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Uttoxeter C.C. v Barton (Home )
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Uttoxeter completed a good victory over a strong Barton side with a very good all round team performance.
Captain Walmsley won the toss and elected to field first on what he hoped would be a lively wicket after the week of rain.
The wicket didn’t disappoint and the bowlers got the side off to a good start severely restricting the Barton scoring rate. Skelham (1-47) was the 1st to strike, bowling a ball which just nipped away and caught the edge of Melidoni’s bat, Cottier the produce some acrobatics in the slips to take an excellent low one handed catch low to his right.
Wanted: Explorers for treasure trails across Staffordshire
Staffordshire is soon to be flooded with explorers, treasure hunters and sleuths as an award-winning Cornish company expands into the area. Treasure Trails Ltd writes treasure hunts aimed a getting families, couples and groups of friends out and about in the fresh air, exploring, experiencing and learning about their local region in a very fun and unique way.
The company already has 380 Trails across the UK and knows that Staffordshire, with its diverse landscape and fascinating history was the ideal location for their next venture. If you are looking for a way to keep the children entertained this summer, and without breaking the bank, this is the perfect solution.
Uttoxeter C.C. v Castle Donnington (Away)
The Uttoxeter 1st team got back their season back on track with a big winning draw against Castle Donnington.
On a hot and humid day the Uttoxeter captain lost the toss and was very surprisingly asked to have a bat first.
Rob Birch and Sean Coates got the side off to a good start before Coates was bowled. Pete Atwell filling in at number 3 for the absent Tony Hayes looked impressive on his way to 14 before he edged to the keeper.
Rob Birch was back to his old self after his failure last week, notching up a steady 29 before lobbing a catch back to the bowler. The 73 run start the top 3 had given the away team provided a great platform for the middle order to build a dominant total.
Financial Market Bulletin July 5th 2010
Markets Stage Broad Retreat
Global equity markets retreated across the board last week as the bears gained the upper hand, sending share prices south as investors headed for the safety of the sidelines. After a more confident start, markets gradually gave ground in the face of poor economic news and data which raised fears of a so-called ‘double-dip’ scenario. Already worried about the impact on future growth of austerity measures being taken by many European countries, investors were additionally forced to think about a possible economic slowdown in two of the world’s largest economies – America and China. Boosted by unprecedented economic stimuli by their respective governments back in 2008-09, the world’s two engines of growth looked to be on track, with China quickly resuming double-digit growth and the US returning to long-term trend growth of around 3.5%.
On Thursday though, the mood changed when it became clear that firstly, the Chinese economy was slowing. The country’s official purchasing managers’ index for June fell from 53.9 to 52.1 - less than expected but still positive (any figure over 50 means positive growth). ..................
Economic Update - June 2010
RBA Wealth Management Ltd., based at Charles House in Uttoxeter High Street, and are part of the St. James's Place Wealth Management Group have just issued an updated Economic Update doument which is available as a downloaded in pdf format here.
Uttoxeter CC 1st XI vs Nutbrook
Uttoxeter got their promotion chase back on track with a responding win against Nutbrook.
Playing at Nutbrook for the first time the game couldn’t have got off to a worse start for Uttoxeter with captain Walmsley losing the toss and seeing his side sent into bat and having both openers back inside the pavilion within the 1st 3 overs with only 5 runs on the board.
This however gave the two of the senior members of the side a chance to rebuild, Ian Bailey was in no mood to do this slowly. He smashed his way to a magnificent 96. At no point was he ever in trouble and he will feel slightly aggrieved by the way he cheaply gave his wicket away! Lobbing a catch to deep mid on trying to bring up his first ton of the year in style.
At the other end Tony Hayes was playing a more patient innings and just fed bailey who was making light work of the Nutbrook attack. The pair put on 150 for the 2nd wicket in very quick time and when Hayes was dismissed Uttoxeter had a great chance to build a commanding 1st innings score.
Look after your Laptop !
It pays to look after your laptop, here are the ‘7 Deadly Sins’.
Follow these simple tips and you'll be amazed at how a bit of TLC and some commonsense will keep your laptop healthy.
1. Eat in the Kitchen
You would be amazed at just how much damage you can cause to your keyboard from those stray crumbs! Hot or cold drinks spilt on your laptop can cause hundreds of pounds worth of damage — so save the food and drink until break time and take a break from your laptop.
2. Keep it spring cleaned
A few minutes each week spent cleaning your laptop will prolong its life. Here are a few grisly facts to encourage you to do this :
A keyboard that hasn't been spoilt with a weekly dust has 3,500 germs per square inch — use an antiseptic wipe (nothing fancy, just the regular ones you buy in the supermarket) and exert only gentle pressure and then blow out anything that's left behind. Hold this thought in your head — an unclean keyboard can be as unhygienic as a loo seat !
Croxden Family Fun Day
Uttoxeter turns to Room Rental
Uttoxeter Online Magazine is teaming up with :
and will be shortly providing information on rooms to rent in Uttoxeter
As flatsharing is more and more popular we will be advising our readers about the benefits of flatshare
with a featured page on this web site.
Watch this space !
Local Artist launches on-line store
Keith Davies was born in 1960 on the Wirral and after moving to Staffordshire early on in his life he went on to do an apprenticeship and worked as a mechanical fitter at Rugeley power station until 1990.
After resigning and travelling the world for 6 months Keith decided to make art his career and in 1994 demonstrated some of his work at a local craft show. A Birmingham businessman was so impressed by his motor sport pictures that he sponsored Keith and was soon selling his art at racing venues in the UK and around Europe. During this time Keith was also accepting commissions from various race teams and designing liveries to portray on racing cars .
Computer problems in Florida !
Technical Support, how can I help you?
FEMALE CALLER: 'Last night my computer started making a lot of hissing noise at me so I shut it down. This morning when I turned it on the computer started hissing and cracking, then started smoking and a bad smell, then nothing'.
TECH SUPPORT: 'I will have a technician come over first thing this morning. Leave the computer just like it is, so they can find the problem and fix it, or change it out with another computer. Give me your address; phone number and the technician will be there just as soon as he can'.
When the technician got there, the lady showed him where the computer was, said what happened to it, this is what the technician found wrong. Take a look at the pictures... YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES...
Brownson Family Photograph
The attached, rather faded photograph came with some old family documents. There is an embossed stamp beneath the image that reads Roberts, Photographer, Draycott in the Clay.
I know that the family (Brownson) was in the Cubley, Marston Montgomery, Boylestone areas in the 19th century, but would be interested to know if anyone can identify the actual location of the photograph. There appears to be a stack of bricks in the foreground and I know the family were involved in brickmaking in the late 18th century, as I have some accounts. Regards, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Crack this one, percipient reader ..
A tribal chief in the good ol' days had three sons, of whom he was very proud. He also had 17 beautiful ponies, of which he was also very proud. Sadly, he died (Aaaaah!). In his dying breath he let it be known that he wished his 17 ponies to be divided among his three sons -- half of them to the oldest, one third of them to the second, and one ninth of them to the youngest. None of the ponies must be mutilated or otherwise harmed in any way. ( OK -- must have been a pretty long dying breath ... ) His tribe were in a quandary, as they knew that to play fast & loose with the old chief's wishes would bring ruin & everlasting misery to the tribe. Try as they would, with much cudgelling of their brains and beating of their breasts, they could find no way of dividing the ponies as laid down by old chief's word (or breath). |
Problems with our printer mouse
"We have a problem with our printer - the mouse is jammed ". But printers don't have a mouse ! "Ours does ! " Wartime Crashed Aircraft
I was trying to remember the number of crashed aircraft, I had seen, and in another life, dealt with. Despite the closeness of many wartime airfields, Church Broughton being the closest, if you ignore the Marchington airstrip, I could only remember one, during my school days. This was an Airspeed Oxford, it crashed in Hollington Lane, Stramshall, behind a house, which was lived in by the Arnold's. |
