“Matt Nightingale, Berkswell’s Vice Chairman reports on Berkswell’s victory over Worcester on Bank Holiday Monday:
Monday 29th May 2006
Berkswell CC 186 for 5 declared (24 pts) beat Worcester CC (2 pts) by 82 All out 104 runs
Berkswell returned to action at their Meeting House Lane ground following 2 successive abandoned fixtures and in a rain affected game, registered another fine win to climb to 3rd place in the league.
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The University of the the 3rd Age (U3A) is a worldwide movement encouraging older people in the ‘third age’ of life to take up or continue educational and other interests in locally based co-operative support groups.
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Balsall & Berkswell Hornets Football Club have submitted a planning application to place two new football pitches on Lavender Hall Lane. The land located behind properties on Kenilworth Road and adjacent to Hallmeadow Road is seen as a solution to the club’s long running shortage of space to play competitive matches.
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Thanks to persistent rain over the last couple of weeks tomorrow night’s game (see yesterday’s news article) has been cancelled. The ground is waterlogged with no prospect of being fit for purpose in time.
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Dominic Ostler’s Berkswell take on Knowle and Dorridge in a David and Goliath battle at Meeting House Lane this week in an evening encounter in the Birmingham League’s Twenty20 style cup competition.
[Berkswell skipper Dominic Ostler "optimistic"]
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As if breaking 135 National, European and World records at different levels since 1987 wasn’t sufficient, Balsall Common’s Paddy Doyle is planning 2 more world record challenges in 12 months of tough endurance events.
Doyle is aiming to be selected again to represent Great Britain at the World Record Games in Germany and the World Record Challenge Games in the USA. Paddy is already in heavy training entering ‘ultra’ hill and mountain races against fell runners and endurance athletes to produce the fitness levels required for his two record challenges.
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Matt Nightingale reports on Berkswell’s first success since their promotion to the Birmingham and District Premier League …
“A fine win and 24 points for Berkswell on their home debut in Birmingham League Division 3 against Whitchurch.
Having lost the toss and being asked to bat first Berkswell found runs hard to come by in damp conditions that strongly favoured ball over bat.
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Loraine Bryan writes,
“I’m a Berkswell resident who has just completed a 400km cycle along the banks of the Nile river in Egypt. I’m willing to come along to any group and do a talk about my adventure and my 2nd challenge which will take place in India next year.
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