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Tours - 1999 to 2019
The Club started touring in 1999 and this usually involves playing two games, one on Saturday afternoon and one on Sunday. These have become very popular fixtures, giving a welcome mid-season break and a chance to experience cricket (amongst other things) in other parts of the country.
1999 - South Wales (Swansea)
2000 - London
2002 - Northumberland
2003 - Northumberland
2004 - South Devon
2005 - Dorset (Weymouth)
2006 - Somerset
2007 - Sussex
2008 - Norfolk
2009 - Dorset (Bournemouth)
2010 - South Wales (Cardiff)
2011 - Lancashire
2012 - Bristol
2013 - Scarborough
2014 - Cornwall (Falmouth)
2015 - Isle of Wight
2016 - Kent
2017 - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2018 - Liverpool
2019 - Cornwall (Newquay)
2019 Tour to Cornwall
2019 Tourists
Richard Wilson - Simon Miles - Cameron Holtz - Mark Buchan - Gavin Taylor - Stuart Tomlins
James Tolley - Dill Brown - Mike Lole - Rob Morris - Jamie Wrench
Saturday morning swim for some at Tolcarne Bay
Tense moments during the Annual Golf Tournament
2019 Joint winners Simon Miles and Mike Lole
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2018 Tour to Liverpool
The tour party celebrating the 20th year of touring was based at Salthouse Quay in Albert Dock - a superb location for the weekend
A few of the Tour Party keen to visit The Philharmonic !
The slightly controversial winner of the Jungle Rumble crazy golf competition
was Mike Lole
Simon Miles finds it difficult to deal with the aftermath of a Saturday night out in Liverpool
The traditional end of tour meal at the North Garden Chinese Restaurant in Liverpool's Chinatown
Laurence Farquhar overwhelmed with the celebrations on his 50th Birthday
2017 Tour to Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2017 Tourists
Simon Miles-Gavin Taylor-Luke Miles-Richard Wilson-Dill Brown-Krafft Holtz-Jamie Wrench
Cameron Holtz-Paul Davies-Tony Phillips-Rob Williams-Mike Lole-Stuart Tomlins
Jamie Wrench, Mike Lole, Tony Phillips, Simon Miles & Rob Williams
on the Quayside
The 2017 Golf Tournament in full swing at Lane 7 Newcastle
The newly crowned 2017 Champion Rob Williams receiving the Trophy
from the 2016 winner Simon Miles
Rob Williams, Tony Phillips and Mike Lole are delighted to have found The Split Chimp
which served some excellent ale and cider
The Red Diner in Chinatown playing hosts to the 2017 Acton Scott Tourists on their final night in Newcastle
2016 Tour to Kent
The Walpole Bay Hotel & Museum, the 2016 Tourists base, the epitome of Edwardian splendour
and the friendliest Hotel you could ever wish for
Margate sea front at night
Saturday night out on the town at the Cafe de China
With credit to the restaurant who conjured up a table for 12 at the drop of a hat!
The Crazy Golf Tournament with tension mounting at the final hole
Mark Buchan, who kindly donated the Trophy, presents it to the winner Simon Miles
after a hard fought frustrating 18 hole round of silly golf!
Simon Miles wins the inaugural Tour Crazy Golf Trophy
with a round of 42, four shots clear of runner up Tony Phillips
Birthday boy Cameron Holtz finds Newington's
digital scoreboard all a bit too much......
....and goes for a quiet lie down to try and work out where all those teenage years have gone
2015 Tour to the Isle of Wight
First overseas trip after 16 years of touring for Acton Scott Cricket Club
The impressive Gunwharf Quays at Portsmouth
Heading off to the Isle of Wight
The Tourists beach front base
Sandown beach
How on earth can Sandown's Fish & Chip shop run out of fish at 8.30pm on Friday night ?..........
....but hang on is there a clue in this picture?
A very happy birthday boy!
This is a prime candidate for a caption competition
Not a great amount to do in Sandown
The 2015 Golf Competition nears its climax......
......and the competitors are left to rue what might have been
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2014 Tour to Cornwall
The Falmouth Hotel - the 2014 Tourists base
Falmouth harbour
No Tour would be complete without the annual crazy golf competition
Tony Phillips, Jamie Wrench & Ed Jones out on the town
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2013 Tour to Scarborough
The Royal Hotel Scarborough - the 2013 Tourists base
View of Scarborough harbour from the Hotel
Scarborough's sea front with Scarborough Castle overlooking the beach
Adrian Taylor, Rob Morris & Anthony Brown
Off in search of a golf course
Scarborough Bay
Sewerby's amazing pavilion complete with electronic scoreboard
Relaxing before the big game at Sewerby
Rob Morris and Adrian Taylor decide to take the bus to the golf course
Club Captain Stuart Tomlins leading from the front
Paul Davies paying a painful price for his innings of 53 against Filey C.C.
And of course no Tour would be complete without a silly picture of Jamie -
in jazz mode at The Leeds Hotel pub
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2012 Tour to Bristol
The 2012 Tourists
With no prospect of cricket.......
....its all down to The Jungle Rumble for some golf....
.....and then three hours of culture.....
........followed by 6 hours of light refreshments
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2011 Blackpool Cricketless Tour
The soulless Norbreck Castle Hotel and the numberless Tram
(Photo courtesy of Blackpool Council archives c.1963)
The 2011 Tourists preparing for their visit to The Bispham Hotel with some very good fish and chips
The Bispham Hotel notable for its good beer at low prices and the very scary barmaid
Andy Dowsett liked the Art Stuart Tomlins, Adrian Taylor. Anthony Brown and Rob Morris Rob Morris, Gavin Taylor and Krafft Holtz don't have a clue either
Deco pub so much he left trying to remember why they agreed to come to Blackpool
wearing the mirror
But as the drink flows it doesn't seem so important after all to Adrian Taylor and Anthony Brown look on admiringly
Anthony Brown, Jamie Wrench, Rob Morris and Gavin Taylor as Stuart Tomlins tries to impress the scary barmaid
Andy Dowsett and Simon Carless get serious about whose round it is Mike Lole and Andy Dowsett looking pleased - its not their round
The Game
The 2011 Blackpool Touring Party
Anthony Brown with a swing and a miss
Jamie Wrench just failing to catch Krafft Holtz
Adrian Taylor playing an exquisite late cut
Mike Lole trying unsuccessfully to take his guard
Andy Dowsett pulls another one into deep square quicksand
Top scorer Jamie Wrench thinking if only all games were played on sand with a tennis ball
Drama on the pitch as dogs interrupt play
A delighted Captain Gavin Taylor receiving his trophy from the not so happy losing Captain Rob Morris
Stuart Tomlins amazing scorecards
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2009 Bournemouth Tour
A little light training gets under way on big match day at The Ramada Encore
Post match analysis at The Goat and Tricycle is interrupted by the paparazzi
Ear wax disclosures from the Club Captain rock the south coast......
.......leaving a nasty taste in the mouth
.....and of course not forgetting
to Michael Jackson (who has apparently died)
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2008 Norfolk Tour
The seniors enjoying a night out on the town
The Mariners pub takes its toll
Even the champagne was flowing
......as well as the Cheddar Valley cider
.......but let this be a warning
.....which seems to have hit home (note the lemonade)
......but someone forgot to warn the captain
and the Vice Captain
2007 Sussex Tour
2007 Tour Party
Captain Mike Lole leading by example yet again
The fashionable Beach Hotel who looked after the 2007 Tourists
2006 Somerset Tour
The tea interval at Combe Down C.C.
The 2006 Tour Party at Wedmore C.C.
Umpires Matt Williams and Jamie Wrench discussing the fashions of the day
2005 DorsetTour
Waiting and waiting and waiting for Tony Phillips to finish scoring his record 132 not out against Newlook C.C. on 2nd July
How the hell did he score 132 not out !
2004 South Devon Tour
July 2004 Our match against Paignton played on their second ground, overlooked by the Dart Valley steam trains
Paul Davies on his way out to score 84 against Paignton
Stuart Tomlins returns after his 54 against South Devon at Newton Abbott
2002 Northumberland Tour
Jamie Wrench Andy Dowsett Mike Lole Tony Phillips Nathan Wrench Karl Jordan
Neil Sutton Richard Wilson Digby Chillcott Brian Tomlins Gavin Taylor Stuart Tomlins Paul Davies Matt Williams
The Riverside Hotel and ground
Nathan Wrench provides the evidence for his first ever run for the Club
2001 Three Nations Walsall
The Ground convenient for the M6
The Opposition
1999 South Wales Tour
Adrian Taylor Gavin Taylor Andy Dowsett Digby Chillcott Chris Beaumont Jim Tinnion Tony Powell
Rob Morris Paul Davies Owen Williams Mike Lole Richard Wilson Dave Berry
Neath C.C. v Acton Scott C.C. - July 1999