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What's Happening at Newclose this Weekend?

There is lots of exciting cricket at Newclose this weekend.

Friday afternoon sees the Island Senior XI take on the Blue Leopards from Cape Town South Africa. Starting at Newclose at 1.30pm this is sure to be a tough challenge for some of the best young players on the island. Admittance is free to all Friends (Members) of Newclose County Cricket Ground.

On Sunday we have the Isle of Wight Hospice Charity cricket Match featuring the likes of Clive Radley (England and Middlesex), Davie Griffiths (Hampshire) and a host of other quality sportsman including two players from Rugby s Guinness Premiership.

The game starts at 2pm on Sunday afternoon and admittance is £7 to Friends (members) of Newclose on production of your Newclose membership card and £10 to the General Public.

Come and enjoy the sunshine at Newclose.

NB Please note that the pavilion restaurant will be open on Sunday but we would recommend you book in advance to reserve your table ...

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Music DJ's silence the written press

In one of the biggest sporting shocks since Sunderland won the FA Cup in 1973, Isle of Wight Radio turned tables on the County Press beating their journalistic foes by 28 runs in this evenings corporate 2020 match.

Batting first Isle of Wight Radio made 146 for 9 with Andy Ball (73) and Cliff Marks (53) putting on 105 for the third wicket. Team Manager Emma Collins came in and successfully played out the last two balls of the innings to be the first adult female to take the field at Newclose.

Peter Riley, County Press 5th change bowler took for 4 wickets for 2 runs in his two overs and Editor Alan Marriott took two in two balls to help stem the Radio Stations run flow in the final overs.

In reply The County Press made 118 for 5 in their 20 overs with Jack Clutterbuck (29) and Jon Moreno (25) making the major contributions.

John Fletcher, dropped by the County Press, and picked up in the Corporate draft, gained revenge taking two for 17 in his four ov...

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Rain postpones top of table clash

I now have a certain amount of sympathy for John Dyson the West Indian Coach and calculating Duckworth Lewis.

This evenings Isle of Wight County Press Corporate Twenty20 game was cancelled with Lighthouse Medical having scored 59 for 1 in 10.3 overs before rain brought both teams off.

Both teams agreed that if the weather permitted Npower would bat for 5 overs, and we set about understanding and calculating the required score.

After a few errors a target of 39 was agreed (with the software) for Npower to chase down. Unfortunately our calculations were in vain as the rain set in for the evening.

Both teams agreed that the fixture will be re-played in early July.

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