2008
South East France v SouthWest
France - Representative game
played at St Pons de
Mauchiens 10/11 th May 2008
Over
the weekend of the 10th and 11th may Midi played host to the prestigious
representative games for both seniors and juniors between SW France
and SE France. On the saturday the weather was kind and we saw
cricket of a very high class in the Siddalls cup game for seniors.
We had two representatives in the SW team and Dominic George bowled
a very impressive spell but alas the SE were too strong in all
areas.
On the sunday, again a beautiful day, we were treated in the morning
to some fabulous cricket from the under 14,s in the Siddalls cup.
Again the SE proved to be too strong. In the afternoon the seniors
" Beer" match was great fun with some fantastic hitting.
Despite a superb spell from the SW,s best bowler, our own Rob
Bower once again the SE prevailed.
With a few improvements to our slightly unpredictable strip we
hope to welcome the teams back at St. Pons next year. If they
do return I would urge everyone to come along and see cricket
of a very high order, not least from the under 14,s!
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see a slide show of photographs
here
2007 Season Review.
It's perhaps fair to say that Midi CC's 2007 season on the pitch
probably witnessed more lows than highs. However, there was some
encouragement towards the back end of the season.
The league season was a condensed run of home and away fixtures
which got harder and harder as it became more and more difficult
to raise a team. Despite a morale-boosting win against Toulouse
at the start of the season, the loss of players to injury, and
the gruelling schedule contributed to Midi's decline. It was also
not until these league matches had finished in June that we had
our nets, so no really constructive practising was possible during
this period. However, good performances from new boys Paul Rogers
and Gavin Mortimer certainly gave us grounds for some optimism.
After the final humiliation of being skittled for an appalling
15 runs against a very strong Tarn side, the players could have
been forgiven for packing it all in. But over the summer a hard
core practised regularly, and when we came to play the touring
sides in September and October, there was certainly a bit more
backbone about the team's batting in particular.
Midi actually finished 4th out of 5 in their Barclays League
group, with Armagnac pipping us for the wooden spoon.
Some optimism is justified after the September/October friendlies.
Midi won three of six matches played, undoubtedly the better side
in the first fixtures against the Lee Brothers' XI, but struggled
a little bit against Sutton on the Hill and Sheppey. However,
our batting never crumbled as it had done earlier in the season,
and we even posted 200+ in one innings. Net practices have undoubtedly
helped our batting and bowling, but we will need to take a bit
more professionalism into our league fixtures next year.
Some impressive performances with ball and bat from the likes
of Rob Bowyer, Tim Gupwell and Nick Allison mean that we should
have a good base upon which we will be able tobuild next season.
I look forward to seeing you at St.Pons next season.
DG
See 'WHERE WE ARE' for our location. Parking next to the playing field.
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Team Photo April 2007
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Just checking the rules.........
Match vs Toulouse April 22nd 2007:
