2009 Nice Weather for Ducks!

2008 was one of the best years the club has had in their history and was always going to be hard to follow. 2009 started well enough for STCC 1st XI but started to go down hill when availability and weather appeared to go against us. Rather than taking Thistle to heights they had not previously seen we tended to spend the end of the season staving off the prospects of relegation. Some main players were unavailable due to injury and others had "other commitments " during the season.

This led to the inevitable knock-on effect for the 2nd XI , who had to scratch games for the first time in several seasons and consequently finished 8th out of 10. Nigel King upheld the club honours at the ACA bash winning the Grade 3 Bowling Trophy.

STCC first XI has the potential to give any club a run for their money and have beaten every club in the "top flight" at some point in the last 2-3 years. What we need to do going forward is be "hard to beat" firstly and secondly play to the potential we all have.

We have laid a platform for change in 2010 and with the chance of a few new players we should be able to take the club back to where it should be.