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Sunday 14 July 2019.

 amidst the high octane and tension of the world cup final, i have made my way to the glorious calder valley for the semi final of the parish cup, the knock out competition for the halifax league, where booth take on illingworth st marys for a place in the august the 4th final.  the all conquering booth have won the halifax league 1st devition for the last 3 seasons, and won this competition in 2016 and 2017 too.  this is also the clash of the top 2 in the same devition. with st marys 16 points clear of booth.  winners to play shelf north owram hedge top or thornton. up hear in the calder valey and booth finish on a competitive 241 for 8 off 45 overs. booth slipped to 21 for 3, thanks to to some hostile opening bowling by luke brooksby, who eventually finished with fine figures of 4 for 28.  thereafter, it was left to the brothers laycock, robert, 118, and richard, 51 to rescue booth in spectacular style, putting on a 4th wicket partnership of 133 before richard...
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Sunday, 8 May 2022.

at the magical sleepy hollow, for gloucestershire quarter final in the national village club knock out.  where stapleton take on congbasbury.  this is 3rd tier vs 4 tier, with both plying their trade in the west of england premier cricket league. congresbury 87 for 4 after 13 overs. 40 overs aside.  both teams dareing to dream of a september final at lords.  32 regions, with 8 teams in each.   with the 32 regional winners making up the last 32. Yesterdays result from sleepy hollow, and an easy 164 run victory for congress bury. not totally unexpected as this was 3rd tier vs 4th, and the home side only having 4 first teamers available too. put into     congressbury mustered a seemingly below parr total  of 222 all out and only batted 36 of 40 overs. michael fisher, top scoring with  a belligerent 64 including 14 4s. next top scorer michael edmonds with 29. mani Bevan, 3 for 33, james slade, 2 for 34, will meller, 2 for 25  and ash bi...
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Sunday 14 April 2019.

   its chalenge rugby league cup action for me today.  at crusaders park in the suberb of saint helens known as clockface for 4th round tie between thatto heath crusaders, in the 2nd tier  of ametur  rugby league and level 5 on the rugby league pyramid,  vs dewsbury rams, mid table championship.  the rams disposed of west hull in the last round.  heath are expecting a record crowd for this one and they have beeen given special dispensation from the rfl to stage this match on home turf.  737 saw their 3rd round victory over rochdale mayfield.  the bbc camras are in town for this one and is being screened live on the bbc website. apologies, thatto heath are actually at the 4th level on the rugby league pyramid and they disposed of north wales crusaders in the last round.  a crowd  of over 1000 expected today, swelled by a couple of coaches who have come across from gewsbury.  lets hope their fans have better luck than t...
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