The SAC cricket team enjoyed its 10th annual cricket tour to Kent over the bank holiday weekend. Three matches were played, against roving Kent sides the Band of Brothers and the Shepway Stragglers on Saturday and Sunday, respectively; and against Smarden CC on Monday.
The Cricket Section has been working with teachers from a local school, the Institut Notre Dame, to organise a practical extension to the classes they have had recently on the sport. The first sessions were held during the week of the 13th May and tournaments took place this last week so the children could put their newly acquired skills into practice. See the main article for photos and the children's 'Thank-you' cards.
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We had our first game of the Season on Sunday, the 5th of May against the British Embassy, which SAC Won by 15 runs.
The next item on the Bridge agenda is the Workshop - on Friday 24th May (see exercises attached to main article). Followed on June 4th by Prize-giving, Dinner and traditional Individual Tournament (a 'more the merrier' event open to players of all levels and great fun). The last event of the season, the Workshop is on Friday 14th June. Please also note that there are 6 brand new bridge tables - so please take very great care when moving them about!
The ALT’s team played at home today against Clamart for the quarter-finals and after 3 very tough, long 3-setter matches, they came through with a 3-0 victory. The team is now through to the semis which will be at Montrouge.
The ALT's team at home against Clichy and after some very exciting matches emerged victorious 2-1. The team is now through to the quarter-finals and next week they'll be playing at home against Clamart on Thursday 23rd.
The scores (gross and net) of the 54 players in yesterday's Spring Cup copied from the FFG may be seen in the main article. Congratulations to Louis Anceaux, overall winner of the Castrol Cup, with a gross score of 34 points and to Spring Cup (Best Net) winner: Bernard Mazadier (40); Financial Times Cup (Best Ladies' Gross): Prudence Jones (19) and Best Ladies' Net: Caroline Bahin (41). The best SAC scorer was Emile Freiha with 36 net / 21 gross.
Click to see a simplified version of the 2019 SAC Cricket Calendar, which has also been added to the main Cricket article.
The Golf Section held its AGM last Friday 10th May, during which the 6 stalwart committee members were confirmed. This Saturday is the 39th Spring Cup at Villarceaux; the Section's next major event will be the President's Cup on the 6th of July. The Autumn Weekend, organised by James Moore, will be at the Golf de Touraine over the weekend of the 26/28th September. Read on to see some photos taken at the recent Golf Weekend outing to Dieppe.
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Warm congratulations to the big winners of Tuesday's tournament: in East-West Annick Gruselle and Alain Raynaud with 67.5% and in North-South Joyce Jaques and Joan Cosgrove with 60.62%! Very good play too by the 2 pairs who tied for 2nd place in NS - Ian Jones and Jean-Philippe Loyer and Jean Palfrain and Ghislaine Dubau with 57.5% and in EW Sally Buswell and Jenny Pratt with 56.88%.
The ALT's team are now through to the knockout phase of the tournament and will be facing Clichy on Monday 13th May.
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All classes back to normal. More info as always from Monica at . 🙏
Junior Cricket starts this weekend with the U11s playing from 10-11 am and the U16s from 11 am to 1 pm on Saturday. We have a good number of children enrolled already, but there's always room for more. If your child has always wanted to try cricket then this weekend is a great time to start. Details are on the website at www.saclub.org/children/junior-cricket.
The Spring Golf Weekend featured a visit to Dieppe last weekend, 26th-28th April. The Saturday competitions, the Kiwi Cup and Dean Trophy featured a win for the course and the weather over the 18 participants - the competitions were reduced to 9 holes although some brave souls did complete 18! Sunday's scramble was played under better conditions and the sun even appeared occasionally!
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The next Dinner/Tournament is on Tuesday 7th May. The next Bridge for Beginners session is on Thursday 9th May, and the May Workshop is now on Friday 24th May.
Have you signed up yet for this year's Club Tennis Tournament? All levels welcome - singles and doubles. We also have a new-look family doubles category for parents and children. Registration forms have been sent out via the ADSL and are available at reception and the bar. Please take note that the closing date for entries is this Sunday 5th May! This is very important as no late entries will be accepted.