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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December '20
Monday 28 Lamma CC vs DB Lions Gin Drinkers Bay Social Thursday 31 Lamma CC vs Vikings Gin Drinkers Bay Friday Masters League January '21 Saturday 2 Lamma CC vs USRC Millennium Po Kong Village Road Saturday League Sunday 3 Lamma CC vs USRC Gin Drinkers Bay Challenge League Friday 15 Lamma CC vs Kowloon CC KCC Kow-Lam Cup Saturday 16 Lamma CC vs HKCC Nomads Po Kong Village Road Saturday League Saturday 30 Lamma CC vs PACC PKVR Saturday League 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, Friday Masters League 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
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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 three fronts.
The Club has recently added new Members and we welcome and wish them well and success on the field!
We have retained our sponsors, Yardley Brothers for fine craft beer, HighLife, our garment supplier who supply us with our superb garments, HK Electric and of course Ashford Benjamin who continue as our title sponsor. We thank them all for their fantastic support.
Net training is once again at the Hong Kong Cricket Club with their excellent facilities and support. Royce, Adrian and Craig have been organising them for us for the past few seasons and we are fortunate to use these great facilities with coaching from Ryan Buckley.
The Fixtures & Events Calendar has been updated but with covid restrictions changing these are liable to change at a moments notice. However, please take note of the dates and made yourself available for the key times during the season. As always the latest information will come to you through our WhatsApp and TeamSnap accounts. Please make sure to fill in your availability of games and events in TeamSnap, either with a tick, a cross or a '?' as it is important to help your ExCom with the planning.
Besides the many cricket matches this season brings, we hope to provide a number of events to keep you occupied during the cricket season - well, as much as the covid restrictions allow!
The Club has recently added new Members and we welcome and wish them well and success on the field!
We have retained our sponsors, Yardley Brothers for fine craft beer, HighLife, our garment supplier who supply us with our superb garments, HK Electric and of course Ashford Benjamin who continue as our title sponsor. We thank them all for their fantastic support.
Net training is once again at the Hong Kong Cricket Club with their excellent facilities and support. Royce, Adrian and Craig have been organising them for us for the past few seasons and we are fortunate to use these great facilities with coaching from Ryan Buckley.
The Fixtures & Events Calendar has been updated but with covid restrictions changing these are liable to change at a moments notice. However, please take note of the dates and made yourself available for the key times during the season. As always the latest information will come to you through our WhatsApp and TeamSnap accounts. Please make sure to fill in your availability of games and events in TeamSnap, either with a tick, a cross or a '?' as it is important to help your ExCom with the planning.
Besides the many cricket matches this season brings, we hope to provide a number of events to keep you occupied during the cricket season - well, as much as the covid restrictions allow!
LCC Members create a new CHK league
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Thanks to the brainchild of Royce 'Big Mac' McD, he and Ollie Fields' hard work have put together the new Friday Masters League tournament now being run by Cricket Hong Kong. This tournament is played on Friday afternoons and gives an opening for more teams and more people to play cricket.
See Royce introduce the tournament here - https://fb.watch/2o1CHAt0ne/ Well done guys, you did our Club proud! |
What CHK has to say about the new tournament:
"Hong Kong’s newest cricket competition kicks off tomorrow, with the Kai Tak Longstops playing the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the opening game of the Friday Master’s League!
The Friday Master’s League is a CHK sanctioned event, organized and run by the historic Lamma Cricket Club. All matches take place on Fridays, primarily at Gin Drinkers Bay in the afternoons, and the rules include bonus points for fielding players that are older than 45 (1 point), 60 (2 points), female (1 point) and born in Hong Kong (1 point). Teams will play 35-over a side matches, following Saturday Championship League rules for the most part. However, there are also bonus points on offer for both teams if the second innings goes past 31st over, therefore discouraging sides from chasing a quick win and encouraging longer matches with more opportunities for everyone to get involved.
Participants in this competition include the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Kowloon Rugby Legends, both of which are taking part in a formally organized cricket league for the first time ever. Kai Tak CC bring their decades of league cricket experience to the competition, while The Knights have competed in the social cricket scene in Hong Kong for several years now. Rounding off the competition are relative newcomers Vikings CC, who are also making their first appearance in the CHK Challenge League this season.
All games will be live scored on CricHQ, and will be played in accordance with the CHK COVID-19 Match Day Guidelines and CHK Code of Conduct."
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Ashford Benjamin continues main title sponsorshipLamma CC is very happy to announce Ashford Benjamin will continue to be our main title sponsor for the 2020-2021 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
Yardley Brothers - A fine sponsor for the beer connoisseur
Lamma CC are very pleased to have Yardley Brothers as a sponsor. 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 brand 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 |
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, HighLife, produce for us.
One of the most notable and classy adornments is that we have our own LCC joining number and initials on our white club shirt sleeve, just like test countries do on their shirts. We think that’s pretty special.
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.
One of the most notable and classy adornments is that we have our own LCC joining number and initials on our white club shirt sleeve, just like test countries do on their shirts. We think that’s pretty special.
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.
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! |
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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 captain, 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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