Dinner For Two At Quality Powerhouse

The draw for a dinner for two from the Quality Inn Powerhouse was made back at the South Tamworth Bowling Club, after the games against Norths.

There were 29 players in the draw - all the players who had completed paying their fees for the season by the Dec 19th deadline.

Literally drawn from a hat was Daniel Lawrence who will now make plans who to share his chicken and chips with. Good on you Dan and thanks to all players who have paid their fees and a reminder to those with funds still outstanding, get that money to Claude Orenstein as soon as possible.

Classic Classic Catches!

Okay, so this set of 35 classic catches from the Channel 9 commentary team is at least ten years out of date, but the snares are still good. For my money, the Dean Jones catch at cover point is the pick ... what do you think? Put your suggestions below by clicking on "Comments" and then in the week before Jan 9, I'll pick a top ten from your selections and we'll have a vote. There's a 30 second commercial at the start about Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist, "The New Guard" - like I said it's a little out of date. Happy watching.

Classic Catches

With the holidays coming up, it's time to remember that classic catches don't just happen on the Test arena. Sharpen up those reflexes!

Lango's First Book Is Published

Club Secretary Peter Langston is in print. His book of poetry "Six Nines", with its mix of stories about life, death, love, madness and cricket - all the really meaty things about life - has recently been published by Kardoorair Press.

If you've never read poetry, then start with this book. It lacks pretension and mystery. These are just the stories of your life told by someone else and experiences you should read about. Its not fancy words for the women to read over watercress sandwiches - big beefy men read this stuff.

For more information go to http://sixninespoetry.blogspot.com/ and wander about the website. You can listen to the interview with Lango on the ABC, read some samples of his poetry and even have Lango read some. There's also a biography to find out all the background goss on the lad.

There is even a PayPal link where you can buy online.

For walk-in purchases, go to Narnia or Angus & Robertson in Tamworth, 2nd Edition Bookshop in Gunnedah or Readers Companion, Dymocks or Angus & Roberston in Armidale. "Six Nines" is also available direct from Lango.

More News From McBatt

The CIS carnival has proven tough for Hamish Batley. He hasn't been able to get things going with the bat and a BBW (bat before wicket) decision by Umpire Woody didn't help. With the ball, he has had returns of 1-13 and 1-14, both times removing openers and the opposition's key batsman.

Having his bare foot trodden on by a team mate's spiked boot, puncturing his big toe nail, certainly hasn't helped.

Tamworth U/14s

Tamworth U/14s had a handsome win over Gunnedah recently. Batting first, Gunnedah scored 182, a pretty handy total in junior cricket. Tamworth passed them only two wickets down, mainly thanks to an opening partnership of 142 between City's own Ryan Hanson and James Psarakis. Ryan's contribution was 43, a career highest but at 13, there's lots of career to come.

Tamworth is now 4 for 4.

Well played Ryan!

(Thanks to Nikki Hanson for the info)

News From Hamish McBatley

Tamworth 14's beat Maitland today in a close match in Maitland. Tamworth only scored 100, with Hamish Batley top scoring with 30. With the ball in his hand, he took 3-13 from ten overs in the rout.

Well played McBat!