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OUR SUCCESSES
1981
U17's - NEECA CUP
1982
U17's - NEECA CUP
U13's - Pope & Smith Cup
1983
U15's - Ilford Cricket School Cup
1984
U17's - NEECA CUP
U16's - TSB Trophy
U15's - Ilford Cricket School Cup
1985
U17's - NEECA CUP
U16's - TSB Trophy
U15's - Ilford Cricket School Cup
1986
U17's - NEECA CUP
U16's - TSB Trophy
1987
U17's - NEECA CUP
U15's - Ilford Cricket School Cup
1990
U17's - NEECA CUP
1991
U17's - NEECA CUP
2000
U14's - NEECA CUP
2021
2022
U14's - North Essex Eagles Zone 1
U11's - North Essex Eagles Zone 1
U11's - North Essex Eagles Zone 1
The most successful graduate from the Braintree Colts sections is without doubt Darren Robinson. Darren was involved at Essex from a young age and having toured Pakistan with the England U19's progressed to make his First Class Debut in 1993 at the age of 20. He spent 11 years at Essex having had the unenviable task of filling the opening birth at the retirement of England great Graham Gooch. Following his time at Essex he spent 3 years at Leicestershire where he skippered them to 4th in the County Championship. He accumulated 10489 First class runs scoring 22 centuries with a high score of 200 v the touring New Zealanders in 1999 and 4488 One Day runs with a high of 137*
Darren Robinson
Geoff Smith
Although there is not quite as much information about Geoff Smith we know he was a part of the U18's Side formed in 1948. He was offered terms with Essex in 1951 and became the first Braintree CC member to join the County on a full time basis. He gained his County Cap in 1955 and went on to play 243 first class matches scoring 8796 runs and taking 33 wickets. Like Robinson he remained at the club for 11 seasons before retiring and returning to Braintree where he captained the club for the next 3 seasons
Essex (including Schools & District)
1980
Kieth Merrell - U15 Sch
1981
Kieth Merrell - U16 Sch
Paul Keaney - U15 Sch
Mark Raven - U12 Sch
Shaun Gould - U13 Sch
1982
Richard Stephens - U16 Sch
Shaun Gould - U14 Sch
Mark Raven U13 Sch
Paul Keaney U15 Sch
1983
Mark Gardener U13 Sch
Michael Joyce U13 Sch
Brett Patmore U13 Sch
Graham Gooday U13 Sch
Shaun Gould - U15 Sch
Paul Francesconi - U15 Sch
Mark Raven U14 Sch
1984
Paul Keaney Essex 2nd XI
Michael Joyce U14 Sch
Paul Bushnell U15 Sch
Brett Patmore U14 Sch
Mark Raven U15 Sch
Graham Gooday U14 Sch
Mark Gardener U14 Sch
1985
Paul Bushnell Essex U19
Paul Bushnell U16 Sch
1986
Paul Bushnell Essex U19
Paul Bushnell Essex 2nd XI
Darren Robinson Essex U13
Graham Gooday Essex U19
1987
Paul Bushnell Essex U19
Paul Bushnell Essex 2nd XI
Darren Robinson Essex U14
Graham Gooday Essex U19
1988
Paul Bushnell Essex 2nd XI
Darren Robinson Essex U15
Graham Gooday Essex U19
1989
Darren Robinson Essex U16
1990
Darren Robinson Essex U19
1991
Steve Hale Essex 2nd XI
Darren Robinson Essex U19
Steve Hale Essex U19
Dave Hale Essex U16
1992
Darren Robinson England U19
Darren Robinson Essex U19
Dave Hale Essex U19
1993
Dave Hale Essex U19
1994
Dave Hale Essex U19
1998
Barry Stephens Essex U12
1999
Barry Stephens Essex U13
2000
Barry Stephens Essex U14
2001
Barry Stephens U15 Dist North
Ruan Holt Essex U14
2002
Barry Stephens Essex U16
2012
Calley Foyster Essex U11
Grace Poole Essex U11
2013
Calley Foyster Essex U12
Grace Poole Essex U12
2014
Calley Foyster Essex U13
Grace Poole Essex U13
2015
Calley Foyster Essex U14
Grace Poole Essex U14
2016
Calley Foyster Essex U15
Grace Poole Essex U15
2017
Calley Foyster Essex U16
Grace Poole Essex U16
2018
Calley Foyster Essex U17
Grace Poole Essex U17
William Hale (U11 Dist North)
Adam Westall (U11 Dist Central)
Tommy Calendar (U11 Dist North)
2021
Toby Adcock (U11 Central)
2022
Will Sherry (U11 Dist North)
Theo Sherry (U12 Dist North)
Thomas Mellon (U15 Dist North)
Callum Lazarus (U15 Dist North)
Harry Whitwood (U15 Dist North)
Juniors Honours List
The colts section, we think, was first formalised in 1978 under the stewardship fo Len Woolmer and club heartbeat Tommy Gould (although there are mentions of an Under 18 side in the 1940's). Over the years it has been responsible for the majority of the senior players that have graced the clubs 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Sunday XI's with the club's very strong youth progression policy in place for many years. We have also had many of our Junior Dolphins go on to collect District, County and even International honors
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Below are listed the trophies we have collected over the years and those who have achieved the next level representation
COUNTY / DISTRICT HONOURS
2023
Theo Sherry (U13 Dist North)
Luke Huckson (U11 Dist North)
2024
Will Sherry (U13 Dist North)
Lucas Hale (U13 Dist North)