SHEPLEY CRICKET CLUB
Members of The Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League
& The Sellers Huddersfield Junior Cricket League
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SHEPLEY CRICKET CLUB
Members of The Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League
& The Sellers Huddersfield Junior Cricket League
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© Shepley CC 2008 Updated 06 May, 2008
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VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 2007
For the first time we can show video footage of the fireworks display on the website. Simply click on the link below:
Bonfire Night 2007 Video - Opens in YouTube
There are also a number of great photographs of a great evening. Click on the thumbnail for a bigger image:
RECORD CROWD FOR 2007 VILLAGE BONFIRE
A record crowd of around 2300 people flocked to Marsh Lane for the fifth Village Bonfire to be held at the Cricket Club. The rain from earlier in the day thankfully disappeared and visitors enjoyed a crisp, breezy evening.
As normal, the fire was huge and mightily impressive, keeping out the cold from half way across the field. The fireworks display just keeps getting better and Howard Sykes, Mike Milner and their team produced a spectacular show, crowned by a magnificent finale that drew a thoroughly deserved round of applause from the spectators.
Safety is always the main concern for the organisers and, once again, there were no reported problems. Security increases year-on-year and, thankfully, we have yet to have any incidents requiring the first-aid team to be called into action.
This major Shepley event cannot take place without the hard work and goodwill of many individuals around the village, not all of whom have connections with the Cricket Club. So a big thank you for everyone who collected and delivered wood, built the fire, put up fences and lighting, loaned equipment, cooked stews and chillies, served food and drink, acted as stewards, collected litter, sold tickets or contributed in any other way.
Finally, the Cricket Club would like to say a few words about the individual(s) who stole one of the brand new generators bought to improve safety lighting along the lane leading to the Club; unfortunately the words we would like to say could not be printed in a family publication such as this!
See you next time: Wednesday November 5th 2008, same place, same time.
BUILDING THE BONFIRE
Building the fire is a huge and difficult task, particularly as it gets bigger & better each year. The photographs below are from 2004.
There's a hard way to build a bonfire...Brian McCrea & Mel Briggs hard at it <script |
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