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Greenmount’s first eleven enjoyed a Bank Holiday boost with two victories at the weekend, results that shot the club into the quarter-finals of the Worsley Cup and to second place in the league.

Saturday, 24^th May – First team v Accrington away (Worsley Cup round two). Won by 9 wickets

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A superb unbeaten 100 from Tom Heaton saw the Mount to victory at Accrington in an all Division Two Worsley Cup clash.

The home side won the toss and elected to bat and at 83 for seven looked down and out, however an unbroken eight wicket partnership of 110 between Emile Haratbar and Mohammed Tayyib gave their score a more respectable look as they finished on 193 for 7 from their 50 overs.

Ishy Patel took four of the Accrington wickets and Callum Hunter three.

However, that total proved insufficient as an unbeaten partnership of 145 between Tom (100 not out) and Andy Kerr (55 not out) saw the villagers home in the 28^th over.

Sunday, 25^th May – First team v East Lancashire away. Won by 6 wickets. 12 points

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A trip to bottom-of-the-table East Lancashire was the following day’s league fixture and despite the threat of rain clouds curtailing a finish, twelve vital points were picked up at Alexandra Meadows.

East Lancs skipper Hudson Walshaw won the toss and chose to bat but his side’s total of 136 all out in 45.5 overs was never going to be enough.

Professional Jacques Snyman took four of the East Lancs wickets with Ishy Patel and Callum Hunter taking two apiece and Travis Townsend one.

The Mount knocked off what was required for the loss of four wickets with Evan Dobson (16 not out) and Gav Nicholl (11 not out) seeing them home. Travis Townsend top scored with 42.

Saturday, 24^th May – Second team v Ramsbottom at home (Junior Cup round two). Lost by 6 wickets

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The second team’s involvement in the Junior Cup was ended when local rivals Ramsbottom visited the Log Cabin.

Oli Dixon won the toss, decided to bat and saw his side put on 198 for 8 from their 50 overs.

The lion’s share of the runs came from Sam Greenhalgh (38); Max Birtwistle (35); Ryan Senior (26) and Toby Leach (24).

Unfortunately, the Mount found Ramsbottom’s Isaac Turner in great form and his unbeaten 101 and former Greenmount man Jack Thomond’s 64 not out, saw them home for the loss of four wickets in the 48^th over.

Sunday, 25^th May – Second team v East Lancashire at home. Won by 10 wickets. 12 points

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It was a different matter for the seconds on Sunday when their East Lancashire counterparts were the visitors.

Max (53 not out) then played his part in an unbeaten first wicket partnership with Harry Nuttall (26 not out) as the Mount cruised home in the 21^st over.

Bank Holiday Monday 26^th May – Third team v Rochdale at home. Won by 9 wickets. 12 points

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On Monday the focus was on the third team who faced Rochdale III at the Log Cabin.

To round off the holiday weekend, Mark Crowther’s lads beat the weather and their opponents by 9 wickets to go joint top of the Third XI Division Two table.

Father-and-son duo Liam and Jake Riley took three wickets each with Ben Clarke helping himself to two and Dexter Crowther one as Rochdale were dismissed for only 69.

An unbeaten 72 run partnership between Nigel Franklin (34) and Tom Clarke (29) saw the Mount home in only 11 overs for the loss of only one wicket.

T20 returns to the club this week with the first eleven at home to Haslingden on Friday. The action begins at 6pm.

There will be music, a barbeque and an outside bottle bar as well as the two bars being open inside the clubhouse. Drinks will be served in plastic pots.

Cricket fixtures for the coming week

Monday, 26th May: Third team at home to Rochdale.

Friday, 30th May: First team at home to Haslingden in T20

Saturday, 31st May: Third team away to Norden

Sunday, 1st June: First team at home to Great Harwood

Sunday, 1st June: Second team away to Middleton

All games begin at 12.30pm except the T20 (6pm)

Food from The Boundary will be served this week on…

Wednesday & Thursday: 4.30pm to 7.30pm

Friday: 10am to 8pm

Saturday: 9.30am to 8pm

Sunday: 9.30am to 7pm

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This week’s bar opening hours

Bank Holiday Monday, 26th May: 12 noon to 10pm

Tuesday, 27th May: 3pm to 11pm

Wednesday, 28th May: 3pm to 11pm

Thursday, 29th May: 3pm to 11pm

Friday, 30th May: 2pm to 11pm

Saturday, 31st May: 12 noon to 11pm

Sunday, 1st June: 12 noon to 10.30pm

Sport on TV this week

Monday, 26th May: League Two play-off final 3pm: Wimbledon v Walsall

Wednesday, 27th May: UEFA Conference League Final: 8pm: Real Betis v Chelsea

Thursday, 29th May: 7pm: Premier League Darts Final

Saturday, 31st May: UEFA Champions League final: 8pm: Paris St Germain v Internazionale Milan

This week’s cask ales

The coming week’s cask ales will be a selection of beers: Bowland Bumble; Brewsmith Bitter and Moorhouses White Witch & Blonde Witch.

Both Greenmount’s first and second elevens took full advantage of another sun-kissed Sunday as they enjoyed maximum points victories thanks to some superb individual performances with bat and ball.

Sunday, 18^th May – First team v Rawtenstall at home. Won by 266 runs. 12 points

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The first team entertained Rawtenstall at the Log Cabin and Travis Townsend elected to bat after winning the toss – it proved to be the start of a fruitful day for the Mount skipper.

The villagers  ran up a tremendous total of 380 for 4 from their 50 overs thanks to superb knocks from Andy Kerr (131 not out); 129 from Travis and another good contribution from professional Jacques Snyman who hit 74 before being unluckily adjudged leg before.

During the onslaught, Andy hit fifteen fours in his total while Travis plundered four sixes and 17 fours and Jacques one six and twelve fours.

Cameron Mapstone again chipped in with an unbeaten knock of 15 at the end of the innings.

In reply, Rawtenstall  made a somewhat steady start with professional Anuk Fernando (47) looking to get to grips with the Greenmount attack but a timely catch by Travis off the bowling of Noah Birtwistle sent him packing with the score on 91.

From then on it was pretty much the Birtwistle show with the 15-year-old spinner helping himself to a fabulous six wicket haul for 33 runs from seven overs. Jacques took two wickets with Ishy Patel the other one as the Valley side were dismissed for 114 all out.

Sunday, 18^th May – Second team v Rawtenstall II away. Won by 9 wickets. 12 points.

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Not to be outdone, the seconds also put paid to their counterparts from Rawtenstall at The Rossendale Driveways and Patios Worswick Memorial Ground.

The win was a triumph for skipper Oli Dixon who, buoyed by his two first team wickets last week and having lost the toss and given the job of fielding, ripped through the unfortunate Rawtenstall batting line-up to finish with superb figures of 7 for 50 from 11 overs.

Rion Dalugoda picked up the other three victims as the home side were all back in the shed for 116 all out in 22.5 overs.

That total was always going to be easy meat for the Mount, especially with Ed Dickinson in such good form. The young opener put in another fine display finishing unbeaten on 64 and with Max Birtwistle (29 not out) they saw the villagers home for the loss of one wicket.

A great weekend all round and what should be a real confidence-booster ahead of next weekend’s league and knockout double-header.

It’s a busy week for the first and second teams next weekend with the following fixtures: Saturday, 24th May: Worsley Cup: First team away to Accrington while on the same day the second team are at home to local rivals Ramsbottom in the Junior Cup. On Sunday, 25th May the first team are away to East Lancashire in the league while the seconds entertain East Lancashire’s seconds. All games begin at 12.30pm.

Food from the Boundary will be served:

Wednesday: Europa League Final: Tottenham v Man Utd: Opening hours will be 5pm to 9pm and the menu will be as normal throughout the evening.

Half-time food can be pre-ordered prior to kick-off and will be ready to collect at the break with no waiting time as the half-time whistle sounds!

Thursday: Closed due to function

Friday: 10am to 8pm

Saturday: 9.30am to 8pm

Sunday: 9.30am to 7pm

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This week’s bar opening times from Monday, 19th May are:

Monday: 3pm to 10pm

Tuesday: 3pm to 11pm

Wednesday: 3pm to 11pm

Thursday: 3pm to 11pm

Friday: 2pm to 11pm

Saturday: 12 noon to 11pm

Sunday: 12 noon to 10.30pm

Sport on TV this week from Monday, 19th May

Monday: 8pm Brighton v Liverpool

Tuesday: 8pm: Man City v Bournemouth

Wednesday: 8pm: UEFA Europa League Final: Tottenham v Man Utd

Thursday: 7pm Premier League Darts

Saturday: 3pm Championship Play-off: Sheff Utd v Sunderland

Sunday: 4pm: Three Premier League games will be shown in the members’ bar, function room and members’ middle room. Games to be advised.

This week’s cask ales

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

Greenmount’s first eleven moved up to joint fourth place in the JWL Lancashire League Division Two table after a three wicket victory at Accrington on Sunday. However, it was a three wicket defeat for the seconds at the Log Cabin against Accrington’s second string with the thirds picking up a fine ten point victory at Todmorden on Saturday.

Sunday, 11^th May – First team v Accrington away. Won by 3 wickets. 10 points.

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The home side won the toss and decided to bat but were soon in trouble as Oli Dixon accounted for their openers Jon Hayhurst and Nathaniel Young with just 16 on the board.

Accrington’s middle order steadied the ship somewhat with Jacob Clarke (53), Ali Hasham (46) and professional Jurie Snyman (43) the backbone of their innings which totalled 221 for 9.

Leading the way with the ball was Mount’s stand-in professional Mohammed Junaid who finished with figures of 5 for 50 from 15 overs.

The Greenmount reply got off to the worst possible start with young openers Ed Dickinson and Evan Dobson both back in the shed with the score on five.

Andy Kerr put on a steady 45 to move things along before Travis Townsend put in a real skipper’s innings of 83 (11 fours and 2 sixes).

Travis departed with the score on 174 for 6 but when Ishy Patel became the seventh wicket with 42 runs needed for victory the game hung in the balance.

It took a splendid eighth wicket partnership of 45 between Cameron Mapstone (47 not out) and Jacob Norris (12 not out) to see the villagers home in the 46^th over for a deserved and hard-fought victory.

Sunday, 11^th May – Second team v Accrington at home. Lost by 3 wickets. 3 points.

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Stand-in skipper Kieran Edwards won the toss, elected to bat and his decision looked to be the correct one as his youthful side put on a challenging 244 for 8 from their 45 overs.

The evergreen Nigel Franklin top scored with 53 while there were useful contributions from Max Birtwistle (41), Ed Wackrill (34), Jake Riley (26) and Jake’s dad Liam (20).

Nevertheless, the visitors found that target relatively easy thanks to a fine innings of 86 from Husan Ashraf and 51 from Waleed Majeed which proved to be the backbone of their 245 for 7.

Max Birtwistle took three wickets for the Mount; Ed Wackrill two and there was one each for Rion Dalugoda and Jake Riley.

Saturday, 10^th May – Third team v Todmorden away. Won by 27 runs. 10 points.

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The thirds got the weekend off to a flyer on Saturday when their trip to Centre Vale, Todmorden yielded them ten well-earned points.

Skipper Mark Crowther won the toss and chose to bat. Wes Young (50) and Noah Birtwistle (47) gave Greenmount a good start before four wickets in the space of 13 runs looked like undoing all their good work with the score on 132 for 6.

Thankfully, a good partnership of 43 for the eighth wicket between Jake Riley (28) and Oli Dixon (23) took the total to 204 for 7 from their 40 overs.

Tom Clarke (16) and Rion Dalugoda (14) also chipped in with double-figure knocks.

That total always looked to be too much of a tall order for the home side and they finished on 177 for 9 at the end of their overs.

Noah Birtwistle finished with a superb bowling figures of 4 for 8 from 8 overs while there were a couple of victims for Jake Riley and Oli Dixon with Adam Clarke taking the other.

Cricket fixtures for next weekend are: Sunday, 18th May: First team at home to Rawtenstall. Sunday, 18th May: Second team away to Rawtenstall. Both 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: 9.30am to 7pm

Please follow The Boundary – Greenmount on Facebook

This week’s bar opening hours from Monday, 12th May are:

Monday: 3pm to 10pm

Tuesday: 3pm to 11pm

Wednesday: 3pm to 11pm

Thursday: 3pm to 11pm

Friday: 2pm to 11pm

Saturday: 12 noon to 11pm

Sunday: 12 noon to 10.30pm

Sport on TV this week

Monday: Championship Play-off 2nd leg: 8pm Sheff Utd v Bristol City

Tuesday: Championship Play-off 2nd leg: 8pm: Sunderland v Coventry

Wednesday: League One Play-off 2nd leg: 8pm Stockport v Leyton Orient

Thursday: Premier League Darts; League One Play-off 2nd leg: 8pm Charlton v Wycombe

Friday: 7.30pm: Aston Villa v Spurs; 8.15pm: Chelsea v Man Utd

Saturday: FA Cup final: 4.30pm: Crystal Palace v Man City

Sunday: 12 noon: Everton v Southampton; 2.15pm: West Ham v Nottm Forest; 4.30pm: Arsenal v Newcastle

Cask ales this week

The coming week’s cask ales will be a selection of beers from: Bowland – Boxer Blonde & Hoppy Hedgehog; Cumbrian Ales – Loweswater Gold and Moorhouses – White Witch & Blonde Witch

This Friday (9th May) – the club are delighted to host Lancashire Thunder women’s team for the day.

There will be an internal squad T20 match featuring current first team players and emerging talent starting at 10.30am, followed by training sessions on the ground from 2.30pm.

Spectators are welcome and indeed encouraged as Greenmount are keen to develop women’s cricket at the club.

Junior practice will be held as usual at 6pm.

The draw for the second round of the JW Lees Worsley Cup has been made and Greenmount will travel to the iMEP Arena, Thorneyholme Road to face fellow Division Two side Accrington following their bye in the first round.

Meanwhile, in the second team’s JW Lees Junior Knockout Trophy, Oli Dixon’s men have a tasty local derby against Ramsbottom at the Log Cabin to look forward to.

Both fixtures are scheduled for Saturday,  24^th May.

It was up to Mark Crowther’s third team to fly the flag for Greenmount this Bank Holiday weekend as both the first and second teams tasted defeat while the thirds put in a great performance to grab maximum points at Middleton.

Sunday, 4^th May – First team v Enfield at home. Lost by 7 wickets. 0 points.

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Skipper Travis Townsend won the toss and elected to bat on a bright yet chilly afternoon.

 Once again, professional Jacques Snyman showed the way with a top score of 50 (seven fours and a six) but the Mount total of 231 – which looked unlikely earlier in the innings – proved insufficient on the day.

A middle-order partnership of 48 between Gav Nicholl (42) and Cameron Mapstone (34) gave the home side something of a lift after a promising start was curtailed with four wickets down before hitting the 100 mark.

Also into double figures during the Mount innings were Travis Townsend (26), Andy Kerr (22) and Tom Heaton (16).

Newly-relegated Enfield showed that they may be a force to reckon with this summer by cruising to victory.

Their skipper Adam Bracewell took the plaudits hitting a fine unbeaten 77 in a fourth wicket partnership with pro Pramod Maduwantha (46 not out) with opener Lewis Wright also helping himself to 72.

The result puts Greenmount into fifth place in the table with a trip to Accrington on the cards next Sunday.

Sunday, 4^th May – Second team v Enfield away. Lost by 31 runs. 2 points.

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At Dill Hall Lane Greenmount won the toss and captain Oli Dixon chose to field.

The home side ran up 188 for 8 from their 45 overs with Max Birtwistle’s 3 for 51 the best of the bowling figures. Rian Dalugoda chipped in with two wickets with Ed Dickinson and Oli Dixon picking up one each.

In the reply, Ed Dickinson continued his superb start to the season with 71 (one six and 13 fours) but it wasn’t to be enough for the Villagers.

Early wickets fell regularly around Dickinson until he became the seventh wicket with the score on 136. Only another 21 runs were added to the Mount total as they slumped to 157 all out in the 35^th over.

Monday, 5^th May – Third team v Middleton away. Won by 125 runs. 12 points.

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The highlight of the weekend was the third team’s victory at Middleton on Monday where skipper Mark Crowther’s ‘young guns’ displayed all their immense promise.

Crowther won the toss and elected to bat and saw his charges score 176 for 9 from their 40 overs.

Noah Birtwistle top-scored with 43 but a splendid ninth-wicket partnership of 34 between Ed Wackrill and Adam Clarke boosted the total. Toby Leach (13) and Crowther himself (15) also hit double figures.

Replying, the home side were blown away by the Mount bowling attack as they were skittled to 51 all out.

Wickets fell on a regular basis with Rion Dalugoda (4 for 4 from 3 overs) and Adam Clarke (4 for 6 from 5 overs) proving the difference.

Ed Wackrill picked up the other two wickets in a terrific display from the youngsters.

On Bank Holiday Monday the annual Greenmount Village Day will be held from 12 noon to 4pm with main activities taking place on the village green next to the club.

However, there’s plenty going on at the Log Cabin during the day. Both club bars will be open from 12 noon and there will also be a bottle bar on the club car park next to the members’ entrance serving beers, small bottles of Pinot, soft drink cans and crisps. For safety we will be using plastic pots.

Also on the club car park there will be face painting, ring toss, bean bag throw and – thanks to club sponsors Mercedes-Benz of Whitefield – a jelly bean jar challenge with two chances to win a Mercedes car for the weekend.

On Friday, May 9th we are delighted to host the Lancashire Thunder women’s squad for an internal T20 match and training session. Play starts at 10.30am with the training session from around 2.30pm. Spectators are both welcome and encouraged as we are keen to develop women’s cricket at the club.

Junior practice will take place as usual from 6pm.

Cricket fixtures for next week

Monday, May 5th: Third team away to Middleton

Sunday, May 11th: First team away to Accrington

Sunday, May 11th: Second team at home to Accrington

All games start at 12.30pm

Food from The Boundary will be served…

Bank Holiday Monday: 12 noon to 5pm

Wednesday & Thursday: 4.30pm to 7.30pm

Friday: 10am to 8pm

Saturday: 9.30am to 8pm

Sunday: 9.30am to 7pm

Please follow The Boundary – Greenmount on Facebook

This week’s bar opening hours from Monday, May 5th are…

Monday, May 5th: 12 noon to 10pm

Tuesday, May 6th: 3pm to 11pm

Wednesday, May 7th: 3pm to 11pm

Thursday, May 8th: 3pm to 11pm

Friday, May 9th: 2pm to 11pm

Saturday, May 10th: 12 noon to 11pm

Sunday, May 11th: 12 noon to 10.30pm

Sport on TV this week

Monday: 8pm: Crystal Palace v Nottm Forest

Tuesday: 8pm: Inter Milan v Barcelona

Wednesday: 8pm: Paris SG v Arsenal

Thursday: Premier League Darts; 8pm: Man Utd v Athletic Bilbao

Friday: 8pm: Championship semi-final play-off first leg

Saturday: 5.15pm: Bournemouth v Aston Villa; 7.45pm: Championship semi-final play-off first leg

Sunday: 12 noon: Newcastle v Chelsea; 2.15pm: Nottm Forest v Leicester; 4.30pm: Liverpool v Arsenal

Cask ales this week

The coming week’s cask ales will be a selection of beers from: Brewsmith: Bitter; Bowland: Boxer Blonde and Hoppy Hedgehog; Cumbrian Ales: Loweswater Gold and Esthwaite Bitter and Moorhouses: White Witch and Blonde Witch