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Just a few days to go before our BIG Bank Holiday Charity Event to raise money for Bury Hospice in memory of Ursula Skinner.

There’s something for everyone on the day and activities include:

• Our Under-9 girls’ team playing against Bradshaw.
• An opportunity to meet Greenmount’s Reuben Ward Scotland international gymnast and Commonwealth Games gold medal winner.
• A chance to bowl at our professional Jacques Snyman – if you dare!
• Plenty of food and drink on offer: Greenmount Grill, Fratelli Pizza, Mala, Moo2You and Muddy Mochas with the bar open from 12 noon.
• T20 cricket featuring Greenmount Veterans v The Lashups.

FREE ENTRY on the day but a donation to Bury Hospice would be highly encouraged and hugely appreciated.

You can also make a contribution NOW at our dedicated GoFundMe page HERE

Timing of the events on the day is fairly fluid but if you get down to the club by 1pm you won’t miss out.

We recommend walking if you can – parking will be very limited due to the number of great food stalls situated in our car park!

So don’t go anywhere else next Monday – we expect a monster crowd for this event, please!

CRICKET COMING UP

This week the thirds travel to Enfield on Saturday for their final match of the season.

The first team have a massive local derby against Ramsbottom at Acre Bottom on Sunday (30th) while the second team host the reverse fixture.

AUDREY’S KITCHEN

Just a reminder that Charlotte is away in Cornwall; however, it’s a Fratelli Pizza takeover this weekend, so there’s plenty to tempt your taste buds.

The pizza team will be here all weekend including at the Bank Holiday Charity Event.

LIVE FOOTBALL ON TV

It’s back! Premier League football on TV – don’t miss a kick live at the Log Cabin. A summary of this week’s action is below:

• Saturday, 29th August: Spurs v Newcastle (5.30pm).
• Sunday, 30th August: Leeds v Brentford (2pm); Man Utd v Ipswich (4.30pm).
• Monday, 31st August: Aston Villa v Arsenal (8pm).

Come on GCC members – let’s see a massive turnout for the Bank Holiday!

There’s plenty more to enjoy over the weekend so let’s hope the weather is kind.

Thanks in advance for your support.

Greenmount CC Board of Directors

Happily, it was a much better weekend to report this week.

The first team overcame Norden to win a high-scoring encounter by seven wickets, recording their first win in four weeks.

Chasing a challenging total of 285, the Mount made light work of the task with Andy Kerr batting through for a superb unbeaten 100.

Jacques Snyman entertained spectators with a trademark 93 and skipper Travis Townsend maintained momentum with 46 not out.

Andy and Travis’s winning partnership was unbroken at 118 by the finish.

GREENMOUNT v NORDEN SCOREBOARD

The second team were well beaten at Norden, bowled out for 93 the home side knocked them off for the loss of three wickets.

NORDEN II v GREENMOUNT II

Meanwhile, the third team enjoyed a well-earned win at Clitheroe on Saturday by just two wickets.

Ben Clarke led the way with the bat hitting a fine 40 including six fours.

However, the performance of the day came from young Ed Cunnington who had an outstanding match, snaring five wickets for just 16 runs and then scoring an unbeaten 19.

Ed had a fantastic weekend overall as he also achieved nine Grade 9s in his GCSE exams.

Congratulations to all our GCSE students on their results!

CLITHEROE III v GREENMOUNT III

All at Greenmount Cricket Club were saddened to hear the recent news of the death of Mr John Heaton.

John’s family have had a strong connection with the club for around 40 years with his wife Eileen acting as club secretary and his son Philip and now grandson Tom both playing successful first team cricket with the club.

He was heavily involved with junior cricket at a county level and in 2012 he published a book – “Who’d Have Thowt It” – about the history of Lancashire Schools Cricket Association and his involvement with it.

He played cricket for Radcliffe CC and was a well-respected teacher locally at Radcliffe and Tottington High Schools.

Our thoughts are with all of John’s family at this sad time.

His funeral will be at East Lancashire Crematorium, Radcliffe at 10.30am this Friday (28^th August) followed by a gathering at the Log Cabin.

Lancashire Cricket’s tributes to John can be found HERE and HERE

Last weekend was one to forget results-wise as all three senior teams were defeated.

The first eleven were defeated at second-placed Walsden with only skipper Travis Townsend (34) and Ishy Patel (29) offering any resistance.

The home side made short work of the 132 target for the loss of just one wicket which came in the first over.

WALSDEN v GREENMOUNT SCOREBOARD

Meanwhile the second team missed out of a first win in ten by only seven runs.

Having bowled Nelson out for 155 (captain Oli Dixon taking four wickets), we fell short by a single-figure margin in the second consecutive tight finish to a game at the Mount.

Ryan Senior (42) was the main contributor with the bat.

GREENMOUNT II v NELSON II SCOREBOARD

The thirds also put in a battling performance on Saturday against Lowerhouse, only to go down by four wickets.

The performance of the weekend came in this match from 14-year-old Rion Dalugoda who struck a fine 71.

Despite two wickets apiece for Dexter Crowther and Ed Cunnington, Lowerhouse reached their target of 196 with ten balls to spare.

GREENMOUNT III v LOWERHOUSE III SCOREBOARD

On Saturday, Greenmount’s first eleven suffered a narrow three-run defeat in a thrilling encounter at the Log Cabin against last season’s champions Lowerhouse.

Professional Jacques Snyman once again entertained the sunshine crowd with a superb 66 from just 29 ball and also bagged three wickets.

Meanwhile, veteran campaigner Amal Dalugoda took another four wickets and Cameron Mapstone scored a battling 42 in a much-improved team performance.

Unfortunately, in a game of ebb and flow, Lowerhouse emerged the winners by the slimmest of margins. Nevertheless Mount picked up seven useful points for their efforts.

GREENMOUNT v LOWERHOUSE SCOREBOARD

A much-depleted second team was heavily defeated in the reverse fixture at Lowerhouse.

Chasing a challenging home total of 275 for 4, the Mount were dismissed for 99 with Mitch Franklin top scoring with 25.

LOWERHOUSE II v GREENMOUNT II SCOREBOARD

The third eleven – away at Littleborough – won for only the second time this season.

Max Birtwistle with 53 runs and figures of 3 for 13 led the way with support from Harry Nuttall (39) and it was nice to see a rare appearance from Chris Sherrington who sealed the win with an unbeaten 25.

LITTLEBOROUGH III v GREENMOUNT III SCOREBOARD

UPCOMING FIXTURES

This weekend the third team are at home on Saturday against Lowerhouse while on Sunday the second team entertain Nelson.

The firsts travel to second-placed Walsden on Sunday. With five matches remaining Greenmount have slipped to seventh and will be looking to get back to winning ways to break back into the top half of the table.

The club was saddened to hear the recent death of former player Ted Foster at the age of 90.

Ted was a familiar face on the Greenmount teamsheets during the 1960s, 1970s and into the 1980s with his left arm spin and medium pace bowling.

As well as a fine cricketer, Ted was a top notch table tennis player and a keen amateur footballer.

More recently – prior to his ill health – he would regularly be seen in the Log Cabin meeting up with good friends on a Sunday evening.

All at the club send sincere condolences to Ted’s family and friends.

His funeral service will be held this coming Monday (August 10th) at 3.30pm at East Lancashire Crematorium, Radcliffe.

Family flowers only. Donations, if desired, cheques made payable to Dementia UK, may be forwarded to Sillett’s Funeral Service, Spring Lane, Radcliffe M26 2TQ or by the link HERE.

All three senior Greenmount teams suffered defeat at the weekend.

The first team travelled to Haslingden on Sunday without professional Jacques Snyman as he awaits the birth of their baby.

Roe Green’s Sri Lankan pro Tilly Malshan stood in for Jacques and he top-scored for the Mount with 41, however, their total of 149 all out always seemed insufficient – and so it proved.

Haslingden eased to victory with 152 for 4 inside 29 overs.

HASLINGDEN v GREENMOUNT SCOREBOARD

Meanwhile at the Log Cabin the second eleven went down to a 131-run reverse against Haslingden’s second string.

The visitors racked up a fine score of 325 for 5 with two of their number, Lucas Bargh and Muneeb Ahmed, hitting tons: 156 and 104 respectively.

The villagers’ reply weighed heavily on opener Ryan Senior (70) and while Liam Riley hit a useful 41 it was always a tall order to get anywhere near the target, slumping to 194 all out.

GREENMOUNT II v HASLINGDEN II SCOREBOARD

On Saturday the thirds entertained Great Harwood fourths and suffered a calamitous collapse.

Great Harwood put on 258 for 6 for the first innings with Nathan Sheridan hitting 107 for them.

In the reply it was a red letter day for Max Birtwistle who scored 113 for his first senior century, and along with Harry Nuttall (54) and Tom Clarke (27) the Mount looked well set to take the spoils.

However, a dramatic six wickets fell for only seven runs at the tail end of their innings to leave the home side a tantalising eight runs short of victory.

GREENMOUNT III v GREAT HARWOOD IV SCOREBOARD

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You’ll be responsible for all aspects of bar team work activities in a fast-paced fun environment.

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Congratulations to 18-year-old Max Birtwistle on his first senior century.

Max (pictured right) scored 113 for the third eleven in an exciting run chase against Great Harwood fourth team at the Log Cabin on Saturday.

He was well supported by Harry Nuttall (54) in an opening stand of 185.

Unfortunately, after Max was finally dismissed, Greenmount somehow managed to lose the match by seven runs.

Well done Max – first of many!

Greenmount’s first team home game against Littleborough fell foul of the rainy weather on Sunday while the seconds went down in the reverse fixture up at Hare Hill.

In a game reduced to 24 overs a side due to the rain, skipper Oli Dixon won the toss and elected to bat but his side only mustered 61 for 5 at the end of their innings in grim conditions.

Littleborough made short work of that, knocking off 64 for 0 for a ten-wicket triumph inside eight overs.

LITTLEBOROUGH II v GREENMOUNT II

It was a different story for the thirds, who grabbed a coupon-busting victory against league leaders Haslingden thirds at Bentgate on Saturday.

Led by stand-in skipper Matthew Gilmore, and without a win all season, the Mount were good value for their ten run triumph.

Haslingden won the toss and put the villagers in and mainly thanks to a fine unbeaten 60 from Tom Clarke ran up 159 for 5 from their reduced 36 overs.

Also in the runs were Rion Dalugoda (27), Stuart Leach (22 not out) and Dixon (17).

Haslingden were bowled out for 149 with four balls remaining. In the wickets for the Mount were Max Birtwistle (3 for 36); Gilmore (3 for 42) with a wicket apiece for Ed Cunnington and Harry Nuttall.

It was a very positive all-round team performance from the thirds with some fine catching and fielding.

HASLINGDEN III v GREENMOUNT III