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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 2, 2017 8:46:21 GMT
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Post by flashblade on Mar 2, 2017 9:10:29 GMT
Interesting article. We understand that the change of caterers was made for financial reasons, so I'm looking forward to seeing how (if at all) the customer experience will change. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 2, 2017 9:32:06 GMT
Some of you who read this blog may remember I wrote about a Sussex cricket club located close to the Mannings Heath golf course called Nuthurst CC who typify the struggles of so many small teams today.  Their pavilion is wrack and ruin and without a new one Nuthurst would have to close. But through tenacious Heath Robinson means members and their side, who are aptly nicknamed The Nutters, are fighting to keep their 186 year club alive by raising the necessary finance - a minimum of £120,000 and closer to £140,000 - by every charitable means known to man and build the required new pavilion and a storage facility to survive. How can so much money be raised by so small a club? unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/5791/threadunofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/14138/threadTheir seemingly madcap vision is one step closer this week as, finally, the Horsham District Council have given planning permission. www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuthurstcricketclub/news/it-is-the-one-weve-been-waiting-for-planning-permi-1760010.htmlIt is uncertain how much money has been raised to date but over two years ago close to two-thirds of the needed sum was already in the bank gaining interest, so one hopes that more has been added since. The club are presently waiting to hear whether they'll be awarded a grant to secure the remainder of the required finance. Good luck chaps with your brilliant endeavour - the British Bulldog spirit is alive and kicking. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 2, 2017 13:28:56 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 6, 2017 9:56:40 GMT
Here is that 'What Ever Happened To...' article on Tony Pigott published in The Cricketer Magazinea few weeks back.  |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 8, 2017 10:52:06 GMT
This is hilarious!  Kevin Pietersen was in an upbeat mood a day ago. He was teasing even taunting his Twitter followers, tweeting: "Some pretty cool news breaking on my Facebook in an hour. BUZZING!!!!!"  And then, oh poor KP, it all went horribly pear-shaped. No-more than 32 minutes later he tweeted: "And guess what.... ? Before I break the news some had already LEAKED the story! F..K me!!!!!!!!"  (hashtag) Pathetic (hashtag) PissPoor
So, what had happened? Our journo friend actually came up with the goods for Cricinfo - no 'maybe's, 'possibles', 'potentials' or 'alleges' - but a proper, good-old fashioned journalist scoop. A source from Surrey had tipped GD off that Kevin Pietersen is joining the club for this season's T20 Natwest Blast; and this news (what appears to be a press release) was then published 28 minutes before KPs own scoop! Imagine the ego-bump. To be beaten to your own scoop! As cricket journalist Andrew Miller tweets: " I guess @georgedobell1 is back off KP's Christmas list again. Splendid scoopage on his Caribbean jaunt" www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1085720.html |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 8, 2017 12:57:51 GMT
Plans for Chris Nash's Testimonial 2017 have recently been divulged by Brighton & Hove Independent. The 33-year-old Sussex opening batsman has planned a series of events throughout the year which will help raise a large amount for his loyal club service as well as two chosen charities - Rockinghorse Children’s Charity and The Sussex Cricket Foundation.  Back in November, Nash, a former Horsham CC player, had announced a strong desire to bring top-class cricket back to his old club at Cricketfield Road, after Sussex CCC decided to move their previous annual out-ground match to The Saffrons, Eastbourne. A game between a Nash Testimonial XI and Sussex will take place at Horsham on June 21st with a lunch held during the day. Further events include an opening Testimonial luncheon at Brighton’s Grand Hotel this Friday, March 10th. The guest speaker will be new Club CEO Rob Andrew. On May 18th, there will be a dinner with Nash and South African cricketers ahead of the match between them and Sussex at the Hove Ground the following day. On July 25th there is a black tie dinner in The Long Room at Lord’s, while another lunch takes place at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne on November 17th. The final event of the year is on December 13th with a closing Christmas luncheon in Brighton. It is unclear who is organising Nash's Testimonial year. In the past, Museum Secretary and Club Board Member, Jon Filby, has been an active member sorting out the fine detail. He helped organise previous ones for Michael Yardy and Luke Wright. But, it is understood he has stepped down from these activities. Meanwhile, Michael Pay of 'EMC Business Management Consultants' is this year's Chairman. Unfortunately for Chris Nash, 2017 is the first year that players have to pay tax on their Testimonial earnings. Tickets for the opening lunch on March 10th can be purchased via www.chrisnash2017.co.uk. Anyone interested in other events, can contact info@chrisnash2017.co.uk. www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/sport/cricket/sussex-stalwart-nash-s-plans-for-busy-testimonial-year-revealed-1-7847273 |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 8, 2017 17:16:15 GMT
Mothers Day is soon approaching us on Sunday, March 26th and Sussex CCC continue their annual off-field commercial interest by offering a 3 course lunch or Afternoon Tea where children eat half price at the County ground.  www.countygroundsussex.co.uk/events/mothers-day/ … |
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Post by flashblade on Mar 8, 2017 17:42:49 GMT
Proof reader alert - the lunch menu includes a "Three-course dinner".
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 8, 2017 17:43:38 GMT
Off-Piste
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Being a Pink Floyd fan I have been following this local story for awhile. Could Hove residents guitarist Dave Gilmour and his author wife Polly Samson finally get planning permission to demolish a former Victorian bath house building sited next to the legendary 'Marrocco's' ice-cream parlour and restaurant on the Hove promenade and create a luxury family home? I also happen to walk past the site on a regular basis, so a double interest here. Especially when last Summer I bumped into Gilmour during his band rehearsals at the King Alfred Leisure Centre. Mock-Up The answer is yes. The Gilmour family now have permission to go ahead thanks to the vote of Brighton and Hove City Council planning Chairwoman Julie Cattell after the Committee were at loggerheads 5-5. After research in an attempt to find out whether Cattell is a closet Floyd fan, the only bit of creativity discovered was she attended the London South Bank University - known for its Arts and Creative Industry Courses - during the mid 1980s when Floyd released such albums as 'The Final Cut' and 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason'. Julie Cattell I, for one, am delighted that Cattell swayed the vote. The building has been empty since 1993 and is a dilapidated eyesore each time I walk past it. www.theargus.co.uk/news/15142328.Councillors_grant_celebrity_couple_s_vision_for_seafront_baths_by_a_hair_s_breadth/?ref=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterOver to you Dave! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiF-q2h7tSA
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 9, 2017 15:02:09 GMT
Breitbart published a fascinating story this week that ‘could’ have major ramifications for cricket journalism in the future. ESPN is in severe financial trouble as its sports cable network is bleeding money like a pierced blood artery and losing millions of dollars a year. Breitbart states, “Reports say that ESPN management is being tasked with cutting “tens of millions” of dollars of staff salary from its payroll…” and “The network is reportedly set to buyout some contracts, and fire writers… the slashing of staff will likely be completed by June, insiders say.” Cricinfo in 1995 ESPNCricinfo, the cricket side of the company’s sports operation and a website it bought from Wisden in 2007 has systematically destroyed competition within this specialist niche arena. Not only does ESPNCricinfo cover every world cricketing territory but offers a FREE service for its written and video material. It is no different to a supermarket chain opening an outlet in every High Street and selling all their food and drink for FREE. Other supermarkets would go out of business in months. Is it any wonder that the few UK cricket publications left have great difficulty competing and why their printed sales are diminishing. Why spend £4.95 a month on a magazine when you can follow all the latest cricket news alongside an assortment of features online for FREE. Even more extraordinary is some wonder how a worldwide operation with around a hundred staff and a bevy of freelance writers can achieve a consistent annual profit, if it relies only on online advertising revenue. Is Cricinfo little more than a tax loss for ESPN? No surprise then that the cricket website are viewed by some as the pariahs of free enterprise and to rub salt in the wound the site was heavily in debt after acquiring a $37m investment in 2000 from Satyan Infoway Ltd which was then swallowed up by ESPNs owners, The Walt Disney Company, in 2007. In fact, the terms of this acquisition were never disclosed. Cricinfo in 2017 It is uncertain how the company’s sports cable network’s growing losses may affect ESPNCricinfo but Disney cannot be happy for as Breitbart says, “A floundering ESPN, with rising costs and a declining viewership of 10,000 subscribers a day, continued to sink Disney’s financial results during its fiscal first quarter. Revenue fell 3% and its profits sank 14%.” All ESPNCricinfo journalists are paid directly by Disney and if ESPNs dramatic fall continues then will the Walt Disney Company cut their losses and attempt to sell the sports cable network and its websites including Cricinfo? If that occurs, as the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and the new owner's subscribers may have to then pay monthly to read and view content which allows, finally, fair competition to return. UPDATEBreitbart stated yesterday that ESPN lost an astonishing 422,000 viewing homes between February and March 2017 as cable subscribers turn to cheaper internet platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. This may only place further pressure on Disney to sell ESPN and focus on their core film industry business. Absolutely true that ESPN's subscriber numbers have declined massively, but that was news first reported in the last quarter of 2016 and, as other news sites have commented, it is true of other US-originating cable sites. For another view of why Breitbart should be so heavily on ESPN's case, see this article www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/09/breitbart-sports-angry-shouty-espn?CMP=share_btn_tw ...or, like Breitbart's former Executive Chair Steve Bannon, now Chief Strategist and also bungler-in-chief to the fascist clown, you could declare its all FAKE NEWS and do shouty stuff. The fact - and I do mean fact - is that most sports networks are feeling the pinch as new technology plays hell with the cable-based business models they developed so strongly over the last 20 years, and which they then used to build empires by buying up rights. The real test will be whether their parent companies and shareholders exert pressure to change that business model and develop strategies for making money from hand-held media, and renegotiating the expensive rights to make more sense out of the new business environment. The sports themselves still need to grow and are looking on anxiously, fearful of how to replace the massive sums ESPN and others have pumped into them. Thus the impact on cricket isn't about whether ESPN sacks a few journos and the traditional cricket-lover loses his window to the erudite scribblings of Dobell, G and others, it is about the financing of the game through sale and exchange of worldwide rights, in which ESPN is a major player, especially in the Asian markets. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 9, 2017 15:37:52 GMT
Hhs, The Guardian and Breitbart - the Yin and Yang of present politics that exemplifies the divisive nature of the present day. Aliens might surmise they were visiting two different planets.  Absolutely agree about the pace of technological advances. How does cable keep up? It can't. Although, interesting that Disney have a 30% stake in Hula, one of the ESPN assassins. But as the Wikileaks Vault 7 revelations show, the present technology we the public buy and use is probably 20 years behind what the Deep State employ. Crazy! |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 10, 2017 10:09:00 GMT
A quick reminder that the final club 'Curry and Quiz' evening of the Winter takes place on March 23rd. The usual details include: tickets cost £5 for the quiz, £10 for the additional meal; arrive from 6.45pm for dinner, the Quiz begins at 8pm; original questions are set by Simon Stewart aka alythman or sweatysock. There are prizes for the top 3 places. And guess what makes this evening novel? The first time supporters can taste the culinary delights of new caterers 'Centerplate'. Can they make fish and chips or a bog-standard curry taste absolutely "fantasticable?!?" For queries: Phone Kevin Berry on 01273 827124 or via e-mail: kevin.berry@sussexcricket.co.uk. Meanwhile, those who don't drive or prefer a coach to a train (will the strike still be in place come April?) check out 'Shark Travel' who are the new and official Sussex CCC Fan Travel network. www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/travel-sussex-announce-new-partnership-with-sharks-travel |
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Post by theleopard on Mar 10, 2017 11:30:26 GMT
Why spend £4.95 a month on a magazine when you can follow all the latest cricket news alongside an assortment of features online for FREE. Because I enjoy reading a paper/magazine. One of my pleasures, particularly outside the season, is reading the Cricket Paper from cover to cover, preferably with pint in hand. I would much rather do this, and have it ready presented to me, than trawl through the website's incomprehensible navigation to try and find articles and print them out. Plus the paper feels much more like something produced for people who enjoy English domestic cricket. |
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Post by moderator1 on Mar 10, 2017 12:35:46 GMT
Why spend £4.95 a month on a magazine when you can follow all the latest cricket news alongside an assortment of features online for FREE. Because I enjoy reading a paper/magazine. One of my pleasures, particularly outside the season, is reading the Cricket Paper from cover to cover, preferably with pint in hand. I would much rather do this, and have it ready presented to me, than trawl through the website's incomprehensible navigation to try and find articles and print them out. Plus the paper feels much more like something produced for people who enjoy English domestic cricket. Why indeed produce a print magazine when you can charge £4.99 a month for paywall access, as The Cricketer Publishing have just done, with no warning, to cricketarchive.com, home of domestic and international cricket scores, culled from amateur researchers, from bibliographers of cricket and directly from clubs? Will they pay royalties to all the information providers? |
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