Young Bredon stars shine at Kingsholm

Young stars Will Wilson, left, whose tally at Kingsholm was four overs, two maidens, 10 runs and six wickets, and Ollie McGrath, who notched up 50 with a series of classy shots
Young stars Will Wilson, left, whose tally at Kingsholm was four overs, two maidens, 10 runs and six wickets, and Ollie McGrath, who notched up 50 with a series of classy shots

Bredon Under 15s travelled to Kingsholm, Gloucester, for a league match in which their young stars shone on Monday evening.

Bredon were put into bat, and on a drying wicket Ollie McGrath opened up with a solid start.

He soon got into the flow, taking apart the bowling on a difficult track and giving the boys a great start.

Ollie notched up his 50 in style, playing some very classy shots.

Bredon ended up 132 for 5 after 20 overs.

Bredon then took to the field, with William Wilson opening up with great pace, clean-bowling their opener first ball, and with the following five balls unplayable.

In William’s third over he clean-bowled a further three batsmen.

A further two wickets were taken in his fourth over, with an amazing caught and bowled, William diving full length to dismiss their best bat.

He ended up: four overs, two maidens, 10 runs and six wickets.

Bredon skittled them out for 54. An amazing achievement, and many more to come. Watch this space!

Well done to both: Bredon’s up and coming stars of the future.

The Under 15s are now top of their league and are all playing their part and maturing into solid cricketers.

Well done, lads. Keep it up.

Mark Notley

Luke’s a hat-trick hero

Bredon u15s played Gotherington away on Monday evening.

Luke Plane was bowling in the last over of Gotherington’s innings and got a hat-trick. All three dismissals were clean bowled.

He ended up by clean bowling a further batsmen in the same over, so four wickets in five balls.

A great achievement by the talented youngster. Well done, Luke, plenty more to come!

Bredon won the match with a solid batting performance by William Wilson, who steered them over the line, comfortably ending up on 42 not out.

Results for all Bredon teams are here.

Mark Notley

Sign up for our charity golf day

Bredon Cricket Club charity golf day is at Naunton Downs Golf Club, near Cheltenham, on Friday, July 26.

Entry is £30 a head for teams of three.

The price includes a coffee and bacon roll on arrival, 18 holes of golf, and food and prizes back at the cricket club.

This year we are raising funds for the James Hopkins Trust, a very worthy charity, so please do your best to support the event by playing or sponsoring one of the holes at £100.

Please confirm by Saturday, June 1, to Neil Hall, chairman.

Reigning champs defend their tower run titles

Laura Spence, left, and Simon Booth, pictured with tower run sponsor, Ellen Roome, of financial advisers Finance Roome,
Laura Spence, left, and Simon Booth, pictured with tower run sponsor Ellen Roome, of financial advisers Finance Roome

Familiar faces again wrote their names in the Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run winners’ roll of honour.

Laura Spence was for the third year in a row the first female member of Bredon Cricket Club across the finishing line today, while Simon ‘Harvey’ Booth claimed the same record for the men.

The overall winner was Jason Tilley, of Gloucester Athletics Club, who completed the run in a blistering 43min 50sec.

First woman across the line was Petra Vymetalova with a time of 47min 44sec.

A field of 104 set off in ideal conditions for the challenging 10k run that took in the 299m summit of Bredon Hill.

It was overcast, with temperatures of about 16C-17C, a gentle breeze and one or two light rain showers.

Cricket club chairman Neil Hall said the 2019 event has been a great success, and thanked the organisers and everyone who had taken part.

Proceeds from the run are shared between the cricket club and the Midlands Air Ambulance.

114 pictures from Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run 2019

Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run 2020 will be on Sunday, May 24. Make a note in your diary!

Please note all times are as noted by our finish-line marshal. The tower run does not have a digital timing system.

ForenameSurnameRace Number        Time
JasonTilley10243.5
SteveKenyon6043.51
NickHooper5045.15
JonathanFloyd3945.41
VladVenglar10646.13
AdamTwine10547.26
PetraVymetalova11747.44
SarahArmstrong547.46
AlanWilcox11148.08
IanDavis3248.29
DanielMerifield7548.35
MichaelEvans3648.42
ChrisAinsworth248.57
ThomStephens9949.22
StuartBird1050.08
LaurenCooper2650.31
MatthewCharles-Sweeting2050.54
LeeBohin1151.18
JamesSeabrook9051.37
PeterJeffery5551.44
StephenAlexander351.52
HarrietFielder3852.1
ChrisHands11952.25
AlanStanley9752.53
SimonBooth1253.24
MarkCrisp3053.37
ThomasMorrissey7754.07
KevinLewis6354.23
AlexTranter10354.51
CharlieClayton2355.13
RichardBradley1455.21
SimonEdmunds3455.23
GregAdams155.24
JuliaJackson5455.33
Sam Green12055.34
ScottWithey11455.37
LisaDallisson3155.39
LucindaJones5855.4
NicolaSeed9155.41
AndyWelsby10955.42
MarkNotley7855.57
TomAnnetts456.46
CherylJohnson5757.38
LauraSpence9557.46
SeanGisbourne4357.5
CarolCowley2758.16
EmilyHowes11858.26
PhilipMatthews7058.29
LesleyKirk6158.36
LeeKnight6258.47
HayesJenkins5659.04
StevePeake8359.14
KathrynGriffiths4559.18
CraigProsser8459.57
NicolaMann6959.58
SteveLongley6659.59
SarahBratton1560.2
NicolaWiggins11060.58
PhilippaGamble4161
JonTrevillion10461.31
JudeRodrigues8661.53
BethWarren10862.03
PeterLymer6862.32
ClareStead9862.59
AlfieOwen7963.04
DavidWoodcock11663.04
TiffiniHarvey4763.18
MattFoden4064.18
SueGrimsby4664.47
JimClayton2465.32
CaroleTaylor10065.33
KatrinaAshley665.58
SarahCresswell2866.05
CalvinThompson10166.19
StephenHinton4966.24
StephenBradley1367.28
NicolaBiggins868.06
SarahClarke2268.06
RosemarySmith9368.25
ShaunKelly5968.42
KyleRoss8770.06
ClareStait9670.19
AndreaLongley6570.3
ChristaHopkins5170.36
DavidEton-Drinkwater3572.1
TedMiles7673.51
JoanRaxter8576.07
TinaHughes5377.49
SarahWinney11377.49
RebeccaAtkinson778.49
AliceClark2178.49
NatashaOwen8080.21
IsobelMcdowell7280.46
KevinMcdowell7380.46
LisaGarforth4281.09
VickyHeath4882.36
MariaRyland8882.36
JohnnyMcGrath7483.2
JohnWilson11283.2
CazDesbaux3383.43
GinaBrennan1784.27
AndreaPayne8284.27
ElaineShelley9293.07
CarolLocke6493.08

Dates for your diary: May-June 2019

Barbecues, live music, tower run, comedy night and Bredon Hill Bash games: it's a busy two months ahead at Bredon Cricket Club
Barbecues, live music, tower run, comedy night and Bredon Hill Bash games: it’s a busy two months ahead at Bredon Cricket Club

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’s first big bash game delayed, but fun day goes ahead as planned

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.

Simon Booth,left, is, for the second year running, first member of Bredon Cricket Club to finish. Delayed
Bredon will play a big bash game in the afternoon following the tower run on Sunday, May 26

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.

Fixtures for all Bredon’s teams

Fixtures for 2019 online now

Fixtures for 2019 are online now
First XI fixtures for the 2019 season are online now

Bredon’s First XI begin the 2019 season with a tough home fixture against Hagley on Saturday, April 20.

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.

The Firsts’ season closes on Saturday, September 15, away to Coombs Wood.

The Second XI open their campaign away to Martley on Saturday, April 20. Martley have moved up from Division Four, where they finished second last season.

The Seconds’ last game of 2019 is a local derby in which they will host Birlingham on Saturday, September 14.

The Third XI again have the privilege this season of using the beautiful Birlingham Cricket Club as their home pitch.

They host Five Ways Old Edwardians there on Saturday, May 11, for their first fixture of 2019.

Their last match is away to Evesham on July 13.

Captains this season are Martin Hill (Firsts), Liam Harris (Seconds), Mark Notley (Thirds) and Jordan Huggins (Sunday side)

Click here or on the link in the left-hand menu bar for fixtures in full.

Would you like to play cricket at Bredon? There is a team for all standard of players. Get in touch using the form below:

Six reasons to enter Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run

June: Heading for the top: Runners tackling the Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run 2017
Heading for the top: Runners tackling the Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run 2017

Here are six reasons to enter the Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run 2019.

1 It’s a challenge

The 10km route is not for the faint-hearted. It entails reaching the 291m summit of Bredon Hill. But from there it’s downhill all the way to the finish line! Here’s a video of what you can expect to see.

2 Everyone is so friendly

The run is fast gaining a reputation for being friendly and welcoming. Runners encourage each other along the route, and our helpful team of marshals are always on hand to make sure everyone is ok.

The views on Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run are magnificent. Picture: Martin Humby

3 The views are magnificent

Bredon Hill boasts stunning views over the Vale of Evesham, and across to the Malvern Hills and the Cotswolds. Running amidst such beauty is a truly uplifting experience.

4 You will be helping a good cause

Proceeds from the run help maintain cricket, one of England’s best loved sports, in Bredon. We are a family club and our players range from five-year-olds to pensioners. Takings from the run are also shared with the Midlands Air Ambulance.

5 It will do you good

Running makes you happier, according to research. It also helps you lose or maintain weight, strengthens joints and bones, keeps you mentally sharp and can add years to your life. What better reasons do you need?

6 You’ll save money

At just £15 to enter, the run is great value for money. Many other 10k runs charge runners around £25. And they don’t have our views!

  • Bredon Cricket Club Tower Run is on Sunday, May 25, 2019.

Enter now!

Bredon Cricket Club committee minutes, February 2019

Bredon Cricket Club committee (February 2019 meeting) ponders the challenges of the new season at its winter quarters in the Crown Inn, Kemerton
Bredon Cricket Club committee ponders the challenges of the new season at its winter quarters in the Crown Inn, Kemerton

Main points of the February 2019 meeting of Bredon Cricket Club’s committee (held at the Crown Inn, Kemerton), were: Bredon Hill Bash revamp, social calendar, search for coaches and finance latest.

Click here to read the minutes in full. Use the form below if there is anything you would like the committee to discuss: