HSOB Cricket Club

Cricket season concluded on Saturday with a tough loss for out Pressies in their final.
The season was wrapped up at PBCA awards on Saturday night. With our prems taking out all three comps there was plenty of silverware on offer for our side and our players. Check below for our prize winners!!
Best U17 Cricketer: Taye McGuiness
Best Bowler (Most Wickets): Jak Rowe
Best Bowling Average: Jak Rowe
Best Bowling Economy: Nick Armour
Fielder of the Year: Glen Udall
Best Batter (most runs): Dave Castle
Best Allrounder: Dave Castle
PBCA Player of the Year: Dave Castle (shared w Thom Berry from OBR)

Congrats to all HSOB players from this season. Some great highlights with some tough days on the field, but our HSOB family continues to build on being the best club in Gissy!

Super Saturday for Finals Cricket!
Our prems have packed up their kit (and all 3 trophies) but we focus on our Pressies side, taking on the old foe; OBR

Today’s Hope Cup Final kicks off at 2pm, and promises to be a beauty!
Ollie Needham, Marshall Norris, Jeff Chambers and Sean Moran form a fearless core of leaders, and theyve named a strong side to challenge for the cup for the second time in 3 seasons. Keen to take down the side who knocked them out of the semi finals last year, the lads have called on all current and former members to get along to the Harry Barker to support them!

Pressies proudky supported by ChicKing!

DJ BARRY CHAMPIONS!
Hsob Premier side beat OBR in the two day format. Qualifying top of round robin meant Obr needed an outright win to take the choccys. It wasnt to be.
DAY 1 was washed out, and despite that suiting HSOB, it was good to see the team doing everything we could to get the game on.
Day 2 dawned bright and sunny, but it wouldnt be easy going. First issue was the council left their sprinkler system going for Saturday night, soaking the rep block. A quick transfer to #2, HBR, and the start time of 12.30.
Skipper Dave Castle lost yet another toss, and HSOB were sent in to bat, on a pitch best described as pudding.
Our openers Carl Shaw and Ajay Kumar batted to their strengths. Carl sent up to see off the new ball, did exactly that, getting through 77 deliveries and blunting the OBR attack. Ajay the polar opposite. 2 fours to get under way and he deflated any attack through dominance.
Baxter McKay, the sick cat, smashed four sixes, one of which was lucky to stay in the park. Castle came in and together w Glen Udall, put on 50 together.

Hsob declared leaving 38 overs for OBR to bat, but after deciding they had no chance, they offered their defeat to HSOB.

HSOB CC, back to back Triple Crown winners for 2023/24, taking out the Doleman Cup 40 over comp, Walker Shield T15 comp and DJ Barry 2day competition.
Our Pressies have their final next weekend, and exciting time for our club!
As always huge thanks to Bollywood Tandoori Inisian Restaurant and ChicKing for supporting us this season!

The Pressies quality chase to beat Ngatapa has been the talk of the cricketing fraternity at HSOB. We sought a quote from true cricket legend Ben Obrien Leaf, who was umpiring the game, and he had this to say about the HSOB chase:
“Marshall [Norris] defended the stuff on or outside off-stump but crushed anything too straight, or too short. He was totally committed to every shot he played and did extremely well, with the calm Yegan, of seeing Presidents home after they lost Jeff & Matt Jefferd at a dangerous time”

Testimony to any side is how the work as a group with many guys contributing, and stepping up in moments of need!
Pressies, we continue to salute your teams semi final win!! What a beauty

Our killer saturday doesnt end there!

Our pressies had their semi final vs a strong Ngatapa! After taking early wickets HSOB had ngatapa on the ropes but a good late partnership saw them power through to 157/7 off 30. This was probably 30 or so more than HSOB had hoped after a good start.
Another game that required more brains than brawn when it came to the batting innings. Luckily we have a clued on bunch.
A solid start both openers Jefferd and Needham both getting good starts, before skipper Jeff Chambers added his near run a ball 25 to the total. Ngatapa on top and the run rate creeping up, Marshall Norris strode to the crease, some revenge in his eyes after taking some tap for 40 runs off 6 overs bowling, he mixed patience and sensibility with destruction and power. Combining w Yegan Lanka, these two finished the game in style with a boundary off the first ball of the 29th over.

HSOB victorious and onto their final next week!

A HUGE WINNING WEEKEND FOR THE CLUB!

HSOB PREMIER MEN WIN THE T15 WALKER SHIELD
Our boys in blue have taken the choccys in the t15 today against OBR.
After winning the toss and bowling on an average rep wicket the lads have done well to keep OBR to 102/9. Good bowling up top was iced by one of our clubs most dedicated men - Nick Armour snaring unbelievable figures of 2 overs, 3 wickets for oy 5 runs.
Needing more than a run a ball we started with a couple of smaller sixes of the day, before our Matua, or fearless leader, our club legend Glen Udall. ”Pat” worked the ball into gaps and ran hard, before smashing a huge bomb at the moment we needed it. Finishing 34 off just 28 he provided the much needed glue of the innings!!
Job not quite done, Carl Shaw, last year voted best cricketer in gisborne and long term sexy firemans calendar advocate, made sure he took it right to the last over, where he was able to own the game and finsih the job with one ball remaining.

OBR 102/9 off 15

HSOB 103/5 off 14.5

URGENT ALERT…

Hsob Pressies have their semi final vs a strong
Ngatapa CC.
The lads, well led by the mercurial Ollie Needham, and he effervescent Marshall Norris, take on a side who demolished our side by 10 wickets prior to xmas in Ngatapa.
Charles Morrisons country side is full of experience and youth to compliment each other so our boys will need to be at their best for this one!HSOB have a strong side tomorrow, see below.
Marshall Norris
Ollie Needham
Jeff Chambers
Sean Moran
Blake Crosby
Buddhika Kumarage
Yegan Lanka
Nathan Quimpo
Matt Jefferd
Davin Govinder
Hiren Bhatti
Paul Jefferson

We wish our lads all the best, backing you all the way Blue!

Saturday dawned the prospect of an outright win vs a valliant gbhs.
Such things were forgotten as 2022/23 Gisbornes Best Cricketer Ever, Carl Shaw, took centre stage.
Overnight not out on 30odd, Carlos got settled on day two, and proceeded with a late flurry if hitting not often seen around club cricket here. His dominance was fierce, but it was his composure for the occassion and calm and quality decision making that saw Shaw power his way to 103* off 135 balls. 4 sixes and 8 fours helped his cause, but he was super dominant. Set up a quality HSOB first innings win!!
GBHS 164/10 Keegan Jooste 4/31 & 221/10 Dave Castle 5/62
LOST TO

HSOB 246-6decl. Carl Shaw 103*, Glen Udall 38 & 41/5

Semi final time - VS GBHS again this weekend!

Well its been a hot minute since our last post but we are BACK!

There is so much to celebrate in the month of cricket that has gone in 2024! Here are the highlights!!

Our premiers play the DJ Barry 2day comp (Sat/Sat) this side of Xmas and the lads have bossed it!

First up was OBR, and the boys donned the whites fired up.
HSOB 9/245 Decl- Dave Castle 58, Steve Lamb 48* (38 balls), Carl Bernard Shaw 40 & Scott Tallott 34 & HSOB 2/253 Declared - Scott Tallot 116*, Dave Castle 100*
Beat on first innings
OBR 10/127 & 5/155 - Jak Rowe 4/23 off 12
Pure dominance saw two lads score a hundred each in a 235 run second wicket stand! (Pic below from Gis Herald/Jak Rowe credit)

Game 2 vs Horouta and those crisp whites continued to shine brightly!
HSOB 8/181 Decl- Dave Castle 92*, Scott Tallot 35 & 5/187 Decl - Carl Shaw 58*, Steve Lamb 42 (15 balls)
Beat OUTRIGHT
Horouta 10/71 - Jak Rowe 5-33 & 10/94 Nicholas Armour 5-19 and Steve Lamb 3-14

Two dominant displays with bat and ball.
Well on top in game 3 vs GBHS which we will cover next week!

Pressies grade update coming later - dont miss it!

Tough weekend? Chicking is the finest chicken place in town AND they are our legendary sponsor! Ease the Christmas rush or last week of work with a hearty feed from the ChicKing

🏏🏆HSOB LOCKS DOLEMAN CUP UP FOR THIRD TIME IN A ROW🏆🏏

The day dawned hot and sunny and HSOB lads were chomping at the bit for a shot at the three peat. Sporting a line up of strength rarely seen in Gisborne cricket it was HSOB to come out victorious.
Bowling first after OBR chose to post a score. A slow start and a dropped chance or two saw OBR start off well, but a runout off his own bowling to Steve Lamb saw the wheels start wobbling. Carl Shaw knocked off peg out the ground not long after and the boys had a sniff. Couple LBWs for skipper Dave Castle and tight bowling from Anthony Boyder, Keegan Jooste and Dan Torrie meant OBR was restricted to just 161 on a flat one.

With the return of last years top run scorer, Baxter McKay, and returning from injury Ajay Kumar, we wanted a strong m start. What those at Harry Barker witness from the HSOB top three was nothing short of domination. Quality strokes through and over the field smashed the new ball to all parts, and at the fall of the first wicket HSOB were 60/1 and the oppo were reeling. Scott Tallot added a match winning 30 of class and it was Matua Glen Udall, and “Gisbornes Best Cricketer 2022” to finish the batting in style.

HSOB winners, by 5 wickets!

Doleman Cup Final Day!

Our premiers challenge strong rivals OBR for the Doleman Cup Final today! Good performances to win all played pool games made the lads top qualifier - a position they’ll need to play to today!
Get alongnfor a midday start, Harry Barker Rep block!

Today we celebrate our u16 players after their tough tournament last week. Results are never the focus, its all in the process and finding where there is improvements to be made!

We also wish our u19 players all the best for their tournament this week down at Harry Barker Reserve!

What a wonderful weekend gone and what an exciting weekend ahead!
Our prems finished too qualifier for the Doleman Cup andnhad a weekend off before the final, and our Pressies had a dominant win bs GBHS 2nd XI, Hiren Bhatti the star with a Five wicket haul! Great work.
Our club continues to be the benchmark for premier cricket in Gisborne, on and off the field. These great people are behind us all the way and its their support that makes us so great. Please support them where possible!

Baljeet from Bollywood Indian restaurant and Chicking Gisborne, we thank you for your support as naming sponsor for our Premier and Pressies side, and to our friends at Emerre and Hathaway Insurance Brokers Gisborne.

We salute you!

☀️🌞🏏🏏sunshine means hope of cricket this week!
What better to hope for than the HSOB game this week.
Premiers kick things off on Thursday with a t15 vs Horouta, followed by the final round robin of Doleman Cup, vs GBHS
Pressies look to bounce back up the table vs Campion College!
What a week ahead!

🏏🏏Exciting times within HSOB as our premiers not only beat GBHS in the Doleman Cup last Saturday, they put the GBHS lads to the sword again last night w a strong 7 wicket win! 💪
Our pressies hit a speedbump in the form of a 10 wicket loss to Ngatapa..🙈enough said!
Leading into cricket tomorrow, our two teams are back on tomorrow and will be looking for a strong performance again!

Premiers vs Horouta @ Harry Barker 3, 12 noon
Pressies v OBR 2nd XI @ Nelson rd 2pm

Thanks to our generous Premier and Pressies naming sponsors, Bollywood and ChicKing! Great support from the best indian restaurant and newest fried chicken experts in town!

Our prems have a t20 vs GBHS this THURSDAY at 5pm.
We need a couple more players! If you are keen to play let us or Dave Castle know and we will get you in!

Our two sides had contrasting days on Saturday.
The premiers with a 6 wicket win and the Pressies with a 10 wicket loss!
Highlights were Tom Spencer taking 3 for none off 3.4, in a combo with Nick Armour, who took 3-11 off 3, combining for a match winning 6-11 off 6.4!

HSOB Prems vs GBHS
GBHS 50/10
T Spencer 3/0
N Armour 3/11
K Jooste 3/13

LOST TO

HSOB 54/4

Pressies a tough day but back at the Harry Barker this week should result in some high spirits!

As always thanks to our epic sponsors, Bollywood and Chicking for their support

There’s a saying that every dog has his day, and one of HSOB CCs legends, Steve Lamb had his day in the sun on Saturday.
Playing a vaunted OBR side, full of fresh faces and confidence, Lamby produced a CLASSY display of powerhitting, belting 3 fours and 3 sixes! Finishing 39 off just 17🤩🤩 Steves innings took our total to a defendable 157.
With the sun shining on him, and swapping the bat for his bowling boots, Lamby ripped through the OBR top order to claim unreal figures of 3/17 off 5.
We salute you Steve Lamb, MOTM for the premier side!

HSOB 157/10
Steve Lamb 39 (17)
Scott Tallot 23

BEAT

OBR 106/10
Steve Lamb 3/17
Anthony Boyder 3/27

As always, thanks to our naming sponsors Bollywood Restaurant and Chicking, Baljeet and his team for supporting us.

Baljeet and his team at Bollywood Indian Tandoori Restaurant are makers of the best curries in town and its their support that makes HSOB the best place in Gisborne to play cricket!

Get around Baljeet and go to Bollywood Indian for your next meal, dine in or takeaway.

Saturday saw two excellent club wins for HSOB to kick off the 2023/24 summer.

Bollywood Premiers vs Horouta
HSOB 215/9
Dave Castle 91
Will Budd 18
BEAT
Horouta 56/10
Keegan Jooste 4-12
Nick Armour 1-0

Chicking HSOB Presidents v Campion College 1st Xi
HSOB 221/8
Marshall Norris 63 off just 40 balls!!!
Hiren Bhatti 36
BEAT
Campion College 138/4
Hiren Bhatti 2/19

Thanks to our awesome sponsors for Premier and Hope Cup sides, Bollywood Indian Restaurant and ChicKing Gisborne! Ypur support is so greatly appreciated!

We look ahead to the most exciting week so far!
Our season begins this week, and we will be previewing our teams, our main sponsors and some player profiles!!!

Training this week Barker nets, Tuesday & Thursday, 5.30pm!

Last week to get prepped for a bumper summer!!

A new week and finally some clear space to keep smashing on here!

Training this week
HARRY BARKER NETS
TUESDAY 5.30pm
THURSDAY 5.30pm

We are only TWO weeks out from the start of the season, get into a net session this week to keep honing your skills!

Dont forget to get a fundraiser ticket to win one of two signed bats!

Hsob trainings this week are Harry Barker nets, Tuesday at 5.30pm! sunshine is forecast, hope to see as many of you there as possible!🏏🏏🏏

The rain will see Senior Training cancelled today unfortunately. 😒😒
But whilst you are basking in an All Black glow, why not buy a raffle ticket to win a signed bat by Black Caps skipper, Kane Williamson, or middle order gun, Henry Nicholls!
Get your ticket here:

https://www.facebook.com/61550310261711/posts/122134428464010342/?mibextid=cr9u03

HSOB has been fortunate enough to sort two extremely special fundraisers to go toward our season.
We are raffling off the following:

A. Full Size Autograph Bat signed by Black Cap, Henry Nicholls

B. Miniature Autograph Bat signed by Black Cap Captain, Kane Williamson!

Both bats come with certificates of authenticity info from Gray Nicholls. A huge thanks to Justin and Jamie from Gray-Nicolls AUS/NZ for their support with these two amazing prizes.

The raffle is 100 tickets at $20 per ticket. The winner will have a choice of either prize, the second place winner will recieve the remaining prize!
We appreciate your support!

HSOB CC Account is
38-9018-0888328-00

HSOB has been fortunate enough to sort two extremely special fundraisers to go toward our season.
We are raffling off the following:

A. Full Size Autograph Bat signed by Black Cap, Henry Nicholls

B. Miniature Autograph Bat signed by Black Cap Captain, Kane Williamson!

Both bats come with certificates of authenticity info from Gray Nicholls. A huge thanks to Justin and Jamie from Gray-Nicolls AUS/NZ for their support with these two amazing prizes.

The raffle is 100 tickets at $20 per ticket. The winner will have a choice of either prize, the second place winner will recieve the remaining prize!
We appreciate your support!

HSOB CC Account is
38-9018-0888328-00

We’ve been MIA this week but we jump back on board the train with Thursday trivia coming at ya on a Friday! 🤷‍♂️🙈😎 wel go easy after noone claimed our last trivia

The year; ‘93
Location? Old Trafford, Manchester
The ball? Of the century…

Who were the australian opening batters for the “ball of century” test match?

Tomorrow senior training at Harry Barker, 1pm - 3pm!
Great to have some beautiful sunshine!m, long may it continue 🏏🏏

In a rookie mistake we missed thursday Trivia this week! so here it is
Two Black Caps have been to Cricket World Cups, but didnt play a game, who are they?