The Main History

A history of.......

Established in 1997, the Sage cricket club is drawn from employees of Sage (UK) Limited. The club complies with and is funded by the Sage CSR (corporate social responsibility) policy, in addition to weekly match fees from the players themselves.

The club is a social team providing coaching, training and opportunities for all Sage employees, irrespective of shape, size, age or talent, to play cricket.

Following start-up, the team was promoted in successive years to division two of the midweek league, and has also reached league cup finals. Recent years has seen a decline in fortunes and interest. However, 2007 saw a dramatic improvement in the running of the club, its funding and organisation resulting in a dramatically improved playing strength of over 25 players. This resulted in the club gaining promotion in season 2006 to division 3.

Initially the club played at Newcastle City’s facility, however, for the last four years we have been made to feel extremely welcome at the far superior, and superb facilities of Percy Main CC.

In addition to the midweek league the club has continued a tradition of annual cricket tours, last year travelling to Dublin (even winning our first ever international match against Pheonix CC of Dublin).p>

Traditions are an important part of the club and no Sage season would be complete without the Inter Sage cricket challenge match. This match sees Sage’s Newcastle headquarters split into two camps, pitted against each other in hard fought encounters for bragging rights and the Challenge trophy

For the first time, the club played a full fixture list of weekend friendly matches, in season 06. If your club is interested in arranging a friendly for 2007, please contact cricket@sage.com.

The club now has a management team (who may all be contacted via cricket@sage.com) who are committed to delivering a full coaching & practice timetable, a full social calendar and of course participation in the midweek league and friendly fixtures.

Here's to 2007!

Current Management Team

Andy Beer Captain
Chris Harrison Player Manager
Gareth Underwood Vice captain
Tim Whittles Management team member
Mick Sherman Management team member

Past Officials

1997 David Moodie Captain Peter Dugdale Player Manager
1998 David Moodie Captain Peter Dugdale Player Manager
1999 David Moodie Captain Peter Dugdale Player Manager
2000 David Moodie Captain Ian Telford Player Manager
2001 David Moodie Captain Ian Telford Player Manager
2002 John Evans Captain Darren Bolton Player Manager
2003 John Evans Captain Darren Bolton Player Manager
2004 John Evans Captain Darren Bolton Player Manager
2005 John Evans Captain Darren Bolton Player Manager
2006 David Moodie Captain Chris Harrison Player Manager

Roll of Honour - Achievements

1997 Established
1997 Division Five League Champions (B. Valance Cup)
1998 Won promotion to Division Three
1998 League Cup Finalists (Joe Screen Shield)
1999 League Cup Finalists
2000 Won promotion to Division Two (G. Thornton Shield)
2000 League Cup Semi Finalists
2006 Won promotion to Division Three (Throckley Shield)

Roll of Honour - All Time Records

Most League Runs in a season - David Moodie 490
Most League Wickets in a season - Surjit Singh 24
Most League Catches in a season - David Lowes 7

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 2006

Inter Sage Game Winner - Andy Beer's team
Players player - Andy Beer
Best Batsman - David Moodie
Highest overall run scorer - Andy Beer
Best Bowler - Andy Harrison
Highest wicket taker - Andy Beer/Andy Harrison
McTernan Cup - Mick Sherman
Captain's player of the year - Andy Harrison
Champage moment - D Moodies ton of the last ball against mitford
Best Fielder - Tim Whittles

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 2005

Top Batsman - Andy Beer
Top Bowler - Darren Bolton/Nick Rose
Players Player - Andy Beer

Best Batting Performance - Andy Beer 72 v Park House
Best Bowling Performance - Darren Bolton 3-0-18-4 v Whitley Bay

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 2004

Top Batsman - John Evans
Top Bowler - Darren Bolton
Players Player - John Evans

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 2003

Top Batsman - Andy Clayson
Top Bowler - Darren Bolton
Most Catches - Tony Turner
Duck Cup - Brian Bayne
Players Player - Andy Clayson

Best Batting Performance - Tony Turner 80 n.o. v The Aletasters
Best Bowling Performance - Darren Bolton 4-1-18-4 v C.C.C.

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 2002

Top Batsman - Tony Turner
Top Bowler - Darren Bolton
Most Catches - David Lowes
Duck Cup - Brian Bayne
Players Player - Darren Bolton

Best Batting Performance - Tony Turner 81 v Paddlers
Best Bowling Performance - Darren Bolton 4-0-10-4 v Cavaliers

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 2001

Top Batsman - David Lowes
Top Bowler - Darren Bolton/Andrew McTernan
Most Catches - John Evans
Duck Cup - Darren Bolton
Players Player - David Lowes

Best Batting Performance - Andy Beer 59 n.o. v BA Newcastle
Best Bowling Performance - Colin Mould 4-0-14-5 v Aletasters

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 2000

Top Batsman - John Evans
Top Bowler - Andy Harrison
Most Catches - Andy Harrison
Duck Cup - Andrew McTernan
Players Player - John Evans

Best Batting Performance - David Lowes 84 n.o. v Merz & McClellan
Best Bowling Performance - Darren Bolton 3-0-22-5 v Merz & McClellan

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 1999

Top Batsman - James Titmuss
Top Bowler - Darren Bolton/Surjit Singh
Most Catches - Andy Harrison
Duck Cup - Surjit Singh
Players Player - James Titmuss

Best Batting Performance - James Titmuss 113 n.o. v Cooksons
Best Bowling Performance - James Titmuss 4-0-14-6 v Tyne Tees

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 1998

Top Batsman - Surjit Singh
Top Bowler - Colin Mould
Most Catches - Andy Harrison/Stuart Lee/Colin Mould
Duck Cup - Darren Bolton
Players Player - Surjit Singh

Batting Performance - Surjit Singh 69 v Tyne Tees
Bowling Performance - Ian Dinning 4-1-17-5 v Tyne Tees

Roll of Honour - All Time Records 1997

Top Batsman - David Moodie
Top Bowler - Surjit Singh
Most Catches - David Lowes
Duck Cup - Andy Harrison
Players Player - David Moodie
Captains Player - Stuart Lee

Batting Performance - David Moodie 67 n.o. v Tyne Tees
Bowling Performance - Darren Bolton 4-0-9-5 v Genetics