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New book about historic treble will bowl readers over
Warwickshire County Cricket Club’s legendary treble-winning season of 1994 is set to be commemorated in a new book to be written by renowned sports broadcaster and author Pat Murphy. Due to be published as part of
Warwickshire’s 25th anniversary celebrations in Spring 2019 by Fairfield Books, owned by celebrated cricket historian and writer Stephen Chalke, the book will provide the inside story of one of the greatest team achievements in British sport. Written by Murphy, who covered
the Bears throughout their run to the Benson & Hedges Cup, Britannic County Championship and the AXA Equity & Law Sunday League titles for BBC Radio 5 Live, the book will contain contributions from the key figures of Warwickshire’s historic season.
New sponsors: Burton Albion’s 2018 squad at their Pirelli Stadium ground
“That 1994 experience with
Warwickshire was one of the happiest times of my professional career, not least because Warwickshire had been in the doldrums for many years previously, apart from the 1989 and 1993 NatWest Trophy wins that paved the way for that historic season,” said Murphy. “It has been terrific catching up
with people from on and off the field during that period at Edgbaston who were close friends, and the major dilemma has been what tales to leave out!” Captained by former England all-
rounder Dermot Reeve, Warwickshire’s 1994 season is also remembered for Brian Lara’s record- breaking innings against Durham in the County Championship game at Edgbaston, when he scored 501 not out – still a world record for an individual First Class innings.
Neil Snowball, chief executive of
Warwickshire CCC, said: “Our 1994 team are rightly recognised as one of the greatest of all time and the players involved did a huge amount to shape the identity of the club and our culture of the Bear and Ragged Staff.
“Having covered the club so
closely with the BBC, Pat was the obvious choice to tell the backroom story of one of the greatest periods in our history. In due course, we will announce further details of how our Members and supporters can pre-order the book.”
Rugby club
has new owners Rugby Premiership league club Worcester Warriors has announced that it has new owners, after being sold to a consortium. The club has been up for
sale since November of last year. The consortium taking over is being led by Errol Pope, a finance specialist in property and commodity trading. Mr Pope has been joined by
Waterproofers go for a Burton
Ashbourne-based UK Waterproofing Solutions have announced their sponsorship of Burton Albion’s North Stand. The firm, which designs, manufactures and installs of
roof and wall cladding systems, have previously been ‘Man of the Match’ sponsors at the Brewers. Burton Albion commercial director Fleur Robinson
said: “Our partnership with UK Waterproofing Solutions continues to go from strength-to-strength. We are delighted that they are now sponsoring the North
Stand and we look forward to continuing to develop our partnership as the season progresses.” UK Waterproofing Solution’s managing director
Matthew Wall said: “It’s a very proud moment for our company and these are very exciting times for us as we are expanding and growing. “It’s great to see our branding on the stand and it’s
fantastic to be able to support our local team. “We are now looking forward to working with the club over the course of the season.”
Jed McCrory, Scott Priestnall and former Premiership rugby star David Seymour, who played for Saracens and Sale Sharks. A statement from the club
said that the new owners were committed to keeping the club at Sixways in Worcester, which was a key condition of sale by the previous majority shareholder, Sixways Holdings Limited. The new owners have plans to further develop the Sixways site to generate additional income, with the intention of making the club self-sustainable.
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Owzat: Neil Snowball and Pat Murphy with the County Championship trophy
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