We hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Bonfire Night!
We’ve got a busy few weeks ahead, so keep reading for all the details on Rembrance Day; Quiz Night with pop-up pizza, our Sunday menu, live music and more.
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE
A Service of Remembrance when various community groups will lay wreaths on the war memorial. Everyone is welcome to this short service.
- Date: Tuesday, November 11th
- Time & Location: 10.45am outside Greenmount URC Church
- Follow-up: Laying of a wreath on the Greenmount CC memorial will take place around 1.25am.
Glenn Hodson will lay a wreath on behalf of his late father Fred Hodson, who served in the Second World War and knew all the young men named on the cricket club memorial.
Many years ago there were so many Hodson family members playing cricket at The Mount that they had enough for a family match against the large Brooks family of Summerseat!
You can learn more about the seven young friends and Greenmount CC players who lost their lives in service during the Second World War by reading the interesting article on the club website HERE.
FRIDAY NIGHT FUN: QUIZ & PIZZA POP-UP
- Date: Friday, November 14th
- Time: 7.30pm
- Event: It’s Quiz Night with Ian Senior
- Entry: £5 per player (max SIX players in a team)
Book your places at the bar now – we are reserving spaces on the list!
Audrey’s Kitchen will not be open on the night but the legends from Fratelli Della Pizza are taking over for a pop-up guest appearance from 5.30pm to 8.30pm serving their delicious pizzas throughout the evening.
Note: Pizzas are not included in the ticket price for the quiz!
AUDREY’S KITCHEN: BACK OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Audrey’s Kitchen is back open on Saturday, 15th November from 12 noon to 7pm with all your regular menu favourites.
We’re also taking bookings for our set Sunday menu from 12 noon onwards – proper hearty stuff.
- Beef brisket
- Honey roast gammon
- Homemade pies
All served with trimmings of course! We’ll have 60s and 70s music playing too to keep things cosy in the Cabin.
If you like the sound of that it’s just £14 for one course; £18 for two and £22 for three.
LIVE MUSIC: THE MIDDLETONES
- Date: Friday 21st November
- Event: The Middletones Live at the Log Cabin
- Tickets: £15
Last few tickets available – when they are gone you’ve missed out on something really special. Oasis; Courteeners; Stone Roses; James… Come on you know you want to.
OTHER CLUB EVENTS: Posters in the club show you what we have coming up. Look out for more news via our socials.
Tickets available at the bar or via email at gcc.marketing@greenmountcricketclub.com
GIRLS CRICKET SECTION – OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!
We’ve started our campaign to assemble out first Greenmount Cricket Club girls squad. So far, we have five sign-ups but we need many more.
With more than 700 of you reading this letter every week we can do much better!
We are looking for girls aged 7 to 11 years although if we get a couple of 12s and 13s that’s absolutely fine!
- Free to join and all coaching sessions are free of charge
- Indoor training and coaching with the emphasis on having fun while learning the basics
- Free club t-shirt
- Mini-tournaments with other clubs
- Guest appearances from Lancashire Thunder players!
Initial session details: We have four sessions booked at Woodhey High School on Sunday mornings from 9am to 10am, running from November 23rd to December 14th (inclusive).
Cameron Mapstone is leading this new squad. Please get in touch with him on 07359 0233167.
WELCOME CLAIRE!
We are delighted to announce the appointment of CLAIRE NORRIS as our full-time bar manager starting this week.
Claire has extensive experience in the local hospitality sector and lately has been the General Manager at Casked Alehouse and Ginporium in Ramsbottom. We hope you give Claire a very warm welcome to Greenmount CC.
Vicky Hall continues in the roll of assistant manager and we would like to place on record our thanks to her for a fantastic job in keeping the place in order during this transitional period.
SPORT ON TV
It’s another of those really annoying international breaks for football; however, there’s some brilliant international rugby on at the weekend.
- Saturday: England v New Zealand (3pm); Wales v Japan (5.30pm); Ireland v Australia (8pm)
- Sunday: Scotland v Argentina (3pm)
We hope to see as many of you as possible during the week – don’t forget the Quiz and Pizza night on Friday, your last chance before Christmas!