A Cricket Club in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Junior Boys, Girls and Senior teams. Lancashire League Div 2 Champs 2023 🏆 Professional: Lesiba Ngoepe 🇿🇦💚🖤
We are delighted to announce the signing of Lesiba Ngoepe as our 2025 Professional. He has played over 100 FC matches amassing almost 5,000 runs & another 4,000 when pro-ing in the UK.
@seebz_50
is an experienced coach who will work closely with our Junior teams 💚🖤🇿🇦
We are deeply saddened at the passing of our former Chairman, Life Member and great friend Don Holt. A wonderful leader and supporter of Church CC, Don will be missed by all and our thoughts are with Beryl and all of the family at this sad time
Our win at Rishton today was enough to see our 1st XI promoted to
@lancs_league
Division 1. A proud day for the club and amazing to see so many of our supporters on the ground to witness the victory. A fantastic team performance but here’s
@mobhada123
🐐 💚🖤
🚨 For those that haven’t seen it yet, here is our new function room.
We are very proud of what has been achieved and grateful to so many people for their hard work.
If you would like to book it for your function contact us here or ring Phil on 07808808737 💚🖤
There’s something special about winning with your mates. Lads you’ve grown up with. Lads whose family are your family. Have a safe winter everyone. See you next training
#churchccfamily
💚🖤
The club are deeply saddened to hear of club/league legend Jack Houldsworth’s death. A fantastic gentlemen who will be missed by many. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. RIP Jack.
It is finally the weekend and thanks to some amazing generosity we are up to £16,898! We’ll all be up early supporting
@englandcricket
in India 🇮🇳 because, after all, they support
@ChurchCricket
too! Thanks
@MAWood33
who is right behind our Crowdfunder 👍🏻
#YourChurchCC
💚🖤
A proud day. Our 1st XI will be playing in Div 1 next year but today made sure we do so as Champions 🏆
Incredible support from a fantastic community of volunteers and friends. We love you all! 💚🖤
#OurChurchCC
We are delighted that
@sagar_T20
has agreed to return to West End in 2022. He is a record-breaker, a hard worker and an all-round fantastic guy
#OurPro
💚🖤
We are delighted that Raheem Kasser will be joining us from Wigan CC for next season.
The leg spinner has spent four years in the Liverpool Competition having previously played at Accrington CC, taking well over 100 wickets in the process.
A wonderful performance from
@FlorentineKelan
who has just hit 135* (120 balls) as we reach 278-7 in the Worsley Cup over at Greenmount.
Well done Ke. A fantastic lad and a great achievement 👏🏻💚🖤
🚨 £20,000 TARGET HIT!🚨
Thanks to the generosity of our supporting businesses and over 150 individuals, we’ve smashed our Crowdfunder goal in 4 weeks.
💚🖤 Thank you!
Every penny will be used to improve our club for the benefit of our community.
A recent photo of the ground looking spectacular, on what should have been the first home game of the season today. Hoping all members, fans and volunteers are staying safe and hopefully we will see you soon down here watching some cricket
It’s been a great week for our 14yr old quick bowler, Dawood. Not only did he make his 1st XI debut on Saturday (2 wickets inc the Pro!) but he has been selected to represent the
@Lancsjcl
U15 team in the Inter-League this year.
Well done Dawood! 👏🏻🟢⚫️
💯RUNS💯
After Nathaniel’s hundred in the 2nds last week, Levi scored a 100 yesterday and today at Clitheroe in the 3rds, Toby and Chris, both only 15 years old, had a partnership of 223 with Toby Gargan scoring 116 and Chris Smith 99 not out. Well played! 👏🏻👏🏻
Our major post-season work has begun as we continue to try to improve our club in every aspect. Our fundraising efforts earlier in the year with a fantastic contribution from
@LancashireCC
#CrowdfundLancashire
have made this possible 💚🖤
Congratulations to George Bentley
@ZISnews
who has been selected in the 18 man training squad to represent Switzerland U13’s🇨🇭
It is George’s dream to one day come back to represent Church at Senior level just like his Grandad, Dad and Uncles.
Good luck George!
#churchccfamily
Congratulations to Dawood whose season gets better and better. Following a three wicket haul against Lancashire U-14’s and a win for the Lancs League Inter-league U-15’s side he has today taken a wicket
@HomeOfCricket
in a national final for Manchester
@_MCCFoundation
💚🖤
Another Saturday closer to cricket and more fantastic news from the club 🏏
We are hugely grateful to the
@LancsEnvFund
for a grant of £12,500 to help reconstruct our toilet areas and create food preparation and storage areas.
💚🖤
#YourChurchCC
The club would like to thank professional Johnny Riekert for his efforts on and off the field this year. A model professional and an even better bloke. Good luck back in SA. See you soon longman! 💚🖤
One lad was so unlucky to miss out today after his last over v Walsden, and his contributions all summer, helped get us to the final. (His last ball video has 3,278 views and climbing 😀). And what great lad he is! Well done Ryan!
#oneofourown
💚🖤 PLAYER NEWS🖤💚
We would like to welcome
@mobhada123
to the club. 🏏
Mo joins us after several successful seasons with
@Feniscowlescc
and with his previous
@lancs_league
experience we look forward to seeing him in action in 2022.
In just over 24 hours our Crowdfunder will come to an end having raised over £22,000! We are so grateful for your support and can’t wait to show you the impact of your generosity, over the coming weeks and months 💚🖤
#YourChurchCC
Something else we 💚🖤 to see…
Here is
@ScullyJosh
receiving his
MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology today.
You couldn’t wish to meet a more humble, authentic and inspiring lad.
We are immensely proud to have you as our Club Captain 🫡 💚🖤
Well done skip 👍🏻
We are extremely grateful to The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund for a grant of £3,000 to assist with renovation of the Club function room/bar, toilet and kitchen areas at the Club 💚🖤
#YourChurchCC
Our 3rd XI may have been defeated
@Burnley_CC
today but it was a hugely significant day for the club.
Two of our Junior girls made their Senior debut and at just 14 years old, they did themselves proud.
Well done Mia and Emily 💚🖤
First use of the new nets this evening. Wouldn’t have been able to get down in March this time last year. Once again, a huge thank you needs to go out for all involved with this project to help current and future cricketers here at Church. Ready for what this season brings
It has truly been an honour to have Asad Shafiq as our teammate and Professional. One of the best we have ever seen, his exceptional talent is bettered only by his fantastic character. We congratulate him on an outstanding career and wish him all the best for the future 💚🖤
Another reason why we are so proud to have Ossy Joggers use our West End Ground as their home too. OJ’s raised over £600 from their Accy 10k to have a defibrillator, provided by
@PhilMaherFoundn
installed at our entrance. A crucial resource accessible to the community 🖤💚💙
Huge thank you to
@RamsbottomCC
for hosting today. Says everything about their club that they can put on an event such as this, safely, at such short notice
@lancs_league
We have been awarded ECB Disability Cricket Champion Club (DCCC) status as part of our ongoing commitment to make Church CC one of the most inclusive clubs in the County. We look forward to extending our offering for all in 2023
@ECB_cricket
@LancsCricketFDN
@amlyn_layton
💚🖤🌹
We were so happy with the feedback you gave us on our new function room but our work didn’t stop there. We have completely renovated our foyer and toilets too and are really proud of the results.
If you’d like us to host your next event, please contact Phil on 07808808737 💚🖤
Tonight we welcomed
@jason_wheels
and his school pals for their prom. Thanks to
@FishwickDavid
he arrived in style. See the full story here (21 mins) 💚🖤
@BBCNWT
Blue sky and local
@lancs_league
cricket against
@AccyCC
- a perfect day to remember our friend Don Holt. I’m sure he’d be very proud of how beautiful the ground looks. Lots of us will take the opportunity to spend a moment thinking about him this afternoon 💚🖤
I know we are biased but how amazing does our room look??!!
The diary is beginning to fill up for 2022 so contact Phil on 07808 808737 to secure the date for your special event 💚🖤
Congratulations to Asad Shafiq who played his last domestic professional game today. He captained his side to another trophy to win the T20 final having also won the Quaid e Azam trophy last month.
We can’t wait to have you back with us next summer, Asad 💚🖤🐐
We are delighted to have received our Clubmark accreditation yet again. This means our club is sustainable, well run and provides the right environment for our members. It also recognises that Church CC is a safe, rewarding and fulfilling place to play cricket 💚🖤
We passed the £1,500 mark earlier. So grateful for everyone’s donations.
Our aim is to promote Junior cricket with young people being affected so badly by this pandemic.
Here is
@englandcricket
nutritionist
@EmGardner1
explaining what it means to her
#YourChurchCC
We are delighted to welcome back our 2016/17 Professional Zain Abbas for the 2024 season. He has been in outstanding form in Pakistan, scoring 3 recent tons with a best of 292*
All at Church have fond memories of Zain and look forward to making more 💚🖤
The lads did it!
Tom & Anthony completed their challenge to cycle from Liverpool back home, to the WECG, on the canal. They’ve raised a grand total of £720 to help us! Brilliant effort lads and a massive thanks 👏🏼👍🏼
🟢⚫️
Win the Ashes 2015 ✅
Win the World Cup 2019 🏆 ✅
Bowl 90mph rockets 🚀
Only one thing can top that...front page of the
@AccringtonNews
Observer. You’ve made it
@MAWood33
! 👍🏻 Thanks for your support! 💚🖤
As we head towards the end of the summer, what a privilege it has been to see our Juniors grow and their numbers swell as more and more children enjoy playing their cricket at West End.
The U9’s have had a brilliant season - a fantastic bunch of kids! 💚🖤
Congratulations to Poppy and Ffion who have both been selected to represent Lancashire U11 Girls for this season 🌹
They will take on Durham and Cheshire, and play in two Roses clashes against Yorkshire 💚🖤
@LancsCricketWMN
@Lancsjcl
@TinderCorp
Not much better than a ground full of people enjoying Junior Cricket on a Tuesday night. Thanks to
@LeylandLadiesCC
for bringing the U11 Girls over for a brilliant game 💚🖤
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our dear friend and former President Derek Pilkington. Derek was a huge supporter of the Club and a regular at home and away fixtures. He will be sadly missed and our thoughts are with Joan and all the family at this sad time.
Well done to our U9’s who braved the cold and played in a really enjoyable game against
@AccringtonCC
this evening 💚🖤🏏 Here they are looking smart in their new
@iconsportsuk
kits 🟢
26 days and £18,743 ago we launched our Crowdfunder because we are passionate about engaging people in sport. We are 93% of the way there and we can’t wait to share with you the impact of your support in the coming weeks and months 💚🖤
#YourChurchCC
@AndyhHolt
It’s looking great
@AndyhHolt
- from one Community Club to another - just completed a big project of our own so we know exactly how much graft is needed! 👍🏻
Thank you to Malcolm Roe from the East Lancashire Masonic charity who came to the club at the weekend to present us with a cheque for £1,800. The funds will be used to make our facility more accessible for those with specific needs 💚🖤
Another brilliant morning for the U13’s. The encouragement and support they received from our opponents from
@LeylandLadiesCC
will give them so much confidence - thanks girls!
Sensible batting and good fielding made it a really competitive game. See you all again soon 💚🖤
Time to reflect on big day in Sport, Liverpool Champions in Europe, Joshua loses titles and Eve makes her senior debut, the first girl to represent Church in a senior team. Well done Eve!
Not sure there’s a more picturesque ground anywhere in Lancashire than
@SalesburyCC
on a summer’s evening. Thanks to
@SalesburyJunior
for an enjoyable game 💚🖤
The club are happy to announce that
@Crabbi699Stuart
has signed from Whalley. A great coup for the club and we look forward to welcoming him. Good luck Crabby!
💚🖤
Being part of a community means that sometimes you have to look beyond your own needs and try to support others. That’s exactly what Ossy Joggers do and we are proud to share our home with them 🟢⚫️🔵🏃♀️🏏
#CommunitySpirit
#YourChurchCC
A massive Happy Birthday to one of our Junior Superstars 🌟 James who is 6 today. Look at this for an amazing cake! Hope you had a fantastic day ‘Young Ferg’ love from all at Church CC 💚🖤
@Fergie_100