CRICKET
Saturday 1st XI, won by 6 wickets against Stoke Green
Saturday 2nd XI, won by 3 wickets against Slough IV
Sunday 1st XI, lost against Kidmore End
Sunday 2nd XI, ??? Father & Son

SOFTBALL
Flames, won 25-15 against Rhythm II

CRICKET
Saturday 1st XI, Away against Wokingham II, 1.30pm
Saturday 2nd XI, Home against Thatcham Town III, 1.30pm
Sunday 1st XI, Home against Taplow, 1.30pm
Sunday 2nd XI, Away, Gerrards Cross, 2.00pm

SOFTBALL
Tue 5th July, Phoenix, home against BA Flyers, 7.00pm
Wed 6th July, Phoenix, home against Scorpions, 7.00pm
Thu 7th July, Flames, away against TV Outlaws, 7.00pm

The Sunday 1st XI played out a thrilling game at Kidmore End. We won the toss and batted first, and made 240-7 in our 40 overs, thanks mainly to Tahir Rashid who made a superb 124. The only blot on his copybook was running out three players, including Saqib Ahmed who made a stylish 46. In reply, Kidmore were soon struggling and it looked odds on a Chalfont victory for most of their innings, especially when they needed over 100 off the last 14 overs with only 5 wickets in hand. But good batting saw them home to victory off the penultimate ball - at nearly 8pm. We gave away some silly runs in the field and dropped a couple of catches, which proved expensive, but overall it was a great game of Sunday cricket, with a few drinks shared with the opposition afterwards. It was almost like the old days of Sunday cricket!

INDIAN BBQ AND CASINO NIGHT

Saturday 16th July. Tickets £10 including all food and gambling chips. Try your hand at Blackjack, Roulette and Texas Hold 'em Poker. Prizes for the luckiest gamblers on the night.

For more information and to buy tickets please contact Andy Parsons, Saqib Ahmed, Rahul Punj or Dan Webb.

PARTY IN CHALFONT PARK

We are planning to stage the biggest event ever for our sports club. On August Bank Holiday Monday (29th) we are looking to host a day of fun and entertainment for the whole village, based at our club sports ground.

Our aims are threefold:
- To offer the whole village a great day out without having to brave Bank Holiday traffic.
- To raise money for local charities.
- To promote the three sports we offer (hockey, cricket and softball) whilst raising money to further develop our club for the good of the local community.

The charities will be 'Williams Fund' (named after a local boy, William Dodd, who tragically died aged 4, all monies raised go to research into childhood cancers) and the Chalfont St Peter Village Fund (led by the Chamber of Commerce) for Christmas lights and summer flower baskets. Both charities are working with us.

The plan for the day is:

12 noon - a cricket match to show local kids, who can join in, the fantastic set-up we have.
2pm - children's entertainment: dancing, games and face painting.
3pm - a chariot race which used to be a village tradition. It is actually, I think, an excuse to cobble together a go-cart/pram/wheelie bin, dress up and drink a lot, whilst racing around the ground!!!
4pm - Local bands performing
6pm - Main Band
9pm - Music

All due to finish at ten. Along the way there will be side stalls and a beer tent (obviously). More details to follow.

This is clearly a huge undertaking and we are now asking for help in the following areas;

- Do you have potential leads for sponsorship/advertising with local or 'brand name'/businesses?
- Do you know a friendly printer who might be up for a few flyers/ posters?
- Do you have any leads into the media, press or radio?
- Would you, or your company, like to donate a raffle prize?

If you can help at all with any of the above please email me on andreajobandrea@aol.com (cool email address I know) or call Caroline Chipperfield 01753 885554/07887 675310

Please support our club in what should be a fantastic event - and put the 29th August in your diary.

This week, the Saturday 2's travelled to salubrious Slough for their fixture. After last weeks 25 pointer, they had moved to 3rd in the division and were hoping to cement their place.

Now I'm not saying that Slough has a reputation for being a bit dodgy but as soon as we walked in to the club, someone advised us that we shouldn't leave anything in the changing rooms as there were thieves about. This was wasn't a problem at least for the first 10 mins as the door to the changing room was locked and someone had nicked the key, meaning we couldn't even gain entry!

OK, this week track gets the description of being a bit like Asif Ahmed. Not too bad really, soft on top, hard underneath, and something in it for everyone!

Slough won the toss and decided they would bat, leaving Glen "I'm going to try and do something different with every ball except pitch it up on a length" Stevens, and Asif "don't mess with me sucker" Ahmed to open the bowling.

It was soon established that the Slough opener who had hit 100+ last week was happy to pull the ball all the way to the boundary should we want to continually bowl him rank long hops down the leg side. That is until Asif decided to test him with a wide long hop outside his off stump which he thumped to backward point only for Gobby to jump what seemed like 30 feet in the air and take a spectacular catch one handed, Paul Collingwood style. Easily catch of the season so far, but we weren't finished yet and more was to come! Two balls later Asif let go of a full bunger and the number 3 bat obliged by popping the ball up to Goochie in the covers. Not exactly going to plan but still going our way!

Not a team to normally be so competitive in the field, a wave of enthusiasm inspired by Gobby's catch had the Chalfont fielders trying to out do each other. Asim next to take a spectacular one handed catch that was going over his head and to his right at gully to remove bat 4. Next up was a more regulation LBW, and a catch at 2nd slip from Tony, to give Asif his 5 wickets in his 11th over for only 20 runs.

Meanwhile back in the real world Akshay had been brought on at the other end and was unfairly unrewarded for some consistent line and length bowling, finishing with figures of 0 for 14 off 5. Asif, realising that sh*te balls get wickets in this league, bowled another full toss for the Slough number 7 to lob another up to Goochie.

At the other end Tony was bowling his flight and guile-ish pies and took the wicket of the opener who had managed to bat all this time for only 16, with a classic off spin delivery. Asif got another after Neil took an up and under at mid off, and Tony realising that even the Slough tail enders were savvy enough to wait for the customary two bad balls an over that he was bowling decided to bend his back and start firing them down, getting a nibble outside off for Adam to catch. Last man standing and Slough put up a bit of a fight, until the plucky number 10 drove the ball back at Tony for him to take a diving one handed catch low to his right. Slough all out for 107 and Asif Ahmed returning figures of 7 for 46 off 23 overs plus three contenders for catch of the season in one game!

Tea - a lovely selection of mustard sandwiches with just a hint of wafer thin ham.

Now if the bowling and fielding was something to celebrate the batting was more of something to give a rather gentle middle of the road round of a oh we really can't be bothered. Conditions were not easy and Slough had dropped their opening bowler from the team above who cleaned up Goochie with an absolute peach in the 3rd over for 1. With Potty showing some tenacity at one end Asim played some shots at the other. Unfortunately the last one aimed at cow corner to a straight good length ball was the wrong one and he was duly sent packing for 12. A brief partnership was formed between Tony and Potts with both batsmen looking reasonably comfortable, until Potty mistimed a drive to mid on and was caught. Enter the seasoned pro Dusty Mallender who had obviously forgotten that we don't play pitches that are as quick as the Oval and drove upishly to mid off. Suddenly Slough were starting to come to life, and thinking maybe, just maybe they had a chance with Chalfont on 53 for 4.

Glen joined Tony at the crease and a started to push on with a couple of boundaries and some well taken singles until he tried to ease the ball round the corner and got a leading edge. Adam was next up and helped nudge the score closer to the target before being caught in the covers. With the end in sight, Neil took a cheeky two through to third man before Tony sealed the game and 20 points. Both men finished unbeaten on 2 and 46 respectively.

This week we have two mottos/points of thoughts for you starting with an oldie but a goody, catches win matches. 8 of the 10 Slough wickets were caught. And secondly, bad balls get wickets with Asif Ahmed getting a 5 for from full tosses!

Next week we are home to Thatcham Town.