ASHLEY CRICKET CLUB

 The Railway Field, Ashley Road, Ashley, Cheshire WA14 3QE

Welcome to Ashley

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2009 Annual Report - ***UPDATED 16/1/2010***

The Ashley Cricket Club 2009 Annual Report has been published and is available here.

AGM

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Ashley Cricket Club will be held at the LMRCA (Railway Club) next to Navigation Road train station in Altrincham on Thursday 21st January 2010 starting at 7:45pm.

WINTER NETS

Senior and Under 15s to Under 18s
Location: Old Trafford Indoor School
Date: Thursday 4th Feb - 8pm till 9pm For 10 weeks until Thursday 8th April
Cost: £4 per player
Year 5 to 8
Location: North Cestrians School
Time: 6pm till 7:30pm
Dates: Weds 20th Jan 2010, Thurs 28th Jan, Thurs 4th Feb and 11th Feb 2010
No practice Thurs 18th Feb 2010,
then Thurs 25th Feb till Thurs 1st Apr 2010 .
Cost : £2
Up to Year 4 and beginners
Location: Altrincham Grammar School.
Time: 6pm till 7:30pm .
Dates: First session: Mon 18th Jan; last one: Mon 29th Mar, no break for school holidays.
Cost: £2

ASHLEY CRICKET CLUB – FOOTBALL PONTOON

A new Football Pontoon competition is being launched at Ashley: Each of the Clubs from the Premiership, Championship, League One, League Two and Blue Square Premier will be given a random number from 1 to 116.

For a £10 stake, you can chose your team or you will be allocated one of these numbers and this will determine your team in the competition. The idea of the competition is for your team to accumulate exactly 21 goals by the END of any particular sequence of games. The winner will receive a £125 cash prize, the holder for the number of the second team to reach exactly 21 goals will receive £75 and the third-place prize will be £25. (These amounts maybe reduced if we don’t sell the majority of the numbers) If more than one team attains 21 goals on the same day, the team that scored their 21st goal earliest in their game will be awarded 1st prize. Goals are tallied up at the end of each match and the totals adjusted accordingly. If by the end of any particular game, your team's goals total exceeds 21, then you will "go bust" and be out of the Competition. Only league goals will count towards your total. You are not restricted to one number, so increase your chance of winning by buying a second team! If you are interested in participating, please forward your name, contact number and payment along with your chosen number to Brian Birtles.

Weekly updates will be posted on the Club's website and message board. Thank you for your support.

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.

www.buildcenter.co.uk

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 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.

Directions

Click here for map

FROM M6, JUNCTION 19

FOLLOW THE A556 [ALTRINCHAM] TILL YOU GET TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS [MERE CORNER]
TURN RIGHT ONTO THE A50 [KNUTSFORD]
TURN SHARP LEFT ONTO THE A5034
TURN RIGHT [SIGN POSTED, TATTON HALL]
PAST ENTRANCE TO TATTON HALL [ON RIGHT]
FOLLOW ROAD FOR ABOUT 1 MILE, ENTRANCE TO ASHLEY CC, ON RIGHT, ON A SHARP RIGHT HAND BEND.
IF YOU GET TO THE CHURCH ON THE LEFT YOU’VE PASSED THE ENTRANCE.
YOU CAN PARK EITHER DOWN THE DRIVE TO THE CLUB, OR THERE IS A CAR PARK ON THE ROAD JUST BEFORE THE CHURCH.

FROM M56, JUNCTION 6

A538 THROUGH HALE BARNS (ALTRINCHAM)
TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TURN LEFT (B5162 Park Rd)
AT ‘T’ JUNCTION TURN RIGHT
AT CROSSROADS TURN LEFT (Ashley Rd)
FOLLOW ROAD (UNDER MOTORWAY) TO CROSSROADS (GREYHOUND PUB)
TURN RIGHT
PASSING CHURCH ON RIGHT
ENTRANCE TO GROUND IS ON NEXT LEFT HAND BEND.

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.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/CommunityTrustFund




Ashley CC are proud to support the Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy