- Earls Colne CC rebootAfter a tumultuous week or two in which Colne had played the part of the drowning man with the lead weights around his ankles who then realises he’s actually only in 2 feet of water, our cricketing heroes emerged once again to the new season, this time under new management.
- Veni, vidi, delicatus scoreboardusvs Eight Ash Green, home 30th April ’22 The square was glistening in the beautiful morning light, the players were stretching (some even able to reach their knees) and the amazing new electronic scoreboard hung precariously from the Rec Club wall, held on by half a tube of Gorilla Glue. Meanwhile, EAG’s rather weakened side …
- Mistley missesvs Mistley, away, 23rd April ’22 With several players held up for a few days due to A12 roadworks, Colne were a little short-handed as they took to the field…. …..several hours later, we had our shock 2nd loss of the season, albeit a close one by 3 runs. Positives to be taken in that …
- New Season, New Opposition, New Resultvs Saxmundham Sports, away 16th April ’22 Welcome to 2022, and early doors we were off up the A12 to Saxmundham bundled into as few cars as possible to spare the fuel costs. With promotion from last year a distant memory and keen as always to get out after many indoor sessions, anticipation was rife. …
- Onwards & Upwards from the binary match !vs Bury St. Edmunds, away 4th Sept ’21 After three weeks of no action, the Day of Destiny had arrived; win this match and Colne would be champions and gain automatic promotion; lose and ignominy beckoned ! All the efforts that had gone into winning all but one match so far, all those hard evenings …
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- Highlights of the 4th Century AD (Anno Daryli)vs Woolpit, @home 14th Aug ’21 The rain had subsided, the pitch rolled flatter than the former editor’s one-liners, and Colne were looking forward to welcoming Woolpit for the final home league match of the season. Whilst we couldn’t hope to match the quality of their pitch and facilities, we’d endeavour to entertain them with …
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- Rampant Rain Ruins Roughhouse Rematchvs Stowupland (away 7th Aug ’21) August had arrived and with it came dodgy weather, so when the skies over Colne were bucketing down @7am and forecast to continue for three hours whilst moving north in the direction of our planned match, we waited for the call to cancel from Stowupland. Practical to the last, …
- It never rains in Earls Colne…..vs Stowmarket (@home, 31st July ’21) As the dawn mists rose above the verdant pitch, as the groundsman marked out the crease lines one final time, and as 11 men good and true rolled out of the pub , the day of reckoning was finally with us; top of the table Colne would be playing …
- Collapses win Matchesvs Elveden (home, 24th July ’21) Finally, the first of two Saturdays that could well decide Earls Colne’s destiny for next season had arrived and we would be welcoming Elveden to the Rec. The skipper had a near-full squad of players to choose from, Covid-isolators had returned and we welcomed a 2nd NHS hero back …
- The Match that never wasvs Mildenhall (home, 17th July) A glorious weekend of weather beckoned, all our Covid-isolation cases were returning and we even had some former players back in the team for this week or next, now they knew we were an unstoppable force (except for last week’s deviation). What could possibly be a fly in this perfect …
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