Presentation of trophies for the best performances of the 2011 season...
...at the club's Assemblée Générale on Sunday 29th January at Angoulême.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all those who came!
Play cricket, not war!
Extraordinary documentary about the Afghan Cricket Team preparing for the the world cup.
You can watch it free on the ARTE site but only until the 23rd December ( French subtitles and commentary ).
The fixtures for 2012 are firming-up....here
Open Day a big success, a group of ten boys and girls played a game in the morning, and the mums and dads joined in too in the afternoon.
Thanks to the families, the players and other helpers for their good humoured participation.
Open Day and Broc'sportif on Saturday 10th September 2011
at our ground at 'The Champion' racecourse and campsite in Mansle 16230.
All welcome, come and try cricket for youngsters in the morning and for the bigger ones in the afternoon, a match will be played with the club players and anyone who wants to have a go. All equipement is provided by us, and of course it's free!
There will also be a Broc'sportif ( jumble-sale of sports gear ) at the football ground. Details here
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ICC in "it's just not cricket" shocker!
You may have heard of the outrageous decision on Monday of the ICC and the "big" cricket nations to reduce the number of teams at the next World Cup in four years' time from 14 to 10. This will exclude Ireland- who had the temerity to beat England and score the fastest ever century at a WC - and other associate nations like the Netherlands or Afghanistan.
...the former West Indies star Phil Simmons, called Monday "a dark day for cricket but a great day for greed and fear", and labelled their exclusion "despicable".
After 10 years of steady progress and improvement, leading to some remarkable results, the door is slammed in their faces.
What of the future of cricket in France? Will we too be excluded from the club of the "big nations" if ever we manage to rise to their level and beat them?
We're in the news...
an article about the club is in the April edition of "the French Paper".
See the article here.
Indoor tournament at St.Astier (24)
The club sent a young team to the indoor tournament at St.Astier on the 20th of March. The first match against the eventual winners - Eymet (24) - was very close. We lost by 3 runs! We then beat Treignac B but lost to the talented ( but technically unconventional ) Treignac A. Good performances from all the players, and captain for the day Garry!
Pool A
Treignac A 70 for 5 (3 points) lost to Saint Aulaye 72 for 1 (19 points) by four wickets;
Catus 53 for 5 (4 points) lost to Saint Aulaye 54 for 3 (17 points) by 2 wickets;
Catus 81 for 5 (7 points) lost to Treignac A 85 for 4 (18 points) by 1 wkt.
Pool B
Eymet 104 for 3 (19 points) beat Treignac B 19 for 5 (3 points) by 85 runs;
Eymet 82 for 4 (18 points) beat Mansle 79 for 5 (6 points) by 3 runs;
Treignac B 46 for 5 (5 points) lost to Mansle 47 for 4 (16 points) by 1 wkt.
Play-offs
3rd and 4th place:
Mansle 32 for 5 lost to Treignac A 33 for 3 by 2 wkts.
Final
Saint Aulaye 24 for 5 lost to Eymet 27 for 3.
At the recent Assemblée Générale of the club two trophies were presented to the outstanding players of last season.
Batsman of the Year 2010 Arshad SHAH.
Player of the Year 2010 Max LARTER.
Congratulations to both for their contribution.
We count on you both to do as well in 2011!
Statistics 2010 on the results page.
2010 Season
Beginners cricket weekend at Mansle
On the 2nd and 3rd of October the club organised a training course for its players to obtain the Diplôme Fédérale 1 Initiateur de Cricket. For the practical sessions we needed some guinea-pigs and we soon found twelve willing youngsters.
For half an hour on Saturday and an hour and a half on Sunday the kids gave their all during the exercises to learn the basic skills needed - bowling, catching, batting- followed by several short matches with rules adapted to indoor cricket. A great time was had by all!
This group of talented boys and girls, and their parents, want us to do more sessions soon.
The course was run by David BORDES, trainer of the France national cricket team and Technical Director of France Cricket. He was favourably impressed by the quality of the Mansle sports infrastructure and the talent of the Mansle Cricket Club players and their pupils.
Thanks to the Tennis Club and their president Patrice LEFEVRE for letting us use their clubhouse.
more photos here
Regional Final National 1
Noê-Gascogne v Mansle
at Damazan 5 september 2010
CC MANSLE CHARENTE 122 from 28 overs.
NOE-GASCOGNE 124 for 1 from 17 overs.
VICTOIRY for NOË by 9 wickets.
Mansle with only nine players (following family illness overnight ) elected to bat. A first ball yorker saw off Arshad and wickets continued to tumble until the youngsters Ehsan (26) and Larter.M (29*) dug in for a partnership of 67. The high wides total means there were really nearly 36 overs bowled. Sathish the pick of the bowlers, though a bit wayward (3 for 25) and Anbu very tidy at the end of the innings (2 for 19)
122 was never going to be enough with such a fast outfield and some fine aggressive hitting especially by Sriram (56*) and Abid (30*) saw Noë home in quick time.
Siddalls Cup semi-final against Toulouse
at Damazan, 15 august 2010, 35 overs.
Victoiry for Toulouse but it could have gone either way...
Mansle 143 pour 10 après 34 séries- Shakhil 34, Usman Mohammed 30, Larter.M. 20. Alcock 5 pour 24, Warren 4 pour 28.
Toulouse 144 pour 8 aprés 31 séries- Wardle 36*, Warren N.23. Clulee 3 pour 28, Larter.M. 3 pour 29
Mansle batted first but at 21 for 4 it looked difficult...but Max with his captain Shakhil and then Shani took the score to a (just about) defendable 143.
Having reduced Toulouse to 49 for 6 Mansle were scenting victory, but the Wardles held their nerve with Raja and captain Warren all making contributions, making the winning total with a few overs to spare.
Mansle CC
Usman et Ehsan batting!
The two teams with the umpires before the game.
Mansle crowned Champions of Pool C!
First match on the new pitch...and the first win!
Sunday's result puts us at the top of pool C ( Aquitaine ) of the National League.
Good new pitch, good weather ( a bit too hot... 35°C ) and a great result!
see the news on the ACCSO site here
We will have a play-off game against the second-placed team from the other SW pool ( Midi ) Armagnac-Bigorre on the 8th of August at Eymet (24).
The new pitch is ready!
we didn't do it all by ourselves...
Thanks to Senateur Nicole BONNEFOY for her support, the Conseil Général de la Charente, the Mansle Conseil Municipal, and the Maire Mr. Harmand...
...and the Societé des Courses de Mansle, of course.
Mansle and Eymet with the umpires and Mme.Nicole BONNEFOY, Senateur, before the game on the 11th July 2010.
Many thanks to the Mansle council works team for their precious help!
The limestone base has been widened to 3m...
...we've rolled out the shock-pad...
...pulled it tight...
...carefully unpacked the precious carpet...
...stretched it and nailed it down.
Now isn't that nice?
The only cricket pitch in Charente and the envy of many a club ( not just French ones...)
for it's setting, and now for the quality of it's pitch!
Mansle Cricket is now on Facebook and Twitter!
Become a 'friend' of the club and stay informed
of our matches and results.
Click on these links to see our page on Facebook and Twitter.
The fixtures for the League and Siddalls Cup are HERE
The club has changed it's name!
Since December 2009 Angoulême Cricket Club has become the....
Cricket Club de Mansle Charente
This administrative change better reflects our situation since we now have our home ground at the 'Champion' complex in Mansle,
thanks to the support of the Societé des Courses de Mansle and the Conseil Municipal de Mansle.
The structure and personnel of the club remain unchanged.
Record score for
Usman MANAWAR!
Usman scored 214 not out!
The best score ever in the SW league, or in league cricket in the whole of France!
See the full result here
article about Usman on the France Cricket site
See the results of the
Player of the Year Awards
presented recently at the
'Jardin du Kashmir'
restaurant in Angoulême
by clicking here
That's done it...
...the first cricket ground in Charente!
(scroll down to see how it was done)
Come and watch our matches!
( to find the ground click here )
The very first league cricket game in Charente, at Mansle, against
St.Aulaye the 17th May 2009.
Match against Bordeaux 7th June 2009
The story so far...
Having spent 18 months visiting mairies all around Angoulême, and almost finding a site in three different communes, I finally struck lucky in a little town I know well, only 7km from my home.
Mansle is a commune of 1500 souls in north Charente, 20km from Angoulême by fast dual carriageway, the N10. Pronounce it like 'Le Mans' but reversed...Mans Le! Mansle racecourse, known as 'Le Champion' (not to be confused with the supermarket of the same name...) , 500m perimeter, nestling in a curve of the Charente river, is only used for one or two meetings a year, and the council cuts lots of grass for no real purpose. Now they will be cutting it for cricket!
The council agreed to help with the work of installing a calcaire base and this was carried out this spring. We will be using our coconut matting pitch for the near future. We have practiced on the surface and it works very well. Many thanks to John Ayling of Damazan for all his excellent advice.
Whilst the setting is lovely, not everything is perfect yet. We are working to solve the problems we can foresee, and ask for your indulgence for the inevitable ones which will only become apparent over time, especially this first season. We are a small and young club, but I hope that now we have our own ground we can move forward quickly.
How to make a cricket pitch!
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Take out the soil to a depth of about 15cm.( 6 inches)
28m x 2m | | Fill it with crished limestone 0-20mm and tamp it down with a vibrating plate.
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Fill up to ground level with the finest grade limestone- 0-4mm- and level with a 80kg vibrating plate while flooding the surface. We did it side-to-side first,and lengthwise afterwards. |
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Roll out your coconut matting carpet and stretch it tight with the lawnmower. Tack one end down with 15cm nails with washers on and pull on the other end. Then stretch and tack sideways. 
Although a bit soft at first, the limestone dries to near concrete-like hardness.
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