Bashers. It's Shanghainese for Cricket

It’s Quiz time again!!

Hi guys,
I’ve been helping to organise this Quiz Night in association with Deborah Cotter who works for XinXing – so if anyone is interested come along Saturday night – have some fun and answer some questions all for a good cause. The Just Beer boys are sponsors on the night so the Beer will be Cold, Wet and Plenty for all.

XinXing, along with the Australian Consulate, Austrade, AustCham Shanghai, the Australian Women’s Social Group and the Shanghai Tigers, will again be hosting the Wizz Bang Quiz night on May 9th this year. The Quiz night is one of our major fundraising events and is a great night out too!

When: May 9th 2009
Where: Hyatt on the Bund, 199 Huang Pu Rd
Price: 350 RMB including dinner and drinks

For tickets contact Amy at AustCham, amy.xu@austchamshanghai.com, ph 021 6248 8301 / 6248 2496 / 6248 5989
Grab a group of 10 or just join a table for a great night of fun.

The money raised will help the XinXing team to continue their great work with underpriviledged kids in central China.

Thanks to our Gold Sponsors: Bluescope Steel, Pacific Network Global Logistics and Hyatt on the Bund.

Boutique NZ invites you to attend our Summer Selection at Osteria

If any of the Bashers and Geishas feel like skipping practice next week (and supporting a fellow Basher) please come along to the Summer Selection at Osteria. I will be showcasing some of my fruit wines paired with some scallop, duck and lamb canapes. There will be free flow fruit wine and general merriment. See below!

Boutique NZ invites you to attend our Summer Selection at Osteria.
Featuring award-winning NZ fruit wines complemented by a variety of exquisite canapés specifically created by Osteria’s Ian Bilodeau.

Please RSVP as soon as possible as spaces are limited.

When: Thursday May 14th 6.30pm-8.30pm
Where: Osteria (JinXian Rd, near Shanxi Rd)
Entrance: 100rmb

http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/events/45344/

Drinks Break Thursday

As usual a great meeting of the minds will be taking place Thursday evening. Meanwhile at the Big Bamboo will be Bashers drinks. A nice early start this week due to no nets. Undoubtedly many good times will be had and forgotten. The president’s Father is even rumoured to be making an appearance! Don’t forget your Bashers loyalty card and it wouldn’t hurt to have you home address written out somewhere too.

Latest Just Beer Offer – FREE BEER!

For a limited time only!

Any Basher can order a slab of Pure Blonde for 312rmb delivered and your lovely sponsor will throw in THREE FREE CASES of (slightly mature) VB.

To take advantage of this offer email mat@justbeer.cn NOW!

NO TRAINING

Gents – there will be no nets this Friday.
The results over the weekend combined with the fact that the Bashers arent playing for a couple of weeks mean that there is no immediate need to face Crankys bouncers this Thursday.

I believe a few  people will be around for drinks in the Bamboo, I however will not be there.
Will let our Social Director / Achiever rally the troops and arrange the beverage rendezvous

Pleasure Match Report 3/5/09

The day started with Swahili bitching about not being able to find whites in this city. The situation started to look more and more dire as more Basher’s showed up with ‘non-regulation’ equipment. It was starting to look as though the other team would start with a hundred on the board before a ball was bowled. Fortunately, the Business XI were kind enough to allow some of the disorganised Pleasure Bashers to get into their wet white pants so they could take to the field.

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April 2009 Cricket Shanghai Newsletter

Welcome to the 2009 Season

As discussed at last month’s AGM, the Council will be sending out a monthly Communique to all members going forward. As there is a lot to get you all up to speed on this first edition will be slightly longer than normal. We hope you find these monthly communications useful and please feel free to let us know where we can develop further to keep everyone up to date. The new 2009 Season is well under way and the Council’s plan to schedule double headers between all club’s Div 1 & Div 2 teams has been well received and good for inter-club rivalry. (more…)

SCC Dragons game vs Beijing Sunday 17 May

Lads,

As mentioned on Sunday, there is a 50 over SCC Dragons game vs Beijing on Sunday 17 may at Dulwich. If you are interested in playing, please let me know. Once we know who is available, the SCC will choose the strongest team. Given that we are 2 wins from 2, I imagine a very strong Bashers contingent.

Those who said they were up for it so far:

Ollie ‘Stats’ Austin 

Sameer ‘Paps’ Jolly

Sheyan ‘Dipso’ Patel

Kevin ‘Cassius’ Wright

Who else????

Congratulations to the Business Team

Gents,

Once again I am in the office on a Monday morning, needing to input details of VICTORY into the new SCC database… Two matches, two victories and top of the League – a truly fantastic way to start the season.

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