Wednesbury Cricket Club
Welcome to the Wednesbury Cricket Club web site.
Wednesbury Cricket Club are sponsored by http://www.gemini-carpets.co.uk/ for the 2011 season.
Wednesbury CC is:
1) An ECB Focus Club, see details at:
http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/focus-clubs,497,BP.html
2) An ECB 'Chance to Shine Club' details at:
http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/fundraising/chance-to-shine/
3) An ECB 'Clubmark' Club details at
http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/clubs-and-leagues/clubmark/
We are currently playing in the following leagues -
Bitmingham and District Premier League (Sat 1st and 2nd Team)
http://www.birminghamleague.org
Staffordshire Club Cricket Championship (Sat 3rd and 4th Team) http://www.staffsclubcricket.org.uk/ and the Lichfield & District Sunday League http://www.dannyhaines.com/lcl/index.html
Wednesbury Cricket Club is over 125 years old and is part of the Wednesbury Sports Union which consists of cricket, hockey, junior football, tennis and table tennis. The Sports Union has a website @ http://www.wednesburysu.co.uk/
Wednesbury Cricket Club is an amateur community based sporting organisation that delivers cricketing opportunities to all areas of the Community regardless of their gender, age, culture or socio-economic background. We work with a number of 'partner' organisations to achieve this.
Our Partners are:
- Staffordshire Cricket Board
- Sandwell Cricket Development Group
- Sandwell Leisure Trust
- Wood Green High School College of Sport, Maths and Computing
- Wodensborough Community Technology College
We will be delivering the 'Chance to Shine' Cricket Program to the following schools in 2012 - Wood Green Junior School, Mesty Croft Primary School, St Johns CE Primary School, Park Hill Primary School, St Mary's Primary School, Old Park Primary School and Moorlands Primary School.
If you are interested in playing for us or becomming a part of our successful club, please get in touch(williamschris@msn.com). We currently run 4 league Teams on a Saturday, and 3 Teams on a Sunday (2 league and 1 Development Team) . There are loads of opportunities for Young Players at U11, U13, U15 & U17.
Details of the 2012 season are set out below:
Season 2012
All the teams for Saturdays are recorded on this site during the season. If you register as a member with your email address, the Team selections will automatically emailed to you. Full statistics are also maintained for Saturday League Cricket.
The competitions for 2012 are as follows:
- Saturday 1st and 2nd Team (Division 3 Birmingham and District Premier League)
- Saturday 3rd Team (Staffordshire League Div 2A)
- Saturday 4th Team (Staffordshire League Div 4)
- Sundays 1st and 2nd Team (Lichfield & District Cricket League - Division.1 & 5)
- Sunday 3rd Team (Development League)
President and Life Member - John Whistance
Chairman - Neil Whistance - 07896-666890
Vice-Chairman - David Vincent - 01922-623737
Secretary - Andrew Warner - 075350-77221
Club Development Oficer - Chris Williams 07751-783757
Treasurer - Alan Bond 07876-194883
Club Captain - Bal Matharu - 07854-757063
Grounds Liaison Officer - Ashley Law 07575-390113
Fixture Secretary - Chris Williams - 07751-783757
Welfare Officers - Mark Hull 07530-109512 & Roy Lord 07738-293817
Captains
1st Team Saturday - Bal Matharu -
1st Team Sunday - Tom Tonks 07838-502669
2nd Team Saturday - Stuart Brotherton - 07990-896347
2nd Team Sunday - Mathew Bond 07791-064312
3rd Team Saturday - David Vincent 01922-623727
3rd Team Sunday - Craig Chadwick 07788-537538
4th Team Saturday - Mark Nightingale 07843-565000
Youth Cricket Organiser -
Under 11 Manager -
Under 13 Manager - Steve Jones 07850-713470
Under 15 Manager - Gary Owen 07887-761861
Under 18 Manager - Roy Lord 07738-293817
If you require any additional information on Wednesbury C.C. please do not hesitate to contact Chris Williams williamschris@msn.com
Match Fees 2012
Saturday`s
Senior - 1st & 2nd £10.00, Students/Unwaged £8.00
Senior - 3rd and 4th £9.00 Students/Unwaged £7.00
Juniors/U17 - Senior Matches £5.00
Juniors/u17 - Junior Matches £2.00
Sunday Cricket,
Match fee for members playing only Sunday are the same as for Saturdays.
A 25 % reduction on Sunday match fee if member played Saturday of same weekend.
Junior Matches and Midweek Games £2.00
Annual Subscriptions are set as follows for 2012 (£10 deduction if paid by 31st March)
Senior Members - £110
18-21 - £75.00 Students/Unwaged - £75.00
Juniors/Under 17 - £20.00
No one will be selected after 1st June if they have not paid Annual Subscriptions.
Overseas Players who have made a massive contribution to our club over the years:
2011 Dinesh De Silva - Sri Lanka
2010
2009 Sherwin Govender - South Africa
2008 Tim Evans (Wynnum Manly CC - Australia)
2007 Josh Smith (Rockingham-Mandurah CC - Australia)
2006 Chris Millard (Carlton CC - Australia)
2005 Michael Talbot (Adelaide CC - Australia)
2004 Ross Ligtermoet (South Perth CC - Australia)
2003 Mathew Leddin (Joondalup CC - Australia)
2002 Brad Jones (Kincumber CC - Australia)
2001 Sheldon Bailey - South Africa
2001 Dale Ballantyne (Mount Barker CC - Australia)
1998-2001 Dale Ballantyne (Mount Barker CC - Australia)
1997 Stuart Ainge - (Footscray United CC - Australia)
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