Under 11s Sharks News

31-08-11

Oakworth CC committee have decided that this year to help accommodate everyone with more comfort, the Presentation Night will be split by age groups as follows:

Fri Sept 23rd : under 9 & under 11 players

Fri Sept 30th : under 13, under 15 & under 17

The night will commence at 7:30pm so be there for 7:0pm to get a seat.

JOEL ONE STEP FURTHER

Under-11 Captain Joe Fothergill has now been invited to the District trials for West Yorkshire West. He is one of four UAJCA players invited; the others are Tom Mawer (Oxenhope), James Rogers & Billy Whitford (both Cullingworth). All at Oakworth CC wish Joel well at the trial. Then hopefully the District matches and maybe then County?

2011 SQUAD

Joel Fothergill will Captain the 2011 under-11 team which should benefit enormously from the 2010 experience. He will have the backing of Oliver Leeming, Dhanyaal Ahmed, Tom Daniel, Matthew Greenwood, Reece Butler, Myles Lofthouse, Will Husdon, Lewis Spragg, Michael Coffey and Charlie O'Hare and Henry Holland. Under-9s Matthew Corkindale, Harry Hollingsworth and Corey Green may also come into the reckoning.

JOEL MAKES IT TO BRADFORD

Under-11s Captain Joel Fothergill has successfully negotiated the Bradford Schools trials and will take his place in the Bradford squad. Congratulations from all at Oakworth. Now the next test is to get to the District trial and hopefully be selected for West Yorkshire West. Then who knows? County?

UAJCA ROADSHOW AT OAKWORTH

The events are open to youngsters under age 13, irrespective of whether they have played cricket before. Each Road-show will be themed as either direct hit, sweep for six, the Dilshan & reverse sweep, skiers, slower ball, the Yorker etc, with a competition to be held at the end of each Road-show based on the themed skill for the night. It will be 'Direct Hit' at Haworth.  Road-shows will be promoted through the Schools Sports Partnerships and local Media. Remember Road-Shows will be entirely FREE to youngsters with no cost to Clubs. The Friday evenings will be fun-based cricket-skills learning sessions of 2 hours duration (6:30-8:30pm) led by Level 3 Coaches, supported by host clubs' coaches. AND YOU CAN GO TO AS MANY AS YOU WISH

PRESENTATION NIGHT

Once again the clubhouse was packed to overflow for the 2010 Junior Presentation Night. The under-11 season was reviewed by Team Manager Alan Fothergill. The year started with only a couple of players but solid recruitment efforts flushed out a Nessfield contingent and an Oakworth contingent and Alan ended with 21 players! Only one match was won by the very inexperienced group, against Skipton. Nevertheless a great time was had by all. Alan announced the best newcomer award winner as Jordan McKnight, who sadly was in Ireland so his father stepped up to collect the gong. The batting prize as expected went to the 'experienced' Joel Fothergill (pictured) as did the All-rounder's prize. The biggest smile of the night came from Josh Vickers who was the best fielder with a never stop trying attitude. The bowling award was scheduled for Oliver Leeming but he was not present to collect the trophy.

For 2011 all the boys will now what to expect and the enlarged squad splits nicely into 11 year olds and 10 year olds so both teams (u11 & u13) will be assured next year.

The best performance from an u-11 was attributed to Jordan McKnight for his 21 in the Cup defeat by Cullingworth in only about his fourth match. The overall winner of the SA Labels Cup was determined as under-17 Ben Fothergill's 24 & 4 for 6 against ultimate double winners Embsay in their only defeat, to Oakworth.

The 2010 Oakworth Junior Presentation Night will beheld on Friday 17th September (7:30pm) start so arrive early!! There will be prizes for batting, bowling, fielding and all-round skill. In addition the prestigious SA Labels Cup will be awarded for the best performance of the year.

Winter Nets

It will be a very young pack of Sharks in 2010. New Captain Joel Fothergill will be a quality leader but perhaps the squad lacks strength in depth to mount a serious challenge for the CartaSport title. There is enormous bowling potential from Joseph Shepherd. The remainder of the squad is relatively inexperienced with only a season or so as under-9s. Oliver Leeming, James Whitcombe and Reece Butler should also join new boy Toby Nettleton. The under-9s will supplement where required and Harry Hollingsworth, Corey Green, Tom Daniel, Matthew Corkindale and Tom Boddy should not let anyone down.

Winter Nets

As the cricket season fast approaches (only 11 weeks to go !!), the club announces the arrangements for Winter Nets. They will again be held at Oakbank School on Sunday afternoons. For the younger age groups u-9, u-11, u-13 & u-15 Nets will commence at 5:00pm till 6:00pm. The Nets will commence Sunday February 21st for a period of 6 weeks. The weekly cost will be £3.00 per player.

2009 Presentation Night

On Friday 2nd October The Annual Junior Presentation Night took place as scheduled at the club house. The season had been affected by off-field issues but the indifferent league form was set aside in the 'proper cricket' Cup competition and the side reached the Final for the 7th time in 8 years!! They faced Champions Oxenhope and gave them a real run for their money, losing only on the last ball of the pulsating match! Most of the boys will graduate to the Brook Taverner u13 League in 2010. The 2010 under-11s will be a very young side to be drawn entirely from this years under 9s. The new team manager will be Alan Fothergill. The under 11 awards were as follows:

The batting prizes went to Tom Bradley after scoring 137 runs and being out only once, he was one of the best in the entire junior League. The bowling winner was under-9 Joel Fothergill who transferred his skills from the younger age-group without fear. The Fielding points awarded by the Umpires came out in favour of William Rankin.  The u-11 all-rounder prize was won by Ben Weatherall whose performance in the Cup Final almost won us the Cup.

Later, the highlight of the evening was as always the award of the SA Labels Cup for the best performance of the year. A difficult coaches verdict was that James Lee's Under 15 Cup Semi-Final 27 and 2 wickets vs Upper Wharfedale was the most deserving match-winning performance in a major event.

So Near

The 19th July will go down as 'Black Sunday' for Oakworth CC as all four fixtures planned for that day were lost, sadly including two Cup Finals. Our u-11 lads though did us proud completely overturning previous league form and taking the Final to the very last ball. Our amazing 88-0 was a triumph as we had lost 10 wickets when we last played the Oxenhope boys. At last our boys believed we could win and put in a performance to be proud of. Ben was a deserved man-of-the-match and there was retirement for Dan and Will as well. And what about the bowling? We took five of their lads out in a great all round performance that really deserved a Cup at the end.

But it came down to one ball........Lets see at under-13 if we can build on this for 2010

Seven out of Eight

Oakworth Sharks have reached the Final of the Barritt-Stephenson Cup for the seventh year out of 8. Its truly a remarkable record. Our young squad of snappers blasted the Silsden bowlers in the semi-0final with a stunning 112-1 score-lien. There were retirements for Will, Dan (back from injury) and Ben and a first ever for a revitalised Aidan. Tom Bradley added 16no towards the huge score. The Silsden lads battled gamely as we gave all our bowlers two overs and they finished on 71-3. There were wickets for Aidan, Joel and a run-out. Well done the boys! We'll be at Silsden on 19th July at 10:00 to take on Oxenhope at 'proper' cricket. Lets get it on!!!

Pro Coach Academy comes to OAKWORTH

UAJCL is hosting a fabulous Summer Twenty-20 Cricket skills 3-day Training course for all UAJCL club junior players. Age range 6-16.

And it's going to be held here at Oakworth over 3 days, 17th to 19th August (10:00 till 15:00). All coaches will be professional Yorkshire County Cricket Club First XI players.

The cost is £75 per child.

To book places, which are limited to only 25, either go to www.procricketcoachingacademy.com

and find the course under 'Yorkshire'

or phone 01133-200444  

SO BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

Dan Scott was really at the centre of things in The Sharks first CartaSport league match of the season. He lost his wicket to the last ball of our innings to leave a Sharks posting of 225-3. In the Earby innings he bowled with admirable pace but lost control of the ball a couple of times only to strike a couple of opponents. This placed him as the villain for some Earby parents but when the last ball was reached with Sharks trailing by 8 runs, the injudicious pull from young Josh Yates was gobbled up by the prowling Dan to tumultuous cheers from his team-mates.

Great catch Dan to rescue 2 points from the jaws of defeat!!

Sharks all-rounder William Rankin has been called in to the County nets at the Bradford & Bingley Centre at Headingley. His nomination by the Upper Airedale Junior Cricket League had been accepted and District manager David Cooper has asked for William to join the other 80-100 hopefuls. There is an u11 Festival at Beverley on 4th May, lets hope William makes the selection.

Players can also be nominated by their Schools Association. So well done Will; lets hope you can now make the squad.

Update : William didn't make it this time, but there's always next year

The 2009 under-11s Oakworth Sharks squad will draw heavily on the 2008 Phoenix side in a season which could potentially be as successful as 2008. Will Rankin, Dan Scott, Tom Bradley, Ben Weatherall, Jack McGrogan and the 'Entertainer' Jordan Powell all performed well in 2008 and should form a high quality spearhead for this summer. Add in Sam Adams, Lewis Allsopp, Aiden Kelly, Joe Procter, Ben Smith, Aaron Blakeley and new boy Joe Claydon as well as 2008 u-9s Billy Crawshaw and Charles Hiscox and another title challenge seems inevitable. Joel Fothergill should also add pressure for a place.

The Barritt-Stephenson Cup draw sees the Sharks away at new boys Cullingworth with a Skipton or Bingley Congs waiting in the quarter-finals. The Sharks have a wonderful record in this competition, only once failing to reach the Final in 7 years, winning 4 four times (inc 2008).

The Annual Junior Presentation Night took place as scheduled on Friday 19th September at the club house. Two changes to team management for 2009 were announced in that Michael Davison will manage the under 15s and Simon Howell the under 13s . It is also a possibility that the club may enter two teams in the under 17s league in 2009.

The ten under 11 & under 10 awards for 2008 were announced as follows:

In a year of highly successful cricket both Graham and Simon re-told the deeds of our young squads. For indeed the achievements of the younger group, The Phoenix, essentially under 10s almost rivals that of the under 11 Sharks. Amazingly the under 10 side finished 3rd in Division Two of the CartaSport League. William Rankin, Dan Scott and Jordan Powell all acquitted themselves superbly and were given places in the Cup Final team. Jordan in fact equalled the League run scoring total (189) with George Sutcliffe of Skipton.

The quality of the under-11 Sharks squad claimed the Barritt-Stephenson Cup for a fourth occasion and just lost out to Oxenhope in the League against whom we had to field weaker teams. The batting prizes went to Ben Howell and Dan Scott. The bowling winners were Ben Howell and William Rankin. Not surprisingly Ben H took the u-11 all-rounder prize and another Ben, Weatherall claimed the u-10 award. Top fielders in 2008 were Sam Nettleton and Dan Scott. Finally the Most Improved players were adjudged to have been Oliver Huck and Tom Bradley.

The highlight of the evening was as always the award of the SA Labels Cup for the best performance of the year. A difficult coaches verdict was that Jack Davison's Under 13 Cup Final 56 vs Earby was a stupendous match-winning performance in a major event.

Oakworth Sharks winners of the 2008 Barritt-Stephenson Cup in the final against Denholme u11s at Skipton Cricket Club on Sunday 27th July. The scores were Denholme 62-4 (J Malik 21), Oakworth 63-4 (B Howell 21, J Keighley 20)

Back row: Nicholas Sharples, Tom Fothergill, Sam Nettleton, Ben Wedge, Jack Keighley, Oliver Huck & Dan Scott

Front row: Jordan Powell, Bradley Scrutton, Ben Howell (Capt), William Rankin & Tom Bradley

 For Match Report CLICK HERE

The Sharks have arrived!! Our under-11 team will be taking their place in the Barritt-Stephenson Cup Final for the sixth time in 7 years. They will face either Glusburn or Denholme in the Final to be at Skipton on July 27th (10:00am). Our boys overcame a determined Earby in a tough re-played semi-final. At the time of writing the Sharks still sit at the top of the table ahead of Oxenhope on run-rate.

Oakworth under-11s appeared in the first five UAJCL Barritt-Stephenson Cup Finals, winning the Trophy in 2003, 2005 & 2006.

Congratulations to Sam Nettleton and Jack Keighley on their selection for the u-11s Lords Taverners Squads.

Our under 11 squad has had a think about their favourite names and they've come up with Oakworth SHARKS and Oakworth PHOENIX for 2008. Much more interesting than 'A'and 'B' eh?

For the first time ever a cricket club in our Area is to run two teams at under-11 age grouping. And it's us - Oakworth! But at the moment they're just named 'A' and 'B'. So we want a more exciting name to go into our first season with one team in each of the two Divisions of the CartaSport league. Wouldn't it be great to win 'em both? So what do you reckon? Oakworth Eagles (high flyers) and Oakworth Hawks (predators) or what? Let your team, managers Graham, Stevie and Simon know what you think

Want to watch the fabulous cricket at Oakworth AND earn some dosh? Oaks are looking for regular First, Second and Third Team scorers for 2008. The pay is £10 per match and a free tea!! Contact any of the committee for more details.

The UAJCL draw for the Barritt-Stephenson Cup has produced home ties for both our under-11 teams. The 'A' team will face fellow Division One side Keighley whilst our new 'B' team take on local friends Haworth West End. Oaks have a tremendous record in the Cup having amazingly reached the first five Finals, winning three of them. Last year was the first time Oaks failed to reach the Final and we shall be doing our utmost to get back to the Final which this year will be held at Skipton on July 20th. Should both teams progress beyond Round 1, Oaks A will be at home to either Oxenhope or Gargrave. The B team would be away at Silsden or Glusburn.

Jeff Hobson was speechless for once... Having announced the 2007 prize winners for his beloved under-11 side, he was caught serving behind the bar with another call to the front. Terry and indeed all the parents weren't going to let him stand down as under-11 manager without marking the occasion. A pewter tankard should ensure he returns to the other side of the bar fairly often.

Jeff has created an under-11 culture at Oakworth that produced three CartaSport League Championships and three Barritt-Stephenson Cups in six years. His coaching style was simple - DON'T GET OUT !! In 2006 his all-conquering team took both Trophies without losing a match and lost just 11 wickets in the League campaign.

The side's record of reaching the first five Cup Finals will probably never be broken. This year's crop of 10 year-olds etc included his grandson George Ingham and he along with all the lads gave Jeff a rousing farewell to his team managing career.

Well done Jeff, Graham and Steve will have a hard act to follow.

Fifth place is a pretty good out-turn after the 2006 clean sweep. James, George and Nicholas have been amongst the age group best performers, all three in the running for league honours. The team has a number of new players following in the footsteps of our 2006 double winners but with young left-hander Oliver Huck making excellent progress the 2008 squad with Ben Howell and Jack Keighley looks set fair for another season of challenge. The under-9s have started 2007 well with Jordan Powell, Ben Weatherall and Lauren Adams showing the u-11 squad selection will be faced with lots of choices.

Well the run had to come to an end some time. The 2007 Barritt-Stephenson Cup will not feature Oakworth u-11s. We bowed out of the competition in the first round against rivals Upper Wharfedale in a low scoring game despite George Ingham's 20. It's the first time we will have failed to reach the Final, having made the previous five in a row. Its a record that might stand for some time!!

If 2006 was a wonder season, u-11s coach Jeff Hobson reckons 2007 could be just as good. He still has a great line up despite heavy losses to the u-13s. George Ingham will Captain the side which will include William Wine, Ben Howell, James Lee, Matthew Dilworth, Jack Cryer, Sam Proctor, Jack Keighley, Thomas Fothergill, Nicholas Sharples, and Declan McLaren.

The first UAJCL CartaSport League match is at home to Silsden on Thursday 26th April. The following Thursday sees a trip to Upper Wharfedale for a third successive round 1 cup tie against Upper Wharfedale in defence of our Barritt-Stephenson Cup.

As the cricket season fast approaches (only 15 weeks to go !!), the club announces the arrangements for Winter Nets. They will again be held at Oakbank School on Sunday afternoons. For the younger age groups u-9, u-11 & u-13 Nets will commence at 4:15pm till 5:15pm. The Nets will commence Sunday February 25th for a period of 6 weeks. The weekly cost will be £2.00 per player.

Here they are our happy smiling 2006 unbeaten u-11 double winners!!! Captain Jack Davison proudly holds the Under-11 Championship Trophy at the UAJCL Presentation Night in September last year.

Those present were Jack Davison, Ben Howell, Matty Lee, George Ingham, William Wine, Jackson Rouse, Ben Fothergill, Lewis Wrathall, Matthew Dilworth, Jordan Bates, James Lee. They are all pictured with UAJCL President Mr Richard Smith (Glusburn).

And it didn't end there!!

Lewis Wrathall was the League under-11 leading runs-scorer and he also picked up the Wicket-Keeping Award ahead of Taverner choice Robbie Davidson (see below). For skipper Jack Davison, the disappointment of being out in his last innings, which cost him the Batting Prize, soon disappeared as he was awarded both the Fielding Prize (most catches) and the Under 11 Player of the Year Trophy. Both Jack and Lewis are pictured below with their awards along with Andrew Gale from Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the guest of honour.

The Annual Junior Presentation Night took place as scheduled on Friday 29th September, 7:30pm at the club house. Two changes to team management for 2007 were announced. Firstly Michael Davison will assume control of the under13 XI and secondly Simon Howell will pick the reigns with the under-15s. Chris, Terry & Jeff announced this years winners as this year Junior Sponsor Jonathan Hutton of SA Labels was not able to be present.

The five under 11 awards for 2006 were announced as follows:

In a year of 'perfection' Jeff was beside himself to proclaim the quality of the young under-11 squad which had claimed the League and Cup double for a second occasion in five years. The batting prize was a toughly fought out encounter with no les than four lads going through their year without being out. The winner was Ben Fothergill with 90 runs. With the ball Captain Jack Davison emerged the recipient with 18 wickets at an astounding average of 3.11. Wicket keeper and League top scorer Lewis Wrathall took the fielding prize for 2006. With 131 runs and 12 league wickets Jack Davison added the all-rounders trophy to his UAJCL Cricketer of the Year award. Finally the most improved went to the diminutive Matty Lee for san excellent display.

The highlight of the evening was as always the award of the SA Labels Cup for the best performance of the year. A unanimous coaches verdict was that Ben Wine's 6-12 vs Embsay was, as a club record for u15s and a league record for the season, the best performance.

Under 11s The Cyril Pegg Cup

Under   9s The Dobson & Robinson Shield