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Posted by The Umpire on Monday, February 24. 2025 at 14:01 in Welcome

Christmas Dinner 12.12.2008

Please see the Menu for this years Christmas Dinner. As you will see it is at the Cricket Clubs Local. The landlord as I'm sure you will agree has done a fantastic job this summer with the after match refreshment's. I'm sure that you will all want to dine there for our xmas bash so please forward your numbers as soon as possible so that all the arrangements can be made.

The White Horse
12th December 2008 19.30 for 20.00
£16.95
STARTERS

Smoked mackerel with salad and brown bread
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Prawn Cocktail
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Mushroom chilli Linguine
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Creamy Corn (V) or cream of Pea and Ham Soup

MAIN COURSES

Roast Turkey Crown
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Scotch Rib of Beef
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Slow roasted Belly of Pork
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Salmon on Crute
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Danish Blue Cauliflower Cheese (V)
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Vegetable Cheese Pie (V)
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DESSERTS

Christmas pudding
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Fruit Salad
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Black Forest or Strawberry Gateaux
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Jam or Sticky Toffee Pudding
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Profiteroles

All meals are served with Seasonal Vegetables, Roast, New or Mashed Potatoes, Pigs in Blankets, Honey roasted Parsnips and Chestnuts.

Please note that some items on our menu may contain nuts.

(V) Vegetarian option

Limited numbers book early to avoid disappointment
Please could you forward your menu options before Friday 06.12.08 to steveandnicci@btinternet.com

Posted by Nicci Hills on Wednesday, November 19. 2008 at 12:31 in Welcome
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Christmas dinner

Date for your diary 12.12.08 Will update with more datails after the meeting on the 9th Nov

Posted by Nicci Hills on Monday, November 3. 2008 at 17:18 in Welcome

Halloween

The Halloween bash on Friday tuned out to be a huge sucsess. Thanks to all that turned up, the effort that you all made with your costumes was fantastic. Being that it was such a great night we will be doing it again next year on Sat 31st so get your thinking caps on and your Pumpkin seeds at the ready.

Sylvia and Barry did a great Job entertaining the Children with apple bobbing and musical hats.

The evening managed to raise a fantastic £200 for the Cricket club, thanks to all who brought tickets for the evening, and for forming an orderly line to buy raffle tickets. Some of the Prizes were donated by Double Deck Disco, Potten farm, Ariba pets, Airport cafe and Barry Leanning to mention but a few.

The winner of best dressed adult went to Robin Smith, Best dressed boy and girl, sorry I dont have there names so if you have these names I will add to this page, Best dressed table and Largest Pumpkin went to Barry Leaning and the best carved Pumkin went to Steve Hills.

Nicci and Janet would like to thank Kirsty for all her hard work doing the "arty" stuff for the decorating of the hall, Graham and Danny for the flowers and Barry for his gifts.

If you have any photos of the evening could you email them to me and I will post on this web site (well actualy, I will have to ask Ed as me being a technophobe would'nt Know where to start!).

Posted by Nicci Hills on Sunday, November 2. 2008 at 17:00 in Welcome
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Halloween

The tickets for Halloween fancy dress Disco will be on sale at £5.00 (bargain) on a first come first serve basis. All ticket must be sold so get yours before you miss probably the best evening of the year. Friends and family welcome.

Posted by Nicci Hills on Sunday, September 21. 2008 at 10:09 in Welcome

Fundraising

Don't forget to check out the Fundraising & Events tab

Posted by Nicci Hills on Sunday, August 31. 2008 at 11:19 in Welcome
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Car Treasure Hunt

Back this summer as requested.
We are having a car "treasure" hunt on August Bank Holiday Monday. All to meet in Ham Street car park at 14:00 hrs. To finish up at the ?????????????? for a few drinks a raffle and to crown this years winners. Only £3.00 per car, not a lot of money for what is bound to be an entertaining afternoon.
Janet Miles

Posted by Nicci Hills on Monday, August 4. 2008 at 20:33 in Welcome

Beltinge game.

What a Scorcher.

The Bilsington Mini Bus Tour 2008 made its way to Beltinge for the latest League Game. With Ed on his holidays Steve to the mantle as captain. He duly lost the toss and i think both teams were surprised when Bilsington were asked to bat, it was perhaps the hottest day of the year. The pitch looked ok but felt a bit "crispy" and we got off to a slow start. Batting we not easy and a good spell from Frank Wrench put us under pressure. We found ourselves 43 for 4 with only Sean and Colin in double figures in the top 4. Colin hitting a patient 19. Graham and Ben then had a good partnership with Ben making 19 and Graham 15. 19 seemed to be the most popular score of the day both Paul Webb and Trevelyn also making 19. We managed to secure our batting point and went on to make 182 thanks to some lower order hitting from Danny, 24, and Robin top scoring with 29.
The Beltinge innings got off to a flyer with Aussie Richardson smashing a quick fire 39 his innings was ended by good bowling from Paul Webb and a catch from Sean. The run rate began to creep up and wickets fell at regular intervals. Robin picking up 2 and Danny 1, Dannys wicket coming from a great catch by Ben. The one thing we did manage to do today was take our catches, Paul Frith taking a great catch behind the sticks off Graham. It was Graham that secured the game with a good spell finishing with 5-25 despite admitting he bowled crap. (his words not mine) The Beltinge innings was wrapped up at 142 and a full 6 points was gained. We find ourselves well placed in the Division and promotion still a possibility, however we have 2 very tough games to come so we will have to raise our game to win those. We retired to the pub all feeling the effects from a very hot day.

Robin Smith Reporting

Posted by Nicci Hills on Monday, August 4. 2008 at 17:39 in Welcome
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Sat V Egerton

After Mike lost the toss for the 56th time this season, Bilsington were asked to bowl first. Morris and Dearlove open the bowling for Bilsington. After being hit for 2 fours in the over, Ian bowled one wide on the offside and the batman played at it and was brilliantly caught by A.Robinson at third slip. That bought the danger man P.Hope to the crease.
After 13 overs Egerton were 33 -1 thanks to some tight bowling from Morris and Dearlove. Miles decide to make Ben 'Freddie' Ashton his first change bowler. Ben bowled 4 'fast attacking' overs but was unlucky to end wicketless. Two more bowlers were gives a bowl, Andy and Luke, but could not get the much needed wicket. So Bilsington got out their 2 secret weapons....Croften and Miles!! Egerton were struggling to find runs off the two bowlers and in the end, Miles forced P.Hope into a poor shot which was brilliantly caught by Vice-captain Trev at mid-off for 44. That wicket started the rot and Egerton lost their last 8 wickets for 19 runs with Miles taking an outstanding 5-15. Dearlove took the last 2 wickets. Croften also bowled outstandingly, varying his pace to collect bowling figures of 8-3-16-1. J.Rogers was the only other Egerton batman to reached double figures with 28. Well done to B.Moncrieff for doing something Greg hasn't done this season, taking a catch!!!
Egerton were 117 all out

Even with only 10 men Egerton were not going give up without a fight and got 2 early wickets of Trev and Ben. Andy showed some good shots with the bat hitting 2 fours for a quick 14. His wicket bought Morris to the crease and he was looking to get his first run of the season and he achieved that, setting off a huge cheer from the Bilsington supporters!! Cragg showed his skill by hitting 34 with a couple of fours from his trademark square cut shot!!
Egerton fought back well with the wickets of Cragg, Morris, Martin and Crofton and left Bilsington on 85-7. But a 33 run partnership between Miles and Luke Bingham won the game for Bilsington. Luke played well staying in the middle with Miles and picking up important singles!
Miles killed off the game with 2 fours in two balls.
Well done to Bilsington Sat team for increasing their winning streak to....two!!

trev

Posted by Nicci Hills on Tuesday, July 29. 2008 at 20:23 in Welcome
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Sheldwich 20th July 2008

Whichever way you look at it, we were comprehensively beaten by the better team on the day. Ed lost the toss, and Sheldwich decided to bat. We were overjoyed to get James Creed out, as well as the other opener Phil Stanford who caused us such grief last season. But it didn't seem to matter as their batting was solid and deep. David Prior got 68 in a third wicket stand that lasted until their score had reached 100. Dan Ray got 37 and Holmes 25, and it looked as though Sheldwich would pass 200 comfortably. Once Graham had broken through, a late spurt of great bowling from Ian and Paul meant that we took the last wicket with the score on 183. A bowling point in hand, and it could have been much worse.

Our batting, by contrast, was simply awful. True, the pitch had dried up and had become unpredictable, but this was no excuse. Until Ben came in at 8, only Colin had reached double figures. For the second week running, Ben showed the rest of us how to bat on this wicket. He batted out the innings, supported for a couple of overs by Tom, for another couple by Ed and for about half a dozen with Ian. When Ian was out LBW for 12, Ben was sitting pretty on 23 not out. Lovely elegant batting from a player who grows in stature each time he plays. All out for 85, but with the future looking rosy! We still have a long way to go with our game when chasing runs, something for every one of us to ponder. Scorecard here. (Ed reporting)

Posted by The Umpire on Monday, July 21. 2008 at 07:57 in Match Reports, Welcome

Hythe Green 19th July 2008

Foul Abusive language from Bilsington's legendary sledger!

Bilsington won the toss and elected to bat and made a steady start on a somewhat unpredictable pitch. Milo was soon triggered LBW by Dave Nice, and Ben Ashton, making his first Saturday appearance, was run out as Trev Nicholas had made up his mind to run whatever the outcome. Jon Jaros and Trev then steadied the innings put on 62 for the next wicket. The most memorable part of this partnership came when Trev, again head down, ran to the same end as Jon who shouted words at Trev that the rest of us could not believe had come out of his mouth. I thought it was a Sunday game for a minute! Unbelievably Jon escaped to the other end as the fielders fumbled. Jon eventually made 24 and Trev continued in his correct manner and enjoyed another 60 partnership with Dan who bludgeoned his way to a quick 34 with seven fours. Dave Nice and Trev took the score to 211-5 at the end of 40 overs and Trev hit a career best 95 which was full of good shots.

Hythe Green then lost a wicket in the first over as Ben took a great catch in the gully. Alan and Dan gave little away in their opening spell and Hythe Green were never in the hunt for the runs. Wickets continued to tumble with Ben supporting the openers well, bowling his new style of seamers and took 3-28. Greg ran out the other opener with a direct hit of the stumps and again was responsible for ending a stubborn last wicket partnership of 50, with another throw to the wicketkeeper. This was a comfortable win against a tired team who had just returned in the morning from a five day tour of Sussex a little worse for wear.

Posted by The Umpire on Monday, July 21. 2008 at 07:52 in Match Reports, Welcome

Stowting 6th July 2008

Team effort, but Ben stood out!

Ed lost the toss for the second league in a row, and Stowting decided to bat first. Ian bowled a fine opening spell, finishing with 3 for 25 from his 9 overs. After nearly 20 overs, Stowting were struggling at 49 for 4. Paul was very unlucky at the other end, getting edges from the batsmen, some of which didn't carry, and others which carried but were spilled. Milo bowled a lean 3 over spell for 10 runs, but today wasn't Graham's day with the ball. Robin saw out the overs with a typically robust 3 for 38. Despite this, Stowting recovered well, and this was not our best day with the ball. The visitors ended on 151 from their 40 overs, a good performance after the start they made.

In reply, we needed to show that we are capable of chasing both small and challenging targets. Six of us made solid starts, only to get out having scored 20 or so. For a while it looked as though we might run out of batsmen, rather than overs in our run chase. A daft bowling change, bringing on a slow, harmless bowler, enabled Ed to hit one over for 17. But then he, too, gave his wicket away, leaving Milo and Ben with the challenging job of staying in, whilst accumulating the last twenty runs. It was tense stuff. But never underestimate a member of the Ashton family. Ben suddenly took it upon himself to clinch the game for us, hitting several classic boundaries. When the scores were level, Stowting crowded Ben to save the single. Ben's response? A lofted drive over mid off for an easy run. What a game, and what a performance from Ben! Well done. Scorecard here. (Ed reporting)

Posted by The Umpire on Sunday, July 20. 2008 at 10:15 in Match Reports, Welcome

Great Chart 12th July 2008

Great knock from Danny!

Having been put into bat Great chart made steady progress against the luckless Trev and Danny. Neil Picton was again the scourge of Bilsington and he hit 80 out of a total of 174-5 dec. The Bilsington highlight was a stunning catch by Trev to dismiss Graham Prior on the boundary. This was also a good performance by Bilsington in the field as the throwing and ground fielding saw a higher standard reached than in previous weeks. There were good performances by Luke Bingham, Dave Beeching, Adam Martin and Andy Robinson in the field.

In reply Bilsington slumped to 45-5 before Danny Samson (50) and Dave Nice (26) gained respectability to the innings with a stand of 66. Danny played a typical hard hitting innings including 7 x 4’s and 2 x 6’s while Dave played an uncharacteristic steady innings. After this partnership was broken the innings finished quickly on 124 all out and therefore a loss by 50 runs. (Milo reporting)

Posted by The Umpire on Sunday, July 20. 2008 at 10:10 in Match Reports, Welcome

East Malling 5th July 2008

5 for 35 from Milo!

Having lost the, toss we were put in to bat and lost a wicket in the first over on what was a very ‘lively’ wicket against the new ball. Gerard and Milo then gradually wore down the attack and put on 94 before Gerard ‘played on’ for a steady 35. This brought Gregg to the wicket who scored 26 and batted like he has never done before. Amidst the normal array of ‘cow corner’ slogs were two defensive prods and the shot of the day when he turned the ball just behind square leg. Milo was then out for 42, and then Craggy 17 not out, Danny, Andy and Luke made useful contributions and we reached tea on 173 for 6.≤br≥
East Malling suffered a similar setback to us in the opening over when Ian took a sharp return chance to send back their captain. Steady bowling by Ian and Alan pegged the home team back to 50 for 3 with Andy taking a fine catch to dismiss the dangerous looking Davies for 29. There then followed a partnership of 55 and East Malling were looking as though they may reach an unlikely target, but then Danny struck when he clean bowled McGrath for a swashbuckling 42. Milo then got among the middle order with some cunning slow bowling. He had one batsman caught by the reliable Dave Beeching at deepish mid on and then lured the last real batsman down the wicket for Craggy to snap the bails off for another stumping. However we couldn’t get the last experienced pair out and the home team finished on 122 for 9, with Milo taking 5 for 35.

This was one of our better performances and the fielding was of a higher standard than late with Graham in particular putting in a good performance. Well done lads! (Milo reporting)

Posted by The Umpire on Sunday, July 20. 2008 at 10:07 in Match Reports, Welcome

Ladies Day

This for a change is not a fund raising event. The date is the 3rd Aug, the place is B.C.C. So get out your frocks out(Margaret excluded on this occation), your cake stands, and ice buckets. Cricket captain beware that you will need to do your own teas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Nicci Hills on Tuesday, July 15. 2008 at 13:53 in Fundraising & Events, Welcome
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