Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club
LeagueGreater Manchester Cricket League
GroundRose Hill Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
LocationLadysmith Sports Centre

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

  1. ↑ "Ladysmith Sports Centre". Tameside Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 "NMCL Website - Member Clubs". Archived from the original on 13 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: Gateway". 31 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ladysmith: History". Tameside Borough Council.
  5. ↑ "Cricket Club Blaze". Tameside Advertiser. 29 October 2007.
  6. ↑ "Up 2 U event". Tameside Life.
  7. ↑ Barrow, John [@Barrow5John] (30 August 2015). "NMCL Congratulations to Ashton Ladysmith on winning the Calverley cup" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Ashton Ladysmith CC [@ALCC1] (3 September 2015). "Back page of the Tameside Reporter! 🏆 Thank you @Mark_P_Reporter 👍🏽 http://t.co/qts2ejTBHO" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club". Pitchero.

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