A year of underachievement for a side that has County and ex-County players to select from.

The Season started well in the League, losing to Wycombe House but winning against Twickenham. Our downfall was against Hampton Wick, setting defendable scores we allowed their openers the opportunity to slog their way to victory.

However, we did reach the area final in the County Cup losing to Hampton Wick in the final.

In the Plate Competition we started off well beating Twickenham, Hampton Hill, but failed in the remaining games to Hampton Wick B? and Teddington.

The Highlights of the Season were the all round performances of Wendell Sebastian, Luke Jackson's batting against Twickenham - 92 not out, the Captaincy of Andrew Tomkins during the Plate Competition, the enthusiasm of Daniel Simper, Stephen Barry, Mark Pedell, Chris Cole and Chris Hurn which soon will develop into consistent performances; the fielding is there, batting and bowling will follow.

Thanks go to Umpire, John Bird, scorers and money collectors, Gill Tomkins and Lorraine Gaines, to Stephen Sutcliffe for Captaining the League and Cup XI, Andrew Tomkins for Captaining the Plate XI, to Ron Simper for helping with late call ups and all under 13s who responded to the late call ups.

The end of another season and hopefully a memorable one for the boys.

The team played extremely well together (we had a squad of 21 players), and at times they were unbeatable.

We played 19 games during the season slightly less than normal, due to the fact there were problems with the fixtures in the Halifax Cup games.

It was pleasing to see some of the Colts playing with the senior sides towards the end of the season, and from what I was told, they did not let themselves down.

I would like to wish all the boys a good season next year and look forward to the new season.

My thanks to John Swain, John Blakemore and all the parents for their continued support, as it makes a lot of difference to the boys knowing that they have your support.

This was a particularly awkward year for the U11s with regard to the fixture arrangements. The usual John Charcol competition was unfortunately delayed causing enormous fixture congestion in August, In fact the U11s ended up with thirteen fixtures in August. We played only eight of them and it was difficult enough fielding a team for these matches due mainly to holidays etc.

Although we won only four matches, we came very close to winning on several occasions but the luck just did not go our way.

At the start of the season, the biggest concern was the rather reckless batting. All too often, boys would walk to the middle face one ball, get out and walk back again. Much like the 1^st XI really! However, after a lot of talking to the boys they did understand the true value of occupying the crease. This was highlighted in a game against Wycombe Home when we batted first and scored 28 for 8 in our allotted 20 overs.

The low points of the season were two matches against Sunbury where we lost by 160 runs and 100 runs respectively but at the other end of the scale we scored 115 for 1 in a victory against Hampton Wick Royal.

The fielding was in general good, the catching sometimes let us down but the boys all tried hard and gave 100%.

Most of the runs were scored by Matthew Adams, Mark Thompson, Scott Hammerton, Sam Langworth, Matthew Turner, Luke Overy and Simon Cook but the rest all made useful contributions throughout the season.

Of the bowlers, Matthew Adams, Simon Cook, Sam Langworth, Paul Dobbs, Lee Cousins and Scott Hammerton took most of the wickets but Paul Fleckney, Mitul Patel and Patrick Weaver all contributed.

The wicketkeeping was shared between Mark Thompson and Patrick Weaver who both did an excellent job.

Finally I should like to thank all those who have supported the team during the season and especially all those who have assisted with the scoring, the umpiring and generally organising the boys on match days.

If anyone is interested in attending an umpiring course or a scoring course during the winter, please let me know or if you would like your child to have additional coaching, please give me a call.

Finally, I would like to thank Steve Adams, Duncan McIlveen, Bill Begg, Tony Reed and Bethan for their regular assistance on Friday evenings. I would also like to thank all those who helped in any way to assist the smooth running of the U11s. The more people who do help the easier and the more enjoyable it gets. Please, if any of you, especially players in the 1^st and 2^nd XIs, can spare an evening or two throughout the season, let me know.

Finally, I hope all the boys enjoyed the year and that each gained something from it. I look forward to seeing all of them develop further during the years to come.