Cricket News - SAC vs Lisses CC Match Report Sunday 21 May 2023

A week on from their back-to-back victories against Kensington CC, Standard Athletic CC were back in action once more for a 40-over game against Lisses CC. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Standard posted an impressive 257 all out, with top scorers including Praneeth, Girish and Nikhil. 

In return, Lisses got off to a flyer and were 100 for the loss of 1 wicket in no time before a combination of accurate swing and spin bowling began to pay dividends for Standard. With the Lisses’s batters proving more resolute than expected, however, they began rebuilding and after a couple of useful partnerships, they were left needing less than 100 runs off 10 overs. With victory in sight, captain Henry turned to the left-arm leg breaks of Nikhil whose second spell produced two quick wickets leaving Lisses still requiring 13 runs to win. Praneeth had other ideas, however, and after having a plumb LBW decision turned down, the very next delivery beat the batter’s outside edge and hit the top of the off stump to send the SAC players into raptures!

The result – a 13-run victory for Standard Athletic CC

Cricket News - SAC vs Chantilly CC away Match, Sunday, 4 June 2023

After a great UK tour, attention turned once again to Île de France fixtures and the away game against Chantilly. Having enjoyed a victory in the same fixture last year, the squad travelled to the match hoping for a similar result. After electing to bat first, Standard posted a very competitive score of 313 for the loss of just two wickets, which set them up superbly for repeating last year’s win. Top scorers included Shaunak with 69 runs, Dilip with 53 runs and Nishant with a quick-fire 58 runs off just 30 deliveries.
In return, Chantilly mustered 185 runs all out from 32 overs, with Praneeth, Shakeel and Nishant all amongst the wickets, leading to a 128-run victory for Standard Athletic CC. The result meant that SAC has recorded back-to-back away victories over Chantilly over the last two seasons.
This weekend's matches: Saturday vs Sarcelles CC, Sunday vs Le Bourget CC

Tennis News - Spring Tournament and White Dinner 2024

Your Tennis Committee is happy to announce the launch of our  Club’s Annual Tournament followed by our traditional White Dinner Party on Saturday 29 June.
Register and enjoy this extraordinary moment of our club.

Golf News: Roncemay Weekend Results: 5-7 May

Golfers went off to Roncemay to escape the Coronation from Friday the 5th to the 7th of May.
The two main prizes for Saturday's Stableford competition are the Kiwi Cup (donated by Alan Kerr) for the best Net score won by Ian Jones (37) and the Irish Trophy for the best Gross score won by John McCallum (19).
On Sunday there was a Scramble à la Française won by the team consisting of Muriel+James+Frédéric+Simon with 42 points.

Tennis News - Proper Dress

Golf News - AGM nominates a new Head of Section - James Moore

At the AGM on 30 March a new Head of section, James Moore was nominated to replace Frédéric Thiriet, who had resigned. Bertrand Delacroix joined the existing committee - John Greenwood, Claude Jacques, Joan Cosgrove, and John McCallum.

Cricket News - Kensington CC match reports (13/14 May 2023)

SACC  welcomed Kensington CC from London, the first tourist of the 2023 season, for back-to-back games over the weekend of Saturday 13^th and Sunday 14^th May.
On Saturday 13 May we played a 40-over game and SAC won by 24 runs. On Sunday we played a 30-over game that resulted in a 13-run victory for Standard Athletic CC
Two victories for SAC against a competitive opposition meant that it had been a good weekend for all involved!
See the main article for full reports and photos!

Cricket News: 1st Standard Athletic invitational tri-series Desert Springs resort Almeria Spain 28/2 -3/3/23

The cricket section prepared for the season ahead with another trip south of the border to enjoy the Andalucian sun and Baltic winds. Hopes were high after the ups and downs of last year, or were we just gluttons for punishment?
In the end, SACC did well beating the BECC twice and having great fun with the Southern Gentlemen (and winning).

Cricket News: 28 Feb to 3 March Desert Springs trip highlights now on YouTube

The first of 3 videos made during the trip to the Desert Springs resort in Almeria,  Spain from  28/2-3/3/23 is now available on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/8fmLxsws0eA.

Golf News: 4 March 2023 Patsome Competition Results

1- J-C SADEN + E FREIHA  (28 points)
2- B DELACROIX + J GOODHARDT  (24 pts)
3- J DELACROIX + J Mc CALLUM  (22 pts)
4- M GREENWOOD + J GREENWOOD  (20 pts)
5- J COSGROVE + C JACQUES  (16 pts)

Badminton

Another new Section! The badminton net has been put out there on the pitch during the sunny weather. What are you waiting for?
Why not get a team together? 
The badminton racquets and shuttlecocks are available behind the bar.
More information from .

Volleyball

Another section is born!
The volleyball net is out there on the pitch during the sunny weather. What are you waiting for?
Why not get a team together? The volleyball is available behind the bar.
More information from

Tennis News - Evening tennis on floodlit court 7

Golf News: 28 Jan 2023 Competition Results

Formula: 3-person Scramble 'à la française

1. S.Hall - J.Delacroix – I. Jones : 40 points
2. J. McCallum – E. Freiha – F. Thiriet : 38 points
3. C. Beillaguier – B. Delacroix – C. Jacques : 30 points
4. J. Cosgrove – M. Greenwood – J. Greenwood : 28 points

Introducing FFT Ten'UP - replacing ADSL for court reservations

We are pleased to announce that the Club is switching over to the new FFT Ten'Up tennis court reservation system, provided by the FFT, and discontinuing the legacy ADSL system.
Ten'Up is a free service for us, thanks to our FFT affiliation.
For tennis licence holders, the system will be operational very soon. For those who do not hold an FFT licence via the SAC, we are taking the necessary actions.
So what do you need to do? We are in the final stages of configuring Ten'Up and when completed, you will simply need to download the Ten'Up application.
You will discover that everything is clear and perfectly tailor-made to your needs.
More information including tutorials in PDF and FAQs to follow...
See this introductory video in French: https://youtu.be/pzuHfjiAvA4

The FFT's Ten'Up application is now operational

You will have seen that the Club is switching over to the new FFT Ten'Up tennis court reservation system and discontinuing the ADSL system.
The Ten'Up service is now up and running for ALL full members, with or without a licence, and you can now download it to your smartphone from the app store (Apple or Android). You can also go on to the Ten’Up website (https://tenup.fft.fr/) and create your account.
(In the coming days the licence holders should also get their missing licences sent over by mail.)
If you put in your SAC email connection and answer your profile questions, and make your profile accessible to other members, Ten’Up will link you up as a SAC member and you will be able to access the SAC Tennis courts to reserve a session.
See the main article for more details.

Cricket AGM - 2 pm, Sunday, 28 January

The Cricket AGM is planned for Sunday 28 January 2024 at 2 pm at the club and also remotely.

Tennis News - a new Committee for 2022/23

Last Saturday's  AGM  saw a new Committee voted in for 2022/23
- Maxime Antoni: Chairman
- Guillaume de Gournay, Olivier Plessis and Philippe Vignal: Club tournaments and Tennis evening
- Phoebe Strouts,  Victoria Migliore and Matthew Curtin: Tennis school, Junior Tennis and Tennis coach.
- Mikaël Jayet: Competition team
- Melvyn Cooke: Sèvres Tennis Club and Tennis licenses
- Philippe Ayme-Jouve: Grounds

Two more volunteers are expected to join the Team in the coming days.

Tennis News - a new Committee for 2024

Last Saturday's Tennis Section AGM (13 Jan) saw a new Committee voted in for 2024
President: Philippe Ayme-Jouve; Vice-President: Gaétan Des Rieux ()
Junior Tennis (): Yael Beer-Gabel, Victoria Migliore
Tennis licenses (): Philippe Ayme-Jouve, Gaétan Des Rieux
Tennis tournaments, Spot kids, events (): Maxime Antoni, Guillaume de Gournay, Sophie Nicholson
Courts care and renovation:
Philippe Ayme-Jouve
Padel_Étude
Martin Arrighi, Guillaume Lescure
MC Co-ordinator
Roland Tchertoff

Tennis News - Licences

The Tennis Committee would like to thank deeply our Vice President Gaëtan together with Georgina Marrison and Roland Tchertoff from the Management Committee to have been able to renew all the club members’ tennis licenses with the French Tennis Federation  (more than 300 licenses) thus allowing everyone to get Roland Garros tickets on time and to participate to the various tennis competitions in “Ile de France”.
That has been an enormous amount of work done in emergency and within less than a week's time…