A busy five-match Bank Holiday weekend saw the Mount first and second teams progress in both JWL Lancashire League knockout competitions then followed up with encouraging league victories.
On Saturday the first team travelled to East Lancashire in the first round of the Worsley Cup and ran out winners by 131 runs.
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Skipper Travis Townsend won the toss and his decision to bat proved decisive as the villagers ran up a score of 344 for 7 from their 50 overs.
Townsend himself top scored with a fine unbeaten 97 while there were good knocks from Max Birtwistle (67), Tom Heaton (64), Dom Ashley (30) and Callum Hunter (27).
That total was always going to be too much for the Blackburn side who were bowled out for 213 in the final over.
Rion Dalugoda led the way with the ball with a fine spell taking 3 for 19 from 8.1 overs while there was three wickets for Tom Heaton, two for professional Jacques Snyman and one for Max Birtwistle.
The firsts have been drawn at home to Division Two leaders Rishton in the second round on Saturday, 23rd May.
Meanwhile, the second team entertained East Lancashire’s seconds at the Log Cabin and qualified for the second round of the Junior Knockout Cup following a 47-run victory.
Mount won the toss and captain Oli Dixon chose to bat and was indebted to opener Nigel Franklin who batted through the innings for 72 not out.
Franklin was supported by Paul Manley (23), son Mitch Franklin (19) and Matty Donnelly (18) as the Greenmount total reached 168 all out in 34 overs.
The visitors reply looked to be on course when their third wicket fell with the score on 101 but seven wickets fell for 20 runs as the Mount turned the game on its head.
Matthew Gilmore took the bowling plaudits with 5 for 15 in 5.3 overs with two apiece for Dexter Crowther and Oli Dixon and one for Ed Cunnington.
The seconds have been rewarded with a trip to Crompton in the second round on Saturday, 23rd May.
It was back to league action on Sunday and the first team enjoyed an encouraging close-run victory at Darwen.
Mount were put in to bat and scored 264 for 5 from their 50 overs with a superb 90 from Jacques Snyman (seven fours and six sixes) and another fine innings of 78 not out from Travis Townsend who, along with Cameron Mapstone (25 not out) enjoyed an unbeaten partnership of 94.
After losing an early wicket, Darwen made a good fist of the reply mainly thanks to professional Sangeeth Cooray (79) and Scott Friend (44) who put on a stand of 101.
An unbeaten 60 from skipper Reece Davies kept them in the hunt and with two wickets remaining the game went into the final over.
However, needing a six from the final ball of the innings they fell five runs short.
The second team crowned a second home game of the weekend with a 95 run victory over Darwen seconds.
Electing to bat first, the highlight of their 251 for 9 innings was a superb 101 from 62 balls from Kieran Edwards who hit six fours and seven sixes.
Noah Birtwistle (36), Rion Dalugoda (26) and Ryan Senior (21) also had useful knocks.
The Darwen innings never seriously looked like overhauling that score and they slumped to 156 all out in the 32nd over.
Noah Birtwistle took four wickets, Rion Dalugoda three, with two for Harry Nuttall and one from Danny Hornby.
On Bank Holiday Monday the third team travelled to Burnley and went down to a 25-run defeat.
Burnley chose to bat and were dismissed for 93 thanks to a great spell of bowling from Noah Birtwistle who took 6 for 12 from 6.5 overs. Brother Max took 2 for 5 with one wicket apiece for Luca Addleton and Iain Malone.
Any hopes of making it a clean sweep of five victories from five for the weekend were soon dashed as Greenmount’s reply was soon in trouble at 5 for 4.
And despite a stubborn 23 from Iain Malone, the Mount were dismissed for 68 in the 24th over.