Roger Bird has been such an influential member of Timsbury Cricket Club for so long that it is difficult to envisage a future without him. He began playing for the club in the 1950s and has fulfilled nearly every position in the club both on and off the field. As a player he was a fearless and outstanding wicket-keeper and was still playing well into his seventies. So much of his work, however, revolved around his encouragement for the young players in the club both as a youth organiser and … [Read more...]

After a season plagued by wet weather the sun shone for the final game of the season but there were no celebrations for Timsbury who lost by two wickets away to Old Bristolians Westbury to finish in the bottom two of the Bristol and District League Senior Division. It was a tantalisingly tight finish to the campaign with their close rivals Hanham winning their match by just one wicket with one ball to spare. Not for the first time Timsbury owed a huge debt to Mark Sage who batted throughout the … [Read more...]

Timsbury notched up a crucial three-wicket win at home to Hanham in the Bristol and District League Senior Division, a result that could have a big bearing on the relegation issue at the foot of the table.  It enabled Timsbury to leapfrog their opponents and with one game remaining they are six points ahead of the Bristol side. After being asked to bat first Hanham struggled to get any partnerships together before Luke Stone (30) and Dan Jackson (23) added 44 for the sixth wicket to set up the … [Read more...]

There were more frustrations for Timsbury first eleven who could only manage two overs in their crucial home match with Coalpit Heath in the Bristol and District League Senior Division before the game was abandoned. Four of the last five  matches have been lost to the weather  and despite several attempts to get the game started the heavy rain had the final word There was better news, however, for  Timsbury’s second eleven who managed to get a game finished away to Bath’s fourth eleven and  who … [Read more...]

A fine all-round performance from Gary Pearcy was not quite enough to earn Timsbury victory away to Stapleton in the Bristol and District League Senior Division but they came agonisingly close before losing by two wickets against opponents who are third in the table . After being put into bat Timsbury made a dreadful start and at 33-6 the game looked as good as over. However, Pearcy was joined by teenager Joe Kinnear and together they added 54 vital runs before Kinnear was caught for 22. … [Read more...]