Wednesday 28 March 2007

Club Dinner - Who got the other baubles?

Wickman felt a little queasy on Sunday morning. One too many celebratory something or others made the Sunday morning "you get up with them, no you" parental duties somewhat painful. Through the fug Wickman recalls that a number of gongs were handed out. Sadly he has no record of this owing to Mackie's Mum's tidying skills. So this "Still Life with Fielding Cup" will have to do. There were nominations in all the categories but Wickman's napkin on which all were hastily scribbled is long gone after an incident with a recalcitrant glass of surprisingly good Sandown Park red wine. Suffice it to say that those nominated were unlucky to miss out in a competitive season... Clarky picked up the fielding prize for topping the Fullers League dismissals table for 2006. Zam picked up the bowling prize for some quite delightful leg spin bowling which connoisseurs claim is the best seen from a young player at the Wick for many a year. AJ secured the batting prize for delivering real consistency and weight of runs across his curtailed season - and the small matter of two tons. If only he had stayed away from ironmongery perhaps he'd have outscored even Matty D and Gatesey. The much coveted player of the year prize went to Matty D. Matty could well have won the batting prize in another year and is turning into a player that can be relied upon to make a heavy contribution with his beloved BDM. However his captaincy swung the day. With only a couple of new additions to the Wick family Matty piloted the 1s through an unbeaten season for the first time in so long that no one can remember the last time it happened if at all. Frankly Wickman could see that trophy presented about 12 more times before the Wick has to give it back at the end of the season. Wickman loves Matty D or... Championees, championees etc etc.

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