As I type this the sun is shining on a beautiful day in the Lower Ure Valley and toasting a large crowd at England many of whom will have thrilled to Joe Root's knock in the ODI against India. Despite the recent settled weather and how often have we seen days like these as soon as the kids go back to school, the fixture list reminds us that we should make the most of it for on the next two Sundays we have the major finals for club cricketers.
This Sunday Lord's hosts the Village cup final with York League champions elect Woodhouse Grange taking on Great and Little Tew from Oxfordshire who play in the Home Counties Premier Div 2 where they lie seventh of ten clubs. Next week it is the turn of the senior clubs when Sandiacre Town meet Sunbury CC at the County Ground, Bristol. Whilst just in Nottinghamshire, Sandiacre, previous winners in 2003, are members of the Derbyshire Premier but lost last week to Ockbrook and Borrowash who seem likely to take the title.
Sunbury lie fourth in the Surrey County Premier but are way behind leaders Reigate. They are a relatively young club having been founded in 1938 and were founder members of Surrey Championship which achieved ECB Premier League status in 1999. When it comes to age Sandiacre can pull rank on their southern rivals for the Notts outfit for the club website claims they have been in existence for at least 132 years and have played on their present ground since 1890.
There is a third national club cup competition, the ECB National T20, the finals of which are to be played at Wantage Road, Northampton on Tuesday and were due to be televised on Sky. I understand that this will be no longer the case for Sky have chosen to show the county championship match from Trent Bridge instead. The competing teams are Great Ayton (NYSD), Peterborough Town ( Northamptonshire Premier), Ashstead ( Surrey League) and Chester Boughton Hall (Cheshire County)
Finally a reminder that the SET Final is on Monday at Grace Road where Leicestershire II take on Lancs II and on Sunday Wiltshire face Staffordshire in the Minor Counties playoff final with four days set aside. Buggins in this case being the western division the final is at South Wilts CC in Salisbury.
Ovington CC III batting at Millthorpe School last Saturday
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