Come on down to the Greenmount Village Fair on Bank Holiday Monday, May 5th from 12 noon.
As well as the usual array of attractions throughout the village and on the green, Greenmount Cricket Club’s bar will, as usual, be open to members and non-members alike with an outdoor bottle bar and a number of great attractions on the club’s car park.
There will be face-painting for the youngsters and fun games of skill in what should be a fantastic family fun day with something for everyone.
The Boundary Cafe & Bistro will be opening to provide their superb, tasty food choices, while main club sponsors LSH Auto will also be on hand with a new car showcase and they are offering a fantastic chance to win one of their magnificent luxury cars for the weekend if you guess the number of jellybeans in a jar!
Cricket fixtures next weekend are as follows: Sunday, May 4th: First team at home to Enfield; Sunday, May 4th: Second team away to Enfield. All games start at 12.30pm.
This week’s bar opening hours from Monday, April 28th 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: 8pm: Leeds v Bristol City
Tuesday: 8pm: Arsenal v PSG
Wednesday: 8pm: Barcelona v Inter Milan
Thursday: Premier League Darts; 8pm: Athletic Bilbao v Man Utd
Friday: 8pm Man City v Wolves
Saturday: 12.30pm: Aston Villa v Fulham; 5.15pm: Arsenal v Bournemouth
Sunday: 2pm: Brighton v Newcastle; 4.30pm: Chelsea v Liverpool
This week’s cask ales
The coming week’s cask ales will be a selection of beers from: Bowland: Hen Harrier & Hoppy Hedgehog; Cumbrian Ales: Loweswater Gold & Esthwaite Bitter and Moorhouses: White Witch and Blonde Witch
Bacup won the toss and elected to field on a pitch which was firm but offered movement to the bowlers if they found the right areas.
Professional Jacques Snyman (70) and Gav Nicholl (57), navigated the conditions brilliantly however no other batter reached double figures as the Greenmount innings stuttered to 174 all out.
They were indebted to a fine last wicket rearguard stand from Nicholl and Amal Dalugoda who combined watchful resistance with counter attacks to put on 32 valuable runs.
The Bacup batting line-up soon found the going similarly hard in the face of a fiery spell from new man Ishy Patel who bowled with good pace and bounce.
However, the introduction of Amal Dalugoda turned the game to Greenmount as he picked up three wickets in a miserly spell.
Bacup pro Chirag Khurana played a fine knock of 55 before being well held by Amal off the bowling of Callum Hunter who finished with 3 for 35.
Dalugoda 3 for 9, Patel 2 for 31, Snyman 1 for 3 and skipper Travis Townsend 1 for 24 took the wickets.
The win caps a fine start in April with Greenmount on top of the division with maximum points from the first two games – but let’s not get too excited – 20 more matches yet to play!
Greenmount CC first eleven: Back row (from left) Cameron Mapstone, Gav Nicholl, Amal Dalugoda, Andy Kerr, Evan Dobson, John Stevens. Front row (from left): Ismael Patel; Tom Heaton, Jacob Norris, Travis Townsend (capt), Callum Hunter, Jacques Snyman (pro)
Sunday 27th April – Second team v Bacup away. Won by 7 wickets. 10 points
Oliver Dixon’s young second team travelled to Bacup and came home with a win and another very encouraging performance.
Fielding first, The Mount restricted their opponents to 177 for 5 from their 45 overs.
Dixon used seven bowlers, all keeping it tight and making the batters work hard for their runs.
Ed Dickinson (centre), Toby Leach (right) and Max Birtwistle (left) leave the field as the seconds complete a great seven wicket win at Bacup. Dickinson (54 not out) and Leach (74 not out) were supported by Max as runner for Ed who was carrying an injury. Great teamwork chaps!
George Kenyon 1 for 14, Ed Wackrill 1 for 26 and Oli Dixon 2 for 44 took the wickets with a run out collaboration between Dixon and Jack Hallows accounting for the fifth.
The Greenmount reply resulted in a very satisfying seven wicket win thanks to fine unbeaten half centuries from Ed Dickinson and Toby Leach.
Indeed they were assisted by Max Birtwistle who acted as runner for the injured Dickinson but the three batted with composure and control to pass the target with 13 overs to spare.
Edward hit his second 50 in successive weeks with eight fours whilst Toby struck eight fours and two sixes.
The win sees Greenmount in fourth place and at the right end of the table, ending the month on a very positive note!
Saturday 26th April – Third team v Littleborough away. Lost by 3 wickets. 3 points.
Mark Crowther won the toss, chose to bat and despite the early loss of Nuttall saw Wesley Young and Ed Wackrill reach 73 after 15 overs.
Congratulations to Jake Riley (13) who made his senior debut for the third team at Littleborough on Saturday. Jake is pictured here with proud dad Liam who returned figures of 3 for 6 from eight overs!
Young was out for an enterprising 28 but his dismissal saw the innings falter as wickets fell regularly.
Wackrill meanwhile compiled a useful, patient 54 and it was left to the experienced Liam Riley (21 not out) to guide The Mount to a respectable 150.
At 55 for 6 Littleborough were rocking against fine bowling from young openers George Kenyon and Dexter Crowther whilst Liam Riley bowled in tandem with debutant son Jake.
However, the canny experience of 67 year old Chris Dearden tipped the scales in favour of the home team and Borough edged home losing only one more wicket. Liam Riley returned superb figures of 3 for 6 from eight overs whilst Kenyon and Crowther bagged two apiece.
Plenty of positives for Mark Crowther’s team , especially from the younger emerging players.
This weekend we see the first team host Enfield on Sunday with the seconds travelling to the same opponent. Bank holiday Monday sees the thirds in action away at Middleton .
Greenmount CC professional Jacques Snyman and club coach Amal Dalugoda have teamed together to organise an Elite Summer Academy for budding junior cricketers.
The course, which will run for eight weeks from Wednesday, May 15th, will be held at The Cricket Point, Bolton Textile Mill, Emlyn Street, Bolton BL4 7EB.
There will be a focus on batting, bowling and fielding with match scenarios and tactical work included.
The Under-11s academy will be held from 6pm to 7.30pm with the Under-15s Academy from 7.30pm to 9pm.
Cost for the full eight-week course is £150 and places are limited.
To book – or get further details – visit The Cricket Point website HERE.
Congratulations to Greenmount CC’s young guns Harry Nuttall and Dexter Crowther who have been selected for the Lancashire Junior Cricket League Under-15 squad.
And there’s lots more representative honours for the club’s young emerging talent… Good luck to all our players as the Lancashire county age group season gets started – Jake Riley and Rion Dalugoda (Under-13); George Kenyon (Under-14); Ben Clarke and Ed Wackrill (Under-15) and Evan Dobson (Under-18).
Meanwhile across the Pennines we also have Noah Birtwistle (Under-15) now representing the white rose of Yorkshire. Go well fellas!
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.
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.
Jacques Snyman
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
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.
Ed Dickinson
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.
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.
