Hi, Joe. Hello Jess, how are you?
I'm good. How are you?
Yeah, excellent. Thank you.
I'm. Good.
Been busy? No, I've been golfing up timely
today. Have you?
Yeah. Yeah, excellent.
How's the golf going, Jess? I didn't realise you played.
Morden Morden send more house to save the house come.
On the House it's just a nice big walk with nice people.
Yeah, nice. Who do you play with?
Speak to him. Oh yeah.
Absolutely. It does depend if you say nice
people. It does depend on who you're
playing with. Jen, because I played with
Frankie tonight. Oh dear, did that not go too
well. No, it's all right.
It's. Just a nuisance.
It's just a bit of a nuisance. Chaps, Am I visible too?
Yeah, I. Can't see.
Does that matter? It doesn't really for the
recording, but it is nice to see you.
I'm just working on it. I'm on my phone.
You seek. I'd rather.
All right, Sorry, I muted you then standby accident.
You're on your phone, but you'd rather be what?
Sorry. I'd rather I'd rather to get
anything like video. How about that?
I've sent it to your e-mail. If you want to go on your laptop
or computer, I. Can see me, I can see me.
I can see you. So we're happy.
Yeah, very happy. Always happy, Stan, when you
come on. Jolly good.
So bit of an introduction there so you the listeners will know
who the guest is. But welcome to the house cast
everybody. The recording pre season get a
little bit jittery now. The springs on its way.
I'll be the weather's pants tonight, but we're not far off
the cricket season. We've got a few draws to do I
think too. I'm just going to have a look
and then we're having a little catch up.
How's it going, Joe Martin? Excellent.
Thanks, Jess. How are you?
Yeah, all good. Yeah, keeping keeping activity,
you know, like you do, going for nice walks and everything, so
watching a bit of football, which is good.
And yeah, keeping busy. We've got a few on tonight
that's already giving me in Juju.
Excellent. Gas.
Gas looks very serious. Is he?
Does he look like?
A. Serial killer.
I was going to go say Hitman rather than a serial killer.
I think 1's got a bit more, you know, kind of gravitas about it.
How? You going?
Hello, star there. Hello guys.
How are you doing? All right.
Thank you. Can I just say with an action
shot of Joe Beneducci in full flow, stuffy I'm.
Saying is it green tea that Joe he's.
On toast, Gaz do. You ever put any mustard sauce
on it, Joe or anything like that?
Occasionally, yeah. Sweet, chilly.
Sometimes, yeah. Yeah, very.
Nice sweet chilly on beans on toast.
No cheese on toast. That Worcestershire sauce, Liam
Perrins. Yeah, I do that as time delight.
Well, that's because we're gourmets, Joe.
Yeah. I know gastronomes.
Gastronomes. If you can, as you can hear,
we've got your Beneducci with us as well.
So how did the golf go today, Joe?
With with our esteemed friend Frank.
Recurring theme, Recurring theme.
Me and Blair's got beat. Like unfortunately you want the
golf parlance. We lost three and two, so it's
comfortable defeat. Yeah, Yeah, I think I do
understand that, right. I was blessed playing.
I believe he's getting into it. Yeah, yeah, he's playing well.
Yeah. Yeah, he's good.
Loves it. Good.
No, that's good. So as I've said, we've got two.
I've just double checked, we've got 2 draws to do tonight.
So that's the good we'll play our it's becoming quite
legendary around Rose Grove is the is the new game guest of the
winner, and so maybe we could get Stan involved as well.
Stan will get them all though once you know you have.
To make the clues really are. Yeah, yeah.
Stan knows everyone. So anyway, Stan Eaton is our
guest tonight. We're going to talk about the
build up to the season, how the Grimes looking with this poor
weather and and how things are with the junior section,
etcetera. So welcome on board.
Stan, how's things going? Well, thank you for having me on
again. I think it's been 10 years since
I was last on, but it's nice to be back.
Well, very disappointed that we're not going to be able to
play any cricket on Good Friday. The squares fit but the outfield
Parkside is a Paddy field and we reseeded the bonfire in two
parts because half of it was still on a football pitch.
So the football pitch half is is just sprouting but not fit to
run on. So general Lakefield and bonfire
repair ground not fit. Having said that, the square is
so with some decent weather we can hopefully get the friendlies
in. The juniors have done 10 weeks
of training for the seven-year olds up to the sort of 10 year
olds and we've got a huge influx of girls, all of whom have been
absolutely magnificent. They've gone from never having
held a batten ball this time last year to having done girls
Dynamos in in the summer and we've had them on the 10 week
training course in a in a in a couple of days at Christmas and
they've been absolutely marvellous.
So they they will play in the newly formed Lancashire Junior
League, Girls League, which I'm just putting together.
Most of them, or all of them in fact, will play in the mixed
under Nines teams. The 9 CS will be all girls, the
9 BS will be 5050 and the 9A's will be obviously that will be
our strongest on the Nines team. So well including the girls team
in the girls league where they can play from age 9 to 13 in the
same team. All told, we'll have 16 junior
teams this year. So I'm just, I'm just putting
the, I'm just putting the finishing touches to the
fixtures and it's wall to wall cricket.
We'll go back to the ground because I just, I'd like to talk
about the square and the work that was done in September last
year by you all. But before I do that, that is
so, you know, and not wanting to blow smoke up your backside.
But that takes from organising not just for the fixtures and
the girls, but it's having volunteers that are prepared to
give up evenings to look after them.
And I know quite few will be parents, but that's a massive
task. Have you got enough volunteers
to? Yeah, very much teams.
Very sorry it has interrupted you there.
Very much so, and I think it's possibly worth explaining to the
listeners. Yeah, yeah.
The ECB are pushing girls cricket considerably and so much
so that if if you are a Premier League, as the Lancashire
Cricket League is, and you are in the Premier League as a low
house Cricket Club are, there's an obligation to have a girls
section and for girls games. And this goes back to last year,
girls games to be played and recorded on play cricket.
That being the method in which the LCF, who are the ECB's
Lancashire representatives, of course, that being their their
method of seeing that this is taking place.
And as you know Jez, there are some quite severe penalties
threatened whether they carried out or not.
It's another matter of withholding money from the from
the Lancashire Cricket League or even relegating teams who don't
fulfil this. Now fortunately we were well
ahead of the game and I must emphasise that we're not doing
this because we have to, we're doing this because we want to
and it's right and proper. So it could have been a burden
for us, bearing in mind we would have had 14 teams last year, 15
teams this year plus another girls team making 16.
It could have been a great burden.
But Paddy Martin as indeed not just your Martin but but mum and
dad as well. The Martins are what every club
dreams of in terms of help and assistance.
And Paddy volunteered himself as the girls section chairman.
He he has coordinated the girls training in the summer which
came after Dynamos All Stars and Dynamos.
So he's done all that. We've brought them into our
squad training, we've done the winter training at Christmas and
Joe's been there, Paddy's been there.
I can't name all the coaches for for fear of missing somebody
out, but in the winter training where we've had the 10 weeks,
for those that need 10 weeks, the under 11 plus two under
fifteens don't need 10 weeks, they can have five weeks.
Nets. We've had at least two coaches
in each lane, 4 lanes throughout and we've had two coaches in
between the lanes doing 1 to one coaching.
So you can imagine. Young girl, fairly new, never
netted before, gradually eased into it.
Helmet, pads, gloves, we need to work on the rough drive so they
go to one of the two coaches in the middle and we work on the
technique. The first five weeks is skills
and drills and mini matches, the second five weeks is Nets.
So in terms of oh Jess, I apologise, that was a long
winded reply. In terms of help I couldn't and
the club couldn't be better off really.
It's fabulous how people, how people buy into us parents.
We've got another another parent that's thrown his hat into the
ring. We're going to put him on a
coaching course because he wants to.
We do a lot of in house, in house coach, coach training, if
you will. And we always try and find from
the the new batch of undernines, we always try and find another
coach. So again, long winded answer.
I do apologise. Port Touchwood.
So far so good. You don't need to apologise,
Stan. It's really important and and I
think it's it's good we the listeners, some listeners might
not be interested, but they can Fast forward.
Some people will listen to this for the first time and I think
it's worth just reiterating and seeing what Duke and Gary think
of this because we are some some might say that we are lucky with
the with the Martins, with yourself, with the other
coaches. You know, we've invested that,
you know, let's not beat about the Bush.
You know, we do pay coaches, parents, etcetera to coach The
Who have got the requisite skills to coach the juniors.
But the ECB are coming down very hard as Stan's alluded to.
Gary and Dutch and I will come and ask your thoughts on this.
And I think it's fair to say members of the exec felt we were
being pushed into something because we're a Premier League
women's and girls sections, as Stan said, are now a must.
And a lot of clubs, in fact vast majority of clubs are not in the
position that lower house are in and they're finding extremely
difficult do to you aware of that that's going on with within
the the the Lancher League structure and not just at lower
house. And some clubs are struggling.
And if so, have you, you know, has anyone said anything to you
about it? I'm not.
Aware of any specifics Jazz, but I mean it would be difficult.
It wouldn't be difficult to guess that, you know, some some
clubs struggle to put boys teams, don't they?
So, so the fact that girls teams and home and data and you know,
you would like I said, don't know specifics, but if I if I
was a betting man, which I'm not, I would I would have a few
quit on a few a few clubs that I would that I would think of.
Yeah, yeah. And it's sad to say, you know,
Stan, Stan and I speak to these people, you know, they are
friends and and they are, they do struggle with it.
Gary, do you think in your view? And I know it's difficult.
It's a bit of a difficult question.
Do you think that the ECB are right in mandating clubs to, if
you don't, they literally are saying, you know, the sanctions
will be quite severe and you will get relegated or you will
lose points or, you know, potential fines.
What? What's your view on that, Gary?
I'm not sure you've heard of it, no.
I haven't heard of the of the rules like that.
I can understand why they're pushing it hard, but I think
there's got to be some allowance somewhere along the line for to
it to, to take after it to to get up and running.
There be so much clubs learning along the way.
It's not just a switchy flick, is it?
You know, just talked about getting a side out on the pitch,
Stan's talked about volunteers. But then you've got to have the
facilities as well. You've got to be able to prepare
wickets and and have the ground available on the on.
You know, it's almost going to be 7 nights a week.
So I think there's probably a lot to learn with that sort of
expansion. The principles, right, in the
sense of obviously pushing the girls side of the game.
Obviously nobody disagree with that, but I think just to say
because you're a Premier League club you can instantly do it.
I'm not, I'm not, I don't. It doesn't sound right to me,
but I don't know enough of the detail, no.
And, and I mean could be fair, they probably have.
It's been coming for probably 20-4 months, but no one apart
from the likes of Stan's group. And you know, we have a really
good helper, you know, a volunteer on the exec, Naomi
Aspen, who pushes it for for the length league and tries and
helps all the clubs. So I do think it's going in the
right direction. And sometimes in these meetings,
we can be a little bit pessimistic about it and we
think about doom and gloom, you know, And I'm one of those
people, though, they can't do this, they can't do the other.
But I think obviously, it is for the right reasons and to get,
you know, to expand the game. It doesn't matter whether it's
boys, girls, women or men. Joe Martin, have you a view on
it before we lighten up a bit and go back to the the actual
square? Yeah.
I mean, I think in principle, it's definitely the right thing
to do because there's so many girls that want to play now and
there's loads of opportunities and, you know, lower house.
Here's an example of that with, you know, Eliza Cotton and Libby
Grace Johnson, who's at Bramleyville started it.
But more houses kind of pathways to become, you know,
professional are there, But at the same time, there were a
continuum of skill, isn't it where and and girls should be
allowed to play and have the opportunity to play wherever
they want and and in, you know, single sex and teams as well.
I think the thing the thing for me is when you look at the
makeup of especially in the north, because I don't really
know anything about the South, but in the north there's you
know, clusters of clubs in very small areas, small catchment
areas. So to be able to cater.
So there's obviously lots of funds there.
But is there, is there the amount of girls that are
available to go to those clubs? And I think if you were to
design A Cricket Club league or structure for for girls, would
you do it in the club structure that there is now?
And I'm I'm not sure you would if you were to start at the
beginning, I think you'd probably think about how you can
regionalize it, bring the cricket clubs together that you
get different cultures from different regions.
Sorry. But you've hit the nail on the
head there. So for so, for example,
currently our girls progress through our junior teams and and
as you know, they're getting to the 3rd 11 and 4th 11.
And in liberty heaps case she would have played second eleven
played in a first 11 friendly all on all on merit, of course,
but those girls get that good that they're then never they're
then never available because they're playing for Lancashire,
Lancashire 2nd 11 go women or Lancashire 1st 11 women.
So they become unavailable for it.
So that that hinders you having a woman's team because you're
losing, you're losing your, your, your better players, your
older players and a 16 year old girl playing in the under
eighteens in in some cases it hasn't been a safe environment
for them. So we can't, we can't play them
because in the under eighteens, of course you can have a 1st 11
bowler or batsman. And even though they might be
talented and good enough physically, they are in danger
and, and I'm not being sexist or misogynistic, it's a fact
because we've seen it. So we, we then pass our girls on
to when they get to that level to the likes of of Ramsbottom.
But ideally we we would want to keep them within our club.
But then how do we do that when we've got 4 senior teams
occupying every single Saturday and Sunday?
We'd need a second ground, we'd need to hire a ground, we'd
need, we'd need to somehow conjure up another groundsman or
or pay a groundsman at another club.
So it is enormously difficult and all the things that Joe said
and you said, Jess, about how clubs can cope.
It's true. And it needs to be, it needs to
be recognised. If I if I, if I was the junior
coordinator or girls coordinator, it's a Cricket Club
that maybe have three junior sides and one coach, somebody
else coming out there coming along and say you have to have a
girls team. You would go under.
Yeah. Not the fact that the girls, but
the fact it's an extra team. Yeah.
And and some, some clubs quite simply aren't yet geared up for
it. Now the LCF have been wonderful.
They've gone into schools, our local school, lower house,
Junior School, they've gone into schools and they've been able
effectively to capture A-Team. Here are 10 girls from that
school who would like to play cricket, that law house,
wherever, which is great, but if you haven't got a coach to deal
with them, you can't just put one out of a drawer.
If you haven't got a coach to deal with them, the the ECB
needs to recognise that either finance physical assistance is a
necessity or they need to draw back and say for argument's
sake, not just in our league, there are 11 clubs in Heimburn.
You can have two. You need 2 teams.
Heimburn E Heimburn West rather than 11 teams, yeah.
And I think, Stan, I think that's what a lot of the reps
have been, have been saying and it is the early days.
And I'm glad you said, you know, the, the LCF have been helpful
and understanding and try and get it through so genuinely.
And again, for the listeners, they, you know, ask, you know,
sending questions if you need to stand.
We'll be more than happy to to feel them or I'll try and do it
if it's from the exec side. But we do need to understand
that it is for the right reasons.
Whilst we are very lucky or we are, we manage it very well at
Law House. Some clubs, you know, they're
struggling to get first and set well, certainly second teams
together now, men, second teams and he we, you know, we really
don't want to see the demise of them because of something like
this. So, so brilliant.
If there's anyone got any questions, like I said to send
it into the. You know, onto the website and
Adam will pick them up and we'll try and address it all.
Stan, you mentioned the square is fit and, and, and would be
playable, you know, if the outfield was OK.
That's remarkable compared with the weather we've had and how
things have gone. Is that down to the the products
that have been put on all the hard work that was done in
September or just give us a description of how that's come
about? Well, it is well.
At the end of the season, we, we, we cut it as low as we can
get it. We Scarifying Moy scarifying Moy
scarifying Moy to pull out the dead grass.
We then create channels and holes for the seed, brush the
seed in low meat, fertilise it, water it and cross our fingers.
As soon as we can get. As soon as we can get A, and
usually a handheld almost garden Rotary mower on it, we start
cutting it and then as soon as it will take a roller, we start
rolling and cutting it. And I mean back in our day, just
at the beginning, we didn't have long.
When Long Long's done properly, sets like concrete and touch
wood. I mean the ball would leave a
divot, would leave a pitch mark. There's no day to bite it.
But it could play, you could play cricket on it.
But because it gets all that loving attention, it's fit the
outfield. Whilst we do do the same in
terms of mowing and scarifying and receding, we recede after
the cricket season and after the football has been on it.
The outfield doesn't get that same attention because it's
impossible, it's too big and really ideally we need it.
We need the drains addressing. So that's why that's not fit the
outfield Super when it's dry. But once it's topped up, it's
it's difficult, but it does take a lot to top it up.
And at the end of the day, at the end of the day, it it might
be spring, but we're on the back end of winter.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And some stages last week,
Sorry, the week before, at some stages the week before the 8th
field was fit. Yeah.
But we didn't think it we didn't think it was ready it Jazz to
talk money. We'll spend roughly 8 to 10,000
lbs on coaching, and the paid coaches are the top Level 3, two
of whom aren't associated with the club.
But they are great coaches, happy to work with us, and we
probably spend a similar amount, maybe a little bit less.
And well, no, I'm going to contradict myself there.
We spend more on on the pitch than we do on coaching.
The end of these and renovations probably cost about 3 grand.
We spend probably another 6 grand on the outfield in the
various things that we have on the outfield.
So fortunately we are in a position where we can afford to
do these things and we have been helped out by by grant money and
we have a marvellous partnership with Rosegrove Football Club,
Rosegrove United Juniors Football Club.
We have a marvellous partnership with them and that's helped us
to get some funding to allow us to put football on on the
ground. That said, we now have a
drainage issue in one corner of the football pitch, which we
tried to address, but we need to revisit it.
That's a little cause for concern, but it'll be all right.
We'll sort it. And I think at this point, Stan,
it's probably worth mentioning your, you know, you, your famous
grime staff, we, you know, we waddle and Roger Watson, the
work that they do with you around there.
And I'm sure there are other people.
How's it going with you? 3 It's always comical watching
you working and and chatting to you all.
It's always fun. Well.
I've got a up to that Stubbsy. Not his real name, not his real
name, but that's that's his name.
For tax avoidance. No, Well, no.
We think he's on the run. Stubze, who's there every day as
he's Roger Waldo's there every weekend.
But he's he's he's, he's off work at the moment, having in
between jobs. He's got a new job to go to.
So he's been down and it's a vital time for us.
When I look back, I can't. I cannot way up how I managed to
clean the club and do the ground without this without this help.
Roger. Roger does the cleaning and
stubs it stubs is there every day with me and we're we're both
we're all three of us on the ground.
And when Roger is not trying to set fire to himself as he did
last week, we're now calling him the Torch.
That superhero he was, he was monitoring, we were having a
fire to get rid of some scrap wood and he did the old petrol
trick and blew the petrol can up, set fire to fire to his arm.
But no doubt fortunately, no damage, no damage.
I have to say, I have to say we the day goes quick because we
have a scream, an absolute scream it.
Does look, it does look good fun, whether it's, you know,
during games or before the season after season or after
games between the three of you. It's worth mentioning on here is
he's a real character of the club.
Roger Watson's, you know, relatively new compared with
people who were who were on this call, but an ex county player
stand played a lot of cricket around around here for various
clubs and then moved into Burnley and he's helping you out
no end. So.
He is well he brought he brought his he brought his son Braden,
who who's in the seconds and the thirds He brought his son Braden
about four years ago. 5 is in under 13 bit late.
Sorry in under 14 bit late in in cricket in terms, but Braden is
stuck at it and and become a good cricketer and Rogers since
he's retired from his business. Rogers Rogers there every day.
Great help. And as I said, we have a we're
absolute laugh, the banter, not much of which I can repeat here.
Somebody's always doing something daft and the boy, you
don't get to forget it. Yeah.
I bet, I bet, and I suppose that I'll come to you in a minute,
Dutch, about the it's good stand that you, you tell us the
costings of these sorts of things.
You know, there are in the accounts obviously, so people
could see them, but that's where with the social club being the
way it is now and it's and this has been going on for a few
years now probably, you know, 5-10 years where it's really
turned a corner, lots of members, lots of events,
etcetera. So I think it's only right we
explain where this money goes and and the pitch is improving
every year. Stan, you know, when you walk
across it, you say, I don't know, I'll manage doing the
cleaning and the pitch well, because you're spending more
time on the square. It certainly does.
You know, it's a quality pitch when we walk across it, dude.
Is that something that is reflected, you know, with the,
the, the playing squad And, you know, when there's discussions
about the pro, does, does the chair, Mr Stanfield, give you
any grief and say you can't, you can't get extra money for a pro
or for equipment or to get the covers done?
Do you ever get involved in any of that?
Not. From the equipment side of
things, but we have had chats about pro budgets in the past.
But to be fair to Matthew, he, he's, he's usually spot on with
stuff like that. You know, we do have budgets
that we work to, but invariably there's wriggle room and if he
needs to find a few extra quid, he he generally can do it.
Yeah. And that's good.
That's a good way to work. You know the separate sections
almost and and you will feed off, you know, off, off the way
the club is being run. I think it's worth mentioning
now, the socials continue towards the end of the football
season now, but there is still open most Saturdays and Sundays
for the football. We will be opening early evening
time when the junior Nets start and the junior practise for, for
parents to come down and, and have a drink.
And we've got the new caterers in place as well.
So it's, it's all looking rosy as as far as that goes.
And Stan, you didn't, I went down to the Gold Cup day at the
club. That was, can I say,
interesting. Have you heard any feedback
regarding it? I know Dutch or Joe Martin or
Gary weren't there, but have you heard much about the drink?
All you can for £50? Well.
We think only Greg Kerr managed it with with some with some ease
I believe, but it was I didn't go.
I'm at the club a lot and sometimes I've got to spend time
at home of course, but I'm told it was usually successful.
Paul Grace's idea. Well done Gracie, and it's a
good example of new blood on the committee, Sam Smith and another
example, she came up with the ideas of socials on Saturday and
Sunday and my goodness me, how successful have they been?
And as you've said, yes, it's a great team.
It's a great team effort. The new tea room will be
something else with Chris and Becky.
People won't believe it when they step inside it when it's
finished. The new extension.
George mentioned Matt Stansfield there doesn't quibble about
anything, doesn't doesn't second guess you.
If you need something, you get it.
And of course it's it's probably because we've got such a bloody
good membership and supporters that we can afford.
We can afford to do these things.
The only, the only person really that examines the expenditure is
the treasurer, Keith Fairclough, who as we know, has long pockets
in short arms. He doesn't buy a bucket of
matches without counting that there's 48 in, but he again,
he's there every day, cashing up, bringing, bringing the the
new floats in, balancing up all the books.
Frank, wonderful secretary, logistical genius.
I could go on and mention everybody, of course, but I'm it
war as the chairman. It warms the cockle of my heart.
So many people are so involved and and I'd like to think that
the new people that come to the club, the members, they all
think it's their club, it's not our club, it's their club.
If we try and make them feel as welcome as they can, somebody
new comes on the ground. I go and introduce myself on
what have you and we just want that feel good.
And when the new extensions finish, the new tea room, I
think we'll feel even better about about the place.
But with it being a semi rural, there's always something that
needs doing. And that's where Stubbs and and
Roger have been absolutely great.
For instance, last year we repaired 30 benches, you and I,
Jess probably Gary less so and Joe less so.
We can remember when benches were collapsed, grass 4 foot
high growing through the slats. And we're in a different
environment. And what's really heart warming
as well is how the set the the cricket side of it with Joe took
a mountain of work off myself by by becoming chairman of
selectors. Ben Heap down South, Pietro Paul
Stansfield and and little decking is the 2nd 11 captain
Robson, 3rd 11 captain, Dave Krupinski, 4th 11 captain.
All do a marvellous job, Absolutely marvellous.
Don't shirk, don't hideaway from things.
Get it done. As I said, Touchwood.
So far so good. Brilliant.
Stan, can I? Just ask, sorry Jess, can I just
ask Stan a question about what you just something you just
mentioned about the depth of help that we have at the club
and the number of people that are willing to stick their hand
up and and do stuff. What what do you think that is
down to? Because there are lots of other
clubs in the Lancashire League who don't who we you know, we
see with our own eyes do not have that affiliation or do not
have that depth of help or people ex players who want to
stick around or new people who come to the club.
Why is it, and if you were, look, if you were creating a
club from scratch, how would you sort of replicate that and how
have we been able to do it and other clubs haven't?
Well it, I think now it will be enormously difficult.
Trans Transport Law House Cricket Club from 2000 to now,
although there is grant money, I got an awful lot of grant money
in this those first few years. So we could put people through
coaching qualifications, which are £300 a throw now and we
could put people through coaching qualifications.
Jez's dad Jeff, when when he was the groundsman would spend the
first hour repairing the machinery from the year before
and we got grant money to repair the machinery, grant money for
for mowers, etcetera. That will be, that will be hard
now, but I will put everything and I will say this, I would put
everything down down to the feel good factor that comes from the
juniors. The the key I think is is you
get everybody involved. I asked some of the older
players to come back and coach. That was a big help that they
agreed to and parents Eric Howarth, God bless Eric Howarth.
Eric Howarth brought his lad to the club.
He liked it that much. Within 12 months he bought his a
bowling machine. I eventually paid him back and
then he went straight out and bought me a mower.
Parents like that. And we, we more than Eric,
parents like that. We of course have the generosity
of Harry Brooks and our current president, Raymond Bradley.
And I would say that you can't. You can't, you can't buy a feel
good factor, you've got to create it.
And the first win in 2004 we won the cup, 2005 we won the league.
The juniors go from three teams to 10 teams to 12 team.
More success on the field. Matt Hope has the genius idea of
renovating the club room, which took us from a 36 grand a year
club to 100 grand a year bar and it's now probably going to be a
300 grand a year bar again. That financials, safety net is
crucial, otherwise we couldn't spend 20,000 on coaching and the
pitch. So to repeat myself, feel good
factor brings people in, people enjoy.
We've tried to make everybody feel welcome.
We've tried to make everybody feel that it's their club.
And as I said to everybody, the under 9 or the under 7 on his
first day at Laurice Cricket Club is as important as the
first team captain. And I think if there's a club we
have that attitude that everybody matters.
A lot of the coaches don't have a qualification.
Got a DBS? Check the members of the of the
Coaches Association, but they don't have a qualification
because all they want to do is run a game that's safe or that's
all that we want them to do, run a game that's safe.
Coaching points. If they're not capable of
coaching it, they pass it on to a trainer on a Monday or a
Wednesday and they work, they work on it.
So the more people you can get involved, the better chances you
have of success. And success breeds success.
But feel good factor. The feel good factor would be
me. One sentence answer, Yeah.
And the juniors sell. It's a really good point.
I've never thought of that before.
I've always just put it down to hard work from yourself and
others, but then success on the field because you know, Gary and
and myself and you even further stand.
You know, they were difficult years.
When you're not doing well, you've no money, you've no real
income. There's no one really wants to
help. You know, it's amazing that that
we're still, you know, we can still remember the days when it
was a social club and cricket really came second, if if not
third, maybe to a few things. So it's amazing how quickly
that's happened. I know it's probably happy it's
taking 40 years or so, but it has happened and we have to be
careful that we don't lose sight of that and be complacent.
Well. Yes, absolutely.
And I'm very mindful that I've mentioned the the upgrading of
the club room and of course you're running the the 100 club,
which brings in several £1000 a year.
Without those you don't have a financial safety net.
And back in the day the club was about survival.
Yeah, the people who ran the club at the time did a wonderful
job keeping it alive, but they didn't have a financial safety.
I remember if you wanted to buy anything more than, yeah, what's
£20 now, Probably £75, you had to put it through.
You had to put it through through the committee.
They have meetings that they would have the committee meeting
in the lane and the heating of the boiler room.
The mere fact, the mere fact that they kept the club afloat
means that we're here now, yeah. We're now it is and we've
captured a lot of that going back and we still crack it.
We've, you know, this has been a great podcast for 40 minutes
talking about the old days, knowing what is happening at the
club now, what we spend, how we spend and how successfully all
is. And I suppose recording the
podcast over COVID and the laughs and the memories that we
made are there now forever around Stan being huddled up in
that little room, you know, sat on a sat on an electric heater.
You know it's can. I just elaborate on that, Jess,
because you can. Always.
I'd almost forgot that. That's another example.
Every Saturday afternoon in the winter, about seven of us.
And I was only 1718, but Jerry Dawson, Jack Hayes, Duncan Hall,
Kevin Higgins, a guy called Bill, can I remember his name?
And seven of us would sit on 2 forms in the boiler room and
somebody you'd shut the door and another chair will be against
the door so you all have to go to the toilet together.
Somebody brought wind. It was mayhem.
And indeed to all get you to all get your drink at the same
together. So jump, jump forward 50 years
and we've got 80 people at a social on a Saturday afternoon
watching Sky Sports News. Yeah.
Yeah, it. Is.
But we haven't to lose sight of those days.
Yes, as if you said we haven't. We haven't to lose sight of
those days. Standing in the old bar, stuff
in bigger towels in the cracks to keep the draft out.
Incredible. Incredible, you know, standing.
And I think it's worth a couple of minutes just reminiscing.
Even if no one else likes it, we like it.
He's the, you know, the first team players on a rota to work
behind the bar. Yeah.
Joe Beneducci, Yeah, he's, he's said he's time there at the bar.
I remember my my bar partner most of the time was Brian
Holmes. I mean, dear me, did we have
some? Did we have some laughs?
But just just to tell a tale, Yeah.
Please do. Please do.
They realised that they'd only got 1 cherry and back, back in
the day, people, people would have a Chinzano or a Martini or
a Baby champ with a cherry. So I'm behind the bar with Jack
and Jerry and you can imagine Jack's in a foul mood because
they've only got 1 cherry. Jerry goes right to collect the
glasses, comes back, He said Jack, Jack, he says it's not as
bad as we thought. That woman who's got the cherry,
she's only swishing it around and putting it in the ashtray.
He said nobody's smoking, so I've rescued it.
So they washed the cherry under the under the tap, pop it back
into the jar for the second woman to come up and can I have
a cherry? So this she's swishing it
around. This cherry was passed backwards
and forwards until Jerry came back about half past down and
said you won't believe this. Some bastards at it.
Absolutely priceless. I think, I think listeners, if
you're liking that sort of story, please have a look at the
back catalogue because there's some you know, we can't go into
it all night, but we've had we've had first eleven players
on that used to start. They were whinging to other
members of the staff who were working because the pot washers
snogging on the dance floor and and then someone, someone
covered in garage. The head barman for this night
and after half an hour decides to tell Gary that the pop up was
on fire. So there's loads and loads of
those stories if people want to go back and listen.
In fact we might need to do some some more of those just to get
them back out there for people to listen to.
Should have a long. Section on their.
Backers do the. One story I would tell, and it
Gav Shields loves it is is that the seller rat?
So if anybody wants to hear that, give me a bell.
It's a but in fact, can I tell it?
Yeah, we love. It we love.
It's about. Jack, Sister Jerry, Nick, Night
seller Jerry, you're younger than me.
Change that barrel. Jerry says no.
Jack says, what do you mean no, He says there's a rat.
Jack, there's a rat. He said Second World War, when
we were mopping up Italy, he said there were rats there the
size of Jack Russell's. He said we used to shoot them
with Thompson submachine guns. Jerry said give me a Thompson
submachine gun. We could have one, just with
both stories. I'm sure we couldn't and people
do enjoy it. We know that we know from the
fact that we get so so let's let's let's get another episode.
I'll get Stan on. We might.
In fact we could get Joe Martin to host another non Christmas
special for to get Chez on his uncle and Tony and Stan together
to get some of those stories. Out Chez is north of the border
now. Just so back this.
Weekend, though, aren't I? Oh.
Was he? Yeah.
They had a gig at the So this was Ian Sheridan used to play
for us. I'm sure a lot of people know
him. He's now he's migrated.
I think it's the worst. But he's he was back this
weekend playing in Colton and for his band Complete Control.
Oh. Fantastic.
I'm glad he got in contact with us.
It's. Time to play.
The winner? We're going to move on.
We've got the draws to do, so there's two draws.
The way this goes down is, well, you know the draw, the draws are
drawn. But if you've not listened, we
have a game which is called Guess the Winner.
So Joe Martin gets his bag of balls together and we need to go
about to 177. Please Joe.
We have got a few new members as well that I'd like to just give
a shout out to. So 177 is Joe Martin.
But first of all, give a shout out to we do a new joiner this
week, Hugh Burkinshaw, who is his fair Mason's dad and and I
think his grandchildren play at the club.
Is that right Stan? Yes.
Joe Mason, third team, hopefully second teamer to be, if not even
further. Yeah, so and Stuart and fair.
Great man, great members. Great man.
Yeah, he was. He was a head teacher.
He used to teach David Lloyd. We need you on for these draws
stamps because this is what I'm missing.
This lot set the Mickey out of me because I don't know who off
of them are. So, so thanks very much you for
joining. Your number is 129 and you will
be in this evening's draw Also shout out and these are these
are people who joined really the last six months or so.
But we really appreciate you, you and making the enquiries.
It's easy to join. So anyone else who wants to come
in then please just give me a shout or anyone on the committee
or message Adam on the Facebook page or on the website.
So Grace and Zara Dole have joined their 116.
I don't know if you're aware of this Stan, but AG has has got
his two lads to join. He promises me that they're over
18 for for gambling reasons. So Joshua and Jacob Haggerty,
and they're over. 18 months. They're over 18 months, yeah.
Yeah, that's. It I forgot that Zara Zara is
one of our in the in the new girls things or a doll and and a
mum and dad Steve Dave regular attenders, great people.
Yeah. Daughters, yeah, the daughters
of of Louise and Steve. And I'm assured that they're
over 18 months as well. We've got to mention Sharon
Stansfield joined and just she just determined to win before
Paul because Paul hasn't won in years, he says.
So if we can't fiddle that her number is 106.
Lynette Waddington, Dave Waddington's misses because of
the podcast because she listens and laughs at us being daft when
we're drawing it wanted to join. So thanks very much, Lynette for
joining this year that. Fiver a month will be coming out
of her wage, it won't be coming out of Ward's pocket, I can tell
you that. Michael Thomas to get also
joined in the last six months or so.
He's lives on the end. Times, yeah.
I'm sorry. Yeah, Big Rocks Girls fan, so
he's happy. Really hard.
I thought he was only found. Yes.
So thanks very much Michael. We've also Louise and Stephen
Doll have also. They've got 2 numbers and so
their second number is 36. Chippy's joined us now.
He's come back into the fold after 20 years away and he's
he's properly back. He's in Poland at the moment
with his family, but he will be coming back in the summer to
keep watching us. So Chippy's number 22, Chris
Ashworth joined, who is 20. And then finally, Natalie
Grieve. So thanks to all those for
joining and raising some, you know, some good funds for us,
for those who, who want to wear or haven't read it on the
website, we guarantee 60%, anything between 60 and 75% of
the takings that we take for this goes back into the Cricket
Club each year. It's generally about £5000,
which goes back to the club and the rest is obviously in prize
money. Sorry, there's between 60 and
75% is prize money. The rest, whether it's 25 to 40%
goes to the club. We've raised and we were
laughing about, I saw something on the on the website how and I
remember this vividly, 2020 early.
And you ran a draw at the police station which was similar to
this. And you remind people to join.
And I came into sergeant's office, which was an honour at
that time to be allowed in and which we, we discussed and I
persuaded you to show me how it was and how it was run.
And we set it up then. So 26 years ago then this was,
this was set up, another real bit of a funny story because
it's still happening. Stan got one of the police
members mixed up with a law race member.
So we've had a police or he's well retired now, John Puttock
in the law race drawer and he thought he was in the police
drawer. Just check, just to go back to
that list of people you read out there, Jason, that's a right
good example of what we've been talking about.
Yeah, most of them have children playing here and all of them
good social people attend all the functions.
Come to the short social. Chris has been.
Chris Ashworth's been doing some work in the tea room as well.
All good people. Great.
Brilliant. And like I said, if people are
joining £5 a month, we liked it by standing order if that's OK.
And every month we have at least 200, three, £100 each month and
then we have 500 in January and July.
This split up into four prizes per month and that is quite
flexible depending how many joiners we've got.
So February we need to draw February and March please job
the first prize for £100 please number. 98.
Number 98, So what I have to do now, Stanley's look on my sheet
and then I try and get the others and you can play in this
now it's just you 3 to guess who it is.
So number 98 female. Are you male?
Gavin Shields. No, we'll move on.
Wife of an ex player. What the hell?
Well, that. Could be Sharon Snailsfield, no?
No. She Rachel Beneducci.
No. Oh, Maureen, no.
Oh my. God, that's controversial.
Oh yeah is yeah call him bless an ex player bang out of order.
Leave it in. And if you don't, if you do edit
it. I'm going to tell him you said
it anyway, and I'm naming the team for Sunday.
Sunday's friendly, by the way, so it's factually incorrect
wife. And ex player Yeah, we need more
than that, OK? Well, I'm I'm really rooting for
for Gary or Dukes because Stan, you're a font of knowledge for
our ex members. This is very big.
This is very vague, isn't it? If I do know, I'll just say I
know, but. Dial No.
I know this can be said for the vast majority of the players,
handex players, but it's a really lovely lad.
What era? Give it an era, He.
Struggles with He does, yeah. Melts into one frame.
Same age as Christmas thing. I've messed up a bit.
Oh God. It's the sister-in-law of said X
player. Just saw the last name when I
saw a female name and I went for it.
Now that you should get that. Era of the player Jazz.
Say again, Era. Of the player.
I certainly played with him and so obviously Duke and Joe
Martin. Have you once played with him,
Gary? Is it Finch's sister-in-law?
Yeah. It is, yeah.
Yeah. I can't remember first name,
sorry. Come.
On half a point for Joe can can anyone else get off a point?
It's David's wife in it. Yeah, Christ, my memory's gone
right we're. Going to have to add it there,
Sarah. Finch.
Well done, Stan. Female.
Well. Done so well done Sarah £100
coming your way. Thanks very much.
You've been in for donkeys years.
You last won in April. Well done Sarah and.
With interest that the time it took to work you out that's just
got up to 105 lbs. Sarah's last last win was 2021
in June. Oh.
That's nice, yeah. So yes, yes.
If you don't mind me saying so, wouldn't an obvious clue have
been bird? We've done, we've done that
previously, Stan and I wouldn't have thought of that.
And I really get under pressure on these, you know, you don't
realise how much pressure they put me under.
And some of the some of the gaps I've done previously, which
we've had to edit a couple. It's been that bad we.
Understand we had a lower house bird 11, you know?
Yeah. We did, Dave.
And Chris Buzzer. David Wren.
Yeah, John. Paddy Martin, yeah.
Go anyway. Gavin, Gavin.
Shy talk. Right Next next second prize
please for February which is £80 please.
Joe Number. 92 Shake. Them up. 90 The mother-in-law of
a current player. All right.
Quite. Sure, I've got this.
Female. As most mother in laws are Joe.
Barbara Hudson, correct? Good job.
Good. Job.
You hear? That Joyce said.
Current player. I didn't say.
I didn't say Lindsay Blazard currently.
A player so. Well done Barbara.
Barbara's been in for donkey years yet in fact when she
joined in January 2007, so she's been in from the start.
So fantastic. Thanks very much, Mrs Hudson.
Third prize please. Joe for 70 LB number. 78 male
great lad I. Don't.
I don't really know him. His family have got 3 numbers in
the draw. Oh, that's.
Not, not a cricketer then, Jess. And not, not currently, I don't,
I think he might have played as a junior.
But I I've got another clue that I can give you, but you'll
probably get it quite quickly. So I'll let let's see if we can
just let you sweat a bit, OK? Tell me again the first first
clue. Or second.
Clue. Male.
Male give. US1 he just told us his male and
how. Many numbers in the draw 3.
Numbers This family have got 3 numbers in the draw.
Including his own. Oh my goodness, Joe, does it
matter? 3-4 or five?
Well, yeah, because it. Might be 3 people that I know.
So like for example it could be Andrew Wren including.
This one there is 3 numbers with the family of the same name.
Is it? Two sons, a wife and a daughter.
Anymore in four, Jess? Colonel Mustard in the study.
Father probably pays for all three.
In fact, I'm sure he does. Watson No.
Same. No.
That's a good shape. That's not not the.
Father, you know. Him though, yeah.
Steven. Oh, sorry, Stephen.
Doll. No.
So you've just mentioned SIM. Think of what SIM Sims?
Certainly me and Stan are aware of this.
And you, you too must know it. John Gary.
Or what occupation would you link them to?
So this is also linked. Please, man.
Stan, Stan, Stan, you're going to boot yourself.
Do you want me? Do you want me?
No. Joe Beneducci is winning 1 1/2,
Stan half carrying on. And this is really on the wire,
this one, because you should get this, Stan.
You're going to boot yourself, Bissell.
Correct. Henry Bissell.
Well done, Henry. 70 LB coming
your way. I'll think I'll have to send it
to your dad, which would be unfortunate, but but I'm sure
he'll give it. Yeah. 4th price please.
Joe £50 a 167 all. Right.
He's certainly not an ex player. Oh, so a current player?
No, certainly not a player. Certainly not a current player
or an ex player. Oh said.
With a bit of a blint in his eyes, there's some reasons to
why this person wouldn't be a male.
Or female. Male.
I mean, you'll never get that. I'm quite sure you'll know him.
All of you. He doesn't.
What? He's a supporter, Roy.
Roy No. No, no, he, he he used to come
down watching a lot. Comes now on odd occasions.
Nothing really to do with the Rose Grove.
In fact, he. I think it would be brother Matt
that got him and quite a few others to join.
I bet, you know, I bet he's probably 10.
No, that's Richard Artley. Richard Artley?
No Elmer. Again, that sort of group, but
older. Older than Elmer.
Yeah. OK, there you go, Stan.
So I was just going to say he was connected with the
refurbishment of the club Pete. SIM.
No. Why Pete SIM?
That's miles off. It's not connected, Pete.
Big AL's mate Pete, yeah. Yeah, come on last.
Name talking to his daughter, the other talking to his
daughter on Big AL's daughter in Lanzarote Airport.
Pete Jesus. No, it's not, Pete.
Jesus. Mr Gregory, Mr What's?
His *** Well, he's. Dude not getting there I can
see. His face, I'm not going to get
it, though. I thought he would.
I thought his surname was somebody I mixed him up with.
Somebody else begins. With M.
His last name begins with M. Master Mother.
Moss Moss for. Mother.
No, yeah. Is he not Moss?
No. Marshall.
No, we're just. Guessing last names being in We
am now Jazz, You might as well put us out was beat.
Mosley no beat Morris. Morris.
Oh God. Oh my God, yeah.
I knew. I knew you'd know.
It beat Morris. Yeah.
Great friend of Mark, my brother and and Big Al, as you've said,
sadly lost his wife recently, but he's he, he was down on a
couple of games last year and he's going to come down a lot
more. So we've have a pint with him
again. Fantastic lad.
I mean, I've never said all this is a horrible person I've ever
that's won it. But I suppose there might be
someone right. So that's February's done.
Well done Pete, 50 LB. We'll get that to you now.
Move on to March. Get all your balls back in
please Joe and first prize £100. Number 69 how?
Childish. That's not a bad position to be
in. Any.
Way up, all right. This is a lady.
Oh. Female.
Player's mum. Gloria Blizzard No.
Louise. Payne no good.
Good. And Gary.
Yeah, yeah. And.
And SIM no. Sue.
Martin No. Suzanne Hansfield.
No. No.
Helen Williams Helen Williams No.
The good lad, this lad, he has the tendency and I think we've
all probably seen him do this when he has a little bit too
much to drink. He falls asleep anywhere.
Oh. Well, no cross Oh.
Melanie. Melanie.
No, cross.
That's right. So because you got it, Joe, no
one gets a point. Well done, Melanie.
Oh, I'm. Not allowed to guess when.
I get caught for Melanie. Did he, did he say it in time
before Jordan? No, No.
I didn't. No, I.
Didn't. No, you don't understand.
You still went in two 2 to 1 1/2, so 100 LB melanin or cross.
I'll get that through to you, Mel, as soon as as I can,
probably early this week. Second prize please.
You're £80 a hundred. And eight jazz up no.
Gary Duke and Joe Martin will never have even seen this lad.
You might have heard his name on here.
Never have heard or seen of him is this.
Mr Gregory. No, no, I'm trying to be as
cryptic because I can't hear but so someone gets a chance other
than Stan. Well, no.
One's got a chance that they've been hit.
We just know he's a man well. Andy's invisible.
Let's see how good people's listening skills are.
We spoke about him earlier. It's the guy.
Who's in your police thing, Stan?
Yeah, John. Puckett, John Puckett.
Well done, Gary. Well done, Gary, Dan.
You should have got that, Stan, no?
Well, I did know it, but I didn't think you wanted me to
say it. Well done.
Well done John. Another 80.
Could you say you're better off in our draw than than the police
one after all these years? Not in that anymore either.
Is he now? Never.
Was because. John Jimmy, John Putrick's lad,
did play it right. I.
Think he played under Nines under 10s I think.
Yeah, he definitely won last year at one stage.
You made a real laugh about it. When they eventually got hold of
him to send him the money, made a real laugh about it.
And he said no. I said if you, you know, if you
want to drop out after 26 years, that's fine.
But he were. He said no, he wants to carry
on. Yeah.
Good lad, John. John, just does anybody drop out
other than through passing away? Yeah.
We get a few that that that do, but we don't like talking about
him because they might have their own personal reasons.
Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah. £70 please Joe Third prize
number. 82O. Come on baby, no morehouse.
Correct. Well done dude, Well done.
Oh yes Gary, £70 to Gary Morehouse.
Well done. Well done, Gary.
Quality does that mean? Back in the league, yes.
Should this not be like when you're in the room and you say,
oh, put it back? People do that separately, Gary.
People have done that quite a few times.
Yeah, but usually anonymously. So, Gary, you last won in
January 2022. Well.
Done, Gary. So well done, it's.
Been a long four years, but you're back into it. 70 LB Gary.
I'll make sure that gets through to you.
Final prize to the scores for guess the winner.
Joe Martin won, Gary won. Stan 2.
Joe Beneducci 2 1/2 Yes. Multiply 4 going.
To the wire £50 please Joe, spin your balls I think.
This is an original 1 jazz number six you're.
Right, this lady joined at the outset of us setting this up.
Judith Wrenn No. Elaine Hayes No and.
Cochran Yes. Oh, Gary.
Moy, Jess.
Would you mind just checking the last time I won?
I think it was when I had the cheque delivered by Chariot
that. Real looks down.
You do. Everyone says that but then when
I look at it. I'll bet he says much.
Look for that. And we've put Johnny Russell and
the other Paul Stansfield on Saturday and they were both
saying that they'd not run for ages.
And if they told you that they'd not run for ages in days gone
by, then miraculously their number would come out.
When I used to have them bag of balls at the club, there was of
the odd occasion when they didn't get dropped on the floor.
Stan, you won on the 25th October 2020.
Oh, that's a. Long time Stan.
Yeah. Isn't it?
Yeah. What's?
His number? 75 Get.
An extra number, Stan, you double your chances it's.
Amazing that Jess. That's my police draw number I
think. You probably picked it at the
start, Stan, would you not I. Think you probably did on the
basis that I'm still doing the same pools numbers that I did in
1980. Oh.
Is the pool still going? Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know. No, I didn't know that I'm.
The lottery numbers as well you want.
To pick one. No.
You pick. You pick however many numbers
there are. No, No.
I mean, do you only pick one one row of numbers?
In the lottery, Yeah, Thunderball in the lottery,
yeah, Same numbers. Same numbers you have.
Multiple. You have multiple goals.
You can do multiple attempts, can't you?
Or do you just do one with the? Same numbers?
No, I just use. I just use my unlucky numbers as
they are. When did you win, dude?
I've only I've got you down. It's February 20.
That one's been 2020. Wouldn't you won recently,
Rachel? 'S won I.
Won for yonks, yeah. Rachel's won a few times.
I think Joanne that she so. They're Anne Cochran.
Gary, Well done, Gary. Fantastic job.
Has anyone on here listened to the podcast Anne's done around
the history? I know you lot take the Mickey
out. Yeah, yeah.
No, I have. Yeah, it's good.
It's very good standing. I've read it.
I am listening. You read it.
Yeah, yeah, she comes across, she comes across really well
about the history of the club. So.
So give it a listen. I can't remember the name of it.
It's not on this. We put a link on.
We'll put a link on the website. In fact, there probably is 1 to
go and have a look. So thanks very much.
The final scores on the the get the winner is Joe Beneducci won.
He had 2 1/2 standard 2. Gary had two and Joe Martin had
one. So well done.
All right, I'll go around the the room or the screen before we
finish Alga first. First of all, Stan, thanks ever
so much for coming on in. I know it's an hour and a bit
out your time, but it's you give a good insight.
People listen, you know, they wanna know the stuff you're
saying and and how the club is he's going and the progress that
we make and have the pitches. So thanks ever so much for
coming on. Thanks to you, the other three
for helping me out with the draw.
And again, let's just push that draw as much as we can.
It does raise good funds and it and it's easy for us all to do
and we can have a laugh and a joke about it.
Joe Martin quickly the the House of prep for the start of the
season with the players going. Yeah.
Not so bad. Obviously the weather's not
great, but we've done a few different things indoors, so
yeah, we're looking all right. Good.
Good, all the best. We'll try and we will, we will
fit another one in. I'd like to think before the
scene starts, it'd be good to get Ben on and and the pro and
and and talk about, you know, all cricket things at at senior
level. Gary, thanks very much for
dialling in. Hope things are good over there
and we can see you this summer. It'd be good to have another
catch up. We've had a good few over the
last couple of years. So thanks very much for joining.
Anything you want to add before we we end the the podcast?
And for me just thanks. Looking forward to coming up see
some cricket at some point. Yeah, good to.
See you here. Good to see you mate.
Yeah, really. Thank.
Thanks guys. Duke, anything we've spoke about
the the, the, the the squad a little bit.
Anything to update us with with regard players fitness?
Anything that's that you can impart that isn't secret?
No, no, everything is looking fine, clean bill of health
really and everybody's availability is good for the
early games. So yeah, we're looking forward
to getting some teams out. I just wanted to mention one
little thing that had been on the website recently and that's
Ryan Harris, successful coach in SA again to back-to-back
Sheffield Shield titles. Great to see one of our ex pros,
another one of our ex pros doing so well on the on the world
stage. Yeah, David Rennie could pick
him. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
But Peter Fulton. 'S got the Middlesex.
He's going. To say the Pete Fulton thing,
Joe, Yeah, yeah. Pete Fulton's got the Middlesex
coach's job, so he's going to be over here this Well, he'll be
over here now. I would imagine so.
Yeah. Yeah, that's the rich thing that
we've had. Yeah, with Moffy and yeah, Moffy
and Maca, that's 4 high profile jobs in coaching that they've
had well. Lottie's Consulting for
Lancashire, the T20 and One Day stuff is in Lancs this year.
I believe it might have been all the the experience we gave them
Stan, when they approached for us around coaching and and how
committed we were. And and and I to pull your
finger. 18 Jacques Rudolph's case, Jess that that must be
worth a piece on the website that well done renters.
You know, for a nice successful. They've been here, yeah.
Definitely, Yeah, we'll get that on.
I mean, we have got, I mean, I don't think there's any problem
mentioning it on here. I've managed to persuade the
Wrens to come on a podcast with that me and Joe Martin are going
to do and to talk all about, you know, their lives, how they got
into cricket at an early stage and then David getting so
involved as he did and just talk through.
It's been 10 years since David passed away and we want to get
it down on record and have a good chat.
They've been reluctant to do it previously, but I think we've
got, we've got, we're getting them into a good place to try
and get it all on, on record. So that'd be good, something
good to bring up on that Stan as well, so.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, watch this space.
So thanks very much, Duke, for dialling in.
I really appreciate it. Stan, final word with you.
Anything you want to add or you want to talk about before we
finish this episode? No.
You know, we're looking forward to the new season immensely.
We're very, we're very lucky in that we've got a professional
that not only is he a very effective professional in terms
of performances, but he's absolutely marvellous in terms
of how the team approach games, how how he approaches coaching.
It's wonderful. Absolutely wonderful.
Yeah. Yeah, he's he's when he's been
on here, he's been fantastic. And when you get chatting to you
know, anyone listening, if you if you're on the ground and
Dan's around and you want to have a catch up with him, just
just introduce yourself. He will talk to you.
He's working at length now as well as pro for us.
He's a very approachable sort of fella.
So thanks very much Stan. We will, we will see you soon.
So listeners, thanks very much for all your time, all your
contributions, whether it's watching, whether it's
socialising or just listening to the podcast, it really does
help. Thanks everyone and goodbye.