Welcome to Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club
Welcome to Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club. The Club is situated in the beautiful village of Bray, Berkshire, on the banks of the Thames, overlooked by the Church of St Michael. The main ground is widely acknowledged as one of the most picturesque in the country.
Records of cricket at Bray go back over 260 years. The Club is now one of the most go-ahead and lively cricket clubs in the county. We have four teams in the Morrant Thames Valley League, and six teams in the Berkshire Colts Cricket League. The senior side has won the Thames Valley League twice, and our colts sides are among the best in the county, with 6 teams playing in the 5 age groups.
We have around 250 colts, boys and girls, aged from around 6 up to 17, and some of our colts regularly play for our senior teams; we regularly provide county teams with colts players, and one has played for England colts teams. We also ensure that as many colts as possible get games during the season, with a programme of 'friendlies'. The Club is one of the few in the county with a dedicated girls section, and is the only one in Berkshire to provide cricket coaching for disabled youngsters.
We have over 20 qualified coaches, 5 qualified at Level 2. We were the first Berkshire club to be awarded Sport England’s Clubmark by the ECB.
The social side of the Club is particularly strong, with a programme of functions throughout the season. For many years the highlight of the social calendar has been 'Parkie Day', hosted by our President, Sir Michael Parkinson.
New players, supporters and their families are guaranteed a warm and friendly welcome. There are excellent facilities for playing, practising, socialising and best of all you'll be part of the most progressive club in Berkshire.
Saturday 5th September was the last round of the 2009 Thames Valley League Season. The 1st XI secured the 13 points required to survive another season in the Thames Valley League division 1 with a winning draw over Tring Park, which leaves the First XI the top side in the Town. A great achievement when you consider four got relegated from the division.
The Second XI cemented their fourth position in division 4B with a 25 point win over Eversley 2's, with Saqib Quershi (70 not out) rolling back the years ably supported by birthday boy John Hewitt (51) producing one of his typical cavalier innings.
The Third XI, already promoted lasted week under the leadership of Saj Tariq for the third time in three years, eventually disposed of Newbury helped by a 141 run partnership between Milan Pandya (80*) and Barrie Wykes (54).
The Fourth XI claimed the division 8B title. Already promoted they needed to win to guarantee the Championship against Amersham 3. Restricting Amersham to 224 for 6 in their 52 overs, Bray cruised past the target in the 35th over, Phil Cowell top scoring with 31.
Two sides promoted, two sides mid table, not a bad season!!!
Latest News from the Club
Colts Sponsors Sought
Dear All,
With indoor nets now well under way and the first signs of Spring upon us our thoughts have already turned to the prospect of another exciting season of Colts Cricket.
The season starts on Sunday 20th April with a "Colts Day" and once again we will be providing coaching for all age groups with our ECB Qualified coaches throught the Summer and we have a number of competittive matches where we are looking to improve on our considerable sucess of last year.
2008 Social Events
A collection of themed nights have already been organised for the 2008 season.
Dates and times to follow shortly.
- Italian Evening - organised by Chris Bowler.
- Caribbean Evening - organised by Ami Newman.
- Curry Night - organised by Samir Vaja.
- Bar-B-Que Evening - organised by Warren Blackett.
- Chinese Night - organised by.......
Colts Manager - Winter Training
Hi All,
It may be dark, miserable and pouring with rain outside but the cricket season is here, well nearly!
Winter nets start this Saturday at 11am for the colts at the usual place, St Piran School. Seniors take over at about 12.30.
The cost of the sessions has been reduced from £40 last year to £35 this year, for all 14 sessions, of £4 on the door, that's a saving of £21 if you pay in advance, what a bargain!
Message from the Captain of Cricket
Dear All
I hope you had a good break over Christmas and the New Year! If you don't know me I am the new Captain of Cricket for 2008.
Following a very successful year for the club in 2007 we have targeted an even better one for 2008. The club's ambition is to have all four sides in the Top 4 Thames Valley divisions in 4 years! To achieve this we will need to up our game as a club and as individuals. We hope to attract some new players along the way but we have a.......
Winter Training 2008
Just a quick reminder that Winter Training starts at St Pirans School on 19th January and runs until 26th April ( with the exception of 15th March).Further information from The Captain of Cricket and the The Colts Manager will be published shortly.
The Colts sessions will be from 11.00am and 12.30pm, and the Seniors sessions from 12.30pm until 2.00pm.
The cost are �4.00 a session or �35 for all 12.
Newsletter - Dec 07
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I know your thoughts are more likely to be on a knees up rather than a leg before and a turkey rather than a duck, but allow me to briefly interrupt your seasonal cheer with a few cheery thoughts of a season to come by way of a few juicy appetisers.
1.Keeping Score:
As you may well remember, there was much good work done last season to raise funds for the new electronic scoreboard, and you will be pleased to know that it is now on order and.......
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