Cricket: Match report SAC v Paris Zalmi Cricket Club, Sat 5 June 2021
On Saturday the 5th of June Standard played a 35 over game vs Paris Zalmi Cricket Club.
The result – a 7 wicket victory for Standard!
On Saturday the 5th of June Standard played a 35 over game vs Paris Zalmi Cricket Club.
The result – a 7 wicket victory for Standard!
Due to the unexpected availability of the field, a 40-over game was arranged at short notice with SAC member Shakeel bringing together an XI from the Paris cricketing community.
The result – a 3 wicket victory for Shakeel Invitational XI.
The first John Hardy Shield match of 2021 between Standard Athletic CC and Chateau de Thoiry CC took place under sunny skies on Sunday 20 June 2021. Thoiry elected to bat first and while they started well with 50 runs in the first 8 overs SACC started to gain control with good bowling and fielding getting the visitors all out for 101. SAC never looked in any danger throughout the run chase, thed opening pair providing 54 runs as a base and the rest of the team followed by dispatching any wayward bowling to the boundary and ending by matching Thoiry's score with 6 wickets to spare, which augurs well for next weekend's 2nd match in The John Hary Shield best of 3.
After last week's 6 wicket victory, the SACC will be hoping to clinch the John Hardy Shield with a match to spare.
Squash courts are now accessible to adults as well as those under 18. Members should book the courts via ADSL.
Please see the main article for more info from the FFS.
There will be Junior Squash Camp consisting of 5 half-days from 10 am to 1 pm during the week of the 5th to the 9th of July for children from 8 to 18 years old.
Come and play Squash!
Squash is a great sport for all ages:
- We are looking for young members who would like to try squash, especially aged 8-11. Lessons are Saturday afternoons, currently 3 pm - 4 pm. Contact David Moore at to organise a test lesson with our pro coach Roland Bassibey
- We are also looking for adult squash players of all levels. Again contact David for more information.
The postponed Tennis AGM will now take place in the Rose Garden at 2 pm on Saturday 12 June.
Anyone wanting to be on the Tennis Committee for 2021/2022 should send an email to .
This Saturday 5 June Carole is organising a "Physical Tennis" event.
Physical Tennis is an innovative training program that combines winning tennis moves with high-intensity fitness training around music …
Online registration: https://bit.ly/2QRG7Qa
For your information please find the tennis coaching event calendar for June and the registration links for these events.
(Family Doubles now June 27).
35 people turned out for this activity and enjoyed a small cup of cheer at the end! Physical Tennis / Fitennis is an innovative training program that combines winning tennis moves with high-intensity fitness training set to music. Read on for some photos.
Read on for some photos.
Read on to see the 40th Spring Cup results - both Gross and Net. (See also the results on the FFG site.)
64 players took part In the 40th Spring Cup and enjoyed wonderful weather. Congratulations to Dimitri Ansart, winner of the Castrol Cup, with a gross score of 33 points and to Financial Times Cup winner Catherine Gauzera with the best Ladies' Gross score (18). The best SAC scorer was Murielle Jones with 39 net.
The original plan was to go to Roncemay for the Autumn golf weekend, however, they were unable to provide sufficient accommodation so the choice is now Sablé Solesmes, halfway between Le Mans and Angers some 250 km from Paris. It has 3 9-hole courses and we've played there before. For a change, we plan to go there from Saturday to Monday instead of the more usual Friday to Sunday. Please fill in the form attached to the main article by the end of June if you intend coming. You will also find the detailed proposal from Sablé Solesmes.
Our thanks to everyone who attended the EGM and voted on the Motions. Thanks also to Cecilia AMOR MAHIA and Daniel TERRINGTON for acting as “electronic vote counters”.
The votes were as follows:
All motions therefore passed.
Our thanks to the Statutes and Rules Sub-Committee (Laurent BRAULT (Chair), Carmel CAHILL, Dougie ANDERSON, James MOORE, David QUINN, Rich PARKIN) and the Pricing Sub-Committee (Gigi COTHIER, Roxane GIRAULT, Emile FREIHA, Rich PARKIN) for their work.
Indoor sports are allowed for minors again and we are therefore pleased to announce that Junior Squash will be back, with coach Roland Bassibey, on 2 courts starting this Saturday, 22 May, at 3 o'clock.
The weekend's menu consists of Beef Sliders with fries and salad, Chicken Tikka with Raita and rice, traditional Flammenkuche.
Within the theme of Christmas market this weekend: there will be Mulled wine (and Mince pies) all day Saturday, and both the whole weekend, Christmas tree brownies, Apple sauce cake, Gingerbread star cookies, Christmas cake traybake, Chocolate hazelnut Linzer cookies, Cranberry walnut cake, and Tangerine cake.
SAC’s up-and-coming teenage tennis players braved the rain and brought out the sun last Friday morning (14th) for what we hope will be the first of many doubles mix-in tournaments at the Club in the weeks and months ahead. The quality of the tennis was excellent given the damp courts and soggy tennis balls.
We saw some powerful play from 14/15-year-olds Simon, Alexander, Annabelle Guez, Jean and Emmanuel, while 12-year-olds Gabriel and Luke more than held their own with some strong serving and angled forehands.
A big thanks to Cecilia Amor Mahia for organising, to Matthew Curtin for supervising, to Sandy De la Taille and Kerry Lloyd for help with the after-tennis lunch and to François Girault for the coffee for the adults afterwards.
Parents and teenage players who would like to participate in future mix-ins should please sent their details to Cecilia who has set up special a WhatsApp group.
The Tennis Committee
(See the main article for some photos)