Congrats to the first ever Riverside 6 a-side tournament winners Get On It captained by Danny Billington. The team consisted of Danny, John Mounsey, Jonny Hothersall, Zack Wilkes, Rick “Chadders” Hammel and Chris Isherwood. They beat second placed side MASSIVE “come on!” in the final after they went through joint points with The Con Men but beating them in the head to head.

Team runs totals:

MASSIVE “come on!” = 248 runs

Working Away Mate = 171 runs

The Con Men = 173 runs

HEHE oish = 185 runs

Get On It = 218 runs

Top runscorer for the Tournament was Jamie Skeoch who scored 107 runs in 5 games, the only player over 100. He was only out once and retired twice including in the final. Andy Hogarth scored 89 runs from 4 games, retiring once and not being dismissed throughout the day. Danny Billington came third with the most runs, 77 in 5 innings, averaging 19.25.

The best bowler of the tournament went to John Mounsey who took 4 wickets at 8 in his 5 games, only conceding 32 runs. Tom Wilson then took 3 wickets at 10.6 in 4 games and Jack Wilson and James Gaskell also took 3 apiece at 14 and 15 respectively.

Also a mention to Tec who got James caught and bowled first ball!

Well done everyone who competed it was a very competitively fought tournament without loosing its element of fun and entertainment. Also thanks to Les and Dave for umpiring, Tec, Jerry and everyone else who got the BBQ roaring, HT for bringing the food and everyone else who contributed to the day whether it was setting things up, scoring, umpiring etc.

Watch this space for more inter club matches.

Team 1 – MASSIVE “come on!” (blue)

Jamie Skeoch, Tom Wilcock, James Gaskell, Scott Hamill, Jack Wilson, Liam Tingle

Team 2 – The Con Men (colour to be desided by Chaos)

Eddie Steinson, Steve Lodge, Mike Keane, Graham Skeoch, Cammy Westworth, Shawsy

Team 3 – Get On It (yellow)

Danny Billington, Jonny Hothersall, John Mounsey, Chris Isherwood, Rick Hammel, Zack Wilkes

Team 4 - HEHE OISH (thanks arse) (red/white depending on ball colour)

Andy Hogarth, Stu Pilkington, Tom Wilson, Dave Steinson, Jack Mansfield, Rick Holmes

Team 5 – Working Away Mate (black)

Jamie Hogarth, Mark Whelan, John McKeever, Mike Salisbury, Andy Hollinhurst

We are all meeting at 11 for a 11:30 start… first game is … MASSIVE “comeon” v The Con Men (11:30)

Junior Nets will be at Tulketh High on a Friday 7-8pm starting on 5th Feb, again £3 a night. Our Junior section is really important to us, so we hope attendance is high.

The teams are as follows:

North

Tim Phillips Capt – Wrea Green
Eddie Steinson – Harris Park
Mick Keane – BAC/EE Preston
Ryan Norris – South Shore
Michael Brooks – Kirkham and Wesham
Matt Jackson – Torrisholme
Adam Oyston – Caton
Bhavik Bopat – Grimsargh
James Richardson – St Josephs
Ibrar Hussein – Ribchester
Ryan Adderley – South Shore

South

Kyle Dixon Capt – White Coppice
Stuart Andrew Taylor – Hoghton
Matt Ashcroft – Eccleston
Steve Langton – Croston
Michael Atkinson jnr – Withnell Fold
Gareth Winstanley – Walton-le-Dale
Farouk Chabdou – Whittle-le-Woods
Neil Kershaw – Charnock Richard
Graham Thorp – Gregson Lane
Jamie Maitland – Eccleston
Wayne Dixon – White Coppice

Result:BAC/EE Preston Won by 37 runs

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