Bredon Cricket Club is an inclusive organisation with an emphasis on safeguarding and developing young players, as well as striving for success on the pitch.
We welcome new players (juniors and seniors) for the 2022 season, as well as social members who wish to enjoy watching the sport and relaxing at our friendly clubhouse bar with one of the best views in Bredon.
To find out more about joining the club visit our subscriptions page or junior cricket FAQ.
Friday (May 14) is set to be a fabulous evening at Bredon Cricket Club as our children’s coaching programmes start up again. There will also be pizza!
We are expecting loads of families and a great atmosphere, so it’s worth heading along to Hill Close from 5pm to join the fun and enjoy a relaxing drink at the most laid-back venue in Bredon!
Also at the club on Friday are the guys from Urban Village Pizza. They are only accepting pre-orders so check out the menu and place your order here: www.urbanvillagepizza.com
Our All-Stars and Dynamo cricket programmes also start on Friday (more details here). If you have a child interested in playing cricket at Bredon, and you want to find out more please come along and ask at the bar for one of junior team coaches.
Dear All,
I hope you are fit and well and coping with the constraints we are all living under at the moment.
2020 should have seen Bredon Cricket Club celebrating its 130th birthday – not much of a party!
However, despite the pandemic, the club still achieved a great deal on and off the field, with some lovely weather allowing games to take place at junior and senior level from the start of July to the end of September.
Once again our beautiful ground was the envy of all visiting teams thanks to the efforts of our groundsman, Adam Gallagher.
Thanks also to the senior captains and junior managers who coordinated teams during this difficult time.
The lockdown enabled us to decorate the clubhouse throughout, and with the addition of new lighting, heating and furniture, the clubhouse is now a much more desirable environment.
Despite the truncated season, more than 200 people paid their membership, and this, coupled with various grants that we were able to secure, means the club has been able to buy new covers, and will be investing in new fencing and gates to improve security before the start of the 2021 season.
We are also looking to convert one of our stores to provide a much-needed changing facility for umpires.
Once again, despite the pandemic the club was able to support a local charity to the tune of £3,000, raised from our annual golf day in aid of the James Hopkins Trust.
Plans are already in place for the new season, when fixtures will hopefully start on Saturday, April 10, with a friendly against our local rivals, Tewkesbury. League fixtures are scheduled for the following weekend.
For the first time in our 130-year history our annual general meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday, February 17, will be a virtual one, and details of how you can join remotely will be posted online closer to the date. Please make every effort to attend to discuss the future of your club.
Thanks again for your support during a very difficult time. Hopefully, we can look forward to a more positive year with lots of cricket and fun at our lovely Hill Close ground.
Neil Hall
Chairman
A letter from Neil Hall, chairman of Bredon Cricket Club
Dear Club Member/Supporter,
I hope you are all safe and well and enjoying the summer.
I would like to thank all those who have supported the club by paying the £10 membership for the 2020 season.
Practice sessions are now under way, and our ground is looking incredible thanks to the efforts of our groundsman, Adam Gallagher.
We are awaiting guidance from the Government and the ECB on when we can start to play games again, which will hopefully be in the next few weeks.
On the social side, we are opening the club on Saturday, July 4, in accordance with Government guidelines, to members only from 2pm onwards.
For anyone who wishes to become a social member, payment details are available on the club website.
Alternately, payment can be made on arrival at the club.
It would be great to catch up with familiar faces, albeit in restricted circumstances. The bar and toilet facilities will be available, but drinks must be consumed outside.
Let’s hope for some sunshine!
Regards
Neil
Bredon Cricket Club’s outdoor nets have partially re-opened following the Government’s relaxation of lockdown rules.
Two people from different households can now use outdoor nets together under the new guidelines on exercise, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has said.
Two people from separate households may take part in the same net session, and there is no limit to the number if those taking part come from the same household.
A strict booking process is in place for the use of nets at Bredon.
Anyone wishing to practise must first book their session with club chairman Neil Hall. Text 07824 365055. Use of the nets is restricted to those who have paid their special £10 membership fee for 2020.
One-on-one coaching is permitted, but social distancing (keeping at least two metres apart at all times) applies. No sweat or saliva should be rubbed on the ball, and nets should be operated on an “every other” basis, meaning two adjacent lanes should not be in use at the same time.
The clubhouse will remain closed.
• The club has launched a new £10-for-all membership scheme to help the club survive the restrictions on sport caused by the coronavirus crisis. Find out more.
A personal plea from Neil Hall, chairman of Bredon Cricket Club
I hope you and your loved ones are well. My thoughts are with those who have been most seriously affected by this awful pandemic.
These are challenging times for amateur sport, and Bredon Cricket Club is no exception.
Not only have matches been suspended because of the coronavirus crisis, but our crucial fund-raising events and bar takings have been hit too.
That is why I am calling for your help.
We need your support to keep the club – which has been part of village life in Bredon since 1890 – operating and ready to resume cricket when restrictions on sport are lifted.
We have scrapped our normal membership fees for this year.
Instead, we are asking that everyone who values the club – players and non-players alike – contributes just £10 for a social membership.
It will help us meet essential costs such as ground maintenance, league fees, utility bills and insurance.
If you are a player it will be the only membership fee you pay this season, regardless of what happens.
Everyone who takes out our social membership will be entitled to make use of our friendly clubhouse bar once we are allowed to re-open. It boasts the best ‘beer garden’ in the area, with magnificent views of Bredon Hill, and is a wonderful place to relax on a summer afternoon or evening.
Even if it is something you do not think you will use, we urge everyone who values community life in the Bredon area to take out a membership.
I understand that many of you will have your own financial concerns at the moment, but if you are able to contribute £10 it WILL help the club survive this crisis!
You can take out your membership using our new secure online payments system. Just click on the link below.
Become a social member of Bredon Cricket Club and help us survive the coronavirus crisis
It is with great sadness that I have to report the sad passing of Bob Portch.
Bob was a member of the club for many years, and served on the committee for a good number of those years.
He took a great interest in supporting the junior section of the club, and his two sons, Henry and Tom, both enjoyed great success in our junior teams.
Bob was a quiet, unassuming man who was always willing to help in any way required for the benefit of the club either by coaching, umpiring, scoring and any other task that needed doing.
Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
RIP Bob.
Neil Hall
Chairman
Bredon Cricket Club is sad to report the sad loss of long-time supporter Vic Fenney.
Vic had been involved with the club for more than 35 years, and could often be found at our Hill Close ground watching his sons Ian and Clive and grandchildren Tim, Rachel and Dom.
The funeral will take place at Fladbury crematorium on Monday, March 9, at 2pm.
Our thoughts are with the family at this sad time.
A few dates for your diary:
Our eight-week All Stars Cricket programme begins on Friday, May 17, at 5.30pm.
Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run is on Sunday, May 26. Register now for this annual event: it’s great fun! Later the same day Bredon will pay another game in the Bredon Hill Bash, the Twenty20 tournament just for the village teams around Bredon Hill. There will be live music and a barbecue. The clubhouse bar will be open throughout the day.
A date for a comedy night originally planned for Saturday, June 1, is being re-arranged.
On Friday, June 14, Bredon Cricket Club will play a game at Hill Close against Gloucester Gipsies Cricket Club. The action starts at 11 o’clock. There will be a barbecue and entertainment after the match.
Call into the club on Sunday, June 30, to welcome riders taking part in the St Richard’s Hospice Bikeathon, some of whom will be stopping for refreshments at our clubhouse during their fund-raising journey through the Cotswolds.
Bredon Cricket Club’s first game in the Bredon Hill Bash, the Twenty20 competition solely for clubs around the hill, has been delayed by a week.
It had been set for next Sunday (April 21), but will now be played on Sunday, April 28.
However, there will still be a game to enjoy next weekend: Bredon will take on the Crown, Kemerton, in a friendly at Hill Close, with play starting at 3pm.
The match coincides with the First of the Summer Wine, the club’s family fun day season curtain-raiser.
As well as a fast-moving game of cricket, visitors will be able to enjoy a barbecue and live music from the Malvern Hillbillies, starting at 2pm. An Easter egg hunt, for younger children, will also begin at 2pm. The clubhouse bar will be open throughout.
Members and non-members alike are welcome, and it will be a chance to renew memberships or join the club for the first time as a player or social member.
Bredon’s delayed big bash opener against Alderton Wanderers will be played at home on Sunday, April 28.
There will be a further big bash game at Bredon on Sunday, May 26, the afternoon following the Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run. Sign up for the run here.
Others matches will be played on Sunday, June 30; Sunday, July 28, and Sunday, August 18.
Finals day is scheduled for Sunday, August 18.
Unfortunately, bad weather put a damper on the culmination of last year’s tournament, but the 2017 finals day was a huge success, drawing visitors from around Bredon Hill.
The bash this year is being organised by Arthur Hayward, a long-standing supporter of the club, in the absence of Jake Denton, who devised the competition.
The competition comprises two leagues this year:
League A
Bredon
Alderton Wanderers
Elmley Castle
Fourth team (to be confirmed)
League B
The Crown
Birlingham
Overbury
Ashton-under-Hill
More fixture details coming soon once the final team have confirmed.
The league season at Hill Close opens next weekend (Saturday, April 20), with a tough fixture against Hagley Cricket Club.
Hagley were crowned ECB National Indoor Champions at Lord’s last season. Their First XI finished 7th in the top flight of the Worcestershire League but are competing in Division Two following the league restructure.
