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We have 3 packages for the 2023 season, all are priced at £25 each.

Players, Match Ball and Game Sponsorship.

This season we have seen a big increase in the cost of cricket balls as well as the umpires fees have went up by £10 each to a sum of £50 per umpire per game.

Anyone who would like to sponsor our club you can get in contact via our website or via facebook or twitter.

Our clubs first ever junior side will be playing in the leagues this season, so to get the used to playing with the hard ball. For 3 weeks now we have held indooor training for our U11's team at Bede School, Blyth.

Going well, most importantaly they are enjoying themselves

Work undertaken after the season finished, groundsman has been busy.

Friday 16^th September, we did our end of season ground works, we had the square scarified with one pass of the Graden Linear Aerator down to the depth of 3/8” or 9 mm, we then had 4 bags of Barenbrug Extreme grass seed spread along with 3 - 20 KG bags of Angus 6-5-10+6% Fe Fertiliser and then 4 Tonne of Surrey Loam which was then drag mat/brushed in.

The week before that we cut the square down and then we Verti cut the square to clean it up before having it scarified.

Friday 28^th October, we cut the square down with a rotary grass cutter to get in down to a reasonable height for the winter and then spread 3 - 20 KG bags of Purity Soil Conditioner and 3 bags of 20 KG Terralift TX10 + Mycorrhiza fertiliser.

Saturday 12^th November, we Aerated our square with a Grounds man 460HD to the depth of 5” or 125mm. 

Ashington Rugby CC 2022 Presentation

Our presentaion was held at the rugby club on Friday 11th November. 

Our club had its best ever season the 1sts finishing 3rd in Divison 2 and the 2nds won Division 5 North. Something which means even more than that is our club playing a junior team durin the season in the sotf ball competitions and for next season having a full side playing in the junior leagues.

A few thank you’s .

All the team captains and scorers, 1^st 2nds, Midweeks, Sunday team.

Our Coaches and helpers with our All Stars and Dynamos/Juniors.

Our groundsman would like to thank Bernie Tanney without his help he could not do the ground work, also a big thank you to Bernie’s wife Ros and his wife Alison for letting us do our thing.

Mark and Louise for organising tonight.

Midweek Team

Big thank you to Matty Tanney for running this team and well done, giving people a chance to play. Midweek Team finished with 30 points, we won 3, lost 2, 1 abandoned, 1 tied game and 1 team conceded against us.

2^nd Team

Finished 1st in Division 5 North following our promotion the full season before with 535 points, we won 18 games, lost the last 2, 2 cancelled weather effected games. We took 89 batting points and 77 bowling bonus points. That is also twice winning our respective leagues in 3 seasons. Fantastic effort we had the league title sown up with 6 games left to play.

2^nd Team 2022- Players Player Award – Chris Harwood.

2nd Team 2021 Bowler Award – Gary Mordey 38 Wkts @ 11.34 average, top of the division wickets, best figures were 5 for 20, 151.4 overs with 28 maidens. 1 x 5 wicket haul.

2nd Team 2021 Batsman Award – Chris Harwood 666 Runs @ 60.55 average, 3^rd in the division. Highest Score of 103 not out, with 3 not outs in 14 innings. 1 x 100’s and 7 x 50s.

Special Award goes to Alan Mason for all his support he give the team with the teas, raffle, stats etc.

1^st Team

1^st Team finished 3^rd Division 2, a brilliant effort following from our promotion last season. 10 wins, 9 losses and had 3 abandoned or cancelled due to weather. We took 70 batting bonus points and 73 bowling points. We finished with a total of 364 points.

1^st Team 2021 - Players Player Award – Mark Lawrence. Took 38 wickets with an average of only 15.25 6^th. Best figures were 5 wickets for 15.

1^st Team 2021 Bowler Award – Dean Greaves 40 Wkts @ 16.10 average, best figures were 6 wickets for 3 runs, 206 overs with 42 maidens. 1 – 5 wicket haul. Dean finished 6th in the division for most wickets. We had another player in the top 10 Mark Lawrence..

1^st Team 2021 Batsman Award – Wian Van Zyl 748 Runs @ 57.54 average (best average in the division), Highest Score 180, (club record) with 2 – 100’s, 3 - 50s in 14 innings with 1 not out. Wian finished 2^nd in our league with most runs scored and he played 7 games less than the player who finished top and with also had a better average. We had 2 batters in the top 10 other one being Adam Peacock being the other one.

Special Award

Owen Jarvis running the best BB in Ashington supporting the club by allowing Wian to stay at your home, big thank you

2022 Season Review

With the dust now settled on the 2022 season it’s time for a look back. It’s been a hugely challenging but ultimately successful season for the club both on and off the field.

The 1^st team finished 3^rd in their 1^st season in NTCL division 2 a remarkable achievement having only secured promotion the season before. Despite a sluggish start the mid-season acquisition of our 1^st ever overseas player in Wian Van Zyl had a galvanising effect on the team. Alongside Van Zyl; Peacock and both Tanney’s had excellent seasons with the bat and contributed to wins particularly in the 2^nd half of the season. Stalwarts Greaves and Lawrence led the way with the ball consistently all season and Maddison made some useful contributions with both bat & ball at key times. As the season wore on standards improved immensely, the stand-out win perhaps beating soon to be champions Whickham in their own back yard. Following the season skipper David Dent stood down having guided the team to a long overdue promotion from Division 3 going up as champions and then under his watch more than punched their weight in the higher league. He can be proud of his tenure and hands over the reigns with the team in good shape.

The 2^nd team won division 5 North at a canter despite a couple of losses later in the season but an extraordinary run of 14 straight wins to kick off the season had given them an almost unassailable lead with the teams just below often beating each other. Skipper Harwood led from the front with the bat & was assisted by Thornton, Adamson & Rosser when availability allowed and the side were often indebted to the middle order of Mason, Hetherington, More & Little to get them over the line. The evergreen Mordey was once again leading wicket taker but young pretender Mason wasn’t far behind. Key spells during the season from Wanless, Jarvis, Milburn & Gibson were also vital in securing some key wins. The ability to win games from seemingly losing situations was the stand out feature throughout the season with multiple players taking it upon themselves to be the hero at different stages of the season.

The Midweek side was once again brilliantly led by Matty Tanney and continues to provide opportunities for younger players and those not selected on Saturdays as does the Sunday side led equally impressively by Tom More. Both sides won a few and lost a few but the emphasis has always been on participation for these sides.

As a club we were very proud to put out a side at our 1^st ever Junior festival hosted by Alnmouth CC. Our guys won 3 out of 4 games and were a credit to the club and their parents on the day and looked great in their club gear. Over the last couple of years a lot of work has gone into setting up the junior section and this was the 1st venture of this type and it certainly won’t be the last. Credit to those involved we had well over 50 kids signed up during the season and thanks to parents for sticking with us.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of our sponsors both old and new without them we couldn’t function as a club and also everyone who has supported us throughout the season. It’s been noticeable that there has been an increase in support this year for both sides which is very much appreciated. Credit must go to the Rugby Club for providing an excellent facility, Groundsman Paul Milburn for maintaining it and the players for dishing up some entertaining cricket.

The club are looking to progress next season in all departments and as such we would urge anyone who is interested in getting involved be it playing, sponsoring us or parents of children interested in our junior section to get in contact and discuss what our plans are and what we can offer.

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We have had a great time running the program this year, with our highest number of children attending, we had 32 All Stars and 20 Dynamos.

We are still running free sessions with our last one being Friday 26th August.

Big thank you to the parents for supporting our club and a special thank you to our activators and helpers very much apprecaited without your support we would not be in the position we are now.

Our aim next year is to continue with the All Stars & Dynamos as well as setting up our firsty ever junior team.

Saturday 18^th June our 1^st team travelled to Seaton Burn CC, we won the toss and elected to field, we could not prevent Seaton Burn CC from posting 214 for 9, our main wicket takers were Cory Milburn with 1 wicket for 16, Mark Lawrence with 4 wickets for 52, Dean Greaves 2 for 56 and Scott Maddison with 2 wickets for 25. Our run chased didn’t really get going not helped by a few LBW decisions our main run scorers Matty Tanney with 37, David Dent and Lewis with 31 we crumbled all out for 146 in 30.2 overs

Seaton Burn CC 30 points and Ashington Rugby CC 6 points

In the reverse fixture Seaton Burn 2nds team visited the Rec to play our 2’s, again team who wins the toss and bats at the Rec, apart from Paul Redmayne who hit 30 the rest did not support him they finished all out for 88 on 30.1 overs, our wicket takers Gary Mordey 4 wickets for 19 runs, James Richards with 3 wickets for 23 runs and Paul Milburn with 2 wickets for 7 runs. We made light work of the total chasing it down in 16.1 overs we finished with 90 for 1 our run getters were Chris Harwood with 52 and Michael Adamson with 25 both not out.

Ashington Rugby CC 30 points and Seaton Burn CC 1 point

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Saturday 25^th June our 1^st team welcomed Alnwick CC to the Rec, who won the toss and elected to bat on another fine-looking wicket. We had a couple of early break throughs taking the first two wicket on 12 but they managed to build an innings finishing on 197 for 8 our main wicket takers were Cory Milburn with 4 wickets for 38, Craig Jobson with 1 wicket for 28, Mark Lawrence with 1 wicket for 28 and Scott Maddison with 2 wickets for 58.

We built a steady innings losing 6 wickets on the way to chasing down the total we finished with 200 for 6 with 2 balls to spare a right nail bitter of a finish Wian Van Zyl with 32, Chris Harwood with 43, David Dent with 34 and Lewis tanney with 31 runs, that left it down to Cory Milburn and Scott Maddison to see us home, with Scott hitting 2 boundary 4s in the final over.

Ashington Rugby CC 29 points and Alnwick CC 7 points

Our 2s travelled up the coast to Embleton CC we lost the toss and they decided to bat their opener Carss went for the bowling and hit fine 55 on a unpredictable wicket, they were eventually all out 127 with our wicket takers being Gary Mordey 5 wickets for 20 runs, David Wanless 4 wickets for 48 runs and Owen Mason 1 for 20. We chased the total down 25 overs scoring 128 for 3 Colin Thornton 43 not out and Michael Adamson with 32 did the job for the Rugger Boys, another good win.

Embleton CC 29 points and Ashington Rugby CC 30 points

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Saturday 2^nd July, we hosted table toppers Backworth CC at the Rec, we had 3 torrential rain storms on Friday night which render the square to be 40% under water by 5pm Friday evening and the water had run under the covers our groundsman got the game on but the wicket was damp at one end. We lost the toss and were not surprisingly put into bat and we were all out for 76 in 35.1 overs only Adam Peacock with 18 and Mark Lawrence with 19 scored double figures. We didn’t give in and went out to make a game if it and we had steady break throughs with regular wickets and Backworth were 60 for 9 but their number 11 bat decided to have a swing and it came off scoring the winning runs making their total 79 for 9 off 40.2 overs.

Ashington Rugby CC 4 points and Backworth CC 25 points

Our 2^nd team made the short journey to play Ulgham CC 1^st team, we lost the toss and was put into bat on a green deck, we posted a healthy 201 for 5 off our 40 overs, main run scorers Chris Harwood 52, Michael Adamson 50 not out, Colin Thornton 28, Jay Little 27. Our bowling was just as good with us taking the first two wickets for 3 runs, that however brought in the top man James Lambton who hit a run a ball 36 before being bowled by James Richards. They were up with the run rate when Gary Mordey and Paul Milburn came on who strangled the run scoring keeping it tight not given a great deal away at the same time Ulgham didn’t really go to get the target which was surprising, they finished up 146 for 6 from their 40 overs.

Ulgham CC 1sts 6 points and Ashington Rugby CC 28 points

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Saturday 9th July our 1st team travelled to Bates Cottages CC, we won the toss and elected to bat we posted a good 270 for 7 with Wian Van Zyl and Adam Peacock scoring 85 each which set us a great platform. But on a day when runs came by the hatful as well as the wickets we did well early on with Bates being on 59 for 4 wickets, they then lost the next wicket at 150 and were sitting at 217 for 9 when the last 2 batsmen decided to have a swing not having a lot of overs to go and they managed to pull off a victory on the last ball hitting a 4 to win by 2 runs with a total of 272 for 9 the last two men put on 52 runs to win the game. This was a big blow to lose a game when you looked in charge however dropped catches cost the team dearly.

Bates Cottages CC 28 points and Ashington Rugby CC 9 points

Our 2^nd team playing at home welcomed Bates Cottages CC to the Rec on a red-hot day and a great looking wicket for batting we lost the toss and Bates decided to bat no surprise there on a brand-new wicket. Bates posted a good 184 for 3 off 40 overs with Sam Biggs scoring 104 not out, hard toil for our bowlers who did well to contain the batters as they did. We were confident even without our top runs scorer who was in Spain, special note to out batters who built a platform Stu Rosser with 22, Colin Thornton with 38, Jay Little with 34 and Tom More with 40 to give us a chance to chase the total down as we did with 8 balls to spare we finished up with 187 for 6 another great win for the boys.

Ashington Rugby CC 26 points and Bates Cottages CC 8 points

Saturday 11^th June Ashington Rugby CC 1^st were away at League leaders and undefeated Wickham CC, who won toss and elected to bat they scored 196 for 8 the pick of our bowlers was Mark Lawrence who bowled 12 over, with 5 maidens, taking 5 wickets for only 15 runs top effort. We chased the score down with 1:4 overs to spare losing only 3 wickets. Matty tanney being the stand out performer with 84 not out, Adam Peacock scored 46 and Lewis Tanney 45 not out great result.

Ashington Rugby CC 29 points and Whickham CC 5 points

Our 2^nd team welcomed Berwick to the “Rec” we won the toss on a great looking deck, and we made hay in the sunshine we scored 268 for 4 from the allocated 40 overs, captain Chris Harwood top scored with 103 with 14 x 4s and 2 x 6s, he was supported by his voice captain Michael Adamson who scored 87 before being run out, Jay Little chipped in with 33 not out.

Our bowling was tight and gave nothing away which meant Berwick had to go for their shots and eventually they were all out for 147 in 33:2 overs. Pick our bowlers was Gary Mordey and Ricky Gibson who both took 4 wickets each.

Ashington Rugby CC 30 points and Berwick CC 6 points

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Saturday 4^th June out 1^st team entertained Ryton CC for the first ever visit to the “Rec” we lost the toss on another top-quality looking surface and Ryton CC decided to bat they looked good in posting 233 for 5 from the allocated 50 overs. Neil Robison with 65, Ben Pentland with 52 top scored for them with others chipping in. Dean Greaves our top performer with the ball taking 3 wickets for 29 runs in 12 overs.

Our run chase started quite well David Dent scored 57, Wian Van Zyl with 42, Lewis Tanney with 34 and that left Scott Maddison and Andrew Raine to see us through to a great win with 2 balls to spare we lost 8 wickets chasing the total. Top win great effort by all.

Ashington Rugby CC 27 points and Ryton CC 9 points

Our 2^nd team was away at Rock CC still with a few missing players who are in the 1^st team, we lost the toss and Rock decided to bat, the dangerous Cockayne was the big wickets we need he top scored with 37 before being out to a great Jay Little catch. The rest of the team were out cheaply only posting 63 all out. Our wicket takers were Paul Milburn with 4, Owen Mason and Ricky Gibson with 3 each.

We chased the total down in 16 overs losing only 1 wicket top scorer was Chris Harwood with 31. All the players went back to see a great game with the 1^st team at the “Rec”.

Ashington Rugby CC 30 points and Rock CC 0 points

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28^st May Ashington Rugby CC 1^st were away at Matfen playing Blue Flames once again we had a number of players not available for various reason and drafted in players from the 2nds to fill the gaps, we won the toss and elected to field. Blue Flames score 283 for 6 Tom Scott hit 117 and Abubakar Maqsood hit 97, Craig Jobson 2^nd team opening bowler was our top performer taking 3 wickets for 60 runs.

We were all out 197 in the 49^th over captain David Dent top scored with 56, tough day in the field.

Ashington Rugby CC 7 points and Blue Flames CC 30 points

Our 2^nd team welcomed Tillside CC to the “Rec” with a number of players drafted into the 1^st team, we lost the toss on another good-looking surface Tillside scored 184 for 8, our top bowling performer was Owen Mason taking 3 wickets for 38 runs.

We chased the total down with Chris Harwood 57, Stu Rosser 37 and Tom More with 38 not out and Owen Mason with 44 not out.

Ashington Rugby CC 29 points and Tillside CC 6 points