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Quote of the Week

"I thought it was 4...."
Reggie's twisted logic for running a suicidal third!!
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Pres & Coach rant

Updated October 15th, 2007

You may know that last weekend, a national team selection camp was conducted in Fuji, with as many as 28 players turning up to try out. As the Head Selector of the Japan Men's National Team, I'm pleased to announce the squad for the up-coming 6-team tournament in Auckland, New Zealand from November 29 to December 9, featuring Japan, Indonesia, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, and the Cook Islands.
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Curly's Corner ...... social

Can't bat, can't bowl, can't field? Join the Club mate!! Dunno fine leg from Fine Cotton? Well, kampai cobba, c'mon in! There's more to being a Tokyo Wombat than disgracing yourself on the cricket field.......
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Golden Thong ...... Z-file

The Golden Thong? How does a humble piece of footwear become a cricket club's trophy awarded for 'Stupidus Uber Alles'? Fire extinguishers, parachutes, pepper spray and donuts. To learn about some of our more memorable off-field action.
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Match Reports

Updated May 6th, 2008

WOMBATS VICTORIOUS AS VICTORIANS DOMINATE YOKOHAMA

After 4 years of trying, Tokyo Wombats finally tasted victory at Yokohama, running over the silver spoons in a 9 wicket victory, more than making up for last year's Pup Match debacle. With the season proper upon there were pleasing signs for the Wombats, but disappointingly for the 4th warm-up game of the year, we still failed to get eleven Wombats on the track....
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Training

Next training: TBA


# Shinagawa - Meet at Shinagawa Station East Exit (via Central Gate)
# Nishi-Koyama - Take either the Meguro Line or the Mita or Namboku Subways to NISHI-KOYAMA Station. After exiting the only ticket gate at the station turn left. Next, take your first left and then take your first right. Finally, straight up the guts along the cherry tree lined road for 7 mins.
# Goi - Meet on platform 13 (usually) of Shinagawa Station for a train heading out Chiba way.
HARDYS' M.o.M.

Ian 'Curly' Gason's fiery 4 wicket spell kick-started the Tokyo Wombats to victory for the first time ever against the YCAC and also earned him this week's Hardys' Man of the Match!
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Players & members Profiles

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Check out the players and members that make the Wombats 'The Wombats'. Some true blue characters buried in amoungst the group and it's a good laugh to be had. Some of the character traits are ...... you better have a look for yourself.
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Wommies out of the burrow

With what started from taking a quick trip down to the shops on the pushy to pick up a carton of milk all went horribly wrong when my brother took a wrong corner and now 25 000kms over a stretch of 18 months in a monster bicycle tour around Australia...

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Team announced for J1C clash vs Millenium (Saturday May 10)

Chuck
Dino
Burkey
Curls
Alex
Reggie
Pup
Ross
Morty
Shax
Rhino

Van details to be mailed out soon!


WOMBATS VICTORIOUS AS VICTORIANS DOMINATE YOKOHAMA (04/05/2008)

After 4 years of trying, Tokyo Wombats finally tasted victory at Yokohama, running over the silver spoons in a 9 wicket victory, more than making up for last year's Pup Match debacle. With the season proper upon there were pleasing signs for the Wombats, but disappointingly for the 4th warm-up game of the year, we still failed to get eleven Wombats on the track.
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DINOSAUR HEROICS CAN’T AVOID NARROW DEFEAT TO JAPAN (20/04/2008)

JAPAN 6/252 (Chino 79, Ahmed 27, Beath 25, Giles-Jones 24*, Ainslie 2/47, Kelly 2/47) defeated TOKYO WOMBATS (Shearer 109*, Jones 37, Turner 23)

A lesson in cricket professionalism was handed to the Wombats, falling 20 runs short of Japan’s total, despite heroics from Jarrad 'Dinosaur' Shearer – scoring another ton for the club, which was towards the end a true monument to the human struggle, after keeping for 50 overs, then batting for all 50.
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CM 6S: "BEST TOUR YET" DESPITE FINAL CHOKE!! (30/03 - 05/04/2008)

What they lacked in numbers and experience, they made up in intensity, as this year's Tokyo Wombats Chiang Mai Sixes Tour has been given a 'best yet" rating by the skipper and veteran, Marty Charlton. Missing stalwarts and never-say-die units like Andy Hall and Luke Ray didn't dent the enthusiasm of the tourists. In fact it may well have spurred them on.
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2008 CRICKET SWEEPS!

(No lucky punters for this series - the prize jackpots! Stay tuned for the next series)

A prize of FOUR bottles of HARDYS WINES for each series. First series (ENG V NZ) begins March 5. If nobody wins, the prize JACKPOTS to the next series. Jackpots CARRY OVER so potentially the 4th and final series could be worth 16 bottles!
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TOYAMA TROUNCE WOBBLY WOMBATS (30/03/2008)

Mohammad Ali vs "Smoking Joe" Frazier, Mundine vs Green, McGrath vs Lara, West Coast Eagles vs Sydney Swans, Jaywinkle C.C. under 11's vs Doubleview C.C. under 11's and........sorry Morty, I don't know any soccer rivals.....

Epic sporting matchups that have pitted the very best, at their very best in deciding the number 1 in their respective disciplines. Sunday, March 30th 2008 promised another massive clash as the 2 best performed cricket teams in Japan of the last few years were due to engage at the Ageo ground....
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WOMBATS FIGHT HARD AND BRING HOME FIRST WIN OF 2008 (23/03/2008)

Ohh...the pain! Glad I've got Monday off because I feel like I've barely slept, played cricket, drunk a bottle of jinro and spent a couple of hours brawling. Sunday March 23rd in a nutshell!
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WOMBATS BISH-SLAP WYVERNS IN FINAL! (10/9/2007)

Tokyo Wombats secured it's second consecutive J1C flag Sunday after setting a healthy 246 run target for Wyverns. An all round team effort, with contributions from all the batsmen and all the bowlers -as well as Killer's lawn-mowing- saw Wombats complete a dominant season undefeated.
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THE LOGO
by Smokey (Barry Francis)

Rising Sun. Mount Fuji. A Wombat on one knee, flashing a square drive past the covers. It could only be The Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club.

Created by Barry Francis, this eye-catching logo is without doubt the best wombat logo you will see. The design process began in 2003 when I asked Barry if he could do us a few sketches. Happy to oblige the Club he plans to join in 2004, the young Englishman had just one question: "What's a wombat look like?"

Well, when the web pictures began arriving, Barry began regretting his generousity. Short, stubby legs, no neck, round and docile.....how do you turn that into a cricketer? Several forests were felled in the process, and Barry says "I never want to draw another wombat again!", but finally we arrived at the logo you see today. We had wombat chewing stumps, wombat biting bat, wombat climbing on a very big cricket ball, plus countless number of wombats that went straight in the bin.

A self confessed perfectionist, Barry was reluctant to show the boys any design he wasn't happy with himself. A set off designs presented to the AGM failed to satisfy the picky Wombats, but we reached a consensus on what we wanted: Rising Sun, Fuji, and a Wombat not eating anything.

A few weeks later we were presented with our new logo. In the interim, HARDYS, our sponsors, had agreed to supply us with cricket shirts, which will take delivery of this month. The Wombat logo will sit opposite the HARDYS logo on the players' chests, as we strive to bring home the Cups in 2004. Also on the way are TWCC caps, and if you havent ordered one, be quick, because they won't last long!

A big thanks again to HARDYS for the shirts, and to Barry for the design.

For design inquiries, contact Barry at barry69francis@ezweb.ne.jp
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