Tale Millers Cricket Club

As we come out of winter hibernation, or a lambing shed, spring is allegedly just around the corner and it will soon be time to work out where you left your kit at the end of the 2021 season and stick it through the washing machine, pressing the cycle marked “annual”. For those keen types, you might even fit a new multi-coloured rubber to your bat handle. As I type, we are in mid March and have spent many recent days getting buffeted (not in the Yellingham sense) by wind and rain. The tree loss count is by far the […]

Minutes Annual General Meeting (AGM) 29 September 2021, 7.30pm Cricket Pavilion, Tuck Mill Present: Mark Hammett, Tony Treen, Tim Hubbard, Jon Carden (Chair), Ed East, Jason Wood, Fred Brauer, Neil Chambers, Shane Tout and Adam Pengelly.         1. Apologies for absence – Dave Kittow, Jon Pengelly, Ben Peters, Sam Franks and Simon Kittow. 2. Minutes of AGM 2019– Minutes of 2019 AGM agreed as a correct record. 3. Chairman’s Report – Jon Carden stated that it had been a very good season with the team winning 16 out of 22 fixtures, the captains did a good job […]

And so as August draws to what seems to be an increasingly normal damp and overcast end, we put our bats away for another summer and predictably mid September sees temperatures in the early twenties and glorious sunshine! Its been a good summer, whilst no one could claim that the weather gods have been overly kind, we’ve lost very few games to the weather – come to that in 21 attempts we also only lost to 5 opposition teams. Sixteen victories is by far our best season to date, well done and thankyou to all who contributed. Whilst our stalwart […]

Morning All Just a quick email to let everyone know that we are into our final four home games of the season and there are a couple of changes to the fixture list :   Wed 11th – Blacksmiths and Artizans (Home) Friday 13th – Branscombe (Home) Wed 18th – Broadclyst Pins (Home) Wed 1st Sept – Bakers XI (Home) All spectators welcome and bar open! Many thanks Jon Tale Millers Cricket Club

Tomorrow’s game at Plymtree is postponed and we are now playing: Fullsys Allstars – At home on Friday evening 6pm

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the weather can change at this time of year- so from my piece last month when I was fretting about the damp weather, we have moved to a new situation whereby the Skipper/Plumber and I had a conversation yesterday about the most effective way to water the wicket as its starting to crack . For those who don’t know The Tale Valley is full of nature but not so full of topsoil – perhaps unsurprising on a flood plain ! The minute I put pen to paper our impressive record will, of […]