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Halton Polecats Bronco Team
The Halton Polecats Bronco team play in the BBF
North West Bronco League, this consists of the following teams:-
Bolton Bears
Cartmel Valley Lions
Halton Polecats
Manchester Saints
Runcorn Jets
The 2007 season
continued the development of the under 13s team, and with the addition
of some new talented players leaves the coaching staff confident for
the 08' campaign.
For more details use
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2008
Youth Final Four |
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National
Championships |
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13/14 September @ Cartmel |
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12 July |
Game 1 |
Game 2 |
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Runcorn |
3 |
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Halton |
14 |
14 |
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Manchester |
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12 |
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TEAM |
W |
L |
PCT |
GB |
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Cartmel |
7 |
0 |
1.000 |
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Halton |
5 |
2 |
.714 |
2 |
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Manchester |
4 |
4 |
.500 |
3 |
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Runcorn |
1 |
6 |
.143 |
5.5 |
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Bolton |
0 |
5 |
.000 |
5.5 |
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2008 2006 2005 Frank Caunce
Runners Up
2002 & 2001 Frank Caunce Division Winners
2001 NW League Runners Up
2000 NW League Champions |
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Team
Officials
Team
Manager
- Colin Walton
Team
Coaches
- Jonathan Pauls, Peter Williams
Home
Game Umpire
- Barry Roberts
Home
Game Scorer - Peter Williams |
Player Milestones
Pitching
Dan Lightfoot
50 Season K's - 100 Career K's Anthony
Hulme
50 Career K's
Hitting
Mike Hulme
50 Career Hits - 50 Career Runs
Base on Balls
James Knowles
50 Career Walks |
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2007 Presentations
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Next Training
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Season Results 2008 |
Game
Report |
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Hitting Award - James Hall
Golden Glove - Sam Jackson
Pitching Award - Mike Dixon
Manager's Award - Harry Pickup
Team MVP - Dan Murray
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Thursdays 6:15pm - 8:15pm
@ Halton Field
Saturdays 10:00am - 12 noon
@ Halton Field |
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26 April |
Halton |
6 |
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11 |
Cartmel |
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3 May |
Halton |
13 |
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2 |
Runcorn |
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Cartmel |
7 |
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4 |
Halton |
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| 7 June |
Manchester |
3 |
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13 |
Halton |
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| 21 June |
Bolton |
4 |
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24 |
Halton |
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| 12 July |
Runcorn |
3 |
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14 |
Halton |
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| 12 July |
Halton |
14 |
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12 |
Manchester |
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Halton Polecats v Cartmel Valley Lions - 26th
April
First game of the season, The Halton Polecats Bronco Team travel away to
Cartmel Valley.
The first inning, The Polecats get to hit first, Harry Pickup started
Halton off with a tidy single to left field, and made it to third base
on errors and pass balls, but was left stranded as Cartmel struck out
the next three batters.
Halton’s defence looked strong as Cartmel batted, with Mike Dixon on the
mound, pitching for the Polecats. Cartmel’s first batter hit a single,
the next two batters where put out with some good defensive plays from
Halton involving the pitcher and the Polecats catcher, Alex Jones. Some
good batting from Cartmel allowed them to get the head start by scoring
the five run maximum for the first inning.
In the second, Halton’s first batter was struck out. Spencer Roberts was
awarded a walk, and cleverly advanced to second on a wild pitch. The
next batter was also struck out. Dixon hit a hard single to right field,
allowing Roberts to run in and score the Polecats first run. Jones was
awarded a walk, giving Halton runners on first and second. The next
batter was struck out leaving the runners stranded and ending the
inning.
Cartmel started their inning well by hitting two singles and scoring
twice, but again good defensive plays from the Polecats third baseman
Harry Pickup and first baseman Spencer Roberts saw an end to Cartmel’s
run.
The third inning ended quickly for Halton as Cartmel’s pitcher struck
three batters in a row.
A hard hit triple from Cartmel’s right fielder, J. Hill, gave them a
good start in the third. Followed by a single from S. Auton. The
Polecats held Cartmel to two runs in this inning, with an amazing throw
from third, by Pickup, to first, Roberts, who held on to the ball
cleanly for the out. Dixon took care of the next two outs; he struck out
one batter, and tagged the next batter, who was running to first.
In the fourth, Jamie Evans, for The Polecats, was awarded a walk, and
advanced to third on pass balls. The next batter was struck out. Rosie
Cotgreave was awarded a walk, leaving runners on the corners for Halton.
Dixon hit a double that came close to the outfield fence, allowing Evans
and Cotgreave to score. Dixon advanced to third on a pass ball as the
next batter for the Polecats was struck out. The next batter grounded
out ending the inning and leaving a runner stranded on third.
Cartmel scored no runs in the fourth as Halton’s defence shone again. A
pop-up to the pitcher started the inning off, there was some panic as
the whole infield nearly collided under the ball, but Dixon held onto
the ball. Another throw from Pickup saw the second out. The third out
was an unassisted out at first by Roberts.
The fifth saw a good start for the Polecats as Owen Williams showed
hustle to first as the Cartmel’s catcher dropped the third strike. Owen
advanced to second on a pass ball. A series of walks came from the
Cartmel pitcher, awarding Ed Williams, Jamie, and Spencer their base.
This allowed Owen to score. Rosie was awarded her base through a hit by
pitch, which allowed Ed to score. Dixon was walked, scoring Jamie. The
next batter was struck out. Pickup hit a hard ball towards right field
but was caught out by an outstanding diving catch by Cartmel’s first
baseman T. Woodbun, which ended the run for Halton.
The Polecats made a pitching change in the bottom of the fifth, bringing
Harry Pickup to the mound. Cartmel started the inning slowly as Pickup
tagged the first batter out on the base path. The next batter was struck
out. The next two batters singled and scored on errors and pass balls,
the inning was ended as Pickup struck out the next batter.
The sixth inning was over quickly as Halton’s next three batters where
struck out. Cartmel did not need to bat in the sixth because they
already had the lead and won the game 11-6.
Halton Polecats v Runcorn Jets - 3rd May
Second game of the season, The Halton Polecats Bronco Team host The
Runcorn Jets in the local derby.
The first inning, The Polecats had the field, Harry Pickup started on
the mound for Halton, striking the first two batters out. The next
batter hit the ball to our first baseman, Spencer Roberts who made an
unassisted out at one.
Halton’s turn to bat, Pickup hit a single, followed by another single by
Alex Jones. Ed Williams was awarded a walk, loading the bases. Mike
Dixon hit a single scoring Pickup. Jones was put out at third. Spencer
singled, scoring Williams. Rosie Cotgreave was awarded a walk, loading
the bases for the Polecats. The next batter was struck out. Jazmine
Roberts was awarded a walk, which brought in Dixon for Halton’s third
run. Jamie Evans also received a walk which scored Spencer. Back to the
top of the batting order, Pickup registered his second single of the
inning, scoring Cotgreave, who was the fifth run, ending the inning on
the five run maximum rule.
In the second, Runcorn’s first batter hit the ball back towards the
pitcher, Pickup, who threw to first baseman, Spencer, who made the out
at one. The Jets second batter was struck out. The third batter hit back
to Pickup, who took it upon himself to chase the runner and made the tag
out, to end the inning.
The Polecats started well as Jones was awarded a walk and advanced round
to score on pass balls and errors in the defence. The next batter was
struck out. Dixon was also awarded a walk and advanced to third on
errors. Spencer singled, scoring Dixon. Cotgreave was given a walk. The
next two batters were struck out by Runcorn’s pitcher, ending the inning
with Halton scoring two more runs.
The third inning ended quickly for The Jets as the Polecats pitcher,
Pickup, struck out three batters in a row.
Runcorn’s defence held as they allowed a single from Pickup, who was
stranded on base, as three batters where struck out. Keeping the score
seven to nil in Halton’s favour.
In the fourth, Runcorn’s first batter was hit by pitch and advanced
round and scored on pass balls and errors. The second batter was struck
out, the next batter singled and scored on over throws, the fourth and
fifth batters of the inning where struck out by pickup.
Cotgreave hit the ball towards the pitcher, The Jets made the out at
one. Halton’s next batter was struck out. Jazmine was awarded a walk,
and advanced round to three; Evans was awarded a walk, and advanced to
second. Pickup singled scoring Jazmine and advancing Evans to three.
Pickup advanced to second, Runcorn’s catcher threw to two to try and get
pickup out; Evans tried scoring but was put out at home as The Jets
short stop made a good throw home, ending the inning.
The fifth saw a good start for The Polecats as Dixon takes the mound and
strikes out three of Runcorn’s batters in a row.
The Polecats chance to put more runs on the board saw Jones hit a double
and advancing to three on a pass ball. Williams singled scoring Jones.
Dixon and Spencer was awarded a walk. The next batter was struck out.
Ellie Jackson, Jazmine Roberts and Jamie Evans all walked to first. This
allowed Williams, Dixon and Spencer to score. Pickup was hit by pitch,
which forced Jackson to score giving Halton five runs, ending the inning
with the maximum run rule.
The sixth inning was over quickly as Runcorn’s next three batters where
struck out. The Polecats did not need to bat in the sixth because they
already had the lead and won the game 13-2.
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