CAPTAIN BEAKY'S BRIGG TOWN CHAMPIONS OF CRICKET ALLIANCE DIVISION THREE

Flashback to early September 2010 - Phil Dewfall (left) and Nigel Beacock leave the field at the end of Brigg Town's last Lincolnshire League match before tendering their resignation from the competition. It was against Alford 2nds at Brigg Recreation Ground.

Brigg Town Cricket Club have clinched the East Yorkshire Alliance division three championship and are also promoted into a higher grade for 2013.
Their final fixture away to lowly Marist 3rds on the north bank tomorrow does not matter, as Town are a whopping 63 points clear of the team in second spot and cannot be caught.
Brigg knew the silverware was coming their way after bank holiday Monday's home win over Cottingham Academy at the Recreation Ground.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Town made a healthy 191 (Goby making 57) and then dismissed the visitors for only 68 (skipper Beacock taking three for eight) to win by the wide margin of 123 runs.
Chairman Gary Smith said today: "Congratulations to Nigel Beacock and the team for winning the East Yorkshire Alliance Div 3.
"The team hit the top of the division halfway through the season and since then they have stayed there, and some more!
"Congratulations to Joe Hebblewhite, too, for keeping the club alive and turning its fortunes around."
Yes, during the cricketing close season things looked to be at a very low Ebb (pardon the pun, Joe) for my old club of 30 years.
Down to only one team and with a number of issues needing to be resolved, some of us feared it could be curtains in the lead up to the current season.
But much hard work has been put in - on and off the field.
Clearly, one good season does not mean the club will be able to return to the glory days when it ran two Saturday teams in the Lincolnshire League, a Sunday team in the North Lindsey League, plus junior teams from under 11 through to under 17, and a senior midweek team.
But it's great to know that things are heading in the right direction.
We look forward to attending the club's presentation evening.
It will also be a proud moment for skipper Beacock and his players when they go along to the league's presentation evening on the north bank.
Brigg Town CC, formed in 1974, will be celebrating its 40th anniversary the season after next.
Hopefully, they will have progressed another rung or two back up the ladder when that comes round.
Doubtless, we shall consider organising a reunion of some kind for ex-players. 

SCORECARD OF BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY'S MATCH
http://eyca.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11470744

LATEST LEAGUE TABLE
http://eyca.play-cricket.com/leagueTables/divisionTable.asp?id=10051593&seasonid=25