Our man with the elasticated white trousers reports: “The first league games of the season saw promising results for all Wanstead sides with the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th teams all victorious and draws for the 2nd and 5th teams. There were standout bowling performances from Alan Lord in the 3rds (5 for 46) and Tariq Zaman (6 for 45) in the 6s. With the bat Ryan Hamill scored 88 in the 2s and Abdul Gour 98 not out for the 4s.
“On Sunday, 47 not out from Kishen Velani helped Wanstead to an eight wicket victory over Woodford Wells in the National Cup whilst the Ladies defeated Old Actonians by 46 runs.”
Thanks to Wansteadium reader Mark Gudgeon for these pictures taken at the second Wanstead Village Dog Show at Christ Church on Sunday. If you have photos to add, you can send them to wansteadium@gmail.com
Wansteadium reader Noel McMahon, of the Nightingale pub, writes:
Are there any volunteers please to join a number of us in creating a rose garden in the now once again very tatty Green outside The Nightingale Pub? It really has deteriorated since we last raised funds to smarten it up some years back. It could be so lovely for the community once more. Names and suggestions please to Noel or Lucy at the pub. Let’s cheer up the street and boost the area even further.
Police have denied shots were fired on Wanstead High Street shortly after 9am today as armed officers appeared to foil an attempted robbery on the Wanstead post office.
Plain clothed police swarmed the area amid reports that they were ready and waiting for the robbery to take place. Witnesses saw a man detained on the road.
Two elderly women said they heard two shots being fired, but thought it was a car backfiring.
One Wansteadium reader, Dan Clapton, said: “Shortly after 9am there was a shout of ‘armed police’ and two loud bangs, followed by some shrieks. Plain clothed armed police were pinning a white male to the ground by a small white van outside Tescos. The whole of the high street is now closed off. Armed police everywhere. There was a cash van about to make a delivery.”
Update 10am: Wanstead Guardian is reporting that police say an arrest has been made, and that shots were not fired – the sounds heard were cars hitting each other.
Update 1pm: Police now saying they fired “Hatton Rounds”. (Wikipedia defines these as: “They are used by military and SWAT teams to quickly force entry into a locked room. Amongst police, these rounds are nicknamed ‘master keys’, and their use is known as ‘Avon calling’.”)
Update 1.15pm: Operations appear to be continuing around Colvin Gardens on the Nightingale Estate, where a car has been covered with tarpaulin.
“The Bank Holiday Weekend at Wanstead Cricket Club brought lots of high drama with the U16 Matchplay team losing by 2 runs in a closely fought game against Goresbrook with the stand-out performance from Mohammed Shahriyar (67).
On Saturday the 1st team were defeated by 60 runs against Buckhurst Hill in the League Cup while the 2nd team won the reverse fixture by 10 runs thanks to 61 from 25 balls from David Richardson featuring six 6s.
Sunday saw friendly action at Overton Drive with visitiors Kingfisher CC providing a strong challenge. Kingfisher CC fell 15 runs short chasing 267 in 40 overs. Adam Lord provided teh backbone to the batting with an unbeaten 90 but the shock performance was from wicketkeeper Jonathan Das (in leg-spinner guise) who took 6 wickets.
On Thursday 9 May Dutch ladies team Groen Geel visit Overton Drive to take on the Wanstead Ladies Team in a Twenty20 match as part of their tour of England. Kicking-off at 6pm, Wanstead CC are rolling out the orange carpet for our international visitors with a BBQ! The bar will of course be open and the ladies would like as much support as possible to show how hospitable Wanstead is.
