Welcome to Ashley
Ashley Cricket Club was founded in 1888, and is run as an inclusive club to offer competitive sport for players of all ability. The club runs 4 senior teams and junior teams from ages 9 to 15. All the senior teams play within the Cheshire pyramid with the First and Second XIs currently in the Mellor Braggins League and the Third and Fourth XIs in the Cheshire League.
The club is committed to the development of young players, and players are encouraged to make the transition to senior cricket when the time is right. They will become the players of the future in a safe, encouraging and fun environment.
New players...or old players looking to return to the game are encouraged to contact us and join our competitive and friendly club. You will get a good welcome.
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Junior Registration
There will be a Junior Registration night 13th Ppril 6:30pm till 9:30pm
at Ashley Cricket Club.
This is where you can meet the coaches and team managers for the coming
season, fill out all the child welfare forms, and pay for annual subs if you
wish.
Child Welfare Officer Dave Woods will be sending out to parents all the
welfare forms shortly, if you can't make the 13th please print them off and
bring them completed and signed to indoor nets.
The bar will be open and if weather permits the coaches will run coaching
sessions for all junior players, Ash Bradshaw our new recruit from Australia
will also be in attendance
The managers will introduce themselves and let you know the format for home
and away matches, what we need at home and away games, for instance 1st
aiders, scorers, assistant managers, food and drink co-ordinators etc.
All fixtures will be handed out, copies will also be placed on the website.
We are also trying to establish a bat exchange scheme, senior players will
donate to the club bats for youngsters to use, this saves parents some money
and gives youngster a bat that is knocked in.
The Ashley Pitch
Ashley take great pride in the quality of the pitch. Hard work and care goes into the preparation of great pitches for great cricket. We are delighted to say that this is recognised and appreciated by all clubs that come and enjoy games at Ashley. In 2008, Ashley was consistently marked Very Good or Good by opposing teams and recorded the second highest average marks across the Mellor Braggins league clubs in 2008. The league table is here.
Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved, but particularly to Dave Twiney for his monumental efforts.
Wilmslow Half Marathon
Ali Horn, Dave Rice and Bill Graham are running the Wilmslow Half Marathon on Sunday 29th March in order to raise jointly raise funds for The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign and Ashley CC. The Royal Marsden's letter of support can be seen by clicking on this link. You are able to sponsor this team of highly trained athletes via www.justgiving.com/ashleycc1.Thanks in advance for your support.
Nets
Junior nets continue at Altrincham Grammar School on Monday evenings from 6pm, everyone is welcome; we are especially looking for players aged Under 13 as we are short of players at that age group. The sessions will be run by a professional coach from Cheshire Cricket and will cost only £1 per child for 60 minutes of group coaching delivered to a structured coaching plan. This is a great outlet for children to discover and develop new skills and is the ideal way to experience the game for the first time and for them to keep fit and healthy. If you would be interested in receiving further information on the coaching at our cricket club please contact Brian Birtles on 07766 114447 or via email at bdbirtles@hotmail.com.
As ever, Ashley run winter nets. The seniors will net at the fantastic facility at Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the juniors at Altrincham Boys School. Seniors are £3 per session and juniors £1. Dates are as follows:
Seniors: Old Trafford Indoor Cricket Centre
to 7th April 2009, 9pm to 10pm
Junior nets: Altrincham Grammar School For Boys, Marlborough Road
First Session: Monday 2nd February 6pm to 7.00 pm (£1 per person)
New players just come along to the nets and find us. This is a
great way to introduce new players to the club.
Outdoors nets will start in early April.
Thanks
Cricketforce 2009 started early at Ashley CC with help from the Build Center on Moss Lane in Altrincham. They provided the club with 40 free paving stones and 20 bags of cement; the club saved nearly £400 on this project and will use this money to continue to provide quality coaching to all its players.
Cricketforce
NatWest CricketForce 2008 attracted a record 1375 clubs, 85,000 volunteers and an estimated £35-£40 million in cash and kind. NatWest CricketForce encourages cricket supporters, their friends and families to give something back to their local community cricket club by volunteering to undertake major renovations to clubhouses and grounds. Click here for more information.
Ashley Junior Section
We are justifiably proud of our junior section at Ashley. Over the last few years, due to the hard work of a few, the junior section has flourished and many young players have graduated to the senior teams. Click on the juniors link at the top for how you can join or contribute to this vital part of the club.
Newsletters
Ashley produce a regular newsletter with loads of interesting stuff. You can look see the latest one and ones from previous months here.
Clubmark
Ashley are proud to have achieved Clubmark accreditation. This is a major landmark
in our development and highlights the commitment of Ashley Cricket Club to
being a part of the wider sporting community and a place where young players
can play sport in a safe and enjoyable environment. Click on the clubmark
logo for a bit more info.
Sponsors
Ashley are able to offer a range of sponsorship packages from match-ball to corporate ground hire. All packages include having your name and link on this web-site. For a small outlay, this will bring your organisation to the attention of hundreds of local cricketers across Cheshire. As the club relies on this revenue, you will be playing a vital role supporting cricket in the local area. Contact us for a detailed description of the options.
Visit the sponsors link to see details of our sponsors.
Update from Biffaward
The 2008 cricket season has only just finished but Ashley CC is busy
preparing for the 2009 season thanks to Biffaward. They are relaying three
cricket pitches as they look to increase the number of matches to be played
at the club. Biffaward has awarded over £4,000 worth of funding enabling 3
existing pitches to be dug up and replaced with high quality loam and then
levelled and seeded in time for the start of the new season in April 2009.The project has been funded by Biffaward, a multi-million pound environment fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT), which utilises landfill tax credits donated by Biffa Waste Services.
Chairman of the club, Dave Jackson, said “Once again everyone at Ashley is extremely grateful to Biffaward for their generous help. The new pitches will ensure that out 5 junior teams will have good pitches to play on. Hopefully it will contribute to our continued development both at junior and senior level.”
The club has plans for further investment and will look to utilise the help of organisations like Biffaward again. Further information on the club and Biffaward can be found here:
www.ashleycc.co.uk
www.biffaward.org
Grant Application
Thanks to the Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund the players of Ashley
Cricket Club will have new facilities for the coming season. The Trust has
granted the club £3,000 towards the cost of replacing the flooring in the
changing rooms, entrance hall and shower areas. Currently most of the
floor is covered with 20 year old astro-turf given to the club by Everton F.C.
and it will all be replaced with spike proof rubber flooring that will last
years. Local company MGL Flooring of Sale will supply and fit the 40 square
metres of new materials in time for the season, which starts on Saturday 18th
April with a 1st XI friendly against Stockport C.C. Club chairman Dave Jackson said “Everyone at Ashley is very grateful to the
Trust for supporting the club with this project; it would not have gone ahead
without their very generous contribution. We can concentrate our resources on
continuing to provide coaching for our burgeoning junior section, in 2009 we
will run 6 junior sides, and hopefully they will continue to progress to play
for one of our 4 senior teams.”You can find out more on the Manchester
Airport Community Trust here
http://www.manchesterairport.
Ashley CC are proud to support the Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy
