Club News

A great time was had by all on Saturday (possibly slightly too great for a few people!) with this weekend marking the end of the cricket season for us. Saturday also saw First Team Scorer, John Rishton being honoured and appreciated for his service – it was a lovely ceremony which saw club Chairman, Matt Jones, presenting John with a plaque which will take pride of place on the scorebox. It was wonderful to have John’s family down to celebrate with him. It’s been an eventful and at times, frustrating season with many highs and lows but we’d like to thank all our cricketers for choosing to play for us, turning out and doing their very best in every game. Special thanks to the captains, all volunteers who help out with all our cricket of all age groups and to Ian Roberts for documenting things with his brilliant photography. We wish everyone a great off season and we hope you’ll still come and see us over the autumn & winter! A message of thank you from John Rishton Firstly my apologies for the lengthy delay in the reply to a wonderful presentation on the 14th September by all at AoM in naming the score box for my scoring services, and I would like to thank especially James, Dave, Mark and club chairman Matty J and many more within the club for instigating this fabulous award.This nomination came as a massive and emotional surprise and I was overwhelmed with all the love and support from all involved with the cricket club.My wife, family and friends were absolutely amazed at the friendship shown from all at AoM and now my wife can relate to those I talk about, always in high esteem of course, she even said what a lovely bunch of lads and I certainly can’t disagree.I do however wish to thank my wife Rose whom puts up with me leaving her to her own devices every Saturday, she even makes my sandwiches without complaint ( personally I think she’s glad to get the remote control to herself for a change).I’m already looking forward to next season and getting back to winning ways, I can truly say that this year there’s been a confident buzz around the players  even though some results didn’t go in our favour but the morale was always high and that shows what a brilliant club we belong to.I will leave it there now and I hope everyone winters well and hopefully see some of you before the start of next season.Love to allJohn & family

Summer Camps at AOMCC are BACK!Once again we are organising daily Summer Camp during the Summer Holidays for 5-11 year olds(Reception to Year 6) at Ashton on Mersey Cricket Club, Little Ees Lane, Sale on four separate weeks: Week 1: Monday 29 July to Friday 2 AugustWeek 2: Monday 5 August to Friday 9 AugustWeek 3: Monday 12 August to Friday 16 AugustWeek 4: Monday 19 August to Friday 23 AugustThe daily timetable will run from 10.00am – 2.00pm. The Summer Camps will cover a wide variety of cricketing activities and other sporting activities and willtake place on the outfield, in the practice nets and in the clubhouse. All staff are DBS checked, fullyqualified and highly motivated. Our plans will be to coach cricket sessions and fun games, as well as some top class football coachingsessions put together by a UEFA B level coach. This will provide boys and girls from 5-11 years old withnon-stop fun. The activity and game based programme is suitable for all skill levels, providing your childwith the foundations to begin a lifelong love of physical activity Including cricket as well as other sports,while making friends in a safe and enjoyable environment. BookingBook directly through AOMCC the Summer Camps will cost £60.00 per participant per week.Please use this link below to book directly with AOMCC 2024AOM 2024 Summer Camp Registration FormWe also offer a daily rate at £20.00 per player per day.An early drop off at 9.00am (£5 extra) and late pick up at 3.00pm (£5 extra) is also available.Payment will be made – by cash or card at the cricket club – when registering on the first day of theweek which you want to attend.Family Payment OptionsA discount is available for any additional family members who sign up for the full week. The cost foradditional brothers and sisters is £30.00 for a full week.Food and ClothingPlayers will need to bring refreshments for morning and afternoon break times. Also, a packed lunch willbe required each day. Players will be expected to use appropriate sports kit. Please note that clothingmay become dirty during the sessions!WeatherIn the event of wet weather we will have to cancel the sessions. This information will be publishedthrough our Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp groups. In addition a club representative will be on site tonotify players if they arrive at the club. Where possible, and in the event of inconsistent weather, we willendeavour to continue with our plans. In the event of a full day cancellation, you will be refunded £10per day (£6 per day for additional family members). ArrivalPlease meet inside the clubhouse and register players with one of the junior organisers who will ask theplayers to go to a particular area of the outfield where your session will start. Kit bags are best leftinside the clubhouse or near the nets.ClubhouseParents are welcome to use the clubhouse facilities and stay for the duration of the session.QuestionsShould you have any queries or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at:aomclub@hotmail.co.uk or saeedbhamjee@gmail.com

We’re delighted to welcome @fraser_hay as our Overseas Player for 2024. Joining us from @williamstowncc1852 in Melbourne, Fraser is a left arm pace bowler and top order batsman and we wish him all the best for his time in the UK!

And ANOTHER! Fan favourite, conspiracy theorist and slow left armer Zaheer Khan returns to The Beets this season, having taken 42 wickets @ 15.71 in 2021. Welcome back Chacha!