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With the fist XI rained off at Great Eccleston both Torrisholme and South Shore second XIs were grateful for the sensible league rule that allows them to play on an artificial. Bpth teams committed fully to produce a thrilling game that went down to the last over. Table toppers South Shore won the toss and [...]

Having looked at the forecast for this afternoon and evening we have decided that we are going to call off tonight’s practice. The forecast is for a damp, cold, windy evening and the rain radar suggests that we will get blustery showers from around 5pm making the evening very unpleasant and difficult for meaningful practice. [...]

The club is happy to announce that it has completed the process of becoming part of ‘Fields in Trust’ which gives the ground further protection from development and may also open up new funding streams.   The club is endebted to our Trustees and to Saif Braham and Rocky Sharock of Field in Trust for moving the [...]

Sean McGuigan’s Sunday XI continued their encouraging start to the season by beating a depleted Gregson Lane. The Lane skipper Phil Woods was the cornerstone of his side’s 140 with 108 NO but in reply the home batsmen all contributed double figures, Simon Stewart’s 60 NO the best, to ensure a comfortable 6 wicket win. James Cookson, [...]

With both Saturday teams down to bare bones thanks to illness, holidays, weddings, school and college commitments it promised to be a tough weekend and so it proved. At Vernon Carus the first XI were asked to bat and struggled throughout, Andy Miller made a welcome return to form with 30 but apart from that [...]

With both Saturday teams suffering heavy defeats against Freckleton, the 1sts at home and the seconds away it was left to Sean McGuigan’s Sunday 3rd XI to kick the season off but an awful morning and early afternoon at Boundary Meadow threatened to have the game washed out. Both teams persevered and, having taken an early tea, managed to squeeze [...]

Following the junior meeting last night we came to the conclusion that we would need to have Under 16 practices on Thursday evenings and all other age groups on Friday evenings. Paul Kingham is working away a lot and is unable to commit to being available on any particular night so, though he has agreed [...]

With an indifferent forecast for the upcoming week please note the following guidance: For Games: Never assume a game is off. If you have not been contacted by the coach to say that the game is off turn up as agreed. Coaches will try to contact players if a game is off but this is [...]