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Saturday 9 June 2012

Bopara shines in stalemate - SkySports

Bopara shines in stalemate - SkySports

Ravi Bopara gave the England selectors another huge nudge with his second century of the week as Essex drew their rain-affected LV= County Championship match at Northamptonshire.

Essex declared on 400-6 to claim maximum batting points, with Bopara scoring a magnificent 174 off 290 balls and his captain and wicketkeeper James Foster making 135 off 230 deliveries.

Northants then closed on 200-3 as James Middlebrook clobbered a century against his old club with 100 off 141 balls.

Resuming on 87, completed the 22nd century of his first-class career in the 14th over of the day as he hammered a four through the covers off Lee Daggett.

Foster went on to complete the 18th first-class ton of his career off 203 deliveries, before Bopara's sensational innings finally came to an end when he was caught at deep square leg off Daggett.

The Essex declaration came as soon as they reached 400 in the afternoon session and Northants then reached 43-1 at tea.

Middlebrook then took centre stage and smashed his second hundred in consecutive home games off 138 balls.

Day Three

Further awful weather ensured that the third day of the LV= County Championship Division Two match between Northamptonshire and Essex was washed out without a ball being bowled on Friday.

Persistent rain at Wantage Road meant that the covers never left the field before umpires Trevor Jesty and Tim Robinson decided to abandon the day's play at 12:20pm.

The abandonment leaves England international Ravi Bopara still waiting to try and complete his second century in a week, he will resume on 87 on Saturday should conditions improve, with his team on 195-4.

Essex captain and wicketkeeper James Foster will look to build on his overnight total of 60, but the continued disruption means a result is now virtually impossible.

Day Two

Ravi Bopara moved closer to his second century of the week on a rain shortened second day of Essex's County Championship match at Northamptonshire.

Only 13 wicketless overs were bowled at Wantage Road before bad light forced the players off and the rain soon followed, leading to play being abandoned for the day in the afternoon with Essex having moved from 138-4 to 195-4.

Bopara, looking to follow up the unbeaten 120 he smashed against Gloucestershire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 on Monday, moved on to 87 off 180 balls, including 15 fours.

He was ably supported by his captain and wicketkeeper James Foster's 60 not out off 118 deliveries with their partnership now standing at 138.

Day One

Essex recovered from a shaky start to the opening day of their Division Two clash at Northamptonshire thanks to an unbeaten half-century from Ravi Bopara.

The visitors had been reduced to 57-4 just prior to lunch before Bopara struck 65 not out from 129 deliveries, to take his side to 138 without further loss when rain brought an early close at Wantage Road.

Northants paceman David Willey took 2-23 and former Sri Lanka seamer Chaminda Vaas also claimed a wicket, as the hosts' attack dominated early on after Essex won the toss and elected to bat.

They lost opener Tom Westley for 12 in the fourth over when he edged Vaas to give James Middlebrook a simple catch.

Owais Shah lasted just one ball until he was run out with a direct hit by Ben Howgego at point, and Mark Pettini fell on 32 when he edged Willey to Northants wicketkeeper David Murphy.

Willey struck again to dismiss Ben Foakes' for a duck in the penultimate over of the morning but Bopara stood firm, striking 12 fours as he added some respectability to his side's total.


Source: www.skysports.com

Sainsbury's likely to have edge over Tesco in trading update - MyFinances.co.uk

Saturday, 09 June 2012 11:42

By Ben Salisbury

Next week sees vital trading updates from both Tesco and Sainsbury’s as the battle to gain the initiative in the UK’s supermarket wars continues.

Tesco announces its latest trading update on Monday as it fights to win back shoppers lost over the last six months.

In January Tesco announced its first profits warning for 20 years following a disappointing Christmas trading period where it lost ground to rivals such as discount grocers Lidl and Aldi. This led to its share price falling to a three-year low.

Since then, the head of UK operations, Richard Brasher has left, leaving Chief Executive, Philip Clarke to lead the fight back. Mr Clarke decline his bonus for 2011 because of Tesco’s poor performance.

However, the update on Monday is expected to show Tesco has not been successful in winning back the lost ground through the heavy discounting strategies and a £1 billion recovery plan that has been the strategy in the opening months of 2012.

This has involved hiring more staff, especially for fresh produce sections and revamping many of its stores.

Meanwhile, Sainsbury’s is expected to have had a successful trading period over the Queen’s Golden Jubilee holiday that will be illustrated when it announces its trading update on Wednesday which will be for the 12 weeks to June 9th.

Sainsbury’s is expected to announce like-for-like sales growth of two per cent, slightly down on the 2.6 per cent increase reported for the previous quarter. Tesco is expected to announce a 1.5 per cent fall in UK like-for-like sales, though group sales should increase by around 2.5 per cent. Its trading period will not include the Golden Jubilee Bank Holiday.

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Sussex beat Surrey by ten wickets at Horsham - wscountytimes.co.uk

Sussex wrapped-up a ten wicket County Championship win against Surrey at Horsham today in a tense finish.

Ed Joyce and Chris Nash guided Sussex to the win after they had been set 22 runs to win from the final six overs of the match when Surrey were dismissed for 248 in their second innings.

Surrey had started the day 39-1, but Sussex chipped away throughout the day, with wickets at regular intervals.

They were 183-7 at tea, before Murali Kartik, who had gotten away with some big heaves, saw his middle stump sent cartwheeling by Jimmy Anyon with Surrey still 30 runs short of making Sussex bat again.

New batsman Jon Lewis dug in alongside his skipper Rory Hamilton-Brown and eked Surrey towards to final hour of play, but Sussex introduced Chris Nash for a second spell, and in his second over, the Horsham boy teased the thinnest of edges from Lewis to set up an enthralling finish. Anyon then wrapped up the Surrey innings when he emphatically ripped Hamilton-Brown’s off-stump out of the ground, it meant needed 22 runs off six overs in their second innings to secure the win.

Nash and Joyce wasted little time in racing to their victory target, with Joyce hooking one enormous six off Lewis into the Barrack Field, to see Sussex home with four overs to spare.



Source: www.wscountytimes.co.uk

Seaford’s part in warning against foreign invasion - Lewes Today

I SHOULD imagine that beacons have been used for many years as a means of communication. This was particularly the case to warn us good Sussex folk from invasion against the French.

The first records of these devices in England date from the 14th century when we were at war with the French – the Hundred Years War. There would have been a beacon, ready to be lit on Seaford Head. In July 1545, a French fleet headed by the French Admiral Claude D’Annebault attacked Seaford. Locals, under the command of Sir Nicholas Pelham of Lewes used farm implements and stones from the beach to pelt the enemy into a hasty retreat. How did Pelham raise this makeshift army so quickly? I am sure his motley army was warned by beacons. The French went on to attack Brighton and Hove and a contemporary print shows the “ye Towne Fire Cage” lit on high ground where Kemp Town is now located.

Other beacons were more substantial. Orders issued in 1585 stated that beacons would need to be ‘in the accustomed places’ and that five households would be appointed for each pair of beacons. Two people were needed to watch the beacons at all times – a rule that lasted until after the Spanish Amada passed in 1588. In 1584 an entry in the Seaford Town Records says: “Robert Best will not watch at the sea-side according to the laudable custom.” This indicates that there was obviously a form of coastal watch at Seaford.

The beacons were all the way along the Sussex coast. At Beachy Head (the most southerly part of East Sussex) a series of beacons were constructed in-land at Willingdon, Wilmington and Firle (Beacon) to send warning quickly to Lewes, the County Town.

By the Victorian era, more sophisticated means of communication had been developed but beacons still used – not for warning but for celebration. Bonfire beacons were lit on Seaford Head to commemorate Royal jubilees and coronations. When George V was crowned on June 22, 1911, both Seaford and Newhaven celebrated with beacons lit at 10pm. The one at Newhaven was so big it was still alight the next morning! The teenage girls of Ladycross School decided they were going to watch a beacon being lit – not at Seaford but Firle!

They set off from school in pelting rain at 8.30pm and by the time they reached Blatchington Golf Course their shoes were waterlogged and they were soaked through. They soldiered on and finally reached the huge bonfire in the pitch dark. At first there were just a few people there but by 10pm a large crowd had gathered. On the stroke of 10pm a rocket and a loud bang was heard from Newhaven. Two men with flaming torches ran to the beacon, pulled aside large branches that covered openings and applied the torches to the dry gorse underneath. Soon the whole bonfire was ablaze and lit up a large area (and hopefully dried the girls!). One of the party, Miss D Patterson said she could count 18 other beacons from Firle and was sure she would have seen more if it was not for the bad weather.

After nearly an hour, the girls decided to head back to Seaford, lit for a short distance by the beacon. The weather was still bad, the Firle beacon was soon out, it was pitch black and they had no torches. They got lost. They were aiming for Alfriston race course but were too close to Newhaven, some fell in rabbit holes or tripped as they walked through dark fields of barley, climbed fences and stumbled through gorse hedges. Eventually, led by Miss Brunton, they heard St Leonard’s Church Clock strike midnight and saw the Seaford beacon, which guided them back to their school an hour and a half later. I am sure they deserved the hot cocoa and biscuits that were waiting for them.

Isn’t that a fantastic story? I am sure every girl remembered the beacon and their adventure until their dying day. Can you imagine the Health & Safety implications today?

This leads me to the special beacon built by Seaford Bonfire Society for her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee last Monday where unfortunately red-tape prevented a bonfire being built on its traditional spot. The beacon however was built on the retaining wall of the old Splash Point Hotel and was clearly visible from the east end of the town. Following the excellent concert on Martello Fields which every one seemed to really enjoy there was a laser light show from the top of the Martello Tower. A few minutes earlier the huge golden orb of a full-moon hoved into view from behind the cliffs, a truly beautiful spectacle.

At 10.15pm a shaft of green laser light sliced through the night air to the beacon which was soon alight to the cheers of the thousands of Seafordians.

As I was caretaking at the Martello Tower I was able to see the beacon on Castle Hill, Newhaven and the glow of the Firle and Alfriston Beacons. Michael Ann was the Beacon Master for East Sussex and reports that about 300 people witnessed the lighting of the Alfriston beacon which he believes was the largest in the county. There were over 50 official beacons in East Sussex and our beacons will be added to a list which will be presented to Her Majesty.

I would have liked to ended this report by saying there was no sign of the French – but I can’t. I spoke to a part of two French families who were visiting us. They said that they had had a fantastic evening and it was. Thank you to all concerned.



Source: www.sussexexpress.co.uk

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