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Fraternising with the proverbial brown couch was not something that I envisaged when I joined HCC, but nearley became harsh reality after the end to last season. Disbelief is the word I still use about three games of cricket that I am saving up to have surgically removed from memory....

Anyway, enough of that. After Christmas signals the countdown to the new season, with the anticipation of indoor nets and burnt ears, with gossip amongst cricketing circles particularly rife at this time of year. A question particularly directed my way is one regarding the make up of our team. Plenty of people are asking with sadistic expectation whether we have lost any players....Must have been a pretty uneventful christmas for a lot of folk if a main source of excitement is the decimation of our cricket team.
After spending a fair amount of time around Haslingden players of the illustrious past, it became apparent that a major feature of the early pre season was intense exercise routines implemented by the taskmastership of Bobby Grimshaw. Tales of running around Haslingdens hills in sub-zero conditions have inspired the boys to partake of some fitness training.....allbeit in the comparitive luxurious Haslingden Sports Centre.
It was with fairly low expectations regarding attendance that I turned up last week. The boys proved me emphatically wrong on this count, with an excellent turnout of close to 20. Within the group willing to kick the season off with energetic tones, was Senior Firg. If ever the example was needed, Firg indeed led the way with a sterling display of speed and agility, which I am sure, had him hobbling for at least 3 days after. To be fair, the whole group put in an impressive amount of effort, one which I hope is replicated throughout the time we have the centre booked for. The team spirit gained from mucking into sessions like these is invaluable. Lets face it, not many people enjoy flogging yourself for no discernable benefit, but it is a damn site easier if you are in a good group with banter flying around.
So it is with great relish I look forward to the new season. Hopefully we will be up there and challenging again, and we indeed have the quality to be more than capable. Some interesting challengers are presenting themselves throughout the league, and 2010 looks to be shaping up to be an incredibly competitive season of Lancashire League Cricket. The missing piece of the jigsaw has to be Peter Seal back at Rocky???? Speaking of Sealy, It was good to share a beer with him, Cooky and Riles the other week, although getting told I was of similar ilk facially to Rozzer was a prod back in the direction of the brown couch!
Anyway, thank you to the person who bought Dasher a copy of "No Balls for Dummies" for Christmas, although I am slightly concerned that this has found its way onto ebay unread.

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This Weeks Fixtures

FIRST TEAM

Sun 5 Sept v R'Stall, away

SECOND TEAM

Sun 5 Sept v R'Stall, home

THIRD TEAM

No game

This Weeks Results

FIRST TEAM

Sat 28 Aug v E.Lancs, away, won 10pts

Sun 29 Aug v Church, home, won, 10pts

SECOND TEAM

Sat 28 Aug v E.Lancs, home, match abandoned, 3pts

Sun 29 Aug v Church, away, lost, 0pts

THIRD TEAM

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