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Challow and
Childrey Cricket Club
Vicarage Hill, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RR |
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Our magnificent clubhouse extension is complete, thanks to those who have worked so hard. For more information regarding the extension and fund raising, click here |
Aerial
view of ground
during charity match, Sep 2006
![]() A
delightful revue of the club, published in the Independent,
can be read by clicking here |
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....The six acre - site boasts a well appointed
club-house, new electronic scoreboard, parking facilities that would
not disgrace a first class arena and a ground that matches many a top
arena anywhere in the country. The square is
home to an incredible 19 pitches - more than some leading
counties - and with the boundaries 80 yards deep on each side of
the wicket it is little wonder that from east to west the ground
measures 220 yards- appropriately enough in such a racy setting, a
furlong..... If the opinion of Huntingdonshire's opener
Wayne Larkins is anything to go by, he quality of the pitch used was as
good as any track he has batted on in his long career with
Northamptonshire, Durham and England....." |
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See our new sponsors page Challow and Childrey Cricket Club are very grateful to the generous support of our sponsors. Please give them your support. |
Indoor nets on Sundays 28th Feb, 7th March, 21st March and 28th March from 9-10 at Radley College. Cost £3 per session. There
will
be a PLAYERS MEETING at the club at 11 a.m. after training on
SUNDAY 7th MARCH.
2010 Youth Registration night is WEDNESDAY 21st APRIL at 6.30pm. Groundsman in shorts horror.....John Pilcher with ex Challow overseas players from Tasmania Jason and Scott Pearce, and Gary Crawford
James with
Michael Clarke
Club Dinner
Challow benefit
from new mower It
is
with
great
thanks
to
the
ECB
Machinery
Fund that we were able to
take delivery of our new outfield mower in mid August. The new
John Deer ‘triple’ will allow Weed to cut the outfield in a fraction of
the usual time, and may even see some more grass being brave enough to
show its face! The new mower was purchased thanks to the grant
aid scheme that is only open to Clubmark Accredited Focus Clubs, and
contributed 75% of the cost of the mower – some £6000.
On a rare, fine sunny day Challow did
well to restrict M.C.C. to 225-7 in 54 overs. The declaration
left Challow 41 overs to make the runs and despite a good start we lost
quick wickets in this challenging run chase to be all out for
184. Many thanks to John Pilcher's hard work in organising this
festive cricket day and to Rupert Evans for bringing the M.C.C.
team.
(pictures by Dave Hislop)
Challow & Childrey have become the 14th club in Oxfordshire to be awarded the Clubmark accreditation from the England and Wales Cricket Board and Sport England. The award
recognises the "safe, effective and child friendly" practices within
the club. Challow's
Clubmark manager Steve Penney said: "The main benefit is
the profile the scheme brings and the positive messages it sends out
about the quality and safety of the club's junior section." Oxfordshire
Cricket Board chairman Chris Clements, who presented
the certificate, said that Challow should be commended for their
approach to club development.
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