Following an enjoyable indoor season and following results going in favour of Merstham last night we have been crowned 2008 Indoor League champions.

So well done to the team this year, lets hope it is the start of another positive Summer for the club.

We are working on having some sort of system that allows players to see what fixtures they will be playing in. It should be on the site in the next week so keep your eyes peeled.

Despite a very cold April day unlike the year before the Golf day was another success, though i think the Eventual winner for the second year running may have played into having a very low handicap next year.

16 club members turned out and were split into teams as well as playing for the Individual Prize. Their was some interesting golf played in all the groups including Dave Neal killing a bird on the 14 and Ray upsetting a mother who had adopeted his ball as one of her eggs.

A great effort by everyone who broke into their weekend and helped with the dozens of jobs we started. Special mention to Terry for a great Shepherds Pie. It goes without saying that we didnt achieve all the jobs we hoped to get done I have been informed by Terry due to the snow etc! so please if anyone who can make it in the coming weekends before the season starts please do and bring a friend.

Antoher Strong batting perfomance chasing Nutfield 107-4, kept Merstham top of the league. In the field tight bolwing from Bobby Sharp 3-0-7-0 and good variation from Kent 3-0-23-1 had help to restrict Nutfield to a managible target. This Target was made to look comfortable though with Merstham top 4 batsman all retiring leaving Kent to hit the final runs and help Merstham to a bonus point after chasing the total within 10 Overs.

Team Rich Feist, Steve Bennett, Peter Freeman, Kent Tristan, Bobby Sharp, Herschel Pant.

Merstham made the most of batting first with it's strong batting line up, to post a competitive total of 128 - 3 with Rich Turner 31, Ed Loader 30* and Jo Shinners 26*.

In reply Merstham bowling was a little wayward but cool heads in the field led to four run outs and Black and Veatch were eventually all out of 105.

In what was a top of the table clash Merstham putt in a strong batting display, Top scorers in their innings were Peter Freeman 25* and Rich Feist 20* who showed how easy the game is with good positive running. Their was also a usefull contribution by the returning Jo Shinners 14* the MCC finishing up with 110-2

Merstham knew they needed a tight start with the dangerous Morgan always likely to give the grammar school a strong start, but with James and Jo both getting sharp bounce and Jo bowling at Good pace it was hard work for the Grammar school, and a sharp catch by Rich Feist in the corner got rid of Morgan and the Grammer school never really recovered. In the end they were bowled out for 73, with both Richards picking up 2 wickets each.

CRICKET FORCE WEEKEND 5/6 APRIL

All members over the weekend of the 5/6 April the club will be preparing its self for the new season as well as making some long term improvments to the ground by being part of the ECB Cricekt Force Weekend.

GODSTONE CRICKET CLUB

TWENTY 20 CRICKET KNOCKOUT TOURNAMENT
THE DRAW & LOCAL RULES

Merstham put in another strong performance last night, with the help of 4 sharp chances being held by Freeman and Pant as well as sharp work in the field by the rest of the team, helping to reduce Horley to 84-5 from their 12 Overs. Herschel 3-0-15-1, James 3-0-16-0, Rich T 3-0-23-2, Rich F 3-0-23-2.

In reply after the early loss of Bennett two strong partnerships from Turner & Freeman and Feist & Freeman saw Merstham safely to their target. Turner 20, Feist 18 Not Out, Freeman 17 Not Out.