Hey there sports fans welcome to Carvs Corner!

If you thought you could get rid of me then you were wrong, I will never leave you alone. After all who could ever forget playing at the home of cricket, with the greats of the game… Boorman, Green, Mapson, Box. This is my first of many columns, something that will keep me going through the cold, dark and long winter.

Well what will be in this inquisitive piece of literature throughout the season? Each week there will be a very harsh review of the weekend's performances (I advise scoring 100 and taking 5 wickets each week to avoid criticism), the 'thanks for coming' (TFC) award which will go to the player who apart from making the numbers in the field has really done nothing, a section which shows players who have 'gone missing' or are 'running hot' and finally there will be a preview of all upcoming fixtures.
Now I've been browsing around the work of art that is this website and had a look at the teams you are due to play in the upcoming season, provided that most of them aren't rained out again. We were unlucky not to get promoted after a stellar year with both the bat, the ball and on occasions our fielding. However due to random excessive moisture we were unable to give Tewksbury the thrashing they deserved. But that's in the past now and you now must concentrate on the upcoming games. Looking at the draw there is no reason why you shouldn't come top and get promoted.

Stone up first, who we only saw once last year, but if Pete 'one man team' Lavis doesn't have a good game it should be a comfortable win.

Playing Bredon early doors at home and winning will be a good platform the base the season on, provided that Green plays and doesn't go to some rock concert in London like last year.

Redmarley away next and if Dumbleton's bunny Ali Watkins is playing, should press for an early wicket. One word of advice for playing at Redmarley, be careful if the ball goes in the bushes, they have a tendency to sting you!!!

Fairford and Hatherley were promoted after last year and Stroud we didn't play at all last year again due to excessive moisture and some questionable calling off of the game one hour before the start of play…hmmm?

Kingsholm based on last years performances should be a good game to stock up on runs and wickets; however don't be surprised if they are more competitive this year.

Warning about this team is it contains one interesting character. Yes, this is Woodmancote who have a batsman who will call for the helmet against fast bowlers, and then have it taken off for the spinners, even if pace and spin are bowling in tandem!

For the next game riot police will be called in, the whole of the West of England Premier League officials will be there along with crowds of 10,000+, man has landed on the moon, the pyramids of Egypt have been built, the Berlin wall has come down, Australia regain the Ashes, J.F Kennedy has been assassinated, however the world has never seen something of this magnitude….DUMBLETON CC Vs PAINSWICK CC!!! This game will be as epic as the two previous encounters between these two sides and with the Bressington boys being pumped up by daddy all winter I'm sure they are as cocky as ever and ergo deserve another loss! The man who we all feel sorry for on this day is Jim Green who has to sit and listen to Bressington Senior go on about league rules and regulations blah blah blah.

Well I think that's all from me for this week. Hope preseason is going well and look forward to getting back into the swing of thing…covers on….covers off…covers on. Any questions, comments, queries,fan mail, feel free to e-mail me at carvs_jc@hotmail.com

Cheerio,
Carvs