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Abingdon Vale
1:43pm Thursday 16th February 2006
Club e-mail: abingdonvalecc@aol.com
Chairman - Robin Newman, 2 Barrow Hill Close, Abingdon OX14 2LX
Tel: 01235 526968
Treasurer - Garry Cook, 40 Foxborough Road, Radley OX14 3AB
Tel: 01235 531618
Secretary - Dave Binningsley, 9 Clifton Drive, Abingdon OX14 1ET
Tel: 01235 533073
Fixture Secretary - Andrew Abbey, 35 Masefield Crescent, Abingdon OX14 5PH
Tel: 01235 202957
1st XI Captain - Ed Tilley, Tel: 01235 203629, Mobile: 07754 743886
2nd XI Captain - Chris Butcher, Tel: 01235 848202, Mobile: 07733 413911
3rd XI Captain - Dave Binningsley, Tel: 01235 533073, Mobile: 07799 797842
How to reach the ground
Hales Meadow, Culham Road, Abingdon, Oxon. Tel: 01235 524405. Just outside Abingdon on A415, next to Abingdon Town F.C. (In circumstances where it has been agreed that the artificial pitch shall be
used, visiting teams should please note that spikes are not permitted).
The 1st and 2nd XI's had a generally successful season - one more win for each team would have put a different complexion on their respective league positions - and given the new make up of the
leagues the 2nds may well have been promoted. The 3rd XI suffered with a lack of consistency in the batting and
bowling, and when players were promoted due to injury and unavailability in the 1st and 2nd XIs.
This year sees a change in the captaincy for the 1st XI (Ed Tilley) and 2nd XI (Chris Butcher), while Dave Binningsley will guide the 3rd XI.
Vale's juniors' section continues to grow and more cricket for them is being sought. More commitment is being given to integrate juniors into the senior sides. Also we are entering a team into the Downs league, which will contain a number of junior players to give them more experience.
This year also sees the return of our Dutch visitors with a full programme of cricket, sightseeing and entertainment planned. Abingdon's Cricket Week will also take place with a full programme
envisaged.
Editor's choice
Early taste of Christmas wine
Next week is The Oxford Times Wine Club Christmas Tasting and, with just four weeks to go until Christmas Day, it is an excellent opportunity to sample a specially-selected range of wines for the festive season.
The Mole and Chicken, Easington, near Thame
One of the pictures on this page gives a good impression of the delights to be enjoyed at the Mole and Chicken on one of those sunny days that now seem as far as can be from our present situation.
Imagine This: New London Theatre
I had trouble shifting my +1 for the musical Imagine This, which opened last week at the New London Theatre. No-one was interested (one German friend would have come, but funnily enough I hadn’t thought to ask him), and while nobody actually said, “Sounds like a gas”, there were plenty of unprintable responses, averaging out at: “Holocaust – the musical? Um, no thanks . . . ”
Hansel and Gretel: Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
Another winter rolls in and, to cheer our spirits, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company travel hither and yon through the county with colour, music and fun trailing in their wake. For those of us who live in villages these harbingers of the festive season are a welcome sight.
United job is proving a big draw
Applications to be the next manager of Oxford United have been pouring in.
In this section
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- Signal problem causes rail delays
- Crane hoists bridge into place
- So relieved to have him home
- First Christmas for a very special baby
- Rare rhea a second victim
- Aston Martin axes jobs
- Woman knocked to ground in Oxford
- Police appeal for A44 death-crash witnesses
- Ticket fraudster took fans’ cash
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