Sussex wine served on Royal barge
10:37am Saturday 2nd June 2012 in News By Siobhan Ryan
Two English wines from Sussex feted as world beaters have been selected to be served on board the royal barge as it carries the Queen and her party down the River Thames tomorrow.
The wines are an award-winning sparkling and a still white.
Familiar to wine connoisseurs will be the Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2007, from the award-winning West Chiltington -based producer regarded as one of England's leading names in sparkling wines.
The wine is produced from the three classic champagne varieties: chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, and is their latest vintage, released in time for the jubilee.
Also being served to the royal party will be a Stopham Pinot Blanc 2010, a dry wine produced from the pinot blanc grape from the producer's 16-acre vineyard near Pulborough The wines were selected by the caterers to the Royal barge, Spirit of Chartwell, with the help of Taurus Wines, an independent family-run wine merchant.
Owner Rupert Pritchett said: “These wines are world beaters, and it couldn't be more fitting to have some fine English wines on this very patriotic occasion."
Source: www.theargus.co.uk
Kent State Vs. Kentucky: Statistical Notes From The 21-Inning Game - SBNation.com
When Kent State and Kentucky opened regional play of the NCAA baseball tournament, their matchup seemed innocent enough. The resulting game was anything but ordinary. The two teams played 21 innings with the game lasting 6 hours, 37 minutes. As with any game that goes deep into extra innings, the box score was full of statistical oddities.
Kent State won, 7-6, but not before they blew two saves. They led 5-4 in the ninth inning before Kentucky tied the game at 5-5, then led by a run again in the 18th inning before Kentucky again rallied to tie. Michael Clark, who blew the save in the 18th inning, eventually earned the win by pitching the final 3 2/3 innings.
George Roberts led the way for Kent State with five hits in 10 at bats. Eight Kent State batters struck out at least three times, with Nick Hamilton and Derek Toadvine each striking out four times. In all, Flash batters combined to strike out 26 times.
A.J. Reed took the the loss for Kentucky to cap off a rough game for the Wildcats freshman. Reed pitched nine innings in relief, giving up two runs. Reed also went 1-for-9 at the plate for Kentucky, striking out four times. Zac Zellers reached base seven times for the Wildcats, including five hits.
The two teams combined to throw 678 pitches: 453 strikes and 225 balls. In all, there were 182 at bats during the game.
For more on Kentucky baseball, visit SB Nation's Kentucky blog A Sea of Blue.
Source: www.sbnation.com
Kent and weather see off Warwickshire - bournelocal.co.uk
Warwickshire suffered their first defeat in the Clydesdale Bank 40 this season as Kent's bowlers and the weather combined to condemn them to a thumping 10-wicket reverse at Canterbury.
Rain interrupted the Warwickshire innings at 94 for seven after 26.3 overs, and after a restart at 8.41pm Kent - set 96 to win in 26 overs - cantered to victory under the St Lawrence Ground floodlights. The hosts needed just 16.3 overs, with young opener Sam Billings hitting a stylish maiden one-day half-century.
Billings, 21 in two weeks' time, drove and pulled the ball with high promise to reach the milestone in only 46 balls, with eight fours. He finished unbeaten on 58, from 54 balls, and stroked Keith Barker through extra cover for his ninth four just before hitting the winning run. At the other end, Kent skipper Rob Key remained 24 not out in Kent's 96 without loss.
It was an unfortunate way for Warwickshire to lose their 100% record, after three wins in as many games, but the Group C leaders were already in deep trouble when the rain came to drive the players off at 6.23pm.
Kent seamer Mark Davies undermined the innings after Warwickshire had chosen to bat with a brilliant new ball spell of 8-3-10-3, and then James Tredwell and Darren Stevens made further inroads as Rikki Clarke, Darren Maddy and Chris Woakes tried to stage a recovery from the depths of nine for four.
Clarke, with 39 from 56 balls, batted impressively and was joined in stands of 43 and 40 by Maddy and Woakes, who was 25 not out when the rain arrived. Maddy reached 18 before being bowled by Tredwell's third ball, in the 14th over, as he shaped to cut and was beaten by a ball which turned a long way back into him.
And when Clarke was bowled by a superb off-cutter from Stevens, which also seemed to stay a little low, and was followed back to the pavilion by Keith Barker - lbw for a third-ball duck in the next over from Tredwell - the Warwickshire innings was looking very sickly.
The explosive start to the game had earlier seen Varun Chopra depart in the second over, caught at the wicket by Geraint Jones trying to square cut a ball from Matt Coles. Then the accurate Davies struck in his second, third and fourth overs down the Nackington Road slope, accounting for Will Poterfield, Jim Troughton and Tim Ambrose.
After the initial eight-over powerplay, Warwickshire were on 16 for four, but Maddy lofted Azhar Mahmood straight for four, and then pulled him for another boundary and Clarke managed to hit Davies for the only boundary he conceded with a rasping pull which brought up Warwickshire's 50.
Woakes also played some fine strokes, including lofted drives for fours off both Tredwell and Stevens, but Kent's bowlers had tightened their grip again before the weather intervened. Based on the cricket played, the home side were well worth their second win in three games in this year's 40-over competition.
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