View From The Top Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 My nipper has asked me how many cricket clubs are within the Soton city boundaries and I'm rather, pardon the pun, stumped. Anyone help out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carljack Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Deanery back in the day,Old Tauntonians who I believe have now merged with Romsey.There were never that many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Vospers? Still have a team along Portsmouth Road ...coming out of Woolston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 6 July, 2013 Author Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Vospers? Still have a team along Portsmouth Road ...coming out of Woolston. That's the only one I could think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Lordshill? club SCC? West End? Parks Grounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Highfield had a team and Trojans have a couple of sides I think, not sure if they're in the city boundaries though. There are usually a couple of games a week down at riverside park but no idea who plays there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Southampton Community? http://www.hantscl.co.uk/clublinks.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 6 July, 2013 Author Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Highfield had a team and Trojans have a couple of sides I think, not sure if they're in the city boundaries though. There are usually a couple of games a week down at riverside park but no idea who plays there. Where do Highfields play Rich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Where do Highfields play Rich? Stoneham lane mate, opposite Trojans. So I guess that puts them outside the city boundaries too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Where do Highfields play Rich? Hardmoor. They have a couple of teams and play midweek in the Border league. http://www.highfieldcc.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneysaint17 Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Trojans Cricket Club are very good. Big junior section and very well organized. Running a summer cricket camp this year as well I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Testlands - Lordswood based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 7 July, 2013 Author Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Trojans Cricket Club are very good. Big junior section and very well organized. Running a summer cricket camp this year as well I believe My nephew plays for one of the U11s sides. Just seems that there is a dirth of clubs for kids within the city. I asked as we live in a small(ish) north midlands town and we have 3 clubs, one of who my nipper plays for (County Cup & League winners 2013), plus another 3 within 3 miles of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 (edited) My nephew plays for one of the U11s sides. Just seems that there is a dirth of clubs for kids within the city. I asked as we live in a small(ish) north midlands town and we have 3 clubs, one of who my nipper plays for (County Cup & League winners 2013), plus another 3 within 3 miles of town. There are loads of clubs near where I live now, far more than in Southampton and much higher profile, lots of them do fsmily days. We want to get my lad into cricket when he is older and there is a great club up the road which has kids teams of all age groups as well as about 3 adult teams and do lots of coaching. the father in law was a handy bowler back in the day im told. I'm half tempted to dust off my pads, not played for years but fancy giving it another go. Edited 7 July, 2013 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 just outside City but I believe Sarisbury and Burridge offer youth opportunities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 7 July, 2013 Author Share Posted 7 July, 2013 (edited) There are loads of clubs near where I live now, far more than in Southampton and much higher profile, lots of them do fsmily days. We want to get my lad into cricket when he is older and there is a great club up the road which has kids teams of all age groups as well as about 3 adult teams and do lots of coaching. the father in law was a handy bowler back in the day im told. I'm half tempted to dust off my pads, not played for years but fancy giving it another go. Do it. My nipper has been playing for only 2 years (U11s) and is now County Cup champion and League winner with a League Cup semi final tomorrow night as well as playing representative cricket for his region. The social side of it for all of us is excellent. Even my girls enjoy going down for nets and matches as lots of others sisters are down at the ground so they have people to play with. The excitement at the climax of county cup final last week was better than anything I've ever experienced. Watching my nipper bat his team to victory, from a losing position, with 2 balls to spare, was brilliant, especially as he was facing county standard bowlers http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/Sport/Junior-side-celebrate-county-cup-success-04072013.htm Saying that, his batting was shocking today but he bowled beautifully to sow up the league with a game to spare. Whilst I enjoy watching him play football during the winter the cricket set up, ethos and coaching is a utterly superior. Edited 7 July, 2013 by View From The Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap in the Chapel Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Locks Heath Cricket Club has the best youth set-up in the area. Three good adult sides as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Locks Heath Cricket Club has the best youth set-up in the area. Three good adult sides as well. Didn't Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain play cricket for Locks Heath? My dad also plays for them but that's less interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap in the Chapel Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Didn't Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain play cricket for Locks Heath? My dad also plays for them but that's less interesting. He did. Current Saints youth player Jake Hesketh plays for Locks Heath CC too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Those who play on the Hampshire League on a Saturday and who play within the boundaries are: Southampton Community II - Millbroom Rec Southampton Travellers - Lordshill Riverside CC - Riverside Park Biggest problem is lack of decent facilities and pitches within the City, although in the midweek leagues there are a number of clubs making use of the Council pitches (above plus Sports Centre, Hoglands etc). As others have said, I think most Sotonians venture out of the City to play their cricket, where space is not a premium and there are clubs with a long history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 8 July, 2013 Share Posted 8 July, 2013 Coincidently, my club are touring down there in a couple of weeks time, we are staying in Bournemouth but a couple of the fixtures are Southampton way. Anybody got the heads up on any of these clubs - grounds, pitches, playing standards, teas, beers????? Hythe and Dibden CC Sarisbury Athletic CC We also play Dorset side Sixpenny Handley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 8 July, 2013 Share Posted 8 July, 2013 Sarisbury have good facilities, 2 grounds at Allotment Road(where social club is) plus Sarisbury Green itself which is just off A27, at top of hill as you come up from Swanwick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Wilfred Posted 8 July, 2013 Share Posted 8 July, 2013 Vospers? Still have a team along Portsmouth Road ...coming out of Woolston. In fact they have two sides that play Hampshire league on Saturdays. There are also 4 colts teams. Under 9, 11, 13 & 15. http://vtcc.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp for more details follow the link above :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 8 July, 2013 Share Posted 8 July, 2013 Sarisbury have good facilities' date=' 2 grounds at Allotment Road(where social club is) plus Sarisbury Green itself which is just off A27, at top of hill as you come up from Swanwick[/quote'] Cheers for info, didn't know about the 'new' ground, my dad used to play on Sarisbury Green in his yoof; guess it would have been in the late 50's! That makes me feel very old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 10 July, 2013 Share Posted 10 July, 2013 There are over thirty cricket clubs within thirty minutes of Southampton, which equates to probably well over a hundred teams as many have four teams. Many of them also have thriving youth set ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 10 July, 2013 Author Share Posted 10 July, 2013 There are over thirty cricket clubs within thirty minutes of Southampton, which equates to probably well over a hundred teams as many have four teams. Many of them also have thriving youth set ups. But very few within the city boundaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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