Training will be starting next week Thursday. Our Club Captain will fill us in on the details later on.

Please ensure that all of you from now on to keep Thursday nights free for practice and following that the weekly Bashers evening at The Camel Bar.

Its now time to start start loosing the holiday weight we so eagerly gained over the last few months and get ourselves back into the well oiled machine that is The Bashers Cricket Club.

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

6.50 am Sunday , bus drives to Bamboo as planned  .

If Tongren Rd. is blocked then we park bus on corner of Beijing and Xikang rd , lug our gear around the corner and get on it for the ground.

For supporters there will be NO Breakfast ! The bus will pick up at 9am  from the ashen remains of Masala Art on Dagu Rd . Plenty of coffee shops there for all the supporters and Geishas to get a morning bite into them .

Post game the bus will take all us happy winners out the Big Bamboo at Hongmei Rd where general mayhem will ensure .

No matter what, its going to be a great day !!

Go Bashers !!!!!!

We havent forgotten the 136 of you proud to call yourself Bashers and we know the day you have all dreamed about has come , the Bashers in the Div 1 Final ( league for those older guys !)

Let the team know you are behind them , impart a little Bashers wisdom or story.

Ex Obscurum  Cometes Lux Lucis

Out of the darkness cometh the light

The day has come !! Basher Basher Basher !

Congrats on leading the team to the final.A momentus occasion in itself and just one step to glory.

As a founding father and number 1 I have a duty to send a message to the boys so please send the message on.Of course I played in the very first game this season!

Bashers

You have achieved what no Bashers team in its long chequered history has achieved by reaching the final and now you stand ready to devour the crown.  And devour it you shall.

We are Shanghai’s most famous club, the fairest of clubs, the hardest working club and we have had members flocking through the doors of the Bamboo for years looking for men of their equal in spirit and desire.Without doubt we are Shanghai’s proudest club.No other club has as many of its original members still playing, still watching, still supporting the teams and the club as the mighty Bashers.All members then and since have been welcomed with open arms, supported, derided, punched at, fallen down drunk with, watched in horror as team mates have fallen downstairs, broken wrists, broken hearts, been tossed in some of Shanghai’s finest establishments, and true our spirits they will continue to support the Bashers as players and supporters til the hole in the ground swallows them whole with Bashers colours.Perhaps I am getting a little excited but who with a heart and blood would not be!!

The club has fought long and hard for 6 years against willful enemies and the current team is its best crop.This is the light coming out of the darkness.

K2? Fuck them.They are wannabes and we are heart and soul.

Fight hard and fight strong and be drunken fools on Sunday night!

To seek, to strive and never to yield.

Devour!!

Number 1

Dear All

Further to Stat’s note below, can ALL supporters interested in attending the final on Sunday please drop a comment below. I would put a rally call out there to ALL Bashers to get along and get behind the Business team this Sunday.

As Stat’s also duly noted, we are considered Shanghai’s premier club off the field, thus I would hope all able and free Bashers can lend themesleves to supporting the Biz Boy’s bringing home the silverware.

TIMETABLE:

07:00 – players & supporters bus

08:15 – breakfast starts @ Boo

09:00 – girls/supporters bus [25RMB per head surchage]

14:30  – ‘VICTORY’ bus returns

16:00 – afternoon tea & Celebrations, Bashers Style @ The Big Bamboo

BREAKFAST FROM 8:15 @ Big Bamboo = 50 RMB. Included Eggs, bacon, toast, coffee, and juice.

POST GAME CELEBRATION BUFFET FROM 4:00 PM @ Big Bamboo = 70 RMB

• Steaks in Red Wine Sauce, Fried Rice (Vege), Fettuccini Alfredo (Vege), Assorted Pizzas, Cesar Salad, Chicken Breasts in Mushroom Sauce, Sauteed Vege, Fruit Plate

Crazy VICTORY drink specials post game at Big Bamboo, never ever seen before! Get involved!

As we need to confirm numbers for transportation, please drop a message below ASAP. There will be the usual array of drinks etc on the bus/es out to the ground, and hopefully some after-match antics back at the Big Bamboo when we are crowned VICTORS! All in good time children…

Spread the word, one and all. Lets get behind our guys and have a big turn out for Sunday’s final! I’m EXCITED!

NOTE: For all Bashers with BLAZERS, please note that these are compulsory on the day.

Stay Loose

LXXXVII

Bashers,

This Sunday sees the clash of the League 1 giants vs the New Boys from Yiwu…
Yes, the unthinkable has occured… The Hot Dogs are propping up the League, and the Mighty Mighty Bashers are in the final.
The game is taking place at the SRFC on Sunday – time to be confirmed in the next 24 hours or so.
The opposition are K2.
The stakes couldn’t be higher… 12 months of officially being the best club in Shanghai – both off the field (undeniable) and on it.

This is a reminder that there will be training on Thursday which will give players extra practice time.
In all honesty there is unlikely to be major changes from last week’s heroic XII but all are welcome and indeed encouraged to come to SanHeHuaYuan on Thursday from 6pm till 8pm.

This will be the last nets session of the season so would be great to get a turn out, and a mass descent on the Big Bamboo.

Cheers,

Stats

Quickly now. Devils have finished top in the Santa Fe Premiership gaining them a ticket to the final. In the meantime they get a warm up game against the teams not making the post-season. This is a combined side from various clubs. A good opportunity for a last blat on the pitch. The Pleasure have been offered three places in this side to be captained by Greg Dean. Please advise if you’re keen.

Oh Once again – not sure exactly when and where this is which is difficult i know (last schedule i have says it was last weekend). Anyway – i assume it’s this Sunday – possibly in the morning – but we’ll get back to you.

Newsflash: It’s a civilised 1:45pm start at SRFC.

There won’t be a Bashers Bus (unless you go out early to watch the Business in their Semi)

Suggest you catch the train

Caarn the Bashers

Please let me know below if you can make it.

I know that the Pleasure boys have finished their games for the season, but would be good to see you there – or at the Bamboo after…
Business have a couple of big games left this season – starting this Sunday against Pudong.
RSVP below – so we can get a rough idea as to who is coming.

Cheers,
Stats

The event kicks off at 8pm at Malones on Tongren.
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see a Kiwi  Comedian performing live in Malones on the 22nd October 2009.

You will literally never be able to do that again.

Training is off – so people should be able to make it down.
Let the sixes weekend start off tonight!!!

Who is in?