Date | Opponent | Pitch | H/A | Score |
22nd April | Pirates | 2 | A | W.24-10 |
29th April | Enforcers | 4 | H | L.4-32 |
6th May | Mayhem II | 1 | A | L.10-14 |
13th May | Camels II | 7 | H | L.18-23 |
20th May | Resting | N/A | N/A | N/A |
27th May | Hackers | 1 | H | L.5-19 |
3rd June | Storm | 8 | A | L.7-16 |
10th June | Pirates | 8 | H | W.16-13 |
17th June | Enforcers | 2 | A | W.16-5 |
17th June | Mayhem II | 3 | H | L.10-19 |
24th June | Camels II | 1 | H | L.11-30 |
1st July | Hackers | 8 | A | L.6-17 |
8th July | Storm | 3 | A | L.8-18 |
15th July | Pirates | 2 | ? | L.14-29 |
22nd July | Enforcers | 2 | ? | L.19-33 |
29th July | Mayhem II | 7 | ? | L.5-20 |
5th August | Camels II | 1 | ? | L.27-30 |
12th August | Resting | N/A | N/A | N/A |
19th August | Hackers | 7 | ? | W.20-10 |
26th August | Storm | 3 | ? | L.15-21 |
All games at Parrs Wood
We were late to the party in this game, finding ourselves 11 to 2 down in the middle of the 3rd. We fought back well after that but never really looked like winning.
Anu was the batting hero, going 4 for 4, with Becky, Steve, Matt, James and Rob all close behind going 3 for 4.
Tony pitched a good game, James did a good job at shortstop, TK made some fine plays at first and Becky was a bundle of energy at second.
A special mention for James and Chloe who made their farewell appearances for the club in this game. James flies out this weekend to start his new life in Sweden. Chloe moves down to Coventry in a week's time. They'll both be missed.
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A welcome win against an inexperienced Hackers side. It was also a game that finished in darkness after we played on for an inning too long. We batted round the order to score 8 runs in the top of the 3rd and that gave us a comfortable lead we never looked like losing.
Tony, Chloe, Michael, Becky and TK all batted 1000., and Tony was also our Home Run Hero with a lead off homer in the top of the 3rd. TKs batting is getting better every week, a shame her season started so late ! TK was also one of our stars in the field, with Tony also looking good, pitching another good game.
A special mention for the Hackers first base who battled on after taking a nasty blow to her leg in the 3rd inning.
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Called for bad light after 6.
A game of many twists and turns which ended in near darkness after 6 long innings. The Camels raced into a big lead in the top of the 3rd and despite a good fight back, aided by a few pitching problems for the Camels, we never quite managed to overcome the deficit.
Our Home Run heroine was TK, who recorded the four bagger in only her 3rd game of what's been an injury plagued season. Batting leaders were Emma and Chloe, who each went 5 for 5. In the field Tony pitched well again, Dave and Hayley turned a good double play and James looked impressive at short stop. Hannah was this week's debutante and put in a very encouraging display.
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Called for bad light after 6.
We fielded a much changed team in this game and with 2 people making their league debuts we had even less experience than normal. We showed promise but didn't have the experience needed to get a win.
Batting leaders were Tony, Dave (both 3 for 3) and Emma (2 for 2). Tony pitched a good game, Michael worked hard on debut at shortstop, Becky showed some promise at second and Rachel did some good work in the outfield. Stewart was the other debutant, finally playing his first league game after a very long wait.
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For the second week on the trot we had no problem scoring runs, but we were even better at letting them in !
Batting leader was Dave W., going 2 for 2 with a Home Run. Matt, Steve, Sarah N. and James were close behind, each going 3 for 4. In the field Hayley did a good job on one, and Chloe at catcher and Sarah C on 3 each made good throws to record outs at first.
Best wishes to Tony, who started at pitcher but then took a nasty blow when the ball hit the side of his foot in the bottom of the 4th. He managed to complete the innings but then had to come out of the game. A quick mention for Chloe and Steph, who came down at short notice to ease our woman shortage, we were very happy to have you there !
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We got off to a bright start, but we couldn't hold on to that early lead as our defensive frailties took centre stage for the remainder of the game.
Batting leaders were Neil (4 for 4), Dave W. (3 for 3) and Rachel (3 for 3). Home Run heroes were Sarah C., Neil and Tony, with one each, with Neil also hitting for the cycle in his 4 plate appearances.
Defensively the stand out player was Rob, who took a series of good outfield catches.
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Storm stormed into a 15 run lead halfway through the third inning, at which point we seemed to wake up and without ever looking like winning we out-scored them eight to two in the remainder of the game.
Batting leaders were Sarah Cassin, Sarah Newman and Neil, each of whom batted 3 for 4 with Home Runs for Neil and Sarah C.
Sarah Newman was also the star defensively, with an impressive display at third whilst Tony put in another good pitching performance . Rob deserves a mention for what was his best overall performance to date with both bat and glove, Matt looked good again in his second game and it was good to see TK finally make her league debut, two and a half months later than planned !
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Another patched up Wildcats team and another loss but a much brighter performance than last week. Steve worked really hard in his first ever game at short stop, Matt T. looked really good on debut, Sarah N. gave another all action display and Ellie took an excellent catch at first, whilst Tony put in a solid performance at pitcher.
At the plate Dave W. batted 1000, with the 2 Sarahs best of the women, each going 2 for 3. Thanks to Charlotte Green for guesting for us.
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A patched up Wildcats team was no match for a heavy hitting Camels line up. We just had too many people playing out of position as we attempted to overcome a long list of absentees.
It wasn't all bad, Sam and Sarah Newman led the way with the bats, each batting 1000 (3 for 3) whilst the power was supplied by Toy and Ed who each hit a Grand Slam homer.
In the field Sarah Newman put in a fine performance on second, Tony pitched well in relief of Dave (struck down by back pain after 2 innings) and Sam made some nice plays in right field but there were few other highlights.
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We looked tired in this second game of the night, and fatigue caused a bit of sloppiness in the field that went a long way towards costing us the win.
Matt (4 for 4) and Dave (3 for 3) both batted 1000 with Sarah C (3 for 4) the best of the women. In the field Dave put in another good pitching performance and Sarah N. was impressive on 2nd.
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A satisfying win against the Enforcers, with a random element added by the batters inability to see the ball. Male Batting leaders were James, Matt and Dave (all 3 for 4) with Sarah H. and Hayley leading the way for the women (also 3 for 4). Dave pitched well, using the Sun to good effect, and we were tidy in the field. Neil made a welcome return to action after his long injury absence. The sooner Pitch 2 is turned round the better !
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This week we finally managed to put some runs on the board and that, combined with another decent defensive display, gave us a well deserved win against the table topping Pirates.
Three of us batted 1000 with Sarah and Matt Hughes, who both just love batting against the Pirates, being joined by Adam the Lion. Sarah C. went 3 for 4 and was denied her 4th hit only by a fine grab by the shortstop. Adam was also this week's Home Run Hero with a Grand Slam in the 6th that went a long way towards nailing down the win.
In the field Sarah N. put in an all action performance at 2nd, James made some nice plays at short stop and Hayley was busy on first. Adam contributed some fine fielding to go with his strong pitching display and everyone else worked hard and kept the Pirates scoring under control.
Ellie's general enthusiasm, not to mention her satisfaction at scoring a run for the first time in more than eighteen months, impressed both teams.
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Another week, another game in which we did lots of good things but just didn't score enough runs to be competitive.
As we did last week we kept things under control in the field, Matt did a good job when he moved to short and Dave put in a respectable showing at pitcher (despite a bad back !) but the defensive stand out was Sarah C. who played a blinder on first, including a couple of sharp catches.
Sarah was also the stand out performer with the bat for the women, going 3 for 4, with Dave leading the way for the blokes, going 3 for 3. Tony went 3 for 4 and Matt 2 for 3.
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Perhaps our most inexperienced team of the season so far put up a fairly decent showing in the field but couldn't score enough runs to put the Hackers under any pressure.
Despite some shaky pitching, and a lot of people playing out of position, we kept things reasonably well under control in the field for most of the game. James made a couple of nice plays at short and Matt took some good catches in the outfield. Elsewhere there was a lot of hard work and some promising performances. There were some mistakes but for the most part we kept working well.
Best with the bats were Anu and Dave W. who each went 3 for 3, whilst Vanessa went 2 for 3, but as a team we never managed to string enough hits together to get the scoreboard ticking over consistently.
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A see saw game that we looked like winning in the middle innings before a mix of some strong Camels hitting, a bit of bad look and the strange (not to mention dangerous) bounces that the show pitch offers up meant that we went home empty handed.
Steve was the batting hero going 4 for 4 with a Home Run. Dave W. also went 4 for 4 and Hayley led the way for the women going 3 for 5.
In the field Ellie kept umpire and batters entertained whilst doing a bit of catching on the side, Sarah C. showed lots of promise at 2nd and Dave W. enjoyed his return to first base.
All in all with a very inexperienced line up we put up a more than decent show, suggesting there will be better things to come later in the season as the rookies get some game time under their belts.
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Another week, another defeat, but we played much better in this game than we did last week, and put on a good display with an inexperienced line up. The archetypical game of two halves, this game was tight to begin with but with lots of runs in the later innings.
Sam was the male batting hero, going 3 for 3. with Hayley and Anu, each 2 for 3, leading the way for the women.
In the field Dave W. and Sam both pitched well. The team showed a bit of rookie indecision at times but Hayley did a good job at first, James had a successful night at shortstop and Rob took a nice catch in left field.
Dave Murphy made an encouraging debut with both bat and glove, Sandra also made her first appearance of the season whilst Ellie made her 2nd debut after 12 months away, and we were all glad to have her back in the fold.
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Down to earth with a bump this week as the whole team had an off week and finished a distant second to last year's Div 3 champions.
The bats never really got going, the pitchers struggled and our performance in the field was error strewn. Neither pitchers nor fielders were helped by the Baden ball which showed rather alarming bar of soap qualities when wet - just as well it doesn't rain much in Manchester ! There was one defensive highlight when we got the ball in quickly on a long hit by Peter Jones and the relay got the ball back to the plate just in time for Tony to apply the tag and get the out on the near home run.
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The Wildcats got the 2014 season off to a winning start with an impressive win against a Pirates team that looked dangerous when batting but were too generous for their own good in the field.
The batting leaders board was a family affair with Mr and Mrs Hughes each going 4 for 4. There were also lots of other encouraging displays with Hayley and Tony each catching the eye whilst going 3 for 4 and hitting the ball hard. Tony was also our sole Home Run Hero.
In the field James and Matt were the stand outs in in a generally impressive team display. Tony pitched a solid game when he came in to replace injury victim Oggy after the first innings. Rookies Sarah C. and Lynda both hit the ball hard, each going 2 for 3, and both showed lots of promise before bad light brought the proceedings to an close after 4 innings. All the best to Oggy after a recurrence of his leg injury brought his evening to an early end.
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Pirates were at home but chose to bat first, called for bad light after 4.