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Nick Bates

Nick BatesNAME: Nicholas Ian Kipling-Bates

AGE: 24

WEIGHT: 14 stone

DRINKING WEIGHT: Light to fairy

NICKNAMES: Babby Cake, Swan, Ginger Sparrow, Simon Groom, Gander

ROLE: I play the hoyck through mid-wicket for whoever asks me

JOB: I sharpen pencils and put Lego away at a local school. Once a fortnight I have to do playground duty.

DUTY: Not since my hair started falling out.

REASON FOR CHRONIC BALDNESS: I am not going bald - it is the light.

FAMILY LINKS TO CRICKET: My Dad Brian is Chairman of Witherley C.C. and I am the undernourished brother of ex-second-team gut-bucket, Matt “Cakey” Bates

ROLE MODEL: Geoff Farmer is an excellent professional both at Witherley and Atherstone. I so want to be him I have begun to copy his hairdo!

DO YOU KNOW SHACKY: I know him!!!

 

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