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The first team have managed to win their first two games

IN May but have also lost their first two games. An excel-

lent team ethic and some special performances has

seen the side pull together and exceed expectations with some great cricket.

NEVER easy when you lose top batsmen and bowlers but we have got our heads down and

achieved good results. The two lost games were Hartlepool and Redcar. Both could have gone

the other way and ended in wins for us.

Naive batting by the tail gifted the victory to Pools and failure to dislodge the last pair of Redcar

batsmen cost us in the other.

On the plus side there have been good performances by both professionals and the captain.

MULHOLLAND, COATES and BROWN have been among the runs and wickets. Sutton scored his

first half century of the season on Bank holiday Monday in the 8 wicket win at Norton.

The seconds have also shocked a few in division 1. Some great performances with bat and ball

has meant we are by far the highest placed second team in the league. At the time of writing

both firsts and seconds are third in their respective leagues.

WHILST Morgans, Barker, Vickerman, Baldwin and Fishburn have been among the runs, the

bowling of King, Sowerby, Simpson, Ray and Vickerman have been a major reason for the second

teams success.

Rishabh Ray has been like a pro cricketer playing for almost every side at the club. U15s, U17s,

3rds, 2nds and last week he turned out for the 1st at Seaton Carew in the Mac Millan cup.

Excellent commitment to the club, well done Rishabh and well done to mum Swati for her

efforts in getting him to all these games. At this stage of the season he has played twice as many

matches as any one else at the club!

The third team have struggled so far this season and rely heavily on the players taken from the

seconds. Fishburn and Barker have been the main run scorers. STAINSBY, Harwood, Lee and Ray

have been the backbone of the bowling and the youngsters in the side are contributing.

There have been signs of the younger players stepping up and taking a bigger role in the sides

progress and we will be hoping for more as the summer progresses.

WELL DONE TO ALL OUR SENIOR PLAYERS. Keep up the commitment to the club and let's con-

tinue to be proud to wear the baggy green of Darlington.

T.D. feethamsflyer@gmail.com

THE JUNE EDITION

Arrers round up.

The final league standings saw the

Choppers darts team finish just a

solitary point below Joseph Pease

to finish in fourth spot. In the

captains league the Choppers

managed to end up at the top of

the pile. In the individual rankings

Barnesy finished 5th, Rich Sutton

20th and Dave Coad 38th.

The draw for the team KO Cup

sees us entertain Baydale Beck A

on 11th June in the first round as

we look to try and improve on be-

ing beaten finalists last year.

The league singles and pairs will

be drawn shortly and details will be

advised accordingly.

Jon Barnes

Spot the ball! Can you see it? Doug

Mulholland hits a huge six against Redcar.

Table as at

26th May

DCC U11s

May 2015

DCC u11s have started the season very well having won 3 out of 5 games. Despite Gemara Cup defeats to Richmond and Barnard Cas-tle, wins against Newton Ay-cliffe and Sedgefield and a conceded game with Billingham mean we are currently sitting in second place in the group and still have a chance of reaching the semi-final. Our league campaign began with a victory against an undefeated Nor-ton side boasting 3 Cleveland County players.

We have a squad of 17 players and this has given us the opportunity to give debuts to 8 new players who have been well supported by a core group of more experienced players, leading to an excellent team spirit. Bowlers are encouraged in the field from start to finish which is really pleasing.

All players have made contributions so far. Madeleine Atkinson has picked up 5 wickets and bowled particularly well against Norton and Barnard Castle where she picked up key wickets against the opposi-tions best players. Rory Jones has consistently bowled full and straight and has been rewarded with 5 wickets, while 6 year old Owen Harwood has picked up 4 wickets which included being on a hatrick against Bar-nard Castle. Skipper Jack Riley has also been a real threat and bowled particularly well against Norton which included an unplayable delivery to pick up a wicket with his first ball.

On the batting front, Oli Clark and James Bendle have scored over 20 runs and they have been well supported by the rest of the team who have generally played straight. To post bigger totals the team need to be more positive to hit the bad ball and be more aggressive with calling and running. Progress has been made in recent games though which is encouraging.

Fielding has also improved. They are walking in more regularly and backing up has improved. Catching has been mixed though. Against Sedgefield catches from Madeleine, Rory and two from Jacob Warwick was ex-cellent, however 5 chances were missed against Norton.

It has been a very enjoyable start to the season. The players are coming to training and putting lots of effort in. Thanks to Liam and Derek for the excellent coaching; Tim for the brilliant photos and our support from parents and guardians who have encouraged all the players so far this season.

Martin and Darren

Derek and Liam Coates and Martin

and Darren have worked hard with

the players.

Coaching Session For Oli !

Young under 11 keeper/batsman Oli Clark

has been making people sit up and take

notice with his glove work of late. The nine

year old stumper had an exciting Saturday

morning recently when he had a one to

one coaching session with first team keep-

er, James Dobson.

Dobbo made the trip from Leeds to give Oli

an hour long session on the art of glove

technique. Oli is making significant pro-

gress and took to the coaching very well

indeed. I think he has a promising future as

a keeper said James.

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from the coaching

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Club News

The club are having new CCTV cameras fitted both internally and externally.

20 club umbrellas have been sold to members.

The club are hosting the Wilkinson Cup inter league representative game on Sunday against the

DDCL.

Doug Mulholland is the clubs sole representative on the league side, although others were asked

but were unavailable.

Sue Mulholland has been entered into the Yorkshire tea lady of the year competition. If she wins

the club can win up to 5000

Easy funding online shopping support has started and we have 15 members signed up. Please get

behind this venture. There are flyers in the club.

We now have an electronic news board in the clubhouse.

Alex Simpson has been signed up by Durham Academy and the 17 year old will now be playing in

the NEPL for Durham Academy. Jonny Pears has been selected for Durham U 14s.

We are looking at grants to help us buy and install new nets

We are having a drive to get more advertising around the ground. Can you help?

We are looking for members to bring plants to adorn our boundary. Please come down at your lei-

sure and donate and plant plants to make the ground look even better. We may organise an even-

ing when we can all have a plant in together

The league side play the DDCL in the Wilkinson cup this Sunday

Durham CCC 2nd XI host Worcestershire on Monday 1st June to Wednesday 3rd June