Welcome to our Lamma C.C. website
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This is your very own website for you to enjoy and keep up to date with what the Club is doing. I hope you will find this site useful and your feedback will be welcomed.
Check out the updated Events & Tour News with plenty of things to add to your diary. Let us know what you think by sending an email to the editor here. If you would like to contribute to this website then please drop the editor a line. Please also take the time to fill in your Player Profile here. Thanks, Ian. |
Dates for your diary
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March
Sunday 1 Lamma CC vs DB Lions Gin Drinkers Bay Challenge League Saturday 7 Lamma CC vs Challengers Utd Gin Drinkers Bay Challenge League Friday 13 Lamma CC vs KCC Knights Kowloon Cricket Club KowLam Cup Saturday 21 Lamma CC vs Pak Assoc CC PKVR Championship League Sunday 22 Lamma CC vs Island Rangers Gin Drinkers Bay Challenge League Friday 28 Lamma CC vs HKJC Kowloon Cricket Club Friendly Further information will be coming to you from your ExCom nearer the times by our usual communication channels of WhatsApp and TeamSnap. |
Club nets
Club nets have begun as we prepare for further challenges in the Saturday Championship Division 1, Challenge League Division 2 and the many tournaments and social games. Ryan Buckley will once again be coaching us up at the HKCC.
Please note there are rules and limitations there to be respected at all times. These sessions will be announced through the TeamSnap and are on a first claimed, first served basis unless stated otherwise.The nets will run on most Wednesdays 19:30 to 21:00 and we will be limited to 18 players per week as per HKCC rules.
Cost is $100 per session payable directly into the Lamma CC HSBC account.
Please note there are rules and limitations there to be respected at all times. These sessions will be announced through the TeamSnap and are on a first claimed, first served basis unless stated otherwise.The nets will run on most Wednesdays 19:30 to 21:00 and we will be limited to 18 players per week as per HKCC rules.
Cost is $100 per session payable directly into the Lamma CC HSBC account.
The season ahead
At the beginning of each season, your LCC Executive Committee (ExCom) is very busy, and this season has been no different. Our main focus has been on Membership numbers as we are heavily involved in two fronts for what is now two very different squads for the Saturday and Challenge leagues. A change in the Cricket Hong Kong (CHK) rules has meant we have to assign players to either one league or another. This change was made because CHK needs to increase the participation of more players throughout all their leagues and so players were committed to one league only - with few exceptions.
The Club has recently added new Members to the Club and we welcome and wish them well within the Club and success on the field!
We have a new sponsor, Yardley Brothers, replacing Moa, for fine craft beer, and HighLife, our garment supplier who supply us with our superb garments. Ashford Benjamin continues as our title sponsor and Forbes is our go-to bar down in Kennedy Town. We thank them all for their fantastic support.
We were all saddened of the closing of The Island Bar, our sponsor since the Club's inception, and hope that it will resurrect itself in one form or another in the future. More can be read about our sponsors further down this page.
Net training is once again at the Hong Kong Cricket Club with their excellent facilities and support. Royce and Adrian have been organising them for us for the past few seasons and we are fortunate to use these facilities.
The Fixtures & Events Calendar was circulated recently and trust you have familiarised yourself with them and made yourself available for the key times during the season. They do change from time to time but you can be sure you will be informed through TeamSnap. Please make sure to fill in your availability of games and events in TeamSnap, either with a tick, a cross or a '?' as it really helps your ExCom with the planning.
Besides the many league and social matches themselves, we have a whole range of things to keep you occupied for the upcoming Lamma CC season.
Moving onto a different island, on Saturday 12th October is the Beach Cricket Tournament in Mui Wo, Lantau. Those of us that have played in that tournament will remember it as a party day for players and families with beers, bbq, dj, and trophies.
The Mui Wo Mutineers have won the golden Castle Cup for the last 3 years and wonder who can break their grip on the trophy. If you missed it last time, you won’t want to miss it again, and if you played last year, I’m sure you’ll want a repeat of the day. There will be more news on this soon.
Arrangements are being made to visit our new sponsor's brewery, Yardley Brothers over in Kwai Chung on Friday 1st November. It should be a very good educational trip. We hope to make a visit to The Beer Shack, their brand new bar on Lamma Island before long, where we will make a presentation to Yardley Brothers in recognition of their generous sponsorship.
Also in November we are looking to send a team to the Manila Sixes while in early December we will have our annual Xmas lunch with another of our sponsors, Forbes 36 in Kennedy Town.
February brings perhaps the biggest event of our season, The Cricketers Ball. This event is held once every two seasons and plans are presently underway for our blue-ribbon black-tie event. We hope to have exciting news on this soon, just make sure you save the date - Saturday, 29th Feb.
We’re at the KCC for the Kow-Lam Cup in March. We are holders of that splendid trophy and we’d like to keep it that way.
February sees the Big Bash event in Chiang Mai, Thailand while over the Easter weekend in April is the Thalang International 7’s (yep, not 6’s) which the Club might send teams to. Along with the Manila Sixes event in November, these are not subsidised by the Club. Our only Club tour - therefore subsidised by the Club - is the tour to Manila for 30 over and T20 matches. At the moment it is pencilled in for the last weekend of March. More news of these competitions and tour to come.
At the beginning of June, we hope to repeat the hugely popular Intra-Lamma where the whole Club plays amongst itself. It's always a very competitive game and includes an excellent curry spread and plenty of refreshments making it a great event not to be missed!
If that isn’t enough, we expect to have a number of games lined up against our old friends at HKU and hopefully, a Friday afternoon up at The Gap against The HKCC Taverners. Phew, what a season!
Expect an end of season celebration when we can find time - again at Forbes. Hopefully there will be a lot of things to celebrate!
The Club has recently added new Members to the Club and we welcome and wish them well within the Club and success on the field!
We have a new sponsor, Yardley Brothers, replacing Moa, for fine craft beer, and HighLife, our garment supplier who supply us with our superb garments. Ashford Benjamin continues as our title sponsor and Forbes is our go-to bar down in Kennedy Town. We thank them all for their fantastic support.
We were all saddened of the closing of The Island Bar, our sponsor since the Club's inception, and hope that it will resurrect itself in one form or another in the future. More can be read about our sponsors further down this page.
Net training is once again at the Hong Kong Cricket Club with their excellent facilities and support. Royce and Adrian have been organising them for us for the past few seasons and we are fortunate to use these facilities.
The Fixtures & Events Calendar was circulated recently and trust you have familiarised yourself with them and made yourself available for the key times during the season. They do change from time to time but you can be sure you will be informed through TeamSnap. Please make sure to fill in your availability of games and events in TeamSnap, either with a tick, a cross or a '?' as it really helps your ExCom with the planning.
Besides the many league and social matches themselves, we have a whole range of things to keep you occupied for the upcoming Lamma CC season.
Moving onto a different island, on Saturday 12th October is the Beach Cricket Tournament in Mui Wo, Lantau. Those of us that have played in that tournament will remember it as a party day for players and families with beers, bbq, dj, and trophies.
The Mui Wo Mutineers have won the golden Castle Cup for the last 3 years and wonder who can break their grip on the trophy. If you missed it last time, you won’t want to miss it again, and if you played last year, I’m sure you’ll want a repeat of the day. There will be more news on this soon.
Arrangements are being made to visit our new sponsor's brewery, Yardley Brothers over in Kwai Chung on Friday 1st November. It should be a very good educational trip. We hope to make a visit to The Beer Shack, their brand new bar on Lamma Island before long, where we will make a presentation to Yardley Brothers in recognition of their generous sponsorship.
Also in November we are looking to send a team to the Manila Sixes while in early December we will have our annual Xmas lunch with another of our sponsors, Forbes 36 in Kennedy Town.
February brings perhaps the biggest event of our season, The Cricketers Ball. This event is held once every two seasons and plans are presently underway for our blue-ribbon black-tie event. We hope to have exciting news on this soon, just make sure you save the date - Saturday, 29th Feb.
We’re at the KCC for the Kow-Lam Cup in March. We are holders of that splendid trophy and we’d like to keep it that way.
February sees the Big Bash event in Chiang Mai, Thailand while over the Easter weekend in April is the Thalang International 7’s (yep, not 6’s) which the Club might send teams to. Along with the Manila Sixes event in November, these are not subsidised by the Club. Our only Club tour - therefore subsidised by the Club - is the tour to Manila for 30 over and T20 matches. At the moment it is pencilled in for the last weekend of March. More news of these competitions and tour to come.
At the beginning of June, we hope to repeat the hugely popular Intra-Lamma where the whole Club plays amongst itself. It's always a very competitive game and includes an excellent curry spread and plenty of refreshments making it a great event not to be missed!
If that isn’t enough, we expect to have a number of games lined up against our old friends at HKU and hopefully, a Friday afternoon up at The Gap against The HKCC Taverners. Phew, what a season!
Expect an end of season celebration when we can find time - again at Forbes. Hopefully there will be a lot of things to celebrate!
Yardley Brothers - A new sponsor for 2019-20
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Lamma CC are very pleased to announce Yardley Brothers as a new sponsor for the 2019-2020 season. Yardley Brothers is a very popular craft beer brewed in Hong Kong and has a strong connection to Lamma as the brothers are residents of the Island and have an ale named "Lamma Island IPA".
We are proud to carry their logo on our shirts, and look forward to refreshing ourselves with their very tasty beers after a hard day in the field! For more information on their fine beers and brewery, visit www.yardleybrothers.hk Lamma CC is also very happy to announce Ashford Benjamin continues to be our main title sponsor for the 2018-2019 season.
Ashford Benjamin is one of the leading legal search and recruitment firms in Asia, with over 30 years of combined experience placing law firm Partners, General Counsel, and lawyers at all levels across the region. Ben Cooper (Barrister-at-law), Managing Partner of Ashford Benjamin, and club member, said “we are thrilled to partner with Lamma CC and help to promote cricket in Hong Kong. Cricket is a vital component of Hong Kong’s culture, and we are proud to support such an inclusive and innovative club in Lamma.” 
Ashford Benjamin can be reached at www.ashford-benjamin.com
But it's a sad farewell to our longest Club sponsors, The Island Bar, sponsor of our Club since its' founding back in 1992. The Island Bar had to close its doors for the final time at the end of May and we will be forever grateful of the bar's support from having our first Club meeting there all those years ago through to the many celebrations and end of Club tours in that fine establishment. Thank you for all those years of support, you'll be missed.
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It's all go with the LCC range of clothing
I am sure you are aware of our recent updating of all our gear for the coming season. We hope you have put your order in for the many fine items that our Club supplier - and now sponsor, HighLife, produce for us.
This season sees a change of our beer sponsor and we welcome a connection to Lamma's own Yardley Brothers. More information can be found elsewhere on this page.
We are sad to have lost The Island Bar due to the closing of the bar after many years of serving the Lamma community.
Of course with new sponsors it means new logos on our shirts with an opportunity to update a few things.
One of the most notable and classy additions is that we will have our own LCC joining number and initials on our sleeve, just like test countries do on their shirts. We think that’s pretty special.
We have resurrected the white polo shirt for a remake and have increased the quality of the material. It does not carry a sponsor so it can remain permanently in date and these are a popular gift item.
A note about the tournament batting clads, we have 4 designed sets of batting pad clads and one set for the w/keeper pads on order. These are Club owned for use in the various tournaments we'll be participating in.
This season sees a change of our beer sponsor and we welcome a connection to Lamma's own Yardley Brothers. More information can be found elsewhere on this page.
We are sad to have lost The Island Bar due to the closing of the bar after many years of serving the Lamma community.
Of course with new sponsors it means new logos on our shirts with an opportunity to update a few things.
One of the most notable and classy additions is that we will have our own LCC joining number and initials on our sleeve, just like test countries do on their shirts. We think that’s pretty special.
We have resurrected the white polo shirt for a remake and have increased the quality of the material. It does not carry a sponsor so it can remain permanently in date and these are a popular gift item.
A note about the tournament batting clads, we have 4 designed sets of batting pad clads and one set for the w/keeper pads on order. These are Club owned for use in the various tournaments we'll be participating in.
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Nine interesting facts about South Africa, maybe
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With the recent influx of Saffers drawn to our fine Club, I thought we might want to know a little more about them and their home. Here's a little taster so we can impress them with our knowledge of SA:
- SA's national team colours are the same as Lamma CC's.
- Brad Bester was only the second SA player to play for LCC (Andrew Minnit has the privilege as the first, back in 2006). Now there are heaps.
- Quinton de Kock, the current SA w'keeper, is really good at upsetting David Warner.
- South Africa’s drinking water is rated 3rd best in the world for being “safe and ready to drink”. I think it is called ‘Castle’.
- South African brewery SABMiller ranks – by volume – as the largest brewing company in the world. Saffers love their beer…but the real reason the brewery is so big? SABMiller also supplies up to 50% of China’s beer.
- South Africa’s Cape Winelands have around 560 wineries and 4,400 primary producers. Included in the Cape Winelands region is Route 62, considered the longest wine route in the world.
- South Africa is home to the highest commercial bungi jump in the world at 710 feet. Try getting holiday insurance for that.
- There are more than 2,000 shipwrecks off the South African coast, most dating back at least 500 years. If you visit SA, make sure you go by plane or train.
- The South African Rovos Rail is considered the most luxurious train in the world. Another good reason not to sail there.
And a lesser known fact on one of our LCC Members ...
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Who would have guessed that our very own West Indian, Club Secretary and regular umpire, Phil Daniels, is the curator of the West Indies Cricket Heritage Museum, (or "High Five" as it is also known).
Located in the National Stadium, St George's, Grenada, it is the only museum in the West Indies that fully represents the great sporting deeds that their individuals and once mighty team achieved. To know more about it, please click on the link www.windiescricketheritage.com |
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What the Blazers!
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Have you gone for the blazer fitting yet? If not, get moving!
The material is in, the badges are embroidered and the buttons are pressed with our logo on them. All for the LCC subsidised bargain price of $950 paid to Lamma CC. Why not call up your buddy and get down there soon, it’s only a 10 minute job. The address to go is: Wing Lam Room L, 2/F, King’s Centre 193-209 King’s Road North Point (Nearest MTR is Fortress Hill with a 3 minute walk) Call before dropping in on 2887 3856 or 9457 8500 and make your appointment soon! |
