OLD BOYS OF C.U.C.C.
This page is a dedication and meeting point for old boys of the mighty C.U.C.C.GRADUATED 2002:
Simon 'Dave' Joiner (1st XI Captain)Good leader, always involving the freshers on but mainly off the field taking particular pleasure in stitching up hamilton, lamby and later muse.
Team-building weekend in Brecon a master stroke in the successful promotion campaign which ended spectacularly in the infamous replayed semi-final against Brockton & Co.
Plagued by nasty knee injury as a player (also ended promising Momed career) but still gave some solid performances with the bat, and always lead the team well.
George 'Macca' McCullough (Wicket-Keeper)
Member of the academy but consistently showed his allegiance stood with the lads by missing training to play for C.U.C.C. or MOMED (by claiming he had work to do - for bus admin!!).
Also made the freshers feel extremely welcome and was always up for a night out on the lash.
Quality as a player with the gloves or performing whatever job was needed from him with the bat.
'Disco Dave'
Postgrad student that left before appearing for the club but in his short time at the club he became a legend. Nicknamed after the hilarious shapes he cut (the rabbit dance and others) in The Pier (aka Cinders), Mumbles.
A good bowler with some decent pace about him he could have proved very effective had he stuck around for the games.
Chris Cook
Useful medium pace bowler frequently came on first or second change to take the wickets of the middle order. (Coventry performance somewhat of a debacle - nuff said - but only blip on otherwise quality record)Batting wasn't his speciality.
Demonstrated his acting skills in the 2003 uni production The Wizard of Taf where he stole the show with a well good performance of Duffy from scary movie.
Will Kleiser
What can i say? Funny lad who always kept us entertained with some outrageous antics. Was a fan of getting semi-naked on the middle of the dancefloor, but didnt particularly enjoy being stripped naked outside the union after one night! Once got kidnapped and taken to swansea.
Bit of baby when it came to receiving bouncers in the nets, even from pie chuckers such as Muse and Sheps, but hung onto each and every one of joiners inspirational one to one motivational sessions in the hope that it would earn him a first team spot.
Oh, and introduced Muse to Akash.
Iain 'Bertie' Curren
Hamilton's housemate. Showed up for the less than desirable trip to Lampeter when a strange clash of exams wiped out nearly the whole team.
Bowled filth - took five wickets. top stuff.
(Didn't graduate this year but hasn't since been recalled to the team - will 2004 hold fresh hope for him?)
Rhys 'Mandy' Mander (Treasurer)
Leg spin bowler and batsman, his commitment to the job of treasurer left a lot to be desired. Part of the team building weekend to Brecon and a top lad.
Shaun Brearly (wicketkeeper)
Kept wicket and looked good with the bat playing cricket for the 2nd team. Managed to fall asleep on his feet in anight club in Swansea- impressive!
James 'Nomad' Melhorne
Only appeared for a year he was another member of the momed-C.U.C.C player sharing policy. Used to swing the ball away from the right hander and could bat a bit too. Nicknamed nomad for his habit of randomly appearing out of nowhere on a weekly basis. (Eg missing from social one week no1 had any contact with him yet he suddenly appeared walking the other way as we were off to walkabout and just joined us for rest of the night). Also a talented midfielder for momed.
Abdulla Jaura
Opening bowler with Big Time always looked like taking wickets and the pair invariably got us off to a good start. On his day he was unplayable, but his tendency to bowl off 12 yard made him a pain in the nets.
Gautam Mehra
Anything straight was whacked hard and fast straight back down the net nearly killing anyone not watching. A right git to bowl to for that very reason. Sometimes opened sometimes batted a bit lower but always batted in the same relentless manner.
C.U.C.C. SUPPORTERS CLUB
Chris 'Gazza' Wathan, Matt 'Big Man' Hampton, Jason 'Statto' Griffiths, Heidi Morris and Louise Pugh (Momed Bitches), made up the five strong supporters club keepin spirits high on the boundary (and laughing at any bad performances). Top work guys.
(Also formed the MOMED AFC SUPPORTERS CLUB - they just love sport)
GRADUATED 2003:
Sam 'Alcoholic' Shephard (Keeper) (Kit Manager)Shared keeping duties in 2002 with McCulloch but took over as 1st team keeper in 2003. Took some excellent catches and always performed well. His batting was usually better than the number he occupied and was a very valuable member of the team.
Drunken ramblings were a hazard in the pub but the lad did have a fair amount of sporting knowledge. Loved a gamble but loved a drink even more, frequently consuming a couple of pints before nets, hence suspiscion of alcoholism.
Member of 2003 Windies tour.
John 'Cat' Swell
A different but effective bowling action, quite skiddy and usually straight. Took wickets for the 1st XI in 2002 but played mainly in the seconds in 2003. A quality bright white powerspot was his weapon of choice.
Generally quite a quiet sensible lad, or so we thought until the Windies tour when cat slept on top of the wardrobe!! Good lad.
Morgan 'Big Time' Parkin
Opening bowler, always bowled straight and took wickets. Spent large amounts of time playing on his big time status which incidentally was always respected and maintained!!
Not a fan of a warmup or fielding practice but his worth to the team was immeasureable and allowed him to get away with clowning around.
Too cool to ever bother with a social shirt, but not so cool when found having a shit in the union with the door wide open hurling abuse at everyone who walked in. (After AU Awards Ball)
Frequently cut impressive shapes on the dancefloor. Summer job was to gamble on Bournemouth pier !!
Dave 'Old Man' Reagan (Social Secretary)
Regular second team all-rounder with the ability to swing the ball away and a useful batsman. Somewhat of a cripple from skiing or rugby or something he always had some sort of injury and combined with his advanced years he was reminiscent of a grandad.
Earned the reputation of worst social secretary ever however dog has but in a ridiculously poor performance so far and currently leads in the poll to decide the title with not long left to vote.
Member (and official cameraman) of Windies tour.
Ben 'Machine' Warwick (Chairman)
What can you say about this man (sorry machine). Never will you see someone neck a pint faster. A scary bowling action involving storming in all over the place and usually firing the ball in about half way down the pitch. Very scary.
Classic comedy moment on tour when machine was fed alcohol throughout the day and wound up mainly by robbo but everyone chipped in. A tantrum erupted and tears were had (of laughter by most mainly) but recovered and made the night trip to boatyard anyway. good effort and thanks from all for a brilliant tour.
Windies Tour organiser.
Dave 'Space-Cadet' Warnock-Smith
Not sure he's strictly left yet but not been seen for a while. Right strange lad, took me over a year to realise he didn't always drink, i just assumed he was always drunk. Funny and wierd in equal measures but was one of those lads that makes life interesting! could be useful with the ball, by the way bowlin left arm seamers. Remembered for break dancing on an empty solus dancefloor!
Nikesh
Very polite and unassuming lad. Was a solid middle order accumulator who contributed well to the 2nd XI. Always gave unstinting advice to his captain, and surprisingly aggressive in the field (esp against Worcester where he was not frightened to tell reagan exactly what he thought of his fielding much to the amusement of everyone else!)
Rohan Shetty
The most enthusiastic cricketer ever. First team opening bowler, it was often impossible to get the ball off him. Economic and took wickets. An explosive middle order batsman, a very clean hitter of the ball who would usually get off the mark with a six.
Ramon Malik
Probably the most talented allround cricketer over the last 3 or 4 years at Cardiff. Exceptional strokemaker who we unfortunately saw flourish only in one match winning knock against UWIC- sluggish wickets didn't suit. Very capable bowler of off spin or skiddy seamers who produced several economic spells. Also a fantastic fielder.
Tom Hemming
Pisshead! Steady, nagging left arm swingers. Pretty accurate and frustrating for batsman. Top lad out on the town, will always do something random! Anyone hearing the infamous words "You love it you slut!!" will most probably think of this man's incredible outbursts at the 2002 Uni Panto!
GRADUATED 2004: To be added to/edited
Will Muse aka Nutritionist:Chairman Muse was a batsman of the highest degree. He put in a massive effort running the club in 2004, and did a sterling job too. Muse was a great drinker, and enjoyed everything that goes with it... throwing coins, scaring away women, scuffles. Still clinging onto the uni dream, Muse accompanied the side on tour to Barbados in 2005. He was the leading run-scorer (more than Tino Best!) and was an absolute legend throughout (apart from the hideous shout of "Drop it!" made to Woody when under a skier at a pivotal point in the 2nd game, which he dropped and went on to lose the game!). In that game, Muse made 105 - a truly masterful innings. One of the Momed faithful.
Steve Clarke - legendary 2nd team skipper and all rounder. Steve was voted 'Man of the Tour' when the side toured Barbados in 2002. A real gentleman and father figure, valued by all members of the squad.
Gareth Lambe - 1st team captain, opening batsman. Lamby was a great captain; a communications mix up with BUSA/AU robbed his side of qualifying after both umpires failed to turn up for the crunch game against Southampton. The side relied on Lamby to get runs, and more often than not, he came up trumps. Muse added, "the cricket club nearly cost Lamby his degree" - a testament to the amount of work Gareth put it.
Tom 'Dog' Stevens - Wicket keeper batsman. Great knock of 75 against Southampton last season.
Ian 'Hamilton' Jack - 1st team all rounder, Sectretary of 2004. Hammy is a talented all rounder, despite questioning on the first day of the season against Bristol whether or not his ball would actually reach the batsman. A womaniser of the highest degree. His finest uni cricket moment came against St.Marys with a cameo 43* to secure victory.
GRADUATED 2005
Simon Cane-Hardy (Chairman)Cano was without doubt the best batsman in the club last year; but unfortunately never really went on to score big runs. An elegant stroke player, and solid defensive game.
Momed through and through.
Lloyd Ebden (1st team Captain)
A disciplined captain, led from the front when it came to fitness and training.
James 'Jeeves' Collins
A reliable medium pacer, opened the bowling for the 2nds throughout his uni cricket life. Took loads of wickets, and bowled exceptionally on tour in 2005. Will always be remembered for 'those trousers' when opening the bowling with Tino!
Steve Gee (Poo)
Poo never really got the opportunity to flourish in uni cricket, but was always there when he was needed to bat up the order and keep wicket. He organised the tour to W.I in 2005, and it was an amazing effort. A real club man.
