- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
The ECB U15s Club Cup Competition is often seen as the pinnacle of young cricketers careers having opportunity to compete against opposition from all over the county who they wouldn’t encounter otherwise, brings something special. This year saw 20 teams from all over the county enter the cup, with knockout rounds taking place on a weekly basis for teams to progress through to the next stage. The culmination of the competition this year was between Exeter and Paignton, in a final hosted by Exeter Cricket Club.
Paignton won the toss on a flat wicket and opted to
bat first. Noah Wright took this opportunity with two hands a blasted a quick-fire
50*, he then had to retire to let someone else have a go. Paignton’s innings
was punctuated with wide balls throughout which kept the scoreboard ticking
each over. Seb Knight batting in the middle order for Paignton batted through,
for a well-crafted 43 not out as wickets steadily tumbled at the other end.
Some very respectable bowling figures for the Exeter attack, with Robert 
Dunn
collecting 2 for 31 off his compliment, and Tom Lammonby and Ben Hayes each
taking one a piece. At the completion of the first innings Paignton had posted
165 for Exeter to win.
Exeter’s reply commenced with some nice stroke play from James Bovey and Tom Lammonby. Unfortunately for Exeter the talented Lammonby didn’t hang around and was caught at midwicket; much to the delight of the Paignton side. With Bovey still at the wicket Exeter always had a sniff but with some tight bowling a defensive fields set, Bovey departed for 31. The continual fall of wickets throughout the Exeter innings meant they struggled to put a real charge towards the target, and with some tight bowling from Harry Ward (2-17), S Woodcock(2-26) and Seb Knight(2-24). Exeter finished on 126 for 9 at the end of their 20overs at 9.10pm in the evening!
Crowning Paignton U15s this years County Cup Final Champions, so congratulations to them, they will go on to meet the winners from Somerset over the coming week.
Thank you to all the teams which entered the cup competition this year, and a final thanks to the two umpires on the evening, Nick Forbes and Derrick Taylor who stepped forwards at late notice to officiate the proceedings on the evening.