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For the first time in many years, Cricket Week is back.  It coincides with the first week of the school holidays.  Please make yourself available or come along and support.  This Friday is the annual under 16 v Academy Staff match – their ‘Graduation’ Match.  Do come along and support.  The programme for the week is as follows; Friday 18th – u16s v Academy Staff 6.00pm Saturday 19th – 2nd XI v Blunham 1.00pm Saturday 19th – 2nd XI social.  All Read more…

For the first time in many years we are fielding a Sunday X1.  The first match this coming Sunday will kick off our cricket week.  The Sunday XI will play Saffron Plantationers who played locally from the early 1980s until about 10 years ago.  We have a handful of fixtures this season but hope to grow the fixture list next season. Anyone wishing to play friendly Sunday XI cricket should contact Toby Montague [email protected]

Do come along to the next social evening, this time hosted by the second XI. There will be a barbecue, a quiz and of course a bar. 

We will have a float in the Carnival Procession on Saturday 5th July and would like our younger players to be part of the event. Children should be brought to the float, which will be on Ashdown Road at the top of the common, by 1:45 at the latest, wearing full kit.  For details, contact Georgina Haupt [email protected]

This Saturday, it’s the turn of the 4th and 5th XIs to host the social evening, and it’s going to be a barbecue. Members and families are welcome to come along to the clubhouse on Saturday from 7:30….

A fantastic weekend for the club with 4 wins, and a draw for the 1stXI.  Congratulations to Ben Nash on his maiden century – 108 for the 4th XI.

With the support of the Rajdhani Indian Restaurant in Saffron Walden we would like to invite parents of Academy members, team coaches, managers and players to a curry evening on Wednesday 23 July.  Cost £20 per head. This will form part of our Cricket Week.  Please reserve your places with our Social Secretary Sharon Willis Tel. 07866 148703 [email protected]

We are delighted to announce the second Rainbow Cricket Tournament for under 10s hosted by Saffron Walden Cricket Club.   It was an enormous success last year and we want to build on it.  It was grant-funded last year but we have not been able to secure a similar grant this year.  We hope £10 per team will be an acceptable registration fee payable on the evening.  This year it will also form part of Read more…

As well as the Rainbow Cricket for younger players, there will be a Carnival of Nations 6-a-side for the adults – contact Andrew Arnold at [email protected].  Teams can be a group of friends, a local village club side, families.  The Anglo American Playing Fields have been reserved for the week and the matches will run throughout the week depending on the number of entrants.

Gray Palmers will be selling the club kit range on Saturday (24th May) at the ground from 10.00am – 12.00 midday (shorts, skorts, shirts, traditional woollen sleeveless sweaters, caps, ties). This coincides with a 1st XI East Anglian Premier League match versus Vauxhall Mallards and, of course, the Sticky Wickets Breakfast Bar will be open.  Well worth a visit for all playing members young and old!