Congratulations to Greenmount CC first eleven who clinched promotion to Division One of the Lancashire League with a resounding 296 run win over Rishton.
Professional Jacques Snyman hit 135 off 71 balls ably supported by skipper Travis Townsend (94), Andy Kerr (76) and Max Birtwistle (30).
Rishton were blown away for 99 with Cal Hunter taking 6 for 43.
This success caps a great weekend for the club with the third team crowned champions in their division and the second team also winning and lying in second place.
The Greenmount CC first eleven enjoy a well-earned refreshment after securing promotion on Sunday
The summer just gets better and better at Greenmount CC with the news that the club’s ladies rounders team have won promotion to the Bury Ladies Rounders League Division Two.
If that wasn’t enough, they added the prestigious Orr Shield to their list of achievements with a 252-140 victory over rivals GnJ Ladies.
The A team – captained by Heather Crawford – have made steady progress in recent years and have, starting in Division Six, won promotion every season since 2022.
Greenmount Ladies A – promoted to Division Two and Orr Shield winners
Congratulations to Greenmount CC third team who rounded off another great summer by clinching the Second Division championship at Nelson on Saturday.
The team – captained by Mark Crowther – has featured a mainly junior group ably supported by the experience of senior players Wesley Young and Matthew Gilmore.
It’s been a family affair too with the three Clarke brothers Adam, Tom and Ben all featuring alongside Noah and Max Birtwistle.
Father and son duos Liam and Jake Riley and Mark and Dexter Crowther have also enjoyed playing in the same team.
The match at Nelson followed a familiar pattern of the previous nine wins with a strong bowling performance backed by solid batting.
Wesley Young and Max Birtwistle scored half centuries and 15-year-old Ed Cunnington grabbed a hat-trick to crown a superb day.
Congratulations to everyone who has played and helped the group to the title.
Greenmount CC third eleven… JW Lees Lancashire League Third XI Division Two champions
It’s all set to be a busy Bank Holiday weekend at the Log Cabin.
On Saturday (23rd), our third team travel to Nelson for their final league match of the campaign having secured promotion last weekend.
They will be looking for a win to seal the championship title and cap another successful season and would welcome any away support to top the season off.
Meanwhile, at home we are playing hosts to Edgworth second eleven while they have refurbishment work completed on their ground. If you fancy a change and can’t make it up the M65 to see the thirds, Edgworth are playing Daisy Hill first team in the Greater Manchester League. 12.30pm start.
The main event of the weekend is on Sunday (24th) when the first team meet Rishton at home.
Greenmount are 24 points clear at the top of the table with four matches to play and will secure promotion with a win.
This will be the last chance to see professional Jacques Snyman at the Mount before he departs home to South Africa before returning in 2026.
Meanwhile, our second string continue their promotion drive with a trip to Rishton in the reverse fixture.
On Bank Holiday Monday we have ladies cricket at the club with a Cheshire Women’s Cricket League Division One fixture between Leigh CC and Lindow CC. Play starts at 1.30pm.
The club are looking to start our own womens’ and girls’ section for the 2026 season so it would be great to see plenty of support for this fixture.
With that in mind, any girls/women who wish to be involved in a new Greenmount CC womens team starting next summer should contact club chairman Andy Skinner at skinner_a@sky.com with their details and a contact number.
AUDREY’S KITCHEN
Opening hours this weekend: Friday: 4pm to 7pm (reduced menu due to function); Saturday: 9am to 7pm; Sunday: 9am to 6pm
Thanks to everyone who has supported Audrey’s so far, as promised there’s further additions to what’s on offer following members’ feedback. Please see this week’s enticing menus below.
A full English breakfast will be available from 9am this Saturday! The humble chip is making it’s first appearance too, available as a side, a portion on their own or even topped with homemade chilli and cheese.
Other additions include homemade cheese and onion pie and Nachos with homemade beef chilli, salsa, sour cream and homemade guacamole, perfect for snacking when watching the cricket or the weekend’s football.
FOOTBALL ON TV
Friday: 8pm: West Ham v Chelsea
Saturday: 12.30pm: Man City v Spurs; 5.30pm: Arsenal v Leeds
Sunday: 2pm: Everton v Brighton; 4.30pm: Fulham v Man Utd
Bank Holiday Monday: Newcastle v Liverpool
BANK HOLIDAY OPENING
Please note the bar will be open from 3pm to 10pm on Monday, August 25th We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible over the weekend – forecast is dry with sunny intervals so lots of reasons to come down and enjoy the cricket!
A superb unbeaten innings of 101 in 100 balls from Cameron Mapstone helped blast the first team to the verge of promotion after a 136-run triumph at Great Harwood.
Cameron Mapstone… Superb unbeaten ton
Greenmount captain Travis Townsend won the toss and decided to bat but at 110 for 5 – and with the general consensus that a score of around 250 would be needed for victory – it looked decidedly dodgy for the villagers with both professional Jacques Snyman (57) and Townsend (31) back in the shed.
That was the cue for Mapstone to enter the fray. He added 94 for the sixth wicket with Noah Birtwistle (29) and an unbroken 74 for the seventh wicket with Ishy Patel (33 not out).
A final total of 278 for 6 proved insurmountable for the home side who slid to 144 all out, mainly due to 5 for 30 from Jacques Snyman and 3 for 32 from Amal Dalugoda. Noah Birtwistle took the other two wickets.
During the Greenmount innings skipper Townsend passed 3,000 runs in the Lancashire League while Snyman passed 1,000 runs for the season.
Oli Dixon’s second eleven kept their promotion hopes alive with a good four-wicket defeat of Middleton at the Log Cabin.
Matt Donnelly… 89 not out
The visitors were invited to bat in the Greenmount sun and put on 199 all out from 44.4 overs.
Wicket-taker in chief was Max Birtwistle who finished with terrific figures of 6 for 43 from 12 overs with Ryan Edge taking three and Dixon taking one.
The Mount reply was dominated by a superb innings from Matt Donnelly who hit an unbeaten 89.
Donnelly hit 12 fours and three sixes in a swashbuckling display and his seventh wicket partnership of 143 with the ubiquitous Dixon saw the villagers home inside 37 overs.
It was a bitter-sweet Saturday afternoon for the third team who – despite losing to Great Harwood by four wickets – ensured they were promoted.
With only one game remaining no other team can dislodge them from the top two positions in the Third XI Division Two table after a great summer.
Noah Birtwistle… 104 not out
Skipper Liam Riley won the toss and elected to bat and he saw Noah Birtwistle hit a fantastic unbeaten 104 that included ten fours and two sixes.
Birtwistle put on 94 for the first wicket with Harry Nuttall who scored a fine 54.
However, the Mount total of 214 for 5 from their 40 overs proved insufficient as Great Harwood skipper Nazakat Hussain’s 96 proved the mainstay of the visitors reply.
The visitors reached their target for the loss of six wickets in the 38th over to inflict a rare defeat.
Leading the wicket-taking for Greenmount was Ben Clarke with 3 for 31 while there was a wicket apiece for brother Adam Clarke, Noah Birtwistle and Jake Riley.
Following last week’s highly successful launch, Charlotte, Michael and the Audrey’s Kitchen team move up a gear today and all weekend with a new menu and fabulous BBQ options.
As well as the famous Pieminister pies, sausage rolls, sandwiches, salads, graze boxes, cakes, tea and coffee there are new additions on the menu: cheese pie, gluten free options, kids’ pasta, a giant hotdog for £2.50, ploughmans and salads. While for those with a sweet tooth there is home-made apple and pear crumble.
There is also an introductory breakfast menu with full breakfasts to come next week.
The weather’s looking gorgeous, so come and enjoy good food, cold drinks, and a relaxed weekend in the sunshine. Open from 4pm today (Friday).
Cricket is on Saturday from 12.30pm when the title-chasing third team take on Great Harwood thirds and Sunday from 12.30pm when it’s the turn of the promotion-chasing second team who face their Great Harwood counterparts.
Click on the Audrey’s Kitchen logo on the right for a link to their Facebook page.
Take a look at the tempting options below… See you at the Log Cabin!
The second eleven, meanwhile, made the trip to East Lancashire and continued their rich vein of form with a one-wicket triumph.
Ryan Senior
Leading the way with the ball was Rion Dalugoda with three wickets; Ryan Senior and Ben Clarke had two apiece with one each for father and son duo Jake and Liam Riley.
It was a close call in the Mount response despite a good 46 from Ryan Senior.
A five-wicket collapse for only 17 runs took the villagers from 149 for 5 to 166 for 9 before skipper Dixon (10 not out) and Jack Hallows (2 not out) saw their side home in the 42nd over.
Another fine victory for the third team leaves them sitting pretty at the top of their division, perilously close to promotion.
Mark Crowther
On Sunday their entertained Norden at the Log Cabin and won by 80 runs.
Norden won the toss and elected to field and gave the home side something to think about by dismissing both Noah Birtwistle and Wes Young with the score on zero.
Nevertheless a superb innings of 83 from Tom Clarke with good contributions from skipper Mark Crowther (39) and Liam Riley (25 not out) saw the Mount reach 202 for 9 from their allotted 40 overs.
Norden fell well short of what was required in the chase, finishing on 122 for 8 at the close of play.
In the wickets for Greenmount were Liam and Jake Riley with three apiece with one each for Adam Clarke and Harry Nuttall.
Another three-match winning weekend for the Mount keeps all three senior teams firmly in the promotion chase in each of their divisions.
The first team travelled up the valley to Rawtenstall on Sunday and were rewarded by a nine wicket triumph that yielded them a crucial 12 points.
Jacques Snyman 70 not out
The home side won the toss and decided to bat. Their professional Anuk Fernando top scored with 41 but their total of 134 all out was never going to be enough against the villagers.
Among the wickets for Greenmount were Callum Hunter, Travis Townsend and Noah Birtwistle who took two apiece with Ishy Patel, Jacques Snyman and Amal Dalugoda each taking one.
The Mount reply saw professional Snyman again in top batting form with an unbeaten 70 and after Tom Heaton was dismissed for 35, Evan Dobson (18 not out) and the pro got their side over the line inside 20 overs.
The second eleven moved into second place in their division with an easy win over Rawtenstall at the Log Cabin on Sunday.
Sam Greenhalgh scored 77
A fine batting display saw them rack up 289 for 3 from their 45 overs with Sam Greenhalgh taking the plaudits with 77 while fellow opening Nigel Franklin scored 58 and Toby Leach finished unbeaten on 56. Harry Nuttall (15) and Ryan Senior (36 not out) made up the rest of the total.
Wickets fell with alarming regularity for the visitors in the reply and they were skittled for 70 all out inside 18 overs.
A superb six-wicket haul from Rion Dalugoda and three from skipper Oli Dixon put Rawtenstall to the sword.
The thirds visited Rochdale III on Saturday and further cemented their table-topping credentials with a 44 run victory.
Toby Leach: Two unbeaten 50s at the weekend with Noah Birtwistle who hit 73
Skipper Mark Crowther won the toss and elected to bat and his charges ran up 221 for 4 from their 40 overs.
Noah Birtwistle scored a superb 73 while Toby Leach (50) hit his first of two unbeaten half centuries for the weekend. Matt Donnelly scored 35 and Wes Young and Tom Clarke hit 15 and 19 respectively
Rochdale’s response was always going to be insufficient and they were left adrift at 177 for 3 at the end of their 40 overs. Tom and Ben Clarke and Noah Birtwistle took the wickets.
Victories for all three of Greenmount’s senior teams at the weekend ensured that each maintained their lofty positions in their respective divisions.
The firsts entertained Accrington at the Log Cabin on Sunday and ran out winners by six wickets.
Jacques Snyman… Seven wickets
Skipper Travis Townsend won the toss and elected to field and a superb bowling spell by professional Jacques Snyman – who finished with league best figures of 7 for 24 – played a large part in the visitors being restricted to 118 all out.
The villagers’ early response didn’t exactly go to plan when both openers Snyman and Tom Heaton were back in the pavilion with the score on six.
Nevertheless a good partnership of 81 between Andy Kerr (39) and Townsend (38) moved things along before Cameron Mapstone (17 not out) and Gav Nicholl (9 not out) eased the Mount over the line for another vital 12 points that keeps them top of the Division Two table.
Meanwhile, the second team travelled to take on their Accrington counterparts and they too enjoyed a six wicket triumph.
Liam Riley… Five wickets
Accrington won the toss and chose to bat but they found Liam Riley in magnificent form with the ball and his 5 for 8 from 12 overs along with two wickets for Adam Clarke and one each for Dexter Crowther and Liam’s son Jake saw them slump to 79 all out in the 33rd over.
That total was reached for the loss of four wickets in the 26th over with Harry Nuttall top scoring with 22.
The result keeps the second team sitting in third place in the table.
Greenmount Cricket Club is delighted to announce the return of popular professional Jacques Snyman for the summer of 2026.
The South African all-rounder has been in supreme form and currently tops the Division Two batting chart.
Overall in his time at Greenmount his record with bat and ball has been outstanding and we are excited to see more epic performances in the remainder of this season and into next year.
Jacques Snyman (right) puts pen to paper on a contract for 2026 with Greenmount CC Head of Cricket John Stevens.
