FIFTEEN year seven cricketers from Saddleworth School will be having a day’s coaching at the Yorkshire CCC Indoor Centre, Headingley on Monday February 10.
The funding is coming from the Saddleworth White Rose Society and is a continuation of a coaching project which began last year when a coach visited the school from Leeds and a group of cricketers then went to Headingley for coaching.
The aim is to re-connect Saddleworth cricketers with Yorkshire CCC and re-assure them that they should consider themselves part of the’ Yorkshire cricket family’ even though the district was placed in the Lancashire system many years ago.
THE 2014 Versasteel Saddleworth & District Cricket League season begins on Saturday, April 19th.
And Uppermill and Greenfield face opening-day visits to new-boys Whalley Range and Wythenshawe respectively.
The opening-day fixtures are: Austerlands v Saddleworth, Glodwick v Friarmere, Heyside v Droylsden, Micklehurst v Hollinwood, Shaw v South West Manchester, Staley v Moorside, Whalley Range v Uppermill, Wythenshawe v Greenfield.
Uppermill begin the defence of the Tanner Cup with a home first-round tie against South West Manchester on Sunday, May 11th.
The full first-round draw: Moorside v Shaw, Micklehurst v Greenfield, Heyside v Friarmere, Glodwick v Droylsden, Austerlands v Saddleworth, Whalley Range v Staley, Wythenshaw v Hollinwood, Uppermill v South West Manchester.
MICKLEHURST have signed Aussie Peter Skuse as their professional for the 2014 season.
Skuse has spent a decade at Saddleworth skippering them to league and cup successes.
His new challenge is to lift the fortunes of Micklehurst who have finished bottom of the table in each of the two seasons since they returned to play in the Saddleworth League following a stint in the Huddersfield League.
THERE were wins for Austerlands and Greenfield in the Oldham Under-Nine’s League.
Austerlands beat Royton Heroes by eight runs while Greenfield overcame Heroes by a margin of 33 runs.
Friarmere lost by 42 runs to Royton Trojans.
