HERE'S THE TEAM NEWS FOR THE 7 SENIOR GAMES OVER THE WEEKEND

This weekend kicks off with a Twenty20 on Friday evening against Oxford touring side Aston CC. Thats followed by Week 6 of the League Season which sees Hythe 1st Xl at home to unbeaten table toppers Idlers, Hythe 2nd XI travel to Balmer Lawn to face Brockenhurst whilst Hythe 3rd XI travel to Winchester to face Compton & Chandlers Ford IV's

Sunday sees the Sunday XI entertain Robins whilst the Sunday 2nd XI play their first game in the Tony Woodhouse Trophy game vs Sway.

Monday sees the re arranged Hythe 2nd XI vs Mudeford Quarter-Finals of the New Forest Stone Cup @ Jones lane.

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Friday 11th June - Hythe vs Aston CC @ Jones Lane

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Hythe welcome Aston Cricket Club from Oxfordshire to Jones Lane as part of their three match tour of the New Forest. They also play Ferndown on Saturday and then Lymington on Sunday.

Aston as a club don't play league cricket but have a full fixture list of Midweek Twenty20 fixtures - Must have heard we are no good at the shorter game.

Rob Saunders skippers the side in a 12 a side contest at the request of the visitors.

World Cup Football will be on offer ain the clubhouse and the BBQ will be out, should prove to be a popular evening.

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Saturday 12th June - Hythe 1st XI vs Idlers (Salisbury) @ Jones Lane 1.30pm

Hythe 1st XI (12th) take on table toppers Idlers (1st) at Jones lane on Saturday. The Salisbury based club have won promotion for the past two seasons and have started 2010 with a 4-0 record.

Hythe meanwhile have won 1 of 4 and look to get their season back on track and get everyone firing which we know they can do. Skipper Simon Dixon makes one change from last week - James Page returns in place of Tom Barge.

Idlers first 4 matches this season:

Its the first ever meeting between the two clubs.

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Saturday 12th June - Brockenhurst vs Hythe 2nd XI @ Balmer Lawn - 1.30 Start.

Hythe 2nd's (7th) take on Brockenhurst (15th) on Sunday at the Balmer Lawn. Brockenhurst have started slowely this year with a 1-3 record - different from a few years ago when they were playing in County 4 South.

Hythe meanwhile will want to get back to winning ways after defeats in their last two home games.

Skipper Mike Bowman makes 1 change from last week - Mike Edwards returning in place of Ewan Bell.

Brockenhurst's first 3 matches this season:

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Last Seasons Fixture : Hythe 2nd XI 126-2 (W.Effeny 38*, M.Young 38, T.Porter 32) Beat Brockenhurst 124 all out (P.Stevens snr 3-28, H.Smith 2-12) by 8 Wkts

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Saturday 12th June - Compton & Chandlers Ford IV's vs Hythe 3rd XI @ King George V Sports Ground - 2pm

Hythe 3rd XI (4th) travel to Winchester to face Compton & Chandlers Ford IV's (12th) at the King George V Sports Ground.

Hythe will be looking to maintain their 100% record whilst Compton will be looking to bounce into the top half of the table after finishing mid table last year.

With Josh Mead and Zac Millar still away Hythe make 3 changes from the side that beat Eastleigh last week. In comes Mike Graham, Ewan Bell and Richard Last for Gareth Mead, Tom Huxley and Richard Jones.

Compton & Chandlers Ford's first 3 games this season -

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Sunday 13th June - Hythe Sun XI vs Robins @ Jones Lane - 2.30pm

After two excellent games over the past two weeks the Green Caps welcome back Doug Crossleys Robins for their annual fixture. They too had a good win last week when they beat Fawley up at Holbury. Robins batted first scoring 189-9 before Fawley were all out for 183.

Paul Quinnell returns to captain the side which has several usual players missing because of the Tony Woodhouse Trophy game.

Last Seasons Fixture : Hythe Sun XI 146-7 (H.Smith 43*, R.Last 27, J.Stovell 21) Beat Robins 144 all out (L.Mills 4-60) by 3 Wkts

TONY WOODHOUSE TROPHY 2010

Sunday 13th June - Sway vs Hythe Sun 2nd XI @ Station Road - 2.30pm

Its the first fixture in this years Tony Woodhouse Trophy as Hythe captained by Jonjo Stovell travel to holders Sway.

The rules determine that 6 of the players must be from the colts set up and is a great way for youngsters to get use to the senior game.

Could this be Hythe's year to take back the trophy. Hythe were in contention on the last game of last year until Sway beat Fawley to take the cup.

Last Seasons Fixture : Hythe Sun 2nd XI 107 all out (5pts) (M.Young 34, R.Moore 15) Lost to Sway 108-7 (18pts) (H.Smith 2-14, Z.Millar 2-20) by 3 Wkts

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NEW FOREST STONE CUP

Quarter-Finals

Monday 7th June - Hythe XI vs Mudeford 2nd XI @ Jones Lane - 18.15

On Monday evening Hythe 2nd XI have a great opportunity to get to the Semi-Finals when they take on Mudeford at Jones Lane in the Quarters.

Team to be confirmed but Mike Bowman has to decide whether to keep with the team that beat Bashley in the last round or recall several key 2nd XI players.

Last Season Hythe were well beaten by Mudeford in the opening round at Ledbury Road. : Hythe 2nd XI 76-8 (W.Effeny 13, I.Prentice 13) Lost to Mudeford 142-4 (W.Effeny 3-19) by 66 Runs

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'THE COLTS'

Hythe Under 11's & Under 15's are in action again this Sunday

Hythe Under 15's are away to Mudeford in the New Forest League whilst the Under 11's have a friendly @ Beaulieu.

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Good Luck To All Our Sides.