26 May 2008
3rd match of the season, being the return game of L'Entente
Saumur-Nantes vs Le Moulin CC. What you can call a convincing and definitive win
by L'Entente, as we won by 162 runs. You can find the report (in French)
by following this link.
We qualify for the finals of the Coupe, played on August 31 at Les
Ormes. Against whom? Odds are that the likely opponents will be CC des Ormes.
Peter, Chris, Matt and Marco at
Fontaine-Couverte
Next match, on Sunday June 1, is the second game of the "home"
series between Saumur and Nantes
Practice on Saturday May 31 during the afternoon – weather permitting of
course…
Just couldn't resist – had to buy it. I know everyone of you would love
to be the happy recipient of… the 2008 Saumur Ducky Trophy. So you can shake a
tailfeather in anticipation, here it is (and yes, it's big). According to the
stats, Guillaume is the current Wing Commander…
20 May 2008
2nd match of the season, Saumur and Nantes sections playing
against each other, like we did last year in June. This year, we’ll play a
2-match series, with the return match on 1 June. Nantes win the first match and
take the Trophée home for a fortnight. Will they keep it until next year? Who
knows? You can find a
selection of photos by following this link.
On Sunday 25, we go away to Le Moulin, for the return game, with a view
to winning and qualifying for the finals of the Coupe.
12 May 2008
Started again, at last, on Sunday 10 May. 1st game of the
season vs Le Moulin CC in the newly born Coupe ACNO-Siddalls’. L’Entente
Saumur-Nantes win by 3 wickets. You can read the report (in French) by following this link. For stats, go to 2008 results
page.
The following day, l’Equipe de France was scheduled to play a team of
Volontaires (with players from Balbyniens CC, Bourgogne CC and CC des Ormes).
Andy German was part of France, but Peter Valace, who was supposed to play for
Les Volontaires, was drafted by France, and is thus the first St Lucian to ever
play – and win - for France !
Andy and Peter
End of 2007 season
Practice started on Monday 26 November.
Gymnase du Clos Coutard.
Everyone is invited to join in…