AGM News (Posted October 25, 2008)
Chris Mitty has been elected as 1st XI Captain, Mark Kirsten as 2nd XI Captain, and Adam Jones as 4th XI Captain for the 2009 season at the recent AGM. Alastair Lee was elected as Club Captain. For a full list of Club Officers for the forthcoming season please see the Club Officials page under The Club menu above.
Adam Cook (Posted October 25, 2008)
Adam Cook has agreed to join Cumnor as Player/Coach. This is very exciting news and will give us a great chance of progressing in 2009 and help us build for the future. Adams experience and knowledge will be put to good use during the winter with plans under way for fitness training and targeted coaching at our winter nets. I am sure you will all welcome back one of Cumnors favourite sons!
New Bar Stewards (Posted October 25, 2008)
We are also very pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Jones and Phil Morgan as our new stewards. Kate will be known to many of you as the mum of Adam, and being a "local" is keen to restore our position at the heart of the local community. Phil and Kate take over the running of the bar on 31st December and you can be sure of a warm welcome.
Roundup of 2008 Season
Cumnor finished a very creditable joint 2nd in the Cherwell League Division 1 after the last game of the season ended in a washout and so missed out on promotion to the Home Counties League by just 11 points. Skipper Carl Thompson will present a review in detail shortly, but the club featured in many headlines in the Oxford Mail throughout the season.
Some of the most spectacular results came in the NPower Village Knockout where Cumnor reached the last 16 and should really have progressed further. You can read some of the reports from the Oxford Mail here: Cumnor's Dramatic Victory, Captains Reflect on Final, Cumnor Call for County Support and in the 5th round and our first home game of the competition It's a Cruise for Cumnor before the bitter taste of defeat with the last 8 beckoning, Cumnor Hopes Ended. Watch out for further progress in 2009!
Cumnor retained the Great Tew Six-a-Side title after a tense and thrilling final against Banbury on bank holiday Monday. Having swept aside Oxford Downs in the semi final (how we would have preferred the league win on Saturday and given this one up!) Cumnor batted first against a strong Banbury side featuring Oxfordshire spinners Luke Ryan and Jimmy Phillips and rattled up an impressive 76 in their 5 overs - thanks to some typical batting from Ali Morteza including one massive reverse 6 plus intelligent hitting and running from the impressive Andrew Robertson. In reply Banbury began aggressively and took 16 from Ayaz Khans' over then 20 from Sam Jones over. The next 2 overs from Umair Ghazali and Ali Morteza also leaked runs and with just 12 needed from the last over up stepped occasional bowler James Nielsen. This final over yielded more dot balls than any other bowled in the entire competition, and with 2 balls left Banbury still needed 8 to win. A towering shot to long off was caught just 1 inch from the ground by the magnificent Ali and the trophy was retained! Well done lads and well skippered Robbo.
