Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club Explained
Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club are an open age English cricket team, based in the town of
Ashton-under-Lyne in
Tameside,
Greater Manchester. The club plays its home games at the Ladysmith Sports Centre on Rose Hill Road,
[1] and competes in the North Manchester Cricket League.
[2] The club was formerly known as Ashton St. James Cricket Club and played their games on St Albans Avenue in Ashton-under-Lyne.
[2] Thanks to lottery funding the club moved to a new ground on Rose Hill Road, and shortly after changed their name to Ashton Ladysmith after Ladysmith Barracks which occupied the site on which the ground is now situated.[3] [4]
In October 2007 Ashton Ladysmith's clubhouse was set on fire.[5] Thanks to the work undertaken by its members the clubhouse was re-generated thanks to various funds.
In September 2010, the club was awarded a £600 grant for new equipment and coaching expenses, as part of a scheme to reduce anti-social behaviour.[6]
In 2015 the club won the Calverley Cup in the final season of the North Manchester Cricket League. Richard Taylor scored a 50 and Joe Walsh took 5 wickets and man of the match but this has not been discussed since.[7] [8]
The club has three open age teams, operating in the Greater Manchester Cricket League.[9]
References
- Web site: Ladysmith Sports Centre . Tameside Borough Council . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819102619/http://whatson.tameside.gov.uk/CommunityGroup/Index?CommunityGroupNameContains=cricket&Category=&button=search . 19 August 2011 .
- Web site: NMCL Website - Member Clubs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140513021948/http://www.nmcl.co.uk/members.php . 13 May 2014 .
- Web site: Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: Gateway. 31 August 2010.
- Web site: Ladysmith: History. Tameside Borough Council.
- Web site: Cricket Club Blaze. Tameside Advertiser. 29 October 2007.
- Web site: Up 2 U event. Tameside Life.
- Barrow . John . Barrow5John . 638092189550125056 . 30 August 2015 . NMCL Congratulations to Ashton Ladysmith on winning the Calverley cup . en . 2 December 2022.
- Ashton Ladysmith CC . ALCC1 . 639385643131490304 . 3 September 2015 . Back page of the Tameside Reporter! Thank you @Mark_P_Reporter http://t.co/qts2ejTBHO . en . 2 December 2022.
- Web site: Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club. Pitchero.
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