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CricketHurstbourne Priors Cricket Club Hurstbourne Priors Team
The team photo line-up is: Back row: John Golding (Umpire), Ady Budd, Paul Collins, Will Shahinian, Andy Golding, Tony Blyth Stewart Samways Front row: Richard Carter, Bryn Pegler, Mark Hamson (Captain), Steve Trinder (wicket keeper), Steve Cady
The full Hampshire Cricket League fixture list for the season may be viewed at www.hantscl.co.uk Committee Members
Play or Book? If you are interested in playing for the club, please contact Mark Hamson on 0788 4253641 or by email at markhamson1@aol.com If you wish to book the ground for a match or matches during the season, please contact John Perkins on 01256 892181 Latest Report PRIORS SINGING IN THE RAIN Chandlers Ford II's decision to play in terribly wet conditions backfired when they lost by 2 runs. Hurstbourne Priors can be proud of a fantastic team display that overturned an unbeaten side in gripping circumstances. Batting first, Priors made a decent start with Vinay hitting a quick-fire 22. Hamson (38) and Shahinian (34) marshalled the middle overs and were determined to make the home side work hard for their wickets. The home side bowled well but could only manage two wickets. With the game in the last few overs, Budd (36) and Ashok (26) put together a fantastic partnership for the sixth wicket, powering 6 boundaries. Priors reached 185 for 5 at tea, leaving the home side an under par score to chase. Priors response was immediate when Hamson removed Pickett without scoring. The home side then played patiently to see off the opening bowlers but Priors first change bowler, Stewart Samways (4-16), removed Lawrence in his first over. Haigh (59) continued to bat well and the batsmen looked on song to achieve the target. When Haigh was removed by Samways and Page skittled Selwyn, the game was set up for a grandstand finish. Priors seem to lose their way immediately when Piglet was smashed for 19 in one over and the captain immediately banished him to fine leg, replacing him with Toby Trinder. Trinder responded to the captain's request by bowling Read with a vicious swinging delivery, leaving the game on a knife edge. Priors’ skipper turned to Page to bowl the last over who turned back the clock to restrict the home side to only five runs, leaving them 3 runs short of victory. If you are interested in playing league cricket, please call Mark Hamson on Tel. 07884253641. Mark Hamson Club Captain History of the Club
Details are proving diificult to obtain but we hope to have some infromation soon..... Equestrian Centre
The Hurstbourne Equestrian Centre is located on the Longparish Road, close to the centre of the village. It offers a full range of equestrian services, from livery to lessons. Facilities include an international arena, outdoor school, indoor school, stabling, car parking, public address system, lights, BSJA show jumps, practice jumps and blocks, dressage planters/markers and boards, catering and office facilities. Upstairs, the function room overlooking the international arena has full bar and catering facilities. Use of the function room and the provision of fast food are included in the event hire and charges; the room is also available for separate hire on its own. Any kind of function can be catered for, from small meetings with coffee and lunch, full “fast food” public catering for up to 500 people, to a five course a la carte meal for up to 80 covers. The Centre has many contacts for the hire of additional items such as trestle tables, stacking chairs, dance floors and outside services such as bands, discos and entertainers. It has its own marquee, lining and coconut matting for the arena, should a wedding, party or ball be held. This can accommodate up to 500 people, seated, with ample area for dancing and entertainment. History The Manager of the Centre is Anne Dicker, BSHII / BSHI- SM(Reg), Anne was born in the New Forest and grew up at the Catherston Stud with her parents, Jennie and Anthony and her sister Lizzie. In the 1990's, Catherston moved from Brockenhurst to Hurstbourne Priors, where the Manor Farm site was transformed from a dairy farm into the Equestrian Centre it is today. In 2001, Catherston Stud moved to nearby Over Wallop, where it is now located. In April 2001, Anne and her husband Brian started up the Hurstbourne Equestrian Centre. Brian is an agricultural contractor and has sheep and beef cows that also graze the fields at Hurstbourne Priors. Anne not only manages the Centre but also teaches, from preliminary to advanced, in all disciplines for all ages. She schools and competes on horses for clients as well as her own. Anne was a rider for Catherston stud from 1972-1987, riding a wide variety of horses and ponies in all disciplines. She was the under 21 National Champion in 1982 and 1983 and, in 1983, she completed and was placed in the Junior European 3DE team in Rome and was on the Young Riders European Dressage team in Munich. In 1986 Anne was on the Young Riders European team, achieving team silver and was 6th individually in Kronberg, and in the team again, in 1987, in Cervia. When Anne retired from riding in 1987, she was offered a job in In 2005, Anne started competing again with her homebred horse (jointly owned with Candy Burnyeat), Edgehill Drumroll, who qualified for the Preliminary Regional Finals, the Novice Restricted Regionals and the Finals, where they were 11th in 2006. Footpaths and WalksA map of the footpaths in Hurstbourne Priors is displayed in the thatched bus shelter at the cross roads on the B3400 Andover to Basingstoke Road. The area office serving Hurstbourne Priors is the North West Area office:
Maps A map of the local area showing footpaths and bridleways is available at whereilive.hants.gov.uk just search Hurstbourne Priors or your Post Code. Detailed maps showing all rights of way in Hampshire are shown at www.hants.gov.uk For further information on footpaths in Hampshire see Hantsweb Test WayThe Test Way passes through Hurstbourne Priors. It is a 44 mile long-distance walking route which starts high on the chalk downs at Inkpen and follows much of the course of the River Test to Eling, where its tidal waters flow into Southampton Water. This is without doubt Hampshire's longest and finest chalk stream, world famous for its superb trout fishing. For more details, see www.hants.gov.uk/walking/testway Longparish The Test Valley is a beautiful area to walk around, with lovely river scenes and many pretty villages. The Longparish Handbook has some ideas for short walks around the village. Playground
There is a small children’s play area to the left of the entrance to the recreation ground and cricket pitch to the north of the village on the St Marybourne Road (B3048). It offers a safe area for children to play with swings, slides, climbing frame and rocking horses.
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Hurstbourne Priors Cricket Club plays in the Hampshire League, RD1.
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