Run out

Olton's under 17s played in their re arranged u17 Bill Lloyd Trophy final at Kings Heath on a glorious September day.

Put into bat by Walmley, Olton got off to a steady start as Jon Webb and Gary Hawkins put on fifty for the opening partnership. Jonny played several wonderful shots particularly off Tim Gruiters whilst Gary set out his stall as the anchor man. Jonny went for 25 and then Gary was joined by skipper Phil Ceillam. Phil soon settled in and began to pepper the short boundary with three huge sixes and a fourth over long on to the tennis courts. Phil made 52 and Gary 40 as Olton closed on 134-3, a score which was going to be challenging on a ground with big boundaries on three sides.

Walmley got off to a flying start as Olton's bowlers struggled to find length and direction as Gruiters and Slattery made 50 in seven overs. The introduction of Joe Moore to the attack reaped immediate dividends as he had Gruiters well caught for 25 but Slattery continued to play the anchor role for Walmley and went on to make 38.

Olton continued to take wickets and Walmley were down to their last pair. Needing 30 off 3 overs. But Ahmed struck the ball cleanly and when the final over began Walmley needed 8 to win. A few singles and a four meant on the last ball a single was needed. In great tension Ahmed pushed it towards mid on and managed to get in before the throw came and Walmley had won by 1 wicket.

Olton strike

Bill Lloyd Trustees with the trophy

The competition was sponsored by the Bill Lloyd Trust.

Presentations were made by Neil Carter from Warwickshire CC. The scorers and umpires were recognised with awards.

Opposing coaches awarded man of the match to Joe Moore of Olton and Will Slattery of Walmley.

The Trustees David Lloyd and Rob Ball were in attendance.

A new trophy was created for the competition and there is a replica for the winning side.

The Olton team were: John Bosworth, Jon Webb, Dan Ceillam, David Adams, Matt Ceillam, Phil Ceillam, Gary Hawkins, Chris Joiner, Liam Gately, Sam Richards and Joe Moore with Bob Danter coach and manager.

Awards and trophies for young members

Olton and WW CC held its end of season youth teams' presentation night on Friday Sept 12th.

Back at the club once more, the function room was filled to bursting with standing room only as loads of young players and their proud parents attended.

Richard Fox, youth team co-ordinator, was MC for the evening and Phil Vann Club Chairman presented the awards.

Each team manager gave a summary of the season and highlighted team and individual performances, in which the u11s had won their 8 a side league and were runners-up in their eleven a side league; in which the u13s were equal top in their league; in which the u15s maintained the club's position in the u15 Premier League and the u17s were about to play in their cup final on Sept 21st. All in all a succesful season.

Mukesh Patel and Phil Williams for the u11s, awarded Billy Lewis the bowling award, Rishi Patel the batting, James Turner the most improved player and Imran Ali the 'Impact' award.

Richard Fox for the u13s gave Jaspal Jheeta the batting, Aali Mughal the bowling, Sean Baker the most improved and Bobby Moseley the 'Impact' award.

in the u15s Marc Webb and Steve Wallis awarded Dan Ceillam the batting prize, Dan Clarke the bowling and Karim Ullah the most improved prizes whilst the 'Impact' award went to Chrsi Joiner.

The u17 prizes awarded by Bob Danter went to Gary Hawkins for batting, Joe Moore for bowling, Phil Ceillam for most improved and Dan ceillam for the 'Impact' award. There were two other awards. The match ball was presented to Sam McAndrew for his hat-trick and Jaspal Jheeta and Joe Gavin were presented with commemorative bats detailing their record breaking 187-0 opening partnership in an u13 match.

Thanks were extended to all who had helped, parents, coaches, managers and the club ctte and trustees. And especially to Shane Gavin and Impact Financial Services for their support of the Youth section.