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Greenmount CC are delighted to announce that this year’s All Stars programme will be opening soon for registration – and for the first time ever we will be running a girls’ section with the intention of creating a girls’ cricket team at Greenmount in the not too distant future.

All Stars will be held at 6pm on Mondays commencing on April 28th.

The dates are:

Monday, April 28th

Wednesday, May 7th (avoiding Bank Holiday)

Monday, May 12th

Monday, May 19th

Half term

Monday, June 2nd

Monday, June 9th

Monday, June 16th

Monday June 23rd

Registration is by invitation only to avoid over subscription and to allow members to sign up first.

Please email Leigh Dickinson on gccupdates@gmail.com for further information.

First Team – Sunday 20th April – Colne away – Won by 42 runs – 12 points

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Jacques Snyman returned to the club with a customary explosive display – 18 fours and seven sixes – in a blistering 147 before adding 4 for 57 with the ball.

Andy Kerr struck a well constructed 73 in a second wicket partnership of 177.

The Mount suffered a little mid-order stutter before some excellent application from new boys Cameron Mapstone (18) and Ishy Patel (28) and an unbeaten 24 from Callum Hunter, ensured a strong total of 340 was achieved.

The highlight of the second innings was an exceptional performance from Geeth Kumara, the Sri Lanka professional for Colne, who blazed 162 with eight towering sixes before being last man to fall with just three balls left thanks to a smart stumping from young keeper Jacob Norris off the bowling of Tom Heaton.

Callum Hunter bagged 2 for 73 with Amal Dalugoda 1 for 17 and Tom Heaton 1 for 18 backing up Jacques’ four wickets.

Second team – Lowerhouse at home – Lost by 7 runs – 7 points

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Ed Dickinson continued a rich vein of form from pre-season with a fine 72 but Oli Dixon’s team fell agonisingly short in an encouraging team performance.

Batting first, Lowerhouse compiled 224 although at 150 for 1 truthfully may have expected more.

The young Greenmount attack stuck to their task and returned good bowling figures, George Kenyon at age 14 lead the attack with 2 for 48, spin twins Ed Dickinson 2 for 46 and Max Birtwistle 2 for 29 supported captain Oli Dixon 3 for 37 to ensure the opponents were in sight at the break.

It was great to see Sam Greenhalgh (23)  back in action at club alongside veteran opener Nigel Franklin (15). A steady start set a platform for the last 20 overs but the young chasing team lost wickets steadily until Dickinson and Matty Donnelly wrested the initiative with a quickfire partnership of 67 before Donnelly was bowled for 30 from just 26 balls.

Despite a valiant effort Ed Dickinson was also bowled for 72 with seven fours and two sixes to cap a fine individual performance.

Sadly it wasn’t quite enough to get over the line but seven points in defeat is a good return and there’s promise of better fortunes ahead for the second team this summer.

This Sunday we see the first team entertain Bacup at home with the seconds away in the corresponding fixture. Third team season starts on Saturday away to Littleborough. All games begin at 12.30pm.

Cricket fixtures for next weekend are as follows: Saturday, April 26th: Third team away to Littleborough; Sunday, April 27th: First team at home to Bacup and second team away to Bacup. All games start at 12.30pm.

Food from The Boundary will be served:

Wednesday & Thursday: 4.30pm to 7.30pm

Friday: 10am to 8pm

Saturday: 9.30am to 8pm

Sunday 9.30pm to 7pm

Please follow The Boundary – Greenmount on Facebook

This week’s bar opening hours:

Tuesday, April 22nd: 3pm to 11pm

Wednesday, April 23rd: 3pm to 11pm

Thursday, April 24th: 3pm to 11pm

Friday, April 25th: 1pm to 10.30pm

Saturday, April 26th: 12 noon to 11pm

Sunday, April 27th: 12 noon to 10.30pm

Sport on TV this week

Tuesday, April 22nd: 8pm Man City v Aston Villa

Wednesday, April 23rd: 8pm Arsenal v Crystal Palace

Thursday, April 24th: Premier League Darts

Friday, April 25th: 8pm Stoke City v Sheff Utd

Saturday, April 26th: 12.30pm Chelsea v Everton; FA Cup semi-final: 5.15pm Crystal Palace v Aston Villa

Sunday, April 27th: 2pm Bournemouth v Man Utd; 4.30pm Liverpool v Spurs

Cask ales this week

The coming week’s cask ales will be a selection of beers from: Bowland: Bumble, Hen Harrier & Hoppy Hedghog; Cumbrian Ales: Loweswater Gold & Esthwaite Bitter and Moorhouses: White Witch & Blonde Witch.

The Sri Lankan tour that Greenmount’s Amal Dalugoda and John Stevens recently embarked on finished on a high note as the XPro Academy team they were coaching won their final three matches against a selection of local academy teams, making it five wins out of six.

The group of under-13 boys – which included Greenmount’s Rion Dalugoda – also won a T20 competition at the prestigious Moors CC in Columbo, the first trophy win by an XPro team in Sri Lanka!

There was also a guest appearance from ex-Sri Lanka test star Roy Dias.

Thanks to everyone at DALU tours for making an unforgettable experience for the boys and supporters.

The cricket season begins next weekend on Easter Sunday. The first team kick-off their campaign with an away trip to Colne while the second team are at home to Lowerhouse. Both games start at 12.30pm

Food at The Boundary will be served:

Wednesday & Thursday: 4pm to 8pm

Friday: 9.30am to 8pm

Saturday: 9.30pm to 6.30pm

Sunday: 9.30am to 8pm

This week’s bar opening hours from Monday 14th April are:

Monday, 14th April: 3pm to 10pm

Tuesday, 15th April: 3pm to 11pm

Wednesday, 16th April: 3pm to 11pm

Thursday, 17th April: 3pm to 11pm

Good Friday, 18th April: 1pm to 10.30pm

Saturday, 19th April: 12 noon to 11pm

Easter Sunday, 20th April: 12 noon to 10.30pm

Sport on TV this week

Monday: 8pm Bournemouth v Fulham

Tuesday: 8pm Aston Villa v PSG

Wednesday: 7.30pm: Newcastle v Crystal Palace; 8pm: Real Madrid v Arsenal

Thursday: Premier League Darts; 8pm Man Utd v Lyon

Friday: 5.30pm: Sheff Utd v Cardiff; 8pm: Oxford Utd v Leeds

Saturday: 5.30pm: Aston Villa v Newcastle

Sunday: 2pm Ipswich v Arsenal; 4.30pm: Leicester v Liverpool

This week’s cask ales

The coming week’s cask ales will be a selection of beers from: Bowland Brewery: Boxer Blonde & Bumble; Cumbrian Ales: Loweswater Gold and Esthwaite Bitter; Osset: White Rat and Moorhouses: White Witch & Blonde Witch.

Greetings from Galle to everyone at Greenmount Cricket Club.

John Stevens and Amal Dalugoda are halfway through their tour of Sri Lanka.

So far the X Pro academy team has won two and lost one against tough opponents.

Yesterday’s highlight was a two hour net session and tour of the test match arena in Galle, an amazing experience for all.

The Mount pair will be back in Greenmount on Good Friday in time for the start of the 2025 season.

It is with a huge amount of gratitude to the work carried out by Andy Skinner and his team that I can report that our ground is looking rather splendid with the cricket season almost upon us writes Junior lead and welfare officer Leigh Dickinson.

Junior training is set to start Friday 25th April for our U9s, 11s and 13s.

This summer we embark on a very new adventure at the club with the start of a girls section, with a girls All Stars (ages 5-8) and a girls Dynamos (ages 8-11).

We do need more volunteer helpers especially with the Dynamos. We have received fantastic support from the Lancashire Cricket Foundation who have managed to secure funding so that the Dynamos at Greenmount will be free for the first 24 girls who sign up.

Please email myself, Leigh Dickinson, on gccupdates@gmail.com for further information.

This summer…
All Stars will be held on Mondays starting April 28th
Dynamos will be held on Wednesdays starting May 14th
Junior training will be on Fridays – please watch out for changes to some dates as we will switch to Thursdays to avoid clashes with the T20 matches.

We will always try to provide “game time” for children, however this may be restricted due to squad rotation and also child safety. Cricket balls are very hard and we need to make sure our future superstars are able to play safely.

Again another thank you goes out to the volunteers who have said they will give up their time to organise teams and to provide coaching.

The lead contacts are…
U9s Andy Kerr ably assisted by Oliver Dixon
U11s development team Andy Kerr
U11s Wayne Stewart
U13s James Sharples

New juniors will receive a complimentary T20 top and I will be armed with a box of pens and membership forms on the 25th!

Back in 2023 Greenmount amassed a record 443 for 8 against Accrington.

Only four players reached double figures: Tom Heaton (80), Dan Stevens (31), Sammy Greenhalgh (15 not out) and Jacques was the fourth with a mind-blowing performance of 269 not out.

He struck 15 sixes and shared another League record partnership of 133 unbeaten for the ninth wicket with Sammy.

Jacques then bagged four wickets!

A genuinely Herculean effort and an obvious Champagne moment.

Jacques Snyman returns to Greenmount for a third season just in time for our first match away to Colne on 20th April.

Congratulations are in order to our good friend Jacques’ brother Bernard who will wed girlfriend Lane on the 16th April.

Jacques will fly out after the wedding. Meanwhile, here are some stats for those who like that sort of thing.

Jacques has scored 2,731 runs for Greenmount at an average of 68 including eight hundreds and 18 fifties.

He’s taken 113 wickets too at an average 15 with three five wicket hauls.

There’s a small matter of 37 catches and five run outs as well.

He’s all-action and he’s set to return in just three weeks.

Get down to the Mount and join the fun!

Our new caterers will be opening this weekend. On Friday 4pm to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday – 12 noon to 8pm

We are very excited to share that it’s the same team as behind the very successful @ ‘The Lamppost – Burrs Country Park’, (Nicola & Mark) and will led by Chef Ben, and a newly dedicated Greenmount team.

The Lamppost is known for brilliant breakfasts, and great lunch options; plus cakes, tray-bakes and amazing coffee, all which will be coming to Greenmount Cricket Club (plus they will be offering newly created and varied evening food options!) and in keeping with our unique location, our new food caters will be known as @‘The Boundary – Greenmount’
Please follow The Boundary – Greenmount for opening hours and menus.