Tag: Blue Ball

GCC Quiz Night and 2022 Averages: Part 1 Batting

GGC Quiz Night Grand Prize

The GCC Quiz Night returns on Friday, November 18th at 7pm in the Grantchester Village Hall. Teams of 6 recommended. For £15 per person you will experience a brilliant quiz put together by our very own GCC quizmasters and a delicious curry prepared by the wonderful Derby Stores of Newnham. And a chance to win the special grand prize for the winning team….

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‘Food’ for Thought

Good turn out at Nets on Sunday (18th), more at noon this Sunday and then a break for Easter before continuing on Sundays thereafter. Meanwhile…

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Stitched up like a kipper

In the world of friendly cricket between clubs with a long standing association, communication is often done through a loose network of pub gossip with no attributable sources. So it was that, following a sequence of convincing wins, we heard at the Blue Ball via the White Swan at Conington and the Poacher at …

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Ten to Three

Ah God ! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester ! To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees. Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land ? The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream …

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Seasons Greetings

It’s been quite a year here at Grantchester Cricket Club. Who’d have thought, at the beginning of 2011, we’d be well on our way to having our own ground, kit and roller. And yet here we are, thanks in no small part to some extremely generous benefactors and enthusiastic fund raisers. To all these …

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End of Season Report

Played 9.  Won 6.  Lost 3. It’s not often we are accused of playing too hard but we were this season! I won’t reveal which team made this scurrilous accusation but it does reflect our improved playing standards. Could it be the winter nets, improved fitness standards or our lovely scorers new found …

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Match Report: GCC vs Radegund CC

When describing events of such magnitude, historical context is all. In the last three meetings, the Radegund have dominated the Blue Ball team and yet today as the grey clouds gathered in the morning one felt that it wasn’t just the weather that could turn. A long winter of nets and careful …

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President’s Barbecue

Grantchester Cricket Club is holding a President’s Barbecue on Sunday 1st May from 3pm onwards at the Blue Ball PH in Grantchester. The Barbecue is kindly being donated by Flair Catering. All proceeds will go towards club funds. Tickets are priced at a very reasonable £10 (students and under 21s – £5) and are …

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Welcome

Wel­come to the web­site for Grantchester Cricket Club, formerly the Blue Ball Cricket Club and based in the inspirationally picturesque village of Grantchester, near Cambridge, England. Here you can hopefully learn some more about the history of the club, the current and former players, our fixtures, results and match reports. We’re a social …

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