The RACC Development XI will play the Sandhurst Foundation, RMAS, on Tuesday 29 May. The admin letter is attached and members are reminded to login to be able to view and download the document. Should your name be absent from the player list and you are available to participate, please contact the Secretary as soon as possible.
The RACC Development XI plays the Defence Academy XI at The Sharp Ground, Larkhill, on Wednesday 23 May. The admin letter is attached and members are reminded to login to be able to view and download the document. Should your name be absent from the player list and you are available to participate, please contact the Secretary as soon as possible.
The RACC will play a friendly match with HAC on Sunday, 20 May, at Armoury House. The admin letter is attached. Members are reminded to login to be able to view and download the document. Should your name be absent from the player list and you are available to participate, please contact the Secretary as soon as possible.
Five Regiments have entered the 2012 McDonnell Trophy Tournament; they are: 1RHA, 14 Regt, 16 Regt, 19 Regt and 32 Regt. The format of this year's tournament will be a round robin, Twenty20, league with matches played at the Sharp Ground, Larkhill and the Tidworth Oval on Thursday, 17 and Friday, 18 May. Match times and locations can be found on the Fixtures page.
Captains are required to attend the pre-tournament briefing, from the Secretary, at 09:00, Thursday, 17 May, at the Reggie Hudson Pavillion, Larkhill. Confirmation of rules and playing conditions will be addressed at this briefing. Scorecards and match balls will also be issued. Captains must also ensure that tournament entry fees (£50.00) are paid no later than this time.
The presentation of the McDonnell Trophy will take place at the Reggie Hudson Pavillion, Larkhill, from approximately 15:45 on Friday, after the completion of the final matches.
Inspections at ACA Aldershot and the three other grounds available to the tournament delivered a very sombre result. All are waterlogged and none would be fit for play before Friday. In addition, further heavy rain is forecast tomorrow and on Thursday. In the last 24 hours, around 25 mm of rain fell on the ACA ground, Aldershot; the other grounds fared little better.
Farnborough met is predicting another two days of similar rainfall. Consequently, the Secretary ACA and the Match Referee had no other choice than to abandon the tournament. It is hoped that, with the co-operation of the Corps, the tournament can be re-scheduled to early September.
Further information will be posted as soon as it is available.
An amendment is issued to the squad to compete in this year's Inter-Corps Twenty20 Competition for the Surridge Trophy at ACA Aldershot. The squad now comprises Bennett, Bates, Whiting, Harmer, Osman, Burwell, Booth, Carter, Hoggard, Hudson, Grant, Cooksey, Spence, Heyns, Cilliers, Coetzer, De Klerk, Ross, Schofield, Hargrave, Kumar.
All squad members please confirm availability to the Secretary as soon as possible.
The Admin Letter is attached to this posting.
The Club has announced the squad to compete in this year's Inter-Corps Twenty20 Competition for the Surridge Trophy at ACA Aldershot (Wed 9 - Fri 11 May). The Selection is, Bennett, Bates, Whiting, Harmer, Osman, Burwell, Booth, Carter, Hoggard, Hudson, Grant, Cooksey, Spence, Heyns, Coetzer, De Klerk, Ross, Schofield, Hargrave, Kumar.
Our first game is on Wed 9 May at 1000 on Aldershot (Upper) v Intelligence Corps; game 2 v Army Medical Services follows at 1620.
The Royal Artillery Cricket Club, Inter-Unit Competition, The McDonnell Trophy, will be held in Larkhill and Tidworth from Mon 14 – Fri 18 May 11. Seven Regiments have expressed their intent to enter and confirmation is now required. Cricket Officers should now contact the Secretary, RACC, as soon as possible, with their intentions.
The Admin Letter is attached to this posting and it includes the Squad pro-forma at Annex A. Team reps are to complete and bring the final squad proforma (max 15 players) with them at the start of the competition.
Hosepipe bans notwithstanding, some serious rainfall as put paid to today's Twenty20 matches at Larkhill. A great disappointment, especially as last week's fixture - had AAC not conceded - would have been rained off, too. We now await the Surridge Inter Corps Twenty20 festival without having a single match under our belts. Not an ideal situation, but one hopes that there will be some improvement in the weather before then.
Meanwhile, there's another opportunity for training, today, at Aldershot gym.
The Royal Signals Corps CC joins us, tomorrow, as both teams prepare for next week's Surridge Sports Inter Corps Twenty20 competition. Weather aside, the course of play is for two Twenty20 games to be played over the day. This is a great opportunity for new players as well as existing squad members.
