Portland Red Triangle CC

Forthcoming Events...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:47:30 GMT

Now's the time to get rid of all those unwanted Xmas gifts!

Car Boot Sale
Saturday 28th January 2012
Gates open at 8.30am for 9am start ... Closes 12 noon.
Cars £5 Vans/Cars with trailers £7 The Windowman Oval Cricket Ground, Reforne, Portland

Horse Race Night at the George Inn Reforne - Back by popular demand!

Saturday February 4th.
8.30 pm, First Race at 9pm
£3 per entry all ages welcome

2012 Weekend Fixtures Online

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:48:53 GMT

All the league fixtures for this season are now online, click the links below to view...

Saturday 1st XI
Saturday 2nd XI
Sunday 1st XI
Sunday 2nd XI

Junior Bag Packing Event

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:57:02 GMT

Saturday 28th January 11am to 4 pm at ASDA Weymouth.

All Junior members and parents/carers are requested to help out with the BIG ASDA BAG PACK.

The aim is to raise a minimum of £500, to achieve this goal we will need as many club members and supporters to volunteer to help out for a few hours - parents/carers we need you to help supervise the Junior members and to help out with the bag packing. Please contact Grant (Stumpy) Neven 07887943621 for more details.

Portland Red Triangle Cricket Club Social Events 2012

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:32:51 GMT

The Social Committee have emerged from their bunker and released their events list so far for 2012:

Car Boot Sales re-start 28th January and hope to carry on every fortnight after, £5 a car. Gates open at 8.30 Windowman Oval, Cricket Ground, Reforne, Portland - close 12 noon.
Horse Racing Night George Inn, Portland. Sat 4th 8.30 pm.
Quiz Night George Inn, Portland. Sat 17th March 8.30pm.
Beer Festival George Inn, Reforne, Portland. 27th April - 29th April.
Pirate’s v Fire Station/Ambulance Crew with beer and pig roast. Windowman Oval, Cricket Ground Reforne Portland. 19th May daytime.
Pirates 6 a side Competition. Windowman Oval, Cricket Ground Reforne Portland. 4th June. Daytime.
Auction of Promises, St Georges Hall, Reforne Portland with bar. 9th June 7.30 start.
Keith Brown Memorial match 5th August Daytime, Windowman Oval, Cricket Ground Reforne Portland.
Beer and Food Festival George Inn, Reforne. 1st and 2nd September.

All dates shown may be subject to change. All proceeds from these events will go towards keeping cricket alive on Portland

Youth and Friendly Fixtures

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:33:25 GMT

2012's Youth Fixtures are now online:

U11 Fixtures
U13 Fixtures
U15 Fixtures

The provisional list of friendly fixtures for next season is also online, follow this link...

Pre-Season Fixtures Update

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:42:48 GMT

Saturday 21st April vs Bradford Abbas, at Windowman Oval, 1.30pm start.

Sunday 29th April - Inter Club 20/20 tournament. 11am start.

Tesco Vouchers

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:44:01 GMT

Club Secretary, Grant Neven, has registered the club for the Tesco Vouchers scheme - and is asking you all to collect your Tesco Vouchers. These can be used for the purchase of training equipment (tennis balls etc). A collection bin will be in the clubhouse as from the start of the season and in the meantime vouchers can be passed to Stumpy for collection - get out there and collect - PRT keeping Cricket Alive on the Island!

Chance To Shine 2012

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:45:38 GMT

Portland Red Triangle C.C will be hosting the 2012 Chance to Shine finals day on Thursday 12th July from 10am to 3pm. It is hoped that Underhill Juniors, Southwell Primary, St.Georges Primary, Holy Trinity and Wyke Regis Juniors will all be entering teams for this annual competition.

Portland Red Triangle has been committed to the Chance To Shine scheme since its inception and continues to provide many children's introduction to the game of cricket. Triangle have built on the success of their involvement and through the scheme have established close links with all the schools involved.

The competition will consist of a round robin group stage, followed by the finals. All club members, supporters and just those interested in the game of cricket are encouraged to attend.

Needed for the 2012 Season

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:46:16 GMT

1. Could you spare a couple of hours once a week to help run the Junior sides? The club needs scorers, assistant managers and people to help run the tuck shop (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) - it's only a couple of hours and by helping out you will be helping to keep Cricket alive on the Island.

2. Can you score, umpire or help make a Tea? The club is always on the look out for people who can do the job - the weekend teams in particular and the Saturday 1sts are looking for an Umpire (it's now a league requirement).

We are seeking dedicated people to join our outstanding but small band of tea providers - could you spare a few hours a weekend - then we need you.

Contact: Club Secretary Grant Neven on 07887943621 for more details.

CricketForce 2012

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:46:56 GMT

Tomorrow, Saturday 31st March, Portland Red Triangle is once again taking part in CricketForce.

Please make an effort to support this years event, which will be taking place from 10am - 4pm and on Sunday 1st April from 1pm - 3pm (straight after nets).

The pavilion needs to be cleaned, the outfield needs work, the sheds need clearing out and many more tasks need to be done. The season is not that far away and we need to be ready - please come along and help even if you can only spare an hour or two.

Pre-Season Friendly Preview

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:02:06 GMT

Portland Red Triangle begin their preparations for the new season with a Friendly against Bradford Abbas at The Windowman Oval, Reforne this Saturday at 2.00pm.

Club Secretary and Saturday 2nd XI Captain, Grant Neven is looking forward to the season: "The club is aiming to build on last year's consistency and the Sunday First team's League winning performances." He added, "Last year the club made huge strides on the field, players performed to their strengths and all the club's teams produced cricket that all at the club can be proud of."

He further added, "The target now is to build on this and for all teams to push for promotion. We have the ability, the drive and the players and have trained hard over the winter to improve in all aspects of the game, with lady luck on our side who knows what further honours could be heading to Portland?"

He went even further, adding: "New signings Simon Bendall and Ian Springer will be making the debuts with both showing good form with both bat and ball at nets, Lawrence West returns after a year's sabbatical to strengthen the batting and veteran Jon Dixon will be hoping to continue from where he left off last season with the ball."

Team for Saturday: G. Neven (cpt, wkt), R .Price, D. Males, S. Males, I. Springer, J. Cameron, O. Whisker, L. West, S. Bendall, J. Dixon, C. Theakstone
12th Man - M. Colbrooke

Cricket Without Boundaries

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:03:13 GMT

The Dorset Cricket Board and the Dorset Rangers have teamed up to help a Dorset coach Grant Neven from Portland Red Triangle Cricket club join up with the Cricket Without Boundaries programme to create a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Grant otherwise known as Stumpy takes up the story... "As if travelling wasn't bad enough, once there I faced the daunting prospect of an interview for Cricket without Boundaries (CWB). The journey itself was pretty straight forward, although Sat Nav had a major problem with Birmingham's one way system! The interview was nerve racking and very in-depth, but I felt that I had done OK and returned back to the joys of Weymouth in good heart."

"7 Days later an E-mail confirmed my acceptance on the Scheme - now the planning and fund raising can begin. I will endeavour to keep you all informed of further developments and my final destination"

Cricket Without Boundaries is a charity set up in 2005 using the medium of cricket to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

There are three main goals:

Spreading cricket through coaching children and teaching adults how to coach.
Linking the sport to HIV/AIDS awareness by incorporating messages into coaching sessions.
To bring local communities together and empower them through cricket.

Working in partnership with the Cricket Associations of each country, the British High Commissions and the ICC, CWB follow a simple three-stage sports development structure to ensure ongoing development of the game. This structure features:-

Coach education – each group includes a tutor who can award Level 1 qualifications.
Schools coaching
Tournaments which introduce a true competitive element.

CWB are currently recruiting for projects in Autumn 2012 going to 5 countries:-

Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Ruanda and Cameroon.

Further details are available on the CWB web site www.cricketwithoutboundaries.com.

CWB are particularly keen to recruit existing coaches and to form ongoing relationships with local Cricket Boards throughout the UK. Coaches returning from these projects are universal in their belief that they have made a difference in Africa and that their own abilities and appreciation of coaching priorities has been greatly enhanced by the experience.

For further information contact Hannah Weaver, Charity Executive Mob. 07876 702707. email: Hannah@cricketwithoutboundaries.com

Car Boot Sale

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:06:37 GMT

The fortnightly car boot sales are still being held at the Window Man Oval, Reforne. This Saturday's event starts at 8.30am to 12 noon. Hot and Cold drinks, snacks and Bacon Rolls available in clubhouse.

Charges:
£5 per car
£7 per car with trailer
£7 per van

Saturday Team News

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:31:32 GMT

Skipper Simon Barrett fears nothing but fear itself (and clowns) as he prepares for the trip to face Stalbridge 2nds. Speaking exclusively to the Dorset Echo, Simon said, "Having lost last weekend's game to the weather, we are just keeping our fingers crossed that it goes ahead. Quite a few of the team played up at Stalbridge last Sunday and their pitch was pretty dry. The outfield was a bit sluggish but the fact we managed to still get out there is hopefully a good sign ahead of tomorrow."

Barrett continued, "Scott [Males] is unavailable and Simon [Proffitt] is back at university, Both of them are bowlers so that is going to weaken our attack a little bit, but we have got others that can cover. The fact Dave [Adkins] is back will help and although Stalbridge have some good players, we will just go up there and be positive."

"We played them last year at home and beat them, but the fact it is early season makes it less predictable," predicted Simon. "However, I'll repeat what I said last week and that is if we can carry on the form we showed at the close of last season (over 8 months ago) we will have no reason to fear anyone."

Saturday 1st XI vs Stalbridge 2nd XI (Away): S. Barrett (cpt), C. Leake, D. Adkins, E. Sawyer, G. Price, J. Davey, O. Whisker, C. Laws, J. Dixon, M. Randell, E. Thureirajah

After last week's wash out PRT 2nd's hope to get their 2012 campaign under way with a home fixture against local rivals Beaminster 2nds at the Windowman Oval Reforne 2pm. Triangle welcome back opening bowler Sam Polley and include all rounder Rev. W. Gates, who makes a welcome return to the club. Skipper Grant Neven, "I'm hopeful that with the Rev's influence the weather gods will smile on Portland and that his charges can finally make a start to what promises to be an exciting season for the club."

He added "It's great to have the Rev and Sam back, both are proven match winners and will add to the overall strength of the squad. Teenager Ryan Price also returns to bolster the batting which on paper looks at its strongest for what could be an interesting game. Beaminster 2nds are an unknown quantity and I am sure that they will provide good opposition. It's down to my eleven to show the rest of this league that Portland are in business and are full of confidence."

Saturday 2nd XI vs Beaminster 2nd XI (Home): G. Neven (cpt), A. Quayle, L. West, S. Bendall, P. Laming, R. Price, I. Springer, S. Polley, D. Males, J. Cameron. 12th Man M.Colbrooke. (11th Man W. Gates?)

Matchball sponsors: Red House Estate Agents

Saturday Team News

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:31:45 GMT

Simon Barrett, expectant

Skipper Simon Barrett is expecting a close encounter when his side travel to play Bridport 2nd XI at Brewery Field, "The last time we met they needed six off the final ball to tie and got it. It is always tight when we play them and there is always that extra spice to it with the local rivalry so it should be fun."

Portland (135) suffered a five-wicket defeat at Stalbridge Seconds (139-5) last weekend. Elil Thureirajah snared three wickets and Elliott Sawyer scored 40 with the bat but the hosts proved just too strong on the day.

Barrett added: "The wicket was quite slow, which is what you expect at this stage of the season, and from 77-2 off 22 overs and ticking along, we ended up 135 all out after losing a clutch of wickets. One of their bowlers picked up five wickets but no offence to him, all he really did was just bowl straight on a good line and length.

"It didn’t turn or anything like that and unfortunately we just kept picking the wrong ball to go at. The other big difference between the two sides was that they punished any bad ball whereas we did not time it as efficiently as that.

"Elil bowled well but the rest of our bowlers didn’t quite come up to the same standard. Elliott Sawyer also batted really well and looked set to go on to get a big score until he unfortunately picked the wrong ball and got caught. Once he went we never really recovered."

Saturday 1st XI: S. Barrett (cpt), C. Leake, D. Adkins, J. Davey, G. Price, O. Whisker, R. Price, M. Randell, J. Dixon, E. Thureirajah, S. Polley, S. Males.

Youth Update

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:54:24 GMT

The under 13s and under 15s got their campaigns underway this week. Follow the links to read their reports:

Under 13s vs Puddletown

Under 15s vs Dorchester

Cricket Without Boundries

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:55:25 GMT

An updated from our soon to be man in Africa, Grant Neven:

Dates still to be announced, but I now know were I will be going - Kenya.

I will soon be organising fundraisers, I will not involve the club, but would appreciate any support that club members as individuals can supply. Item one on my list for proposed fund raising is a mountain bike - does any club member or supporter have an unused mountain bike I could loan - if so please contact me on 07887943621