Month: November 2016

Take your first step to becoming a cricket umpire

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In charge: Learn how to be an umpire. Picture by Gouldy

Worcestershire Association of Cricket Officials (WACO) will be running a level 1 umpires course at New Road, the home of Worcestershire County Cricket Club in February 2017.

The course, the gateway to league cricket umpiring, will be delivered by qualified umpires of WACO and will be held throughout February on Saturdays from 9am until 12.30pm.

The cost for the course is £75 and you can contact David Gower, chairman, WACO, on chairman@worcumpires.org.uk for more details.

  • Report courtesy of Worcestershire Cricket Board

Bredon Cricket Club annual general meeting (AGM) 2016

Bredon Cricket Club’s annual general meeting (AGM) will be on Thursday, November 17.

It starts in our Hill Close clubhouse at 7.30pm, and all members (players and social) are welcome to attend.

It will be a chance find out about the club’s plans for next season and, if you wish, make suggestions of your own.

Membership fees for 2017 will also be ratified.

The bar will be open.

  • Watch the slideshow above to remind yourself of a year at Bredon Cricket Club in 20 seconds.

New sessions of indoor nets organised for 2017

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Back again. A new series of indoor nets sessions has been organised for 2017

The clocks have gone back and that can mean only one thing… it’s time to start thinking about cricket again!

Bredon Cricket Club has secured another six-week period of weekly nets at Prince Henry’s High School, Evesham.

The first session is from 6.30pm to 7.30pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2017.

Each session costs £3 a player.

Contact chairman Neil Hall on 07824 365055 for more details.