With the weather being kind to us for a change, it was time to grab our kit and get down to Oakfield Park for our regular fixture against Borden.   For those who don’t know, the same fixture last year was a dark day in history of Stone, more so for our beloved Vice who captained[…]

The story of this week’s fixture begins on the preceding Wednesday evening when, during a net session at Hesketh Park, we are observed by a tall West Indian lad whose church group are having a ‘meet and greet’ event in the DCC pavilion. He pops in to the nets introduce himself – Dari – and[…]

Our second fixture of the season against Ide Hill, this time hosting them at lovely Oakfield Park, and the weather is absolutely scorching. Thanks to some excellent forward planning, we have the benefit of a gazebo from Chungy’s in-laws. This proves very helpful in the course of the day as the pleasant setting of the[…]

This week’s opponents were Bredgar, a team that we’ve had some good contests with in recent years but only ever played at our place (at least, in my time with Stone). This detail will become more important as this report unfolds. Bredgar is a very pleasant village in Kent, not far from Borden, the fixture[…]