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Saturday 10th October saw our grounds man having to make the first cut of the new grass on the square following our end of season renovation work. It’s been good weather for the grass to germinate; the square is looking good so far.

Not be long before we put on our Green on Granules (Winter Fertiliser) and then we spike / aerate when the conditions are correct.

Saturday 25th October 7.00pm start at the club, players, members, family, former players are all welcome, come along and support your club.

Schedule;

7.00pm start 3 races.

Presentation

Raffle Draw

3 Races

Auction Race 

Thanks to our Grounds man & Bernie Tanney, Craig Jobson, Dean Greaves and Ryan Pringle we stripped down our covers and sight screens, cleaned down our machines. Starting the week the season finished Monday 14th September.

The square was eventually done the weather did not help but we got there in the end. Just now watching the grass grow and moving our germination sheets around as we go.

Our 1st Team travelled to top of the league Stocksfield on the last game of the season on 13.9.2014. We won the toss and batted and once again we could not build any partnerships and wickets fell quickly and often, only Kevin Hetherington 14, Paul Milburn 13 and Cory Milburn 12 made it to double figures. Credit where it is due Stocksfield bowled very well, we were eventually all out for 81. Wickets were shared around however Ben Hutton bowled very well with sharp away swing he took 2 wickets from 5 overs for only 2 runs.

Stocksfield set about the run chase the only wicket lost was to Dean Greaves bowling with a sharp catch by Kevin (Tucker) Hetherington, a day to forget or we should look at it as an education. Well Done Stocksfield on winning the league.

Stocksfield 30 points Ashington RCC 0 points.

We finished our highest ever placing in the Premier League that was 6th.

Our 2nd team entertained Whitley Bay 1st Team at the "Rec" Whitley Bay won the toss and batted on a cracking deck, they however came up against a side with a point to prove and prove our 2nd team did. We bowled the Bay out for 90 with N. Piper scoring 33.

Our bowlers who did the damage were; Craig Jobson 8 overs, 2 wickets for 23 runs, David Wanless Snr 11.2 overs, 4 wickets for 6 runs "YES ONLY 6 RUNS", Trevor (Captain) Elliott 8 overs, 4 wickets for 25 runs, Great effort by the boys.

We made it home just with the loss of 7 wickets with Liam Lavery 25, Stephen Parsons 17 and Jamie Smith 16 not out saw us through for a great win. Remember folks it is our 2nd Team Playing Whitley Bay's 1st team

Ashington RCC 25 points Whitley Bay 3 points.

We finished 12th in our division but we gave it a go that is the main thing and the spirt we showed during a tough season was brilliant.

Saturday 6^th September 2014, Clara Vale were the visitors to the “REC” for the 1^st team match, we won the toss and elected to bat on a great looking wicket “road”. Once again we stumbled early on losing 3 quick wickets for only 15 runs on the board. Just like last week the Captain Michael “Midge” Adamson and Paul Milburn had to build a partnership and keep the score board ticking over, playing some powerful shots our score moved onto 102 when Paul was out LBW on 50 and in came Chris Harwood alone with Midge kept the scoreboard ticking over, Chris was out for 19. Midge was eventually out for 72 and Scott Maddison scored 14 we were eventually all out for 188.

Clara did what Clara normally do go for it right from ball one, however Dean Greaves had a quick answer in his 2^nd over he took a hat-trick which put a dent into the Clara innings, they still went for it with N Iqbal hitting 23 caught at cow corner by Dean Hardy, M Ashraf hit a quick fire 60 before being bowled by James Richards, H Murza hit 27 another caught on the long boundary by James Richards off a Cory Milburn delivery.  Once Ashraf and Murza were out the innings came to a quick conclusion all out for 135, hats off to Clara they certainly had us thinking with some powerful hitting.    

Our bowling Dean Greaves 4 wickets for 25 runs, James Richards 4 for 66, Mick Nicholson 0 for 31 and Cory Milburn 2 for 5. This win lifts us to 5th in the Premier League our highest place this season.

Ashington Rugby CC 29 points and Clara Vale CC 7 points.

Our 2^nd team travelled to Cramlington CC, we scored 131 all out, Graham Pattinson 23, Craig Jobson 20, Lee Hudson 14, David Wanless Snr 17 not out and Captain Trevor Elliott 23.

Cramlington made it home with 8 wickets down, G Barnes did the damage with 46 not out, our bowling Craig Jobson 2 wickets for 31 runs, David Wanless 2 for 29, Trevor Elliott 3 for 30. Just short of another bowler.

Cramlington CC 28 points and Ashington Rugby CC 5 points     

Saturday 30^th August saw the 1^st team travel to Berwick for their Premier League clash, we won the toss and elected to bat, we lost 3 quick wickets Mick Nicholson, Adam Peacock and Lewis Tanney all for less than 10 runs each we then stood at 22 for 3. We needed partnerships and that’s what the 4 wicket lads did before Paul Milburn was out caught in the slips for 20 with the score on 79. That left captain Michael Adamson with new partner Chris Harwood to build again which they did well before Chris fell on 18 with the score in the 120’s. Michael continued to build his innings ending up 74 not out with our score on 158 for 9.

Berwick set about the run chase with the wicket playing a lot better that it did in the first innings; Scott Middlemiss hit 40, Finely McCreath 49 not out and Sean Wales 37 not out saw Berwick through to the end for the loss of 4 wickets.

Our bowling Dean Greaves 8 overs 2 wickets for 39 runs, James Richards 13 overs 1 wicket for 29 runs, Cory Milburn 8 overs, 0 wickets for 33 runs, Mick Nicholson 5 overs 1 wicket for 12 runs, Adam Peacock 3 overs 0 wickets for 15 runs and Lewis Tanney 3.3 overs 0 wickets for 22 runs.

Berwick CC 29 points and Ashington Rugby CC 5 points.

Our 2^nd team entertained Tynemouth in their Division 1 clash, we won the toss and batted first, we found it tough against Edward Snelders bowling he took 6 wickets for 34 runs from 11.4 overs. Craig Jobson scored 12, Ryan Pringle 11, Kevin Hetherington 31, Jamie Smith 11 and Kevin (Spook) Haram 11 runs we ended up all out for 137.

We bowled well and took regular wickets and only Benjamin Richardson who scored 66 and Daniel Storey on 27 scored any notable runs. The game was on a knife edge with Tynemouth needing 30 odd runs with only 1 wicket left and they just managed it finishing up 138 for 9. We had a few shouts for LBW near the end but nothing came of them. Great effort lads.

Our bowling Ryan Pringle 3 overs 0 wickets for 26 runs, Trevor Elliott 10 overs 3 wickets for 37 runs, David Wanless Snr 13 over 4 wickets for 31 runs and Craig Jobson 9 overs 2 wickets for 31 runs.

Ashington Rugby CC 6 points Tynemouth 27 points.