The Racqueteers v The Arbour XI, Thursday, 16th July

It was another hot, hot Thursday evening and River Park was so dusty and tawny and dry that you might almost have thought yourself in the Sahel. Hippos wallowing in Nuns Stream. Gazelles grazing on Devil’s Island. Fish eagles lurking in the branches of the weeping willows.    Or alternatively you could have been concentrating … Continue reading The Racqueteers v The Arbour XI, Thursday, 16th July

The Racqueteers v Racqueteers CC, Sunday 5th July

You always size up any new opponent, and when the opposing team has the same name as your own, you size them up especially closely. So when Racqueteers Cricket Club (of Hayling Island) sauntered across the sacred turf at River Park to meet The Racqueteers Cricket Club (of Winchester) for the inaugural International Racqueteers World Championship, there was definitely a spot of mutual scrutiny. It wasn’t quite like looking in the mirror. Neither was it a … Continue reading The Racqueteers v Racqueteers CC, Sunday 5th July