Jim Hill

It is with sadness that we have to report that Jim Hill passed away on Saturday 26th September, 2009. Many Eltham players will remember Jim, who was our Captain in the 1990's, and some will also have worked with him. We send our condolences to Judith, Jim's partner, and remember the good times that we spent with Jim - the only primary school head to have managed to get funds for a bowling machine.

Jim's Eltham all-time stats:

Inns	Not Out	Runs	HS	Bat Ave	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Bwl Ave	Catches	Stumpings
200	34	2477	77*	14.92	583	76	2539	126	20.15	67	0

2009 Annual Dinner

Those of you with a computer and an email account will have hopefully received your invite to the Annual Dinner from Mick Cohen, our esteemed Members' Rep. In case you haven't seen it, we've included it on the site here (for the untechnical, select "2009" - duh!) Please let Pete Swain know you are coming asap, with your choice of meals and a cheque for £20 per person to guarantee your spot at this year's illustrious event.

A bit about us...

Eltham Vs Horton Kirby CC played on Sat, 9th May, 2009

We play most of our games on Saturdays, with a few Sunday games thrown in. If you'd like to join us, please contact any of the Committee - we're always happy to see new players. The 2009 season is drawing to a close, but it's been a good one from both a social and playing point of view. We have had a 17-match unbeaten run, recently ended with a heavy defeat at Sidcup, but everyone is still smiling! The current 2009 season summary is: Played 25 Won 16 Drawn 6 Lost 3 Completely unfairly, we have also introduced a Duck's Gallery. Check it out to see those unfortunate enough to have been snapped with "Amelia" so far in 2009 - they might be outwardly smiling, but inside they are furious!

Big Hitters...

The Eltham Six-Hitters Club was alive and well in 2009 - here are the big-hitter details for the year. In the end Mr Swain won it easily with some brutal hitting - but Mr Page was no slouch either when it came to clearing the ropes.

Pre-Season Meal

Our esteemed Social Secretary, Matt "Brad" Bulpitt, organised a pre-season meal for Friday, 24th April 2009. We had 19 players and better halves turning up, and a great time was had by all. Thanks to Matt and Derek for their work behind the scenes to get everyone along.

G'Day from Down Under

Dave McCann, an ex-Eltham player from the 1990's who moved to Australia to take up a lucrative position in Athletics (we believe he was trying to bring in a new field event known as "Bat Hurling", which he perfected at Old Alleynians), recently called us from the hallowed turf of Greenwich Park asking us where the chuff we were (the answer was - sitting on our backsides since we didn't have a game).

Sadly we couldn't arrange a time and place to meet up with Dave, but he wanted us to pass on his regards for all Eltham members who remember him. Dave - we could hardly forget! Hopefully if he's ever in the country in the summer again we can persuade him to come out of retirement for a game, for old time's sake! Good on yer, Dave, and thanks for remembering your old mates.

Golf Day

Eltham held a Golf Day at on Friday 20th February at Birchwood Golf Club (click the course link for details of location etc). Expertly organised by Matt "Brad Pitt" Bulpitt, the day saw some excellent golf (Mr Page) and some rather less excellent golf (Messrs Wouldham and Redman) but was enjoyed by all.

Richard Page won the stableford and longest drive competition quite comfortably, whilst Gary Bill captured the prize for "Nearest the Pin". Andy Redman needed a scuba kit for the 18th (and some brown sauce for his bacon roll rather than the vinegar he mistakenly put on it), while Pete Fisher has been advised to don a sombrero and Zapatta moustache the next time he goes on a golf course since he is such a bandit. Thanks to Matt for a great day - beers were had in the bar afterwards and families and othe halves joined us to end the day in the traditional Eltham way - though we fear that Splinters may have overdone it!

           

Club Kit from CustomSports.co.uk

Anyone who has witnessed Richard Page's shorts or Derek's training top, will have doubtless been impressed with the club kit we can get on an individual basis from our supplier. If you're interested in getting some of this sort of kit yourself, use the link below. We also have some club caps in stock and a handful of medium/large shirts still available which you can buy directly from Mr Wouldham.

Averages last updated Sunday, 27th September, 2009 (up to the end of the 2009 season - well done to the winners!)

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