Bashers. It's Shanghainese for Cricket

Bus from Wu Xi Station to madness

Hey fellas,

Bus will leave Wu Xi station at 10am on Sunday May 2nd heading to Hong Shan for the ensuing madness. Let me know (below) who needs to be picked up from there with exact numbers if possible . I’ll leave you to make your own arrangements to get to Wu Xi station!

We will also arrange a bus to drop people back to the Millenium Wu Xi Hotel, the Mei Cun Hotel and the train station on Sunday night as required.

After Dinner Drinks (free flow)

Boutique NZ invites all Bashers, Geishas and friends to come along to our promo event featuring 6 New Zealand wines and a range of NZ’s best ice cream and chocolate.

It’s free-flow for 100rmb, so come along and Get Loose!!

For every ‘team’ of Bashers (11 players) that come Boutique NZ will donate one case of wine to the club!
(More information after the jump)

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Like Chocolate for Women

Kim Morrison

Bit of a plug.

Geishas birthday coming up?

Mrs Saint has written a book.

Get amongst this: likechocolateforwomen.com

Nanjing 6′s March 20-21

Locked and loaded fellas.

Nanjing 6′s 2010 will be held over Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of March. In true Bashers style we will be expected to more than make up the numbers. What I need from you is firm confirmations on your availability so we can let Nanjing know what to expect.

If you want to go you go! If you want to play you play! If you want to get loose you do so! There will be no squad selection process here. I recommend anyone who didn’t got last year goes. I know that all those who went last year will be going again!!

Costs look about the same as last year. Bus up there on the Fri. night. Two nights in a hotel. 6′s dinner and boozing. If the bus doesn’t suit you can make your own way up on the Sat. but you’ll miss the road trip.

Let’s rack up some numbers.

Basher Cocktails – Loose Unit

Take one can XXXX gold and mix with one bottle of lambrusco.

Strain Through polyester strides and add several olives

Infuse with more gas in your soda-stream machine

Serve through intravenous drip

Basher Cocktails – Bada Bing

The first in a new series of posts.

Not sure how i stumbled across this during a Bangladesh collapse but i discovered this cocktail recipe named for our new sponsor and Basher #2.

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Introducing Mayla Bea Patel

Introducing Mayla Bea Patel.

She was born at 8.34pm on 24 January 2010, weighing 3.23 kg.

Everything is going great and mum, baby and dad are very well & happy.

Sheyan, Hannah & Mayla

Loose & Local – End of Season Awards Function 2009

Ladies & Gentlemen of the GREATEST CRICKET CLUB IN SHANGHAI [if not the UNIVERSE]!

The End of Season function/Awards Night is upon us once again, and its our time to reflect on a WONDERFUL year of highlights, both on and off the Ground! This year, following last years antics, we’ve decided to turn it up a few degrees and get ‘Loose & Local‘!

Check it out:

Date: Friday 27th November 2009

Location: Ya Ke Xi Xinjiang Restaurant, 379 Xikang Road [near WuDing Lu]. 西康路379号靠近武定路

Time: 6:30 PM kickoff

Cost: 150 RMB for a smorgasbord of wonderful ‘local‘ cuisine and ‘loose‘ drinks [free flow VB, with spirits, mixers and the like in there as well!]

Dress Code: Loose, but local!

This is the occasion where we award ourselves for our efforts during the year, and vote on the upcoming years committee. 150 RMB is a great deal for a great feed, all you can drink, a night with mates and collectively patting each other on the back.

Last year we had 30+ punters at the end of season function, as we are only 2 blocks north of the Big Bamboo this year, I would expect we can push 50+ punters in the room! We Own the place for the night, so LET’S GET AMONGST IT! There’ll be belly dancers, singers and maybe a few suprises thrown inbetween!

for a look at last year”s pissa (before the cameras got put away and things really got messy) see the evidence here.

Please comment below to RSVP as soon as possible, so we have an idea for numbers and catering logistics.

See you there, bright and early for a few beers!

Stay Loose

LXXXVII

Obama crashed our party! Bamboo closed go Plan B

Most of you are probably hearing the rumors , so let me clarify the situation.

Due to Barrack Obama staying at the Portman this Sunday , it seems the police want to shut down all drinking establishments and some roads , Tongren being one of them.

Officially the Bamboo has been asked to close so we will now go with our plan B

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