Tour 2009
Tour News
It’s that time of year
again where we can all start looking forward to our
end of season cricket tour, where so many hopes and
dreams are made.
In the past we have toured and conquered
Nottingham, Norwich, Cheltenham and Brighton, and
this year we will be heading north to the home of
Oasis, Ricky Hatton, Frank Gallagher and the most
detestable football side ever formed. Yes, we're
going to Manchester (spit).
Tour will be returning to a 3-night stay, with 2
games of cricket to be played. The date will again
be the August bank holiday (Sunday August 30th -
Wednesday September 2nd). Manchester and the north
of England will prove to be much cheaper than
bright lights and general homosexuality of
Brighton, where 2 nights were taken in. Especially
when it comes to drinks.
Ex-Reed CC fast bowler and all round top bloke
Michael Berks, who moved 'oop north' a couple of
years back, has been kind enough to arrange us a
couple of fixtures. It looks as though we will be
playing a fixture against Irby Cricket Club on the
Sunday, who are located in the Wirral. They play in
the Cheshire League, and look like a good strong
club. Take a look at their website http://www.irbycricketclub.co.uk
The second game will be on the Tuesday against
Berksie's new club.
I think it's a top effort from Berksie to get us a
game on a Tuesday, baring in mind it requires
people taking an additional day off of work. With
this in mind, I think it would be great if we could
show similar effort and get a real good number of
tourers up to Manchester. In addition, I'm sure we
all fancy facing Berksie when slightly hung over,
right?
There will, of course, be plenty going on to keep
you all amused and on your toes during the tour.
Each day will have a dress up theme, and there will
be all your old favourites: Tour Items, tour
shirts, fines, drinking games and the flexing of
'Authoritah!' by the tour committee.
Bank holiday Monday will also be action packed,
although exactly what we'll do is still being
decided. Safe to say it will be fun.
Hotels need booking, as does coach travel etc. so I
REALLY NEED COMMITMENT to the tour ASAP. This will
come in the form of a deposit of £40. This will
allow us to begin booking and organising.
We also have the option of travelling up and back
to Manchester by coach. CJ has got a quote, and the
more people we can get, the cheaper it becomes.
However we really need a good number (in excess of
20) to make the coach up and back worthwhile! If
not it will be shared cars again (I presume with
the usual suspects driving again). I think it would
be nice if we could all go up together and give
some people a rest. Manchester is a good 2.45 Hours
on a good run!
Everyone always loves tour. Its provided us with
some of the highlights of the season, both on and
off the field. I know its not cheap, but there is
nearly 3 months to save, and no-one regrets it!
Lets get our names down, and give ourselves another
brilliant tour to look forward to. The more of us
that come, the better it will be. It is not just
for Reed CC members (though it IS just for men, "NO
WAGS ON TOUR" I think the song went). So if you
have mates who fancy a piss up for a few days, or a
casual game of cricket, get them along.
Willoughby's Mate was a tour legend last year, just
as Crossy has been the last few years.
I really do need numbers ASAP.
Thanks,
The Marshall, Matty.