Dear Member,

We’re into August and things at the club are really hotting up…let me bring you up to date with what’s been going on in July and what’s in store for the month to come.

OFF THE FIELD Social Affairs:

Organized by our very own Emperor Ming, Friday 26th July saw a Chinese feast of Olympic proportions at the Clubhouse. Enjoyed by nigh on fifty connoisseurs of all things Oriental, the thanks of a thousand.......

Maidenhead and Bray under 9s played some superb cricket on Sunday to win the annual Binfield 6-a-side tournament. Bray, who were runners up last year, were drawn against Emmbrook in the first round and elected to bat. After some fine batting, including a solid performance from Julian Milsom, Bray finished on 265-2. Bray bowled tightly, Arjun Menon 1-1, and Emmbrook fell short of the runs finishing on 247-4.

Maidenhead & Bray cricket club are running a Colts Cricket week at Claires Court Holiday Club from Monday 28th July to Friday 1st August between the hours of 10 am and 3pm.(Early start and later finish can be arranged at an additional cost.)

Dear Member,
As we cruise towards the half way point of the season here are a few lines to bring you up to date with our progress and with what's to come.

The form book suggested that Maidenhead & Bray should reach their second final in two years however Wooburn Narkovians pushed them all the way with a valiant team effort.

Wooburn won the toss and surprisingly decided to field. However this was vindicated when in the first over Bray lost their first opener clean bowled to Tennant.

Bazza has published the stats for the season so far, from the the score cards he has received from the Captains. No surprises with leading run scorer and leading wicket taker!!!!!

Now for some other interesting facts and figures. We email our Membership on a monthly basis, at present there are 323 Members on our list,

Maidenhead & Bray avenged their defeat in last years final with a nail biting win by 1 wicket with one ball to spare.

Burnham chose to bat and started well and were 40 for 1 after 6 overs. The main contribution coming from J. Khan(34) who was playing fluently. However the introduction of Vishal Valambhia looked like it was a mistake when his first ball was dispatched for 6 straight back over the sightscreen.

Dear Member,

The season is only six weeks old and already it has been packed with incident both on and off the field which this month’s newsletter will try to encapsulate for you.

The First XI restricted Windsor to 219 for 9 in their 52 overs with Ollie Birch (101) making the only substantial contribution for Windsor and Vishal Valambhia with yet another 5 wicket haul. Chris Kennedy (31) and Najeeb Bashir (47) gave the Bray side the platform for Karan Kumar (62 not out) to finish the game off with 3 overs to spare.

I am delighted to announce that the M&BCC Under 13s Hurricanes will be sponsored for the 2008 season by Chris Knight’s company floatdene Green.

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