Brighton Beamers Cricket Club

Saturday, April 30, 2005

A warning to tomorrow's oppo and a sign of who might do the damage. Snapped in Tassie.

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Is that you jimbob Jim Kerr?

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Siddo talk of undefeated season sent me scurrying to Beamers shoebox to find this dispatch to America evidencing last talk of this nature, what, 8 yrs ago precisely! (Click on it if you can't read it. You get the hang by now, no?) Talk of winning every game then from Gordy if memory serves me right. P'raps it not so careless if season of '97 anything to go by...keep an eye on '97 archives soon to be added for similar shoebox correspondence for old season news...

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Well, just trying out the technology. Well done all at the weekend a tremendous victory. Could this be the elusive undefeated season? See you all at nets Siddo

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Archetypal Beamers' bowling... (click on the card to make any sense of it)

Thankfully Caveheart's attempts to snatch draw from jaws of victory all in vain

Friday, April 22, 2005

And now, here is the Batting Forecast for the Brighton Beamers issued at 1800 GMT on Friday the 22nd of April. The general synopsis for the start of the season: LOW moving swiftly away. HIGH expected Preston Park by 1400 Sunday moving slowly towards Pub by 1930. The individual forecasts for Sunday afternoon. BAY OF RIGBY, 4 or 5, ball veering into stumps. Beard. Poor. BAILEY, 21, intermittent on-drives. Shooter. Moderate. SOUTH EAST BEAST, severe storm force 12, variable becoming puce later. Red mist. Poor. CAVEHEART, 7 or 8, occasionally middled. Back foot. Poor. CHAFEY, 1, over-excited. Uppish. Very poor. RIGGERS, 25 or 26, slow, occasionally lucky. Straight one. Good. NORTH SIDDENS SOUTH SIDDENS, 41, scratchy becoming fluent. Run out. Very Good. MUSSETT, 8 or 9, wafty wendy. Bowled. Poor. LOWE, 10, kept low. Moderate. RICHARDS, 0, calm. Good. And that’s the end of the Batting Forecast.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Black smoke poured out of the slim chimney stack on the roof of Addison Towers today, signalling that Cardinal Francesco Rigby remains in deadlock over the selection of the Beamers' team for Sunday.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT by proclamation of Vicar Clive Attenborough SSC of the High Church of the Very Beamers the aforesaid presentation shall stand adjourned to the next sessional nets (next week) by reason of the absence of the Under Secretary to the Clerk to the Vicar at tommorows net sessional Jeremiah Caveheart Under Secretary to the Clerk to the Very High, etc etc

Sunday, April 10, 2005

TAKE NOTICE THAT after nets on Thursday there will be a presentation made to Brother Frank Rigby, as First Captain of the Season, to honour the occasion of and in compensation for the return of the Prodigal Kit, at the Church of the Very High Beamers, The Sunset Inn, Brighton. Jeremiah Caveheart Under Clerk to Parson Clive Attenborough SSC Church of the Very High Beamers, etc etc

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Here it is just about in full, beer stains an all Too small for your eagle eyes? Just click on the picture and it'll expand to something much more adequate Sledger on the, er, job in Beamerworld making a fancy download...

Nuff respect, Brian

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Can't wait to get out there? Brush up on your batting, click:

Sun is shining, The weather is sweet. Make me wanna move me bowling feet. Nets. Thursday this.