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MR TONY COLLINSON

I am extremely sorry to have to report the death of Mr Tony Collinson at the age of 75. Tony who suffered from Alzheimer's Disease for a number of years, sadly passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning. Tony was a former Chairman and captain of Thirsk CC, he was also somebody who put a tremendous amount of time and effort into both the cricket club and TAS&SC. Affectionately known as TC, Tony was extremely popular with everybody who had the pleasure of meeting him, he was generous to a fault and always great company. His unmistakeable curly blonde hair, of which he was rightly proud made him widely recognisable and in his latter years he was always to be seen urging our various teams on from the boundary edge. Tony was a fierce competitor and the highlight of his cricketing career probably came with a century and 5 wickets against Hovingham on an August Bank Holiday Monday in the late 1960s. I am very proud to be have been a close personal friend of both Tony and his late wife Gwen, they were two fantastic people. The funeral service will take place at 1.00pm on Friday 9th December at St Marys Church, Thirsk. GHG

THIRSK CC NOTICE OF THE 160TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Dear member(s)

The 160th Annual General Meeting of Thirsk Cricket Club is to be held on the evening of Wednesday 7th December 2011 at 8.00pm prompt. The venue is Thirsk Athletic Sports & Social Club.

A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. Previous minutes can only be obtained by emailing secretary@thirskcricket.co.uk.

I do hope you can attend, and look forward to seeing you on the night.

Yours faithfully,

Philip Robshaw
Hon. Secretary

THIRSK CC PRESENTATION NIGHT 2011

TCC's Annual Presentation Night was held in the TAS&SC clubhouse after the Golf Day on the 7th October. A very large gathering of players, supporters, parents and friends were in attendance to see the various trophy winners pick up their awards.

As well as the presentations we held a raffle, tombola stall, guess the weight of the marrow and two horse races on the big screen, these races were won by horses sporting the strange names of "Chelsea FC" and "Neil Collinson" A splendid steak sandwich barbecue was also held throughout the evening.

Many thanks to everybody who helped or contributed to the success of the evening. There were were several of you, who made the event run smoothly and helped to raise so much money for our club funds. We certainly could not have done it without your help.

All of the award winners can be seen below. A comprehensive review of the 2011 season and a complete list of all the team's averages will be available on this website in the next couple of weeks.

GH Gifford


Trophy	Winner
Chairman's Shield (Clubman of the Year)	Robert Garner
Junior Clubman of the Year	Thomas Hogg
AD Jones Trophy	Christine Christon
1st XI Batting	Mark Cook
1st XI Bowling	Stuart Christon
1st XI Best Performance	Ben England
2nd XI Batting	Neil Collinson
2nd XI Bowling	Barry Petty
2nd XI Best Performance	Ross McAndrew
3rd XI Batting	James Garner
3rd XI Bowling	Kieran Clark
3rd XI Best Performance	George Bentley
Under 17s Batting	James Wilkinson
Under 17s Bowling	James Wilkinson
Under 17s Manager's Award	Ben Morgan
Under 15s Batting	Sam Ferebee
Under 15s Bowling	George Bentley
Under 15s Manager's Award	James Garner
Under 12s Batting	Harry Collinson
Under 12s Bowling	Jack Fearn
Under 12s Manager's Award	Josh Pierse

THIRSK CRICKET CLUB GOLF DAY - 7TH OCTOBER 2011

On Friday 7^th October Thirsk Cricket Club held their inaugural Golf Day at the picturesque Thirsk and Northallerton Golf Club. The occasion was blessed with some wonderful weather and the event was attended by 24 teams of varying golfing ability. The teams largely consisted of current and ex Thirsk CC players, supporters, sponsors, opposition cricket teams and local businesses.

All the participants seemed to have a thoroughly enjoyable day, with lots of positive feedback being received by the cricket club committee. The competition was eventually won by former Thirsk CC batsman, Market Weighton based Neil Stephenson and his team of Stivy's Super Stars with a magnificent score of 87 points. The 2nd and 3rd placed teams were decided on countback after a four way tie on 84 points.

The event provided a major financial boost for Thirsk Cricket Club in these difficult economic times. We would like to thank our 3rd team captain Rob Garner PGA and all the officials and staff at T&NGC for their hard work and support on our behalf. I understand they might have benefitted from gaining one or two new members. We would also like to thank each and everyone of those people that took part in the golf and we very much look forward to seeing you all again in 2012, where we hope to welcome some new teams and build on this year's success.

The four par 3s nearest the pin winners were -

Hole 3 Sponsored by Alpha Signs - Andy Northgraves

Hole 8 Sponsored by Hillside Caravan Park - Howard Mayne

Hole 10 Sponsored by www.addingvalue4u.com - Anne Stebbing

Hole 18 Sponsored by Dales of Thirsk Ltd - Howard Mayne

THIRSK CC GOLF DAY LEADER BOARD

POSITION	TEAM NAME	SCORE
1	Stivy's Super Stars	87
2	Old Red Eyes Is Back	84
3	Bowl Em Over	84
4	The Blonde Pigs	84
5	Chatsworth Windows	84
6	Forever Forth	81
7	The Silly Mid Offs	79
8	Kings Arms (Sandhutton)	78
9	The Swiss Hackers	78
10	Captain Stevo's	78
11	The Cordell Group	78
12	Brokeback Mountains	75
13	Chairman's Mob	74
14	Murphy's Marauders	72
15	Magic Masham	71
16	Fine Leg	69
17	Clifton Parkers	66
18	AVL	65
19	Collo R Us	63
20	Thirsk Falcons Juniors	60
21	The Inbetweeners	57
22	Past It	56
23	The All Blacks	45
24	Hard Ball Hoolies	44