It is shaping up to be a very busy summer at Bredon Cricket Club.
As well as our usual schedule of league senior and junior matches, we have several Sunday friendly matches.
Sunday games are always popular with spectators, and our bar at Hill Close is open whenever we play at home. There is a warm welcome for anyone who wants to come along to spend a relaxing afternoon watching a game.
A couple of derby games have just been added to our Sunday home fixtures. On July 24 we play a team from the Crown Inn at Kemerton, then take on Bredon Star Rugby Club on August 7. Better make sure the bar is well stocked for that one!
Nearer at hand, some of our younger players are taking part in an Under 9s Festival on Sunday (June 19).
There are also some exciting social events planned.
On Saturday, July 2, we have a Charity Race Night. All the fun of the racecourse without leaving the comfort of the clubhouse!
Then on Saturday, July 23, it’s our Eighties and Nineties School Disco Night. Roll back the years, enjoy all those old tunes, and buy selected drinks at 1990s prices.
Other dates for your social diary include our Family Fun Day on Sunday, July 31 (more details soon), and annual club dinner on Saturday, September 24.
As well as all that, we welcome some sides for mid-week games at Hill Close in July.
On Tuesday, July 19, Worcestershire Over 60s will play Gloucestershire Over 60s at our ground (start 1pm), while on Tuesday, July 26, we will put out a team against Stanton-by-Dale (start 2pm).
Oh, and don’t forget we now have a wide-screen TV in our clubhouse. It’s a terrific place to watch the Euro 2016 football (we’re open Thursday and Friday evenings, Saturday afternoons, and most Sunday afternoons throughout the summer).
You are under starter’s orders for another great night out at Bredon Cricket Club.
We are hosting an exciting evening of racing at our Hill Close clubhouse on Saturday, July 2.
You will be able to stake money on the outcome of recorded races played on a large TV screen. The selection is purely dependent on chance. There are no odds or form to complicate your selection.
The evening’s organiser is a firm that specialises in this sort of event. It brings along all the equipment needed, including eight recorded races, betting slips as well as an experienced master of ceremonies.
There is a proper commentary with each race, and numbers appear on screen to show the audience the position of their horse as the race progresses.
Our bar will, of course, be open throughout.
It all makes for an evening that re-creates the thrilling atmosphere of a visit to the racecourse, and will be a valuable boost to the club’s coffers.
Admission is free, non-members are welcome, and the fun gets under way at 7.30pm.
Turn back time to those glory days of the Eighties and Nineties at Bredon Cricket Club!
We’ll be playing some of the biggest hits of the two decades at our school disco retro night on Saturday, July 23.
But it won’t be just the music from the past you’ll be enjoying… we’ll be selling selected drinks at 90s prices too (though we can’t guarantee to have Hooch, Lambrini, or Skol lager in stock).
Why not really let your hair down and come in fancy dress? The theme is 1980s and 1990s school disco. There’ll be a prize for the best male and female outfits.
Bredon Cricket Club has an idyllic rural setting at the foot of Bredon Hill, and is just four-and-a-half miles from Tewkesbury and seven miles from Pershore.
On a warm night in July it’s the perfect place to remember those uh, oh summer nights!
Tickets cost £5 on the door, and the bar opens at 7pm.