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Pleasure on Sunday

Pleasure vs DPR Hot Dogs
When: Sun, August 21, 1:30pm – 6:00pm
Where: SRFC Near

Sunday’s Squads

August 14th Matches

Pleasure vs Devils Digital
When: Sun, August 14, 9:00am – 1:30pm
Where: SRFC Far

Pudong Power vs Leisure
When: Sun, August 14, 9:00am – 12:15pm
Where: Dulwich

Pudong Power vs Business
WhenSun, August 14, 12:15pm – 5:45pm
Where: SRFC Near

Lumberjack – Pleasure v Devils Doosra – The Good, Bad & Ugly.

The signs were there early that it perhaps wouldn’t be the greatest day… I did a quick pre alarm time check only to find that it was 7:20am and  was due at the Camel in ten minutes. Once the panic had died down and I was on my way, I found I’d set my alarm for 7pm instead of 7am… Shit !  All I could rely on was Sinbad being late also , and with more consistency than a Basher batting collapse so it was, that  the bus was still there and Sinbad wasn’t (apparently the fault of the red taxi’s)…but regardless, my first Basher Lumberjack was assigned.

So with the Leisure bus moving off in the distance and a distinct lack of Dragon bar leftovers around, the small pleasure team contingent headed to the SRFC.

A most informative journey to the ground ensued with stand in skipper Tank reciting the daily messages from our courageous but absent skipper Bugs’ journey back from the depths of typhoid hell (gastro) – Great work getting the scorebook back in time Bugs! (more…)

HK Int Cricket Sixes

Hong Kong International Cricket Festival 2011 – Cricket Sixes Tournament will be held at the “Kai Tak Cricket Ground” in Hong Kong from Friday the 25th of November until Sunday the 27th of November 2011.

The Eaton Hotel in Kowloon is the Official Hotel Partner for the Hong Kong Festival this year. The room rates for this year for teams and those involved with the tournament are:
# Room rates are at HKD1000 (Single) and HKD1100 (Double) plus 10% which includes breakfast per room.
Information on booking details will follow once your place in the tournament has been confirmed.

Team Fee’s have been set for up to 8 players per team at $7,000 HKD. This includes the Tournament Functions, Transport to and from the ground each day from the Eaton Hotel, a tournament Shirt, Cap and Souvenir Program, the actual tournament costs, Event Trophies and more.

Any interest below please. Bear in mind that the SCC may be taking one or two teams as well.

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July 31st Squads

July Double Header

9am Pleasure vs Devils Doosra, SRFC Far
9am Leisure vs Devils DUI, Dulwich

Saturday Friendly Canceled

A Saturday (July 23rd) morning friendly against a combination Hot Dogs team has been mooted, approved and organized. Anyone from the Club wishing to play please register your interest below.
Bus will leave The Camel at 9.00 for a 10:30 start. 25 overs a side.

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SRFC HAVE JUST INFORMED THE SCC THAT THE FIELDS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. AS A RESULT THIS WEEKENDS GAMES ARE CHANGED. THE SATURDAY FRIENDLY IS CANCELED. PLEASURE AND LEISURE GAMES WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED TO A LATER DATE AND BUSINESS WILL MOVE TO 12.45PM AT DULWICH.

Bashers Pleasure vs Leopards-Sun 17th July 2011

Bugs started the game in inspired form, winning the toss, and winning the discussion about whether to play from 2 ends or 1.

Bashers batted. Pothole was filled in early, and The Dog started brightly. The Dog was put down via deflection off partner Tiny at the non-strikers end to be caught mid-on. The Rock showed exceptional bat speed, but couldn’t convert this potential into runs, and soon Shit Shoes was in on debut.

Shit Shoes and Tiny built the best Bashers partnership of the innings, in spite of their running between the wickets. Bashers were well placed at 96-3 at drinks, but the middle order were thrown out in a cascade of wickets. Special mention goes to à Trois for spectacular dismissal, with him going at full tilt in one direction, and stumps splattered in the other direction. (more…)