ARTICLES 2000

ON TOUR 2000

With news of a Ljubljana Cricket Club tour on its way, the opposition try in vain to get enough practice to keep the pace with our heroes.

 

Some more alcohol-related pictures...

Al and Jason “Get ‘em in”

     

 
Dan, after a traditional pre-match warm up. He claims that he unable to perform after an early, sober night. This has become a traditional sight to all members of touring parties.

 

 

 

Lodi 2000
 

Do not adjust your screens – our heroic athletes are actually this“horizontally challenged” (ie fat!!!)

 

L-R: Greg, Jason, Scott, Dan and Brad in Lodi, Italy

 

The team we sent to the Lodi 8-a-side tournament in July 2000. We finished runners-up to the boys from Malta.

Back Row L-R: Jason Stachurski, Brad Eve, Mark Oman, Dan Ryan, Greg Davies, Roger Metcalfe

Front Row: Steve Fish, Scott Geldart

 
 

ECC Representative Festival, Seebarn, Austria, August 2000

Slovenia ready for the fray...

Back Row L-R: Damir Alidzanovic, Brad Eve, Cameron Eve, Mark Oman (c), Dan Ryan (vc), Steve Fish, Brian Bryan.

Front Row: Scott Geldart, Urban Blaznik, Daniel Herakovic, Greg Davies (wk)

Eve, Ryan, Eve, Davies, Fish and Geldart.

 

Look out girls.

Eve, Ryan, Eve, Davies, Fish and Geldart.

Boys, where do you think you're going looking like that.

AT HOME 2000

Ljubljana v Vienna in the Austrian League at Velden, Summer 2000. Surely one of the most picturesque cricket grounds anywhere in the world.
 
Greg dispatches a Zagreb CC delivery towards the fine leg boundary.

 

Alasdair, after breaking his arm, dislocating his wrist and being run out, all on the same delivery.
Steve the Fish shows some of his trademark footwork against the boys from Prague CC

 

Ljubljana CC accept the inaugural Czech Ambassador’s Trophy after a fine victory over Prague CC.

L-R Francis King, Steve Fish, Greg Davies,Matt Ainsworth, Paul Townend, (kneeling) Mark Oman with the Czech Ambassador,Brad Eve, Dan Ryan, Damir Alidzanovic, Roger Metcalfe, David Lloyd.

A match against the boys from Zagreb CC. Another win for Ljubljana. Greg at 'keeper, Dan at first slip.
Damir Alidzanovic faces some fiery bowling from Zagreb captain Ivan Bilic.
Founding member and first Club President Roger Metcalfe prepares to down the  contents of our latest trophy after defeating Concordia CC. Roger soon relocated to Morocco to avoid any future “Tin-Tin” comparisons.