The Club's annual dinner took place on Friday 10 October 2008 at the Ardencote Manor Hotel. The event was exceptionally well supported with the largest number of attendees for some years.

Following Scott Rogers’ example last year, most of the speakers resorted to verse. John Glover gave a rhyming review of the Under 14 team’s performance (all of whom were in attendance at the dinner for the first time), Scott Rogers’ summed up the 1st team’s year with a series of amusing poems which easily lived up to the high expectations set last year and Steve Jay ended the proceedings with a poetic tribute (if you can call it that) to Scott. Brian Taylor, the chairman, and Anthony Collins, the 2nd team captain, also spoke but they really need to brush up their poetry skills for next year.

The prizes were awarded by the Club's sponsor, John Shepherd, and included a new award for the players' Player of the Year. The dinner, speeches and presentations were followed by a disco with dancing until the early hours.

Prize winners

Congratulations to all this year's prize winners who are as follows:

Batting 1st XI - Graham Sly

Bowling 1st XI - Scott Rogers

Catching 1st XI - Eike Gilbert

 

Batting 2nd XI - Anthony Collins

Bowling 2nd XI - Sam Ostler

 

Cricketer of the Year - Andy Shaw

The Bettie Everitt Memorial Trophy for the Young Cricketer of the Year - Tommy Williams

The Chairman's Award - Graham Sly

Clubman of the Year (The Jim Parsons Trophy) - Jack Reedy

Players' Player of the Year - Scott Rogers

Trophies were also presented to the Under 14s for their achievement in the Cotswold Hills League and a special presentation of flowers was made to Jackie Rogers for her efforts with last season's teas.

Transcripts of the poems are available here, here and here.