So welcome everyone and. Joe can just before we start,
are you on a are you, are you deliberately altering your
camera or is it zooming in on purpose?
Me. Yeah, I'm not.
I haven't touched it. Fantastic.
So what's it doing? Is it?
Is it following me around the
room? Yeah, have you got a new
computer? No.
Oh well, it's zooming zooming in on you.
No, I didn't do that. Not.
Now, oh, it hasn't just done it that.
Is weird. Oh.
Brilliant. I've never noticed that before.
That is weird. Holden Holden send more house to
save the house. Welcome everyone and thanks for
for listening to the House cast again.
It's been a couple of months now since the end of the season and
we've we've neglected doing some recordings, but I think we've
got justification. I've been a touch busy.
Joe Martens had to get his nest ready to hibernate in for the
whole of the winter. As I've said earlier, me and
Dutch have been away with Nicky and Scott and Tony Woodworth,
which was a nice little trip. So we've managed to get it
together on it is 30th of October, so hopefully we'll get
this out before the end of the week.
And there's there's myself and two of our very reliable host
on. And before I go through the ones
who have not turned up Joe Martin, how's it going since the
end of the season? Are you, are you managing all
right, so. Yeah, no, I'm fine, thank you.
It's been really busy and you know, busy at work and stuff but
yeah it's been OK Been down to the club a few times to see see
people and what not so. Good, good.
And will you you will have been involved in the So I want to
talk about the the work that Stan and Waddell and Roger do
around the square at the end of the season.
We probably did it last year, but it don't it doesn't cause
any issues to talk about it again, I didn't go down at all.
But by all accounts from Stan, it was a fantastic effort.
How did it go that and is it looking good for for next
spring? It was a great effort by
everybody because the weather at the middle to end of September
was terrible. So the week, I mean, if you
remember from last week, Jess, it was glorious.
Last year it was. Yeah.
Yeah, we're bacon. We got burned.
Yeah. But this year it was the
complete opposite. So the week that I usually take
off ended up being two weeks that to take, to take off work
to try and get it done. But it was, it was a really
great effort by by the people that were that were there to
help. Can you name a few?
I think it's worse because it is donkey work you know.
I know Dutch has been down and helped.
Who's our other Co host tonight? Hiya, Dutch.
Hiya, Jess. I can't take any credit for
that. I've never done that end of
season. I thought you had.
No, not me. Right it is.
It's quite rewarding, certainly when the weather's good, when
you get, you know, Stan is in charge and Waddle and Roger is
is 2 ICS. I think it's worth giving a
shout out though, Joe, if you can remember all the people that
were there, because it is donkey work.
It takes a lot of a lot of effort.
Yeah. So obviously Stan, Stan was
there. Waddle and Roger and Stubbsy are
the, I would say main helpers on the ground.
Yeah, Dave Flanders was there to help as well.
He he used to be the groundsman at Barrowford and he comes on to
watch and he's really, he's a really great chat, nice block.
So I think he played at Sapton as well and a few other places.
So not knows, knows a lot about cricket and he's and a good lad.
Dave Johnson, who cuts the grass, he was there helping as
well. Paul Grace was there and and I
was, I was there on rushing duties.
Really. Well, I mean a big
congratulations to all those people that George mentioned and
I don't think we can over over estimate how much that time
spent contributes to the wikis being the way they've been over
the last probably a decade now. The amount of effort that's put
in does contribute to good cricket wickets, which
contributes to good players etcetera, etcetera.
So great work from everyone. I.
Think Jess is they've, they've done this the second year of the
of the outfield work as well. So, all right, yeah, it's.
Been standard spiked, scarified and and seeded again.
So I think that's the second year of either three or six.
I'm not, I can't quite remember. It might be, it might be 6 years
that it's, that it's done with and that and that has a really
and that's had a really great effect as well.
So we've been building the bonfire this week and it's you
can, you can, you can see the difference because it's still
still pretty firm. It's obviously wet because it's,
it's poor for weeks, but the ground still looks all right
because there were times when we built the bonfire where it's
been nearly impossible to move the move the wood, but also kind
of move yourself because it's ankle high in mud.
But it it's it's, it's fine now. Yeah.
And again, yeah, I was going to come on to that jaw.
The the work that goes into the bonfire pre and post is
outstanding. The amount of money that that we
can raise and the enjoyment that there is for the communities and
the families around the area, you know, can't be understated.
And a big thank you again to the people who do that and which
benefits the cricket, whether it's the juniors, the seniors,
you know, professionals, the improving the the ground in the
outfield. So a massive thank you to
everyone who's who's assisted with that.
And I can I see from Frank's emails and the social media
posts that the social events are continuing as well through the
winter. Is that summer Duche you'll be
having a look down at? I mean, I'm, I don't get down
myself a lot and maybe the odd football game, but it's
something you're going to have a look at, you think?
Yeah, I've got to a couple. Yeah, I've been to a couple of
quizzes in the past as well. The the great events are really
well run. It's just like, say, it's great
to see that the people turn up to the club in the winter.
It's it's great, really. Yeah, and for us to to carry on
the the momentum of, you know, winning the league and having
such a successful side down there, it's great for the
spectators to meet up. And then we have a Christmas
function, whether it's the players drink as we've always
referred to it, or Father Christmas or anything.
So please keep looking at the website, keeping up to date with
what's happening and and continue to support as we have
been. So back to the house cast.
We sent out messages over the last day or two and possibly a
week ago. Let's get something in in the in
the diary. Adam dials in and out.
I can see he's on now but he'll be child duty is putting them
putting them to bed. Gary Moore has got his his a lot
on this week, moving a few bits and butts around.
But I see Gav's not here. Does anyone we've not heard
anything. I've not had anything on the
WhatsApp group. Is he is he still around?
No, Thursday's not. I don't think he's got a stock
excuse for Thursday, has he? It's not one of his.
It's not one of his regular snooker shopping, dog walking
nights, is it? Thursday I.
Don't think so. I'm just looking back at some of
the messages. I think Wednesday's dog walking
Tuesday is where he goes snooker, he goes to snooker.
Thursday's shopping Monday is I've put it here as ironing,
ironing and and getting all this stuff together.
So I. Think I know it is Jess.
He's probably tired from building bonfire today.
Oh, has Gav been down now? Oh, credit, I didn't think Gav
had been into that. Has he been down?
Joe Martin? Well.
I didn't see him when I was there.
That's what you know, he might have been.
How long were you there? I was there from half 9 till
3:00 when everybody left. Right so and Gav wasn't there
between then, but he might have come down with his miners helmet
on and and done a little bit on his own.
Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it. Stand up, Gav.
I don't know. The club survives without him.
I love. Him.
No, he's a good lad. He was.
Let's have a big shout out to Gary Morehouse.
His 60th birthday was earlier this week.
Do we know exactly what day? Monday.
Monday this week Gary Morehouse has passed the big six, so he's
the little bit. Benjamin Bolton wiggling, having
some banter on the WhatsApp group with some more photographs
of him. But happy birthday, Gaz, and and
we'll get you. We'll have a celebration when we
have the next recording with you on it.
So. Can you remember first meeting
Gaz? I don't, I don't think I can.
I think I met him through play football against him or play
doing something before it came to lower eyes because because as
we all know, he's he went down as a junior down to Burnley to
play a little bit. And then I don't know if he got
kicked out or he left or his dad forced him to come down to the
house. But no, I can't really remember
because grammar schoolboy as well.
So us Ted's lad. It was always a little bit
Burnley, Belvedere and grammar school, all boys.
But when he came down, I remember him coming down and
throwing his, his heart and soul into the club cricket wise and
was an absolute, you know, godsend for us at that time.
A lot, yeah, a lot of the older players had had moved on.
You know, I'm talking Lofty, Tom Sullivan, Rusty, these sort of
people. And then Gary coming in as a as
a little bit younger than me, but older than the Rugrats, the
12 Rugrats that we've got who seem to be multiplying.
So he was a godsend. And I genuinely believe he was
part of the history. The the part of the turned it
around quite a bit was Gary. So and why are you going to?
Are you going to prompt me as to when I first met him or not?
No. I thought you're going to come
out with some video footage or something.
Awesome. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
There was. There wouldn't have been any
photographs, but, but no, it's so happy birthday, Gary, between
us. So the three of us on obviously
Dutch and Joe Martin, we're going to preview, preview the
season, have a look at how it's ended and and what's happened
since then. The presentation night was I
think a week last Friday at Rochdale Cricket Club.
I couldn't make it, but I've. Were you there, dude?
No, no, but you were there, Joe, weren't you?
Joe Martin? Yeah, Apparently a really
successful event and. Well, yeah, a good speaker there
is. Jeff Miller, I think, I think
he's spoken at the club before. I think he did a sportsman's
game and he was very good. He was very good then and he
was, he was, he was brilliant, really, really funny and and
told some stories from his, from his playing days.
I think they are typically quite disparaging of himself really of
how good he was as a cricketer, which I think makes it funny
because obviously it was obviously a very, very good
cricketer. You know, it was, it was good.
It was really good to have a have a, have a speaker on.
And I think it's sort of even even better than it than it than
it was so. Yeah, and I know I'll get
bollocks off Dutch or maybe Gav separately, but a bit of a shout
out to the local organised all that.
I'll add Greg Tatasaw from Norden who pulled it together.
You know, it's been on its backside for the last couple of
years. People not attend and it's so
difficult with so many different clubs, vast majority who don't
like each other. I don't really want to be there
but are almost pressurised stroke forced into buying
tickets from clubs. So Greg did a great job in
pulling it all together and hopefully that will continue,
you know, over the next few years.
But I'm, I'm just really why I'm just going backwards with it, to
be honest, Joe. So we collected the, you know, a
lot of awards. You got the most victims as a
wicket keeper. Ben got, you know, the, the most
runs. And obviously we won the, the
league. So that was presented and Tom
Walker got presented with. Was it the most wickets for the?
I think it was the under 20. 20 threes, yeah, yeah, most.
And we also won the second seconds, won their league as
well that that was presented. Absolutely, Yeah.
So that's a great, you know, going back in our history, even
though the last two, two decades when we have been successful
last summer achievement and it's cap off to to the players in the
backroom staff that have managed to get to that point of of
collecting all that silverware. I want to rewind a little bit
further now towards the the back end of the season.
We've not recorded since then, Joe, a little bit of anticlimax
because the weather turned poor. You'd already won the league.
Was it I know you're a tight knit club and the way you
celebrated winning the league was was amazing.
Was it a bit of an anticlimax the last couple of weeks?
Good question. I think it certainly had a
slightly different, different feel to it than the previous
weeks given, given that you'd achieved everything that you'd
set out to at the start of the season.
I think it was a good opportunity for some of the
players in the team that probably haven't battered as
high or bowled as much to have A to have a good chance as well.
And and they really and they really stepped up when they were
given the opportunity again, just to show the kind of
strength in depth that the that the team had this year.
So I think probably slight a little bit less intense than it
than it has been because pressure was off because we
would won the league. But we but we did still set
ourselves some some goals in that we didn't want to lose a
game and you know, to to the end of the season because I think
even though we won it with four games to spare or three games to
spare, I can't quite remember. You could.
We didn't think it would look great if you if we lost like 3,
like another three games. You win the win the league with,
you know, 5 losses or or six losses.
So we wanted to make sure that was the case.
We wanted to win by as many points as possible as well.
We knew that there was a, a, a bit of a sort of record there to
be to be got at which which we did, which we did as well in, in
terms of, you know, kind of whilst it's been 12 points for a
10 points for a win and, and, and two bonus points.
So yeah, there was still some things that we all sort of
wanted to, to achieve. So and, and we did that.
So it capped off a what was already a fantastic season to
kind of show that we did it all the way through.
And I think to show that you are as dedicated, you know, to the
end of the season, you know, looking back at when I used to
play, I can't speak for dude, but you know, we would have
switched off. There's no two ways about it.
But you have got that that mindset as a team, as a unit, as
a squad that will carry on. And almost destroy people.
You know, you've noticed, you know, you, you're very sociable,
you're very good with the opposition.
You're very good at the way you play cricket with a smile on
your face. But you're ruthless.
You know, to finish 62 points ahead is, is a massive
achievement. And it's difficult to quantify
going back decades with different rules and different
structures and and what's happened, forgetting different
standards of professionals or amateurs or anything else.
But I think Ben, I read something, I don't know if it's
Facebook or somewhere that Ben made a, a statement with regard.
The players who've played this year need to look at themselves
and be really proud that this will go down in history, whether
it's in two years or or 20 years as a significant season in a
strong league to win by such a margin is, is a is is a massive
achievement. And and again, you know, self
prayers and blowing smoke up our backsides is not something we
really want to do, but we have to forget how hard you all
worked to achieve what you've achieved right to the end of
season. So, you know, big
congratulations to you, Joe and the rest of the the players and
the backroom staff, you know, from the house cast team.
It was and it was a pleasure to watch it.
Dude. I mean, you've been involved
internally more than I have. Have you have you seen that
determination and and they've clearly got the rewards for it,
62 points. You know, it's almost, you know,
four or five games that they've that they've got in front of
Tard and Wolsden and Clitheroe who's finished there.
Have you seen that come in or is it something that surprised you
a little bit it? Certainly surprised me with how
how much deal out they put between themselves and the rest
of the the rest of the clubs. I think we all said at the start
of the season that we that we fancied, we fancied us didn't
wear this year given the way that the season before had gone
and obviously Dan coming back and the squad looking very good.
We did we did fancy ourselves this year.
But yeah, I didn't, I didn't see us winning it by by such a
margin. But just a point on the attitude
after they won the league. I don't know if I've told you
this before, but I'm actually in the first team WhatsApp group
and I'm only in it because of selection reasons.
You know, if Ben put something in there to say who's available,
who's not available, then it, it just helps me to to see it and
the, I think it was the week. It might have even been the
Monday or the Tuesday. No, it wasn't certainly wasn't
the Monday. It might be the Tuesday or the
Wednesday after they'd won the league.
Ben put a message in looking ahead to the next game already
saying, look, I'm setting you a challenge here to maintain your
standards for the next 3-4 weeks.
And that was after they'd had that massive celebration on the,
on the bank holiday Sunday night.
So he, he was straight on to him to make sure that that, you
know, even though the league was won, there was still games to be
played. And he and it was important to
him that the, that the continued to do that.
So he set them the challenge and they went for it.
So I think that that bodes incredibly well for next year.
The fact that, you know, that hunger was still there even
after, even after they'd won the, they won the league.
Yeah. And that's something I was going
to come on to Dutch in the, you know, through the winter.
We know what and it can change very quickly, you know, injuries
or people, you know, potentially leaving or progressing.
You know, whether it's came to whether it's going pro and
elsewhere, things can change quickly, but I just can't see,
you know, if we lost someone through injury or or or someone
left. There is a nucleus there of
14/15/16 players that will continue this on.
So it is you know, I know the clubs listen to this and other
players. It's going to continue to
improve the standard and and people will chase us.
Let's just go the second team promoted the fixtures are out
from on from yesterday that on the website actually websites on
our website now if people want to go and have a look at it and
get it in your diary. It's always good to see that
it's on the it's on the horizon is the the spring to start the
season. The second team douche your
thoughts in that league? I'm not sure you know, it's a
big jump on all the First Division and the second division
in the senior league is big, but I'm not sure it's even a little
bit bigger in the in in the 2nd 11 league.
How do you think they'll call with that?
Is is Deck Stanley carrying on and?
Yeah, Deck's carrying on, Yeah, as he as he obviously should do.
I think he'll be fine. I think I think you're right in
what you said. I think the gap in the between
the top second division, the top second teams in the top division
to the bottom of the second Division, I think that gap is
bigger than any other gap that we've got, you know, in, in
certainly in first team cricket. But obviously the, the second's
did incredibly well in that second division this year.
They put a staggering number of wins together and you know, them
and the the, the side who finished second put a put a gap
between the themselves and the rest.
So I think they'll take that forward.
They're obviously still a young team, but they'll be a year
older next year and I think they'll be fine next year.
I think they'll, they'll hold the road and and do relatively
well in that second division next year, in that top division
next year, sorry. Yeah, and they are.
I think it again, it's just what happens.
Not just the amateur club was in probably semi pros and even
counties. Once you've got that mindset of
a positive atmosphere, we're going to, we're always playing
to win. We're going to play hard and
enjoy it. You know, the fact they've gone
all season and lost one game as a second team, you know they've
won the league by 41 points. Greenmount, like you said,
Douche 41 points behind them and then you know another 14 points
to the third Enfield who came third.
But again, we'll push and push and we'll get the lads on and
we'll encourage as much as we can.
But it's down towards the spectators and and the backroom
to to encourage because they are a very young side to encourage
them and look at. So we've got a 141516 first team
squad which then develops into maybe a 30 first and second team
squads that that can push forward.
Joe Martin, have you, are you comfortable with what we've
talked about there with having that massive squad of senior
players, which they are? And if you are, what's going to
happen with anyone the 131415 year olds who are ready to push
into that senior squad? Well, yeah, I think if you I
think that if you've got lot, if you've got strength in depth, I
think that I think that bodes well for the club in general.
I think competition places is is always really important and
whilst difficult decisions have to be made, you, you make them
for the for the for the betterment of the of the club.
I think for the younger, I think for the younger players that are
progressing really well, you know, some of those that are on
the APP and you know, moving into county squads and so on.
I think there are there are opportunities, there are
opportunities there to come in and and and show what you can do
and form really well. I think when I think when
they're playing in fourths and thirds, I would, you know, give
them a, a task score, set them a target to try and score as as
many runs as they can. You know, can when they get in
30s and 40s or 20s and 30s, can they change that into into 50s
and hundreds and the same for the, for the, for the bowling.
Can they and they really put themselves in the in the shop
windows. So I think, I think if you've
got lots of, I think you've got lots of strength and lots of
players competing for positions, I think it creates a naturally
high performing club and group of players that are trying to
achieve same thing I think. And it does.
The positive nature of it, it's amazing how it will get you in
more sports, 10% advantage when you're positive and you're and
you're successful. But I think in club cricket
specifically when people are down at the club all week or
weekends enjoying their own success, but other people's
success, it's possibly adds 20% to your game.
And and that's proved more I think with a second team and
some of the second team performances who two years
previous after Matt had finished and they'd done well in that
First Division, they went almost to rock bottom.
But they've got that extra 20% now.
And that will continue I think as as you describe there, as you
know the junior section coming through etcetera.
The other thing on on, on that Jazz is that I think from from
the coaching that we do with the young, with the young players,
you know, starting as as young as five and six in some cases.
We always look to try and get kind of the fundamentals in
their technique and and skills for cricket.
But I think over the past couple of years, I think large groups
of the coaches and, and the set up in general from the senior
cricket and into some of the junior cricket, I think the
mindset we're trying to change a little bit.
So yes, they've got the fundamental, they've got the
fundamental skills, but can they be positive with the skills that
they have so that they can, you know, they can they can fit
nicely into into the first team and the way that the first team
play, you know, which is aggressive and very positive.
So I think that I think that those two things kind of go hand
in hand and, and really pushing for that kind of positive,
positive way of playing and, and removing that fear of fear of
failure, I guess is can you express yourself and, and can
you do what you what you do well?
And even if they don't get, you know, if they don't make the
thirds or the second or the first team, he, he will not do
them any harm at all. You know, for wherever they
play, what standard or, or where they're going.
It's just he's enjoying cricket, but being positive that that's,
that's the big and that's what Downer's pushed and we've been
so lucky to have him. You know, again, because of the
work that's done of the backgrounds, whether it's a
bonfire, whether it's the draw, which we'll come on to, whether
it's this the the staff that work in the background, Matt
Stanley and all his team that it's these are what we've reaped
the rewards of over the last probably 25 years from Stan
starting it to the last two or three years of continuing.
We need some guests on to talk through the season, which we
will get over the next few months.
We've got a few special guests as well lined up that we've
approached and are going to come on.
We've nearly got an ex pro going back a few years, but we just
need to have a bit more negotiations as to how we're
going to get that sorted and possibly get him on an ex press
man. Is that the right word to call a
journalist? He's, he's going to come on and
we're going to have some good banter with him.
And then we will continue it through the, the winter, maybe
even getting some old guests on ex players that we've had on
previously come on and tell some more stories and have a good
laugh and a joke. And also the way that the, you
know, with the 2 standings when they came on for the fundraising
and Adam did that as well. And, and the more I've says
we're looking, you know, we can promote anything that we can
like that it does help. And if it helps one person, as
we've said a million times, and then we will push for it.
So if you've any ideas, give us a shout.
I know you're both so excited about guess the winner, but I
think we just need to to hold it back a little bit whilst we we
discuss anything around the the Christmas players social Dutch,
you know, if anything's been put together for that.
You've caught me on the hop a little bit there, Jazz.
I don't. Think the date would be in yet?
Yeah, I think Frank suggested a date, but there was some sort of
discussion about about the Burnley game, the Christmas
burly game, if that was going to impact it.
I think it's the 28th. I think, I think it's the 28th,
but let me confirm that next time we record.
Yeah, it will be on the socials. It's just for people who not
aware. It's something that's been going
on probably for now. I'm 45 years, Roger Bromley and
Alan Alden and people all set it going and we continue.
It's a different format now, but everyone's welcome.
It's named the Club. It's cards, Domino's, darts, a
couple of pints, sports on TV. It's a really good banter and
some good some good memories to be made.
So we will update on here and on the the website.
I think it's worth just mentioning now about, you know,
the real sad news that we had a few weeks ago over a lifelong
spectator supporter, a friend, an all around good egg that
passed away in in Steve Parrington.
Steve died after a short stroke, medium illness that's taken him
out of the the limelight at the club for, you know, the last 12
months or so. But you know, a few memories
with Steve. I think it's worth just having a
little think ourselves between the three of us of what he was
like and and what a character and how much he loved lower
house Cricket Club. He'd come down every game, Homer
away. He'd always have his rucksack
with him and he'd chat to the players and and we'd all love to
to talk about him. He would call people Wasik if
they weren't very sensible or he would come out with, he'd always
want to talk about the news or Lancashire Cricket Club which he
was a member of for a long time. So you know, Steve will be
sorely missed. I couldn't make a funeral, but I
think Dukes, you went there and there's a great turn out from
everyone and I think Steve would appreciate the send off that he
got. I'll never forget how many.
It was a sad time when it happened probably 25 years ago.
I was still doing the jobs that I was doing back then and and
there was some suicide bomber somewhere that had happened and
Steve just came up and called me and said, Jess, what happened
with that was someone ticked off in his bloody heed and I'll
never forget it when he he would talk about different things in
the news. And so it's gone wrong in that
blocked. He's what a lovely man.
So Steve, you'll be watching us from from above.
So, you know, great memories and you know, and thanks for
everything that that we've all we can all remember you by.
So from that news, we'll move on to do anything you want to add
about any memories around Steve or or Joe.
I don't want to just hog the microphone.
Yeah, apart from him threatening to knock me out almost every
time I saw him. You know, I used to have a
great, great bit of banter with Stevie where he was.
He was great fun. He stopped lying to me was a
whopping you won't knocking out. That was that was his.
That was his standard greeting, no matter which round I saw him
at. It.
Was all, it was all incredibly good-natured and yeah, I didn't
go to the funeral. There was there was a good turn
out from the club so it was good, it was good to see.
Yeah, yeah, fantastic. I mean, and you'll know him from
being a young whippersnapper Joe when you, you and and Johnny
Whitehead were selling the CDs on the 2004 was the cup final.
Steve were heavily involved there and you're remembering
from being a young lad as right up to, you know, the last few
years, I guess. Yeah, their, their family were
very, very good friends with my granddad Bernard and, and
grandma. So yeah, all the, all the, all
the Barringtons, Yeah, I can remember Auntie Anne and.
Yeah. And Steven and Graham as well.
So yeah, it's very sad. But it was always, always good
fun when you, when you chat to them.
Yeah. You never call me a Wazzer.
Can I have? No, I won't do No, I'd be scared
of you, just me and Duke said he'd have to do that.
He and, you know, the memories are there, never be forgotten.
He's you know, he's part of the furniture down at the Cricket
Club, so, so much. So just start to see him go.
But we'll all raise a glass and, you know, be thankful that we
actually, you know, met him and had some good times with him.
So moving on to the the final bit from me before we go on to
the drawers, the all the fixtures are out now for second
team. The T20 leagues have been drawn
and the cup it was the cup's been drawn.
We're of the first team are drawn against Accrington at home
and the second team Accrington away.
Again, it's all on our website and the length league website if
people need to go in and and get the Diaries updated.
So we move on. Extremely remiss of me.
We've got 3 draws to do. Oh wow, 3.
Bloody hell. Three, yeah, so we did the July
1 and couple of people have still got to to sort out payment
to which I will get to you as soon as possible.
We'll drive a Tony Woodworth got their payments, but the other 3
will will get them in the next fortnight, I promise you.
August, September and October 4 prizes in each draw £100.80
pound, 70 LB and 50 LB. It's quite ironic because we've
not drawn them and we've not been pushing it, so we've no
real brand new members of such with people who joined in the
last four or five months which really grateful for you coming
in and joining. Anyone wants to to be part of
this, this great thing? It's £5 a month, preferably by
standing order. We've got about 155 numbers in
now. We do go up to 180 before we
have to start paying some sort of capital gains tax, so we'll
make sure we keep below that and we'll make the draw using Joe
Martin's random ball generator which he'll spin round numbers
from one to 177 please, Joe. This is for £100 in the August
draw. A. 107.
So So what we've done previously is playing a little game and
Adam then does a Jingle around guess the winner.
Guess it right? Don't be a quitter.
It's time to play guess the winner.
This this person won not that long ago in in January this
year, early good friend of stands and you've got 3 guesses
to guess who it is. Is it Johnny Russell?
No, not an ex player an. Ex player OH.
Dave Gardner. No, not Dave Gardner.
I'll give you his initials. Just think he won in January.
I managed to pay him through Stan because I didn't have any
details from his initials at AG Oh.
Is this Mr Gregory? Mr Gregory, Well done, Duke.
On. The third of ten.
Well done Duke, and they need to get the other book.
Alan Gregory. Well done. 100 LB.
Second prize, 80 lbs for this job.
Oh. 177 all. Right.
I mean, this lad has been watching us for for a long time,
part of the canteen crew. He's been a member for donkey
years. He's he's, he's probably even
older than me. He might be mid 60s, seventies.
His first name begins with J Bush.
Bash Bush. No, no, no.
His second name begins with S are.
We on. Are we on?
Are we right with John? No.
Jimmy. Jim.
No, Jack, it's the same. It's the same first name as the
legendary left arm spinner who hangs around with that crowd.
Used to play for the club. Good left arm spinner.
The the story is told. It's not my fault there, isn't
it? It's not him who's one, but it's
the same first name. Begins with J.
Yeah. Used to go left on spin stands
at Stan's age. Yes, that's right.
OK, right. So it's not Jeff Kebab, no.
Jeff Kebab. I don't know.
I don't know, Jess. All right, you've had your 3
guesses. Jeff Salisbury.
Well done, Jeff. He's been in for donkey's years.
In fact, he might have been. He will.
In fact, he won't. Won, won February this year.
Let's see if I can find out when he when he joined.
Yeah 199080 join. Great work Geoff, 80 lbs coming
your way £70 please. Jordan, the number for the third
prize in August. #33. Female Anne Cochran No.
Judith Wren. Correct well, you you probably
rack in the numbers now so you can remember him from previous
70 LB Judith Ren obviously be down the club forever.
She she's in the draw with with Andrew and Laura.
She pays for them even though the night balls nearly 40 and
they won't pay for themselves. Judith pays for them and but at.
Least I think Andrew will be very happy that you've said he's
nearly 40. I think I don't deal anyway. 50
LB fourth prize please, Joe. Number 99. 99.
Told a few of them in my time. Another female.
Oh, Anne Cochran. No, no, come down a generation
of two. Adele Stanny maybe?
Oh, can I? You have to be very careful,
Aren't you ladies ages and younger than Adele?
Like, I think it's fair to say she's younger than Adele.
I think it's not long ago since she won.
Not Eliza Cotton, is it? Correct.
You've done it. Yeah.
Third one, Eliza Cotton, 50 LB coming your way.
I generally send that through because I think Henry won not
long ago and I send it off to Charlie and then and recalls me
and says I haven't got my money because my dad's kept it.
So we'll have to have a little think about how we how we get it
to them. So well done Eliza, thanks very
much for your support. 50 LB coming your way September.
Get all the balls back in, please, Joe.
And the first prize is £100 because the number 100.
And 16. 116 spectators who come down watching on a regular
basis. First name Alec and Samantha,
it's husband and wife. Laraway.
Well done dude, well done. Oh goodness.
Knowledge, Joe. Very impressive.
Great support. Thanks very much.
They've been in since 2019. Deserved winners.
They won lasting June 20, 2480. Pound please, Joe for second
prize for September. Number 83.
We've just spoke about him earlier.
A. Spectator that's been coming
down a long time does quite a lot of work.
Jeff Wilkie, No. Just quite a lot of work.
More than Jeff Wilker, No. So that's two guesses.
It's the same first name, though.
Joe Oh is. He Dave.
Johnson, Yeah. Dave Johnson, 80 lbs Good.
Dave Atkinson, You're doing well so far.
You've there's only one you've not got.
He's in Marrakech at the minute. Oh, is he real?
Maybe. Will he need the £80 over there
do you think? I don't know what that currency
is you want to change. How far away is Marrakech?
Rock away. Yeah, I don't know.
I don't know what that currency is either.
Marrakech. So anyway, 70 LB third prize
September 2025, please. Joe 29, 29 without We like those
numbers up there. You know, we can't call him
anything but a legend of the of the club.
I'm not going to say anything else for your first guess.
Stan. No more of a legend than Stan.
He's got foot. He's got 4 numbers in the draw.
Charlie Cotton. No, no, Charles.
Yeah, Charles. I suppose that's 4, but Louise
would suggest she pays for one. Rusty.
Yes, Rusty, you've got it. Three out of your 3rd guest,
Keith faircloth #2970 LB coming your way, £50.
You what? Say again, Joe?
Run a hot streak. Yeah, yeah, we've seen 2.
Not so. Long since he's won either,
Rusty definitely won its season. Yeah, yeah.
So everybody has four numbers, so we can't really.
Fair enough. Yeah, it's fair enough.
You. Can't really I will find it
though. Now you've put me on the spot.
May 25, May 2025. You're £100.
I think it's it's wondering just not long before that.
That's one. See your lies that October 24
she won. You're not getting the right
numbers out here, Joe. What about was 3/1 in one I won.
I won. May 2024.
So £50 for the 4th prize in September please Joe. 173.
Is a free number, so we need to draw that again please.
No problem #45. I know this is.
Yeah, yeah. So let's see if Dutch can guess
this without even having one clue what.
Can I guess? Can I guess first?
Yeah, of course. Is it Rachel Beneducci?
It is well done, well done Rachel.
More money to Rachel. She deserves it though I'm to
put up with with Joe I suppose. Has Rachel won recently?
No, I don't think so. No, I'm in my records are saying
October 22, Ted, do you remember that dude?
I just know what her number is and I know what my number is
just in case they ever come out. All right, fantastic.
Well done, Rachel, £50. I'll make sure you get it and it
doesn't go to Joe and then you can, you don't have to buy him
some pizzas. October, October Joe £100
please. A. 171 big number A. 171 I hope
the balls are all back in yeah yeah, they're all back in.
Well, I love people you know who who win like this, who followed
us for donkeys years a bit like Jeff Salisbury that we mentioned
earlier and another long term yeah long term supporters.
So this lad, the real you know, character goes in the canteen a
lot watches as home and away all the time comes down with his
family, likes applied, likes a good laugh, never criticises the
club or the players. The real top lad.
Any clothes canteen boxes for donkeys?
Years does. He does he sit on the on the
decking. Yeah, yeah, his wife comes on as
well. And Stuart, Yeah.
Stuart Burroughs. Well done.
Excellent. Stuart Burroughs.
There were one seven 100 LB coming your way.
Second prize for October please. Joe for £80. 89.
This lad's won not long ago, a great lad, he's a fantastic,
another legend down at the club. I'm just trying to.
Who bled? Yeah, well done, blazer #8980
quid goes to Blaze. I mean, I do because he's only
working part time now. He's a little bit short of the
ready, so it maybe might help him out a little bit.
This I'll. I'll see if I can get it to him
in food vouchers. He's in Portugal, does.
Oh, is there? Oh, we've been sure.
Yes. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, brilliant. Send it in Euros.
Yeah, could send it in euros, yeah.
He's missing all the bonfire activity he.
Is. Normally he's a, he's a keen
builder of anybody, yeah. It's not here £70 please Joe.
This is for the third prize in October 25. 52.
A new member, This is fantastic. Only joined in April this year,
2025. He probably won't get it.
I'm quite sure he lives down on Thornhill, comes on quite a lot.
He's quite. Jeff.
No. He's called Michael Summat.
Yes, yeah, he's doing. This is quality, quality draw
knowledge this duche. He's done a cracking job with
the gardens. Yeah, you do.
It is then. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, great lad, great lad.
All credit for joining this year and you've come out as a winner.
Michael Thomas Well done #52 You win £70 and the last £150 for
the 4th prize in October. Please your. 124.
It's none of us female. Dude, what do you think of
Jess's? Jess's close female, He's a,
he's a, he's a top lad, female. They're the two.
They're the two openers, either a top lad or a woman.
I mean, I mean, they're all everyone who's in the drawer.
Fantastic people, a really, really lovely person.
We don't see a lot of her down at the club now because her
husband doesn't play there anymore.
But really, you know, the, the lovely family, you know, it's,
it's great that, that the money's going to them.
Any ideas? Doesn't play there anymore.
Does he still play? I heard a whisper that he had
played a little bit last year. It's not, is it?
Leanne Finch. It is well done again.
Leanne Finch £50 on its way. I can send it with Blazers can't
have, but I better not put it in the same envelope because a
blazer will spend it about £50 to Leon.
So thanks everyone for for your contributions and support in the
draw. It really is a good it's a good
earner for the club. We always pay out 60% in prize
money and and 40% goes to the the junior section or to to Matt
Stanley to do what he does. But it's a real good earner for
us. It's been going for donkeys
year. So thanks everyone for being
involved. Dude.
Is there anything else we need to add?
It's been it's been an hour this we've managed on talking about
the season. Anything you want to talk about
before we close the episode? Just very quickly that Metcalf
has told us that he he's leaving the club and he's signing for
Parium, which is no massive surprise to us.
Obviously we would have preferred him to stay at lower
house but I don't think he was getting the opportunities in the
first team and he probably couldn't see where when that was
coming. So he's given us notice that
he's going back to Paddy and with effect from the coming
season. And I'm quite sure, you know,
certainly from me and I'm sure you're the same dude.
She, you know, with our blessing, you know, top lad, you
know from a lovely family that he gets tonnes of runs in the
settings, a quality, quality player.
But it is that is one of the issues with having such a strong
squad, someone at that age who wants to start playing first
team cricket. I don't think any one of us can
blame it, can blame him for doing that.
And who knows? Joe Martin going forward, tonnes
of runs in the Liberal, Rebels, their league and then
opportunities arise. We'd welcome him back with open
arms. I'm guessing you agree.
Yeah, absolutely lovely family and that's a great a great lad
as well. That's how you describe him on
the on the draw. Yeah, yeah, great lad.
So best of luck Deck. You know, you're always welcome
coming back, watching whether it's on the Sundays or the
Fridays would be good to to see you come back and watch and good
luck for your, you know, your future cricket career at Padium
again. I'm sure Dutch will keep us
updated with any changes or moves or people that are coming
to the club or leaving the club as the winter goes on.
Joe Martin anything before we won the episode up.
No, no, lovely to be back. So as there have been no other
business thanks everyone for listening.
Please support the club and and like the podcast and get on the
website and support the lads as best you can over the winter and
thanks everyone for listening. Gordon Gordon, send more house
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