The Windmill End: The Upminster CC Podcast

Our first ever in person episode! Craig Grote, James Evans and 1st XI all-rounder Nehal Butt sit down with overseas player Jon-Jon Smuts to talk about his first month at Upminster CC so far. They also talk about his South Africa and franchise experiences, plus a review of the 2022 teas so far! We hope you enjoy. 

A special episode as we welcome Craig Grote from Jim Britten Runs The Line- The Old Cooperians Rugby Podcast. Craig is joined by James Evans and Nicky Ison to sum up the summer for the adult sides. They also preview the T20 World Cup and the Ashes, an Instagram Q and A plus a game of England Opener or Will Bottoms? We hope you enjoy.  

The boys are back on the podcast discussing the last 9 weeks of the league season. Also, we discuss the 1st XI leagues, who are the favourites for the club awards? an Insta Q and A plus a game of Line Ups! We hope you enjoy!

The Pre-Season Prediction Special! As normality returns to the cricket world, we are back in Essex League action. James, John, Nicky and Spangles preview the Hamro Foundation Essex League season and predict who will be the winners in the all the 1st XI leagues. They also run through the 6 Upminster CC league teams and speculate who will be the star players and how the team will fair. We hope you enjoy!

Our 3rd episode of season two sees regular host Paul Middlemiss in the hot seat. Joined by James, John and Nicky, we discuss the Matchplay 1996 season and Paul's 2005 year as 1st XI wicket-keeper. We also challenge Middle to choose his UCC Tour XI! Plus the latest Aggio-Brewe Podcast recommendation, Instagram Q&A and another game of 'Playing XIs'. We hope you enjoy!

(Dislclaimer: apologies for the sound issues in this podcast) Brentwood CC wicket-keeper batsman James Redwood join James Aggio-Brewe, John Curtis and James Evan this week to discuss his cricket career at GPR and The OId County Ground. Redders will also run through the best UCC players he has played against whilst also taking part in a Q and A and taking on James and John in 'Playing XI's. We hope you enjoy!

We are back for the 2021 season and our first guest is Billy 'Sponge' Wright who joins James Aggio-Brewe, Paul Middlemiss and Nicky Ison for a chat. They cover his early years in the lower XIs and his career development to become a 2nd XI stalwart. We also have new segments, including podcast recommendations from James, an Insta Q&A, and Paul takes on our guest Sponge in our new game 'Playing XI's'. We hope you enjoy!

James Aggio-Brewe is joined by Paul Middlemiss, John Curtis, Nicky Ison and 5th XI representative Alex Bottoms to discuss the end of the 2020 season and to hand out the UCC Alternative Awards. Who will win Best New Nickname? Masterchef Award? and the Champagne Moment? Plus many more. Tune in to find out!

A special episode this week as Paul Middlemiss, John Curtis and guest host Bobby Mack sit down with Upminster lad, Stephen Peters, to discuss his 20 year career as a County Pro, winning the U19 World Cup and Stuart Law’s cigar. We hope you enjoy!

James Aggio-Brewe sits down this week with John Curtis and Nicky Ison to review how the five Upminster CC league sides have been performing and also delve into art of selection. We hope you enjoy!