Forthcoming Events
February 2012 The Annual Dinner will be held at The Craven Heiffer Skipton date tbc.
Three future functions for the diary:
Sat 15th September end of season do and race night.
Friday 2nd November sportsperson dinner.
Sat 8th December Christmas dinner.
All these events are aimed at raising funds and more details follow later.
Sportspersons Dinner A Huge Success
Sildsen Cricket Club's 7th Sportspersons dinner was hailed a huge sucess. The event dating back to 1998 was held this year on Friday 11th November when over 90 people attended the function in the clubhouse. MC J K Roberts started proceedings with a 2 minute silience for Remembrance Day and continued to organise events throughout the night. Guests were treated to a superb five course meal served by members of our junior section. Robin Hood's Henry particuly enjoyed his rather sweet soup mistaking the brown sugar for croutons. Arnie Sidebottom entertained us with tales from his cricketing and football days and comedian Nicky Newsome brought the house down.
Arnie Sidebottom auctions a signed bat & Tim Sugden with the waiters
Tim Sugden thanked JK and the speakers for their contribution, as well as all those persons who attended, bought bingo tickets and supported the auction, everyone who donated prizes and especially thanked Mick and all the kitchen staff for a delicious meal. Funds raised on the night will go the Cricket Club as well as a £200 donation to Manorlands Hospice.
Race Night A Huge Success
A big thank you to all the senoirs, juniors, family and friends who attended the race night to celebrate the last match of the season. The elephant themed night was enjoyed by children and adults alike. The auction race was won by former player neil anderton. The total raised on the night for the club was £435. A special mention goes to Tim Sugden for commentating on the races, to Paul Tatterton for organising the night and bookmaking and to The Craven Heiffer for supplying the delicious curry.
Previous Fundraising Event
Saturday 24th April saw the first of this year's fundraisers, the Chicken & Mouse disco playing music from the 70s, 80s & 90s.
The First Team's winning draw against Steeton and the Second Team's win generated a celebratery mood and the event was supported by 70+ players and their families plus supporters of the Club. Many made the extra effort and came in fancy dress as can be seen from the photos(maybe we should have had a prize for the best, though I wouldn't have liked to be the judge!)
Thanks to The Craven Heifer, Skipton, for providing the delicious pies, the sale of which, in addition to the raffle and ticket money, enabled almost £400 to be raised on the night.
The Chicken & Mouse fancy dress disco
Sports Persons Dinner 2010
Our sporting dinner held on Friday 24th September 2010 at the Sports Club was a great success. Mick from The Craven Heifer provided the excellent food which was distributed by waiters made up from our junior players. The room was entertained by our MC J K Roberts, guest speaker ex-Everton, Forest and Leeds footballer Duncan McKenzie plus top comedian Billy Bean. There was a raffle and auction of sporting memorabilia.