Here are the team pictures for Bredon Cricket Club’s 2018 season:
Bredon Cricket Club team pictures 2018
Family fun day is sizzling success
The sun shone and the barbie sizzled while visitors to Bredon Cricket Club lapped up a fabulous family fun day at the weekend.
A large number turned out to the new-format season curtain-raiser, which replaced the traditional cheese-and-wine evening for the first time this year.
Members and guests were treated to live music from the Kings of the Hill while they enjoyed the spring sunshine and glorious setting of our ground at Hill Close.
The barbecue and ice creams sold out, and there were some concerned faces at the bar as the drinks were downed at a ferocious rate, threatening to leave the cellar empty!
Children enjoyed a bouncy castle and playing on the club’s tenderly cared-for outfield.
Club chairman Neil Hall said he was delighted by the turnout.
“We thought we’d try something different this year, and it has been amazing.
“Along with the tower run (May 27) and Bredon Hill Bash (weekends in August) it is going to become one of our key regular events of the year.”
- More fun day pictures on our Facebook page.
- Here’s how to join Bredon Cricket club as a player, social member, or junior player.
Junior coaching tonight is cancelled
Sorry, everyone, rain has forced us to cancel tonight’s junior cricket coaching (Friday, April 27).
The clubhouse bar will, though, be open from 6pm, and we will be accepting registrations until 7.30pm.
Come along with friends and enjoy a drink with us!
You can also register and pay for membership online.
More details here: http://www.bredoncricketclub.com/online-registration
Pay and register for club membership online
Online registrations for Bredon Cricket Club’s 2018 season are now open.
Your personal details and payments are handled by the secure third-party events and memberships specialist EntryCentral.
Registration can also be done using the paper forms available in the clubhouse.
We are holding a special registration evening for junior players tomorrow (Friday, April 20) from 6pm. Find out more about junior cricket at Bredon here.
Our coaches will be available to answer any questions from youngsters and their parents.
Please come along and find out what we can offer you and your family in the way of sport and social activities.
Register here for Senior Player Memberships (£40)
Register here for Junior Player Memberships (£20)
Register here for Social Memberships (£10)
Welcome to a new cricket season at Bredon
I hope you have wintered well and that we can now welcome a hot summer of cricket at Bredon… forever the optimist!
Due to the extremely wet conditions over the last few weeks, our first friendly game against local rivals Tewkesbury has fallen foul of the weather, but hopefully our brilliant groundsman, Adam Gallagher, can work his magic and the ground will be ready for our first league game on Saturday, April 21, when the first team entertain Bartestree and Lugwardine, starting at 1pm.
Just to add to our woes, the recent cold snap in early March resulted in burst pipes in the clubhouse with significant damage to the toilets and dressing room areas.
The repairs are now well under way under the guidance of Mark ‘Wally’ Washbourne, but we have taken the decision to delay our annual cheese and wine season curtain-raiser until Sunday, May 6, at 2pm, when, hopefully, all our repairs will be complete.
The club are fortunate enough to have in the region of 300 members and we are looking to make membership payments as easy as possible for everyone. We will post details soon of how you can make online payments for the 2018 season.
However, if you would rather pay in person, our junior registration will be on Friday, April 20, from 6pm onwards and senior and social membership can be paid over the bar during club opening times (Thursday 6pm-9pm, Friday 6pm-9pm, Saturday 4pm-10pm, Sunday 3pm-9pm) commencing Thursday, April 19.
Click here for more information about junior cricket at Bredon.
Fixture cards are now available from the club, and you will see the vast array of fixtures scheduled for the season (weather permitting). Alongside this we will be running a number of social events for all club members and guests (see this website or our Facebook page for further details).
So, once again, fingers crossed for a great season of sun, cricket and fun at our beautiful Hill Close ground.
Neil Hall
Chairman
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Call for volunteers for junior cricket coaching
Junior cricket training at Bredon will begin shortly and the club is finalising coaching arrangements for the 2018 season.
The club is run by volunteers and welcomes offers of help from any of our members.
This season we particularly need help with our under 11 age group (children in school years 5 and 6).
This is the largest group of children we have at the club and we would welcome any help, particularly with coaching sessions on a Friday night or matches on a Sunday morning.
Without parental help it will prove increasingly difficulty for the club to provide cricketing opportunities for children in this age group.
If you think that you may be able to help in any capacity then please do not hesitate to contact me using the form below.
Sean Styles
Welfare officer
Bredon’s CricketForce day 2018
Bredon Cricket Club shook off the mantle of winter and spruced itself up ready for the new season today.
Volunteers turned out at Hill Close to help with the annual tidy-up.
This year it was a little more challenging than usual because of the damage a burst water pipe caused to the clubhouse during particularly cold weather at the beginning of March.
Nevertheless, a small but eager force set to their task with enthusiasm, fuelled by bacon butties, tea and coffee.
Guttering, fascias and soffits were cleaned; the scorebox painted, hedges trimmed and benches stained, among other jobs.
Martyn Draper, who organised the work at Bredon, said: “I would like to thank everybody who came to CricketForce and helped out.”
NatWest CricketForce is a nationwide initiative backed by the ECB. It is designed to bring clubs and local communities closer together, and ensure grounds and facilities are ready for the new season.
The club is now set for its first big event of the year, the family fun day on Sunday, April 15, which heralds the start of a new season.
Register for All Stars Cricket at Bredon
Registration is open for All Stars Cricket 2018 at Bredon!
All Stars Cricket is a new initiative from the England and Wales Cricket Board aimed at providing children (boys and girls) aged five to eight with a great first experience in cricket.
Register here for All Stars Cricket at Bredon
Programme details
- Delivered nationwide at more than 2,000 centres
- Eight one-hour sessions, held over eight weeks
- Emphasis on fun and being active
- Focus on developing your child’s movement skills
- Great first introduction to cricket
- Safe and fully accredited
- Valuable time with your kids – mums and dads are encouraged to take part too
- Easy online registration
Every child who registers will receive a backpack full of goodies, including a cricket bat, ball, activity book, and personalised shirt and cap. They are all sent straight to your door.
If you are returning in 2018, scroll down to see the new kit for this year.
Sessions start from May in 2018, so register early to ensure that you book your place for a summer of big moments.
By registering, your child will be guaranteed eight weeks of jam-packed fun, activity and skills development.
The programme is suitable for all children new to cricket and sport as the sessions are designed to teach the basic skills of the game.
Every child will earn stars as the weeks progress that match the skills learned during the programme:
- Batting – hitting a moving ball
- Throwing – underarm and overarm
- Catching – small and large balls
- Bowling – overarm
- Running – lots of movement
- Teamwork – fun games with friends
- Communication – the basics of cricket
- Spirit of Cricket – how to respect others
Every who returns to All Stars Cricket from 2017 will receive the new kit to progress their development as an All Star. It includes:
- New backpack
- Cricket bat
- Cricket ball
- New star design personalised shirt
- Stumps
- Activity book
Help Bredon get ready for the new season at CricketForce Day 2018
Bredon Cricket Club needs your help!
Volunteers are needed at the start of every season to get our clubhouse and pitch at Hill Close ready for the new season.
People from the local community as well as club members are invited to join the clean-up, which is called CricketForce Day 2018.
It is a national initiative backed by NatWest bank and the England and Wales Cricket Board.
You can see our Facebook photo album of last year’s event here.
This year CricketForce Day will be on Saturday, March 24, at Hill Close.
The hard work begins at 9am, and should finish by noon. There will be tea, coffee and bacon rolls to help get you going!
Martyn Draper is once again organising the work, and will be delighted to welcome you to the club.
No expertise is needed; just a willingness to get stuck in!
New look to cricket season curtain-raiser
There’s a new look to Bredon Cricket Club’s season curtain-raiser this year.
Our traditional cheese-and-wine evening is being replaced by an afternoon gathering for all the family that we’re calling the First of the Summer Wine.
There will be food, including a barbecue; activities for youngsters, the club raffle and live music from Joel Darkes (of Lunafall). Our licensed bar will be open throughout.
It is being held on Sunday, May 6, and the fun gets under way at 2pm.
There is an open invitation for people unfamiliar with the club to come along and find out what cricket at Bredon is all about.
Most of our junior team coaches will be at the curtain-raiser too, so parents can ask them about how we introduce youngsters to the game and develop their skills. See also our junior cricket FAQ.
Our chairman, Neil Hall, will be talking to visitors about the season ahead, and the ambitious plans we have to raise playing standards and make the club a hub for all ages in the community.
- Memberships fees at Bredon Cricket Club 2018
- Pictures from our 2017 curtain-raiser
- Fixtures for 2018 released
Use the form below to submit a question about the event: