Engineering firm’s £500 boost for our junior cricketers

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Club chairman Neil Hall, left, is presented with £500 by Future Advanced Manufacture boss Craig Peterson

Engineering support firm boss Craig Peterson has presented Bredon Cricket Club with £500 to buy gear for its junior cricketers.

Club chairman Neil Hall said he was delighted by Mr Peterson’s generosity.

He said: “We have a thriving junior cricket section at Bredon, and it is wonderful for our children to receive support like this from local businesses.

“The money will certainly help our young players develop their game.”

Mr Peterson is managing director of Future Advanced Manufacture, which is based at Staverton Technology Park, Gloucestershire.

The company supports the world’s best engineers and designers, turning their ideas, concepts and designs into prototypes and getting them ready for  production.

 

 

Blooming lovely touch for the clubhouse

One of the colourful floral displays that are helping brighten up our clubhouse
One of the colourful floral displays that are helping brighten up our clubhouse

Many thanks to Martyn and Dawn Draper for donating the beautiful flowers that are brightening up our clubhouse.

Our new kitchen is being fitted, the parquet floor is gleaming, there’s a new colour scheme and even talk of buying new blinds for the windows!

Is Bredon Cricket Club getting in touch with its feminine side?

Join us for the Bredon Cricket Club charity golf day

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Tee off with Bredon Cricket Club’s charity golf day

Catch up with friends and enjoy a relaxing day out at our charity golf day.

It is being held at the Tewkesbury Park Hotel on Friday, August 12, and proceeds will be split between our club and the Midlands Air Ambulance.

The day starts with coffee and bacon baps at reception, and ends with prize-giving (and perhaps refreshments).

There will be teams of three, and the competition will be an 18-hole Bowmaker with full handicaps (best single Stableford over the first six holes, best two over the second six, and all three scores count over the last six).

A nearest-to-the-pin prize will add a little extra interest to the day, which is being organised by Gareth Allen.

Cost is £75 a team (£25 a person).

To reserve a place email Gareth, as soon as possible and let him know sharing names, handicaps and team names.

If you wish to reserve a particular tee time (they run between 10am and noon) let him know and he will do his best to sort it out.

Good luck to all taking part!

Your committee: hard at work at England’s best cricket ground

Bredon Cricket Club committee meets outdoors
It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it!

Your committee works really hard to make Bredon Cricket Club even better… honestly, it does!

Balmy temperatures meant tonight’s monthly meeting was held outdoors for the first time anyone can remember.

There were, of course, refreshments at hand and one of Worcestershire’s loveliest views to enjoy.

But despite those distractions some useful work was done tonight.

Exciting improvements to our clubhouse are under way, a packed programme of social events arranged, and more Sunday games booked.

Over the next few days we’ll update you in more detail about what’s happening.

Any questions/suggestions for the committee? Use the form below:

The 2016 season so far: mixed fortunes for our teams

Bredon cricket team pause between oversjunior cricketer in action

With the season now well under way, it’s time for the first in an occasional series of updates about our teams’ progress.

Click on the links in the menu bar on the left to keep up to date with fixtures and results.

First XI

Poor weather disrupted pre-season preparations for all our senior teams, and the First XI were no exception.

They have had a mixed start to the season, chalking up two wins and a draw from five games (one match, against Coombs Wood, was abandoned).

Second XI

The Second XI have had similar fortunes, enjoying two wins from four matches (two games were abandoned).

Third XI

With only two league games played (a third was abandoned), it is still early days for the Third XI, who are chasing their first win.

Under 11s

The under 11s have made a great start to the season and are starting to demonstrate the skills they have worked so hard at in training in match situations.

Fielding, calling and running between the wickets have been particularly impressive.

The team responded well to a defeat in their first game of the season, a friendly against a strong Alcester and Ragley side, and have since recorded large-margin victories in two other league games they played.

Glenn Buckley

Under 12s

The under 12s have had a great start to the season in their first three league matches, with confident wins and great all-round performances by all.

The boys have come on loads in cricket skills and working as a team on the pitch, with lots of encouraging and supporting each other and, most importantly, enjoying the game.

The boys are a great bunch of players growing in ability and confidence, and they surprise me each week.

  • Look out for details soon of an under nines festival we are hosting at Bredon.

Mark Notley