Haddocks up

It was the presentation evening for the Cardiff Midweek Cricket League last night, held in the glamorous surroundings of the Electricity Club in Pontcanna.

The Haddocks were there in force to collect our trophies as runners-up in Division 3. The squad representing the club last night was (in strict batting order):

Knotty
Jon C
Tim
Buncy
me
Godfather
Gnasher
Skips
Matt G
Shotgun
Rich "The Ghost"

It was generally agreed that the best performance of the season came from Knotty, whose administrative skills pushed us up the table when our athletic skills weren’t able.

Guest of honour was Robert Croft, until a month ago the captain of Glamorgan. He had some strong views to express on the current Glamorgan team, the future without overseas players, the England team and in particular Nassar Hussain and Duncan Fletcher.

There was £6.80 left in the kitty at the end of the night. As there's not much you can get for £6.80 these days, one of the boys decided to stick it on a horse. With a cricket theme we went for “Rain Stops Play” in the 4:55 at Newmarket. Needless to say...

Full results for the season are on the CMCL website here. Photos from the event will also show there in the next couple of weeks.

Travel Notes

The train ride home from work follows the line of the river Taff. As I was gazing out of the window of my train carriage the other evening I spied a game of canoe polo on the Taff. I was impressed with their skill and their ability to cope with the cold!

Fantasy Football Notes

43-32 win in this week’s fantasy football. Thanks to Robbie Gould, the Chicago K who got 19 of my points. Culpepper didn’t play, and I left 2 TDs on the bench through Gates and Keyshawn Johnson. That’s one lucky win.

Rugby Notes

Ebbw Vale welcome Swansea to Eugene Cross Park tomorrow in good spirits after a fine win over Aberavon last weekend. Neil Edwards has recovered from the injury to his right foot that he suffered against Aberavon to take his place in the second row.

The Ebbw Vale team: Andrew McLaughlan, Matt Jess, Kristian Owen, Gareth Roberts, Simon Hunt, Sam Mills, Bryan Shelbourne, Ian George, Richard Wilkes, Kristian Gay, Matty Griffin, Neil Edwards, John Bowd, Nio Aiono, Craig Cleaver (c).

Replacements: D Williams, L Williams, R Bowen, J Lydiate, P Horgan, D Phillips, J Quirk.