Colts Section - News 2005

Coaching session leaves Dan in a spin!
15 year old Dan Waters thought he was coming along to Presidents Day just to fill in the scorebook, but ended up receiving a superb 15 minute coaching session from Zimbabwean leg spinner Brian Murphy. Promising leggie Dan was given tips on how to improve his action and grip by the Test star who has himself been coached in the past by leg spin guru Terry Jenner.

Dan, who recently finished second in the New Forest Under 15 single-wicket competition, now has the whole winter to practice his art and will hopefully be pushing for a place in the Third XI and perhaps even the Seconds next season.

Lymington Under 12's are playing an Under 12 touring side from Ashtead near London in a friendly at the Sports Ground starting at 2.30pm. The match will be a 30 over per side game.

The team will include a number of players from the successful Under 13 squad that won the New Forest KO cup last Sunday.and will be selected from Sam Tombs, Aidan Lindsay-Wood, Matt Vokes, Charlie Kinsella, Tim Breach, Shane Devlin, Cameron McKeon, Ben Rostand, Matt Bramwell, Jonny Young and Under 11 players David Cureton, Oliver Wiltshire, Nicky Elliott and Adam Welch.

Super Aidan inspires Under 13s to cup glory
Aidan Lindsay-Wood was in inspired form as Lymington Under 13s captured the New Forest Under 13 cup thanks to a 41 run win over Mudeford at Langley Manor yesterday. The Hordle-Walhampton livewire scored an unbeaten 30 in a Lymington total of 138 for 3 before the league champions were restricted to 97 in reply.

Man of the Match - Aidan Lindsay-Wood

Coach Tony Thorp was full of praise for his talented team, but singled out man-of-the-match Aidan for particular mention. "Aidan's innings gave us a great platform to build on," he said. "His fielding was sensational too. One of his stops on the boundary wouldn't have looked out of place in a match on Sky."

See the semi final and final match reports

Where there's a Will there's a way!

A stunning bowling performance from 14 year old Will Thorp guided Lymington Fourth XI Senior team to their first win of the season at Woodside on Saturday. Will grabbed 6 for 31 - including a hat trick - as Lymo overhauled Suttoners' 148 all out to record a morale boosting 5 wicket victory. He also chipped in with the bat, scoring 25 and offering valuable support to Steve Coltman who returned to form with a fine 65. Another youngster with plenty to chirp about at Woodside was 13 year old Aidan Lindsay-Wood who took a wicket with his very first ball in senior cricket!

The following day both Will and Aidan were back playing colts cricket and helped Lymington Under 15s to a narrow victory over local rivals Bashley at the Sports Ground.

Will power does it!
The under 15s pulled off an amazing cup win over Hyde with only 8 players, match report

Under 15 v BAT, match report
BAT the stronger

Under 11a v Bashley, match report
Close game
Under 11a v Michelmersh and timsbury, match report
Plastic home advantage

Under 13 v Paultons , match report
Lymo make it through in the cup.

Coaching for youngsters in the age groups Under 11 and Under 13 commenced last Sunday at the Gymnasium, Hordle Walhampton School in Lymington.

The coaching will continue each Sunday from 10.30am to 12pm with the Under 11's next Sunday 13th March and the following Sunday 20th March for the Under 13's. They will alternate each Sunday apart from Sunday 3rd April and will continue until Sunday 26th April.

Our cricket coaches Trevor Phillips, Adrian Hunt, Tony Thorp and Tony Wharton are all ECB level2 qualified and Mark Gannaway and James Lowe are ECB Level 1 qualified

All previous colts members of Lymington CC are welcome to attend and any new colts are also welcome. For further details please contact Tony Wharton on 02380 292696 or Mark Gannaway on 01590 676973 or James Lowe on 01590 679172

Get those wrinkles ironed out, the Indoor Nets are back

Under 15s are invited to come along to the senior nets where they can receive the benefit of coaching from some of the club's qualified coaches. The cost of each training session will be £2.

Colts practice sessions for Under 11s and 13s also at Hordle-Walhampton School begins on Sunday 6th March from 10.30am to 12 and every Sunday thereafter EXCEPT for Sunday April 3rd when the Sports Hall is unavailable. Players should receive a note from the Colts Secretary or their Managers confirming these dates.