There’s been a bit of discussion about the Valley’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and while both Geoff Bonner and Harry Hitchings remain linchpins of the side, two of our leading lights have begun to tap a rich vein of form.  After a humiliating first round exit in the Old Sarum T20 Cup at the hands of South Newton, (we were finalists last year), we beat them comfortably a few days later thanks to a devastating fifty from Chimp Jefffery.  But while Chimp offers much with both bat and ball, it has been back-to-back unbeaten half centuries from the Skipper that has given Chalke Valley back its self-belief.  Last Sunday, in the first home weekend game on the new ground, the Valley walloped our old friends, Sixpenny Handley, reaching their modest 34-over score of 105 in just ten overs.  Two days later, the Valley also comfortably overcame a strong Berwick St James side, which included Hampshire player James Heggetty, thanks to match-winning 89-run second wicket partnership between the Skipper and Club Secretary.  Confidence is contagious, and with the news that Peter Lamb has pledged a bowling machine to the Club if they beat the Bunburies on Sunday, the mood in the Valley camp could not be better…