Category — cricket

Darren Gough, the ex-England fast bowler and Strictly Come Dancing contestant is now an ambassador for Collier Cheese. The largest cheese festival is held in Nantwich and Aston Cricket Club juniors were asked if they wanted to meet Darren at the cheese festival and challenge him at a cricket game on Xbox 360. The boys had a fantastic time and Darren was great, chatting and joking with the boys. All of the boyss were given a mini cricket bat which Darren signed for them and a large slab of cheese! Rory was the boys captain.

Rory stepped up an age group tonight when he played for the Under 13s against Wistaston. They scored a famous victory winning by 6 runs with Rory Man of the Match. Rory bowled superbly taking two wickets including a caught and bowled and also took another catch.

Rory played for Wrenbury School today in the Cheshire Schools Cricket Tournament. They won 4 out of 4 matches and now progress to the next round next Tuesday against other winning heat teams from across Cheshire.

Rory played for the Under 13 team against Nantwich (local rivals) tonight. He was top scorer on 26 not out, scoring a six and two fours. Aston lost but Rory played very well.

Calum played his first cricket match of the season today now that his thumb is better. He played for the school team and top scored with 46. Unfortunately the team lost. He plays for Aston U15s tomorrow evening away to Nantwich.

Well, thew cricket season is here now.. here’s a photo of the U13 team with Rory included. Rory is officially in the Under 11’s but often steps up to play for the U13’s.

Calum scored 25 not out for the Aston Juniors tonight. The picture above shows him walking back to the clubhouse. There is a local adult knock out league run at the club and when one of the teams dropped out, the juniors entered. It’s a 20/20 match and you have to retire on 25, which Calum did after opening the batting. He batted really well against adult bowlers who gave no quarter. In the end, the juniors just fell short, losing by 9!

The website for our local village cricket team that the boys play for, Aston has had a website for a year but with no content. I have now taken on the responsibility of updating it and you can see it here: www.astoncricketclub.co.uk. It’s very basic as it has been build using something called PageMaker which is very restrictive. Will try to change that over the next few months and move to html.