FISHLAKE CRICKET & BOWLS CLUB
Pinfold Lane, Fishlake, Doncaster DN7 5LB (directions below)
PONTEFRACT & DIST. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2003 & 2004
DYSON SKIDMORE TROPHY WINNERS 2005
"ASK NOT WHAT CAN THE CLUB DO FOR ME?.. BUT WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE CLUB?"
LAST UPDATED: TUE 5th AUGUST 2008
LATEST CLUB NEWS
Club News - Latest headlines & forthcoming diary
Congratulations to the U17s on reaching the end of season play off final
40th anniversary events continue - September - Sportsman Dinner with guest speakers
Nobby Stiles & Mike Cowan.
October - test your knowledge of local & global events, music etc over the last 40 years in our anniversary quiz.
FIXTURES ARE OUT - FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW
EVENING LEAGUE FIXTURES CLICK HERE
Please e-mail your match report (cricket & bowls!) to: niall.saynor@talktalk.net
COACHES
Congratulations to Andy Shelton, Gary Cutts & Matthew Mason who passed the Grade 2 coaching courses this winter. Anyone who attended the junior nets will have the seen the remarkable transformation that has taken place. and the great time the juniors were having. The nets were excellently attended and the junior membership particularly at the younger end has increased dramatically. This club is heavily indebted in particular to Andy and his able assistant Gary, but also their other helpers Neil & Ray Brusby, Ken Greaves & others - thank you to you all.
JUNIORS SECTION
2007 HONOURS:
U15s PONTEFRACT CUP RUNNERS UP
U11s FURNITURE FACTORS DONCASTER JUNIOR LEAGUE: RUNNERS UP
U11s FF DJL CUP: RUNNERS UP
U11s DONCASTER TOWN INVITATION 10:10 RUNNERS UP
U9s FFDJL: RUNNERS UP
REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS: SELECTED FOR DONCASTER & DISTRICT U11s: Will Holling, Adam Saynor, Ben Shelton
A season of so nears especially for the U9s who were on course for victory in their play off final only for the weather to intervene & then lost the re-match on the final ball. Nevertheless an excellent season for the juniors and shows the real progress all have made and are credit to the club.
Click here for results & tables from the Furniture Factors Doncaster Junior League
The nets have been very well attended so far & if been transformed thanks to Andy Shelton & Gary Cutts - helped by his team of helpers notably Neil & Ray Brusby. We run teams at U17, U15, U13, U11, & U9s & if you are interested playing the game & would like more details then e-mail us here.
Clubhouse
A reminder the club is available for the booking of functions - e-mail here for details & enquiries
OUTDOOR NETS
EVERY FRIDAY AT 6PM WEATHER PERMITTING - please note no earlier & parents please hand your son or daughter off to the appropriate coach in attendance.
FOR THE LATEST CLUB NEWS IN WEST & SOUTH YORKSHIRE VISIT THE WEST YORKSHIRE CRICKET WEBSITE
FOR ALL THE LATEST BOWLS NEWS LOG ONTO THE GOOLE & DISTRICT BOWLING WEBSITE HERE
NEW CLUB SHIRTS STILL ON SALE AT JUST £15 EACH - CLUB CAPS NOW ON SALE AT £7.50 EACH.
YOUR WEBSITE
As much as I have enjoyed putting this website together - this is a website for all club members - so let me know any news, events or ideas that you would like to see on the site included. Follow the "contact the club" link.
Below are some links you may find useful
Pontefract & District Cricket League
Barnsley & District Cricket League
Doncaster Rovers FC (well I had to!)
ABOUT US
Fishlake Cricket Club located 3 miles to the west of Thorne and 8 miles to the north of Doncaster is enjoying it is most successful period in it's 38 year history. The 1st XI won the Dyson Skidmore Trophy for the first time in 2005 having won THE YORKSHIRE COUNCIL LEAGUE - PONTEFRACT SECTION in 2004 & 2003. The club also operates a 2nd XI in Division 3 of the same league who finished 5th in 2006. The only 2nd XI to play as high as this level for 4 successive years. They were also runners up in the Heywood Williams Trophy in 2004. The 3rd XI plays in the Barnsley Sunday League and we also have two evening league teams in Divisions 1 & 2 of the Snaith Evening League, the senior team here also won the Evening League cup in 2004.
Since 1989 we have also had a popular bowls section who have a number of sides in the Goole & District league
The club is in an idyllic location to the west of the village of Fishlake, so if you are passing the area why not drop in for a drink at our fully licensed bar we would be delighted to see you.
Fishlake Cricket Club is proud to be a cricket focus club as part of the ECB initiative promoting closer links with schools, sharing good practice with likeminded clubs and fully compliant with the current child welfare legislation.
Fishlake Cricket & Bowls Club is located on Pinfold Lane, Fishlake, Doncaster (Postcode DN7 5LB)
Easiest route to the club is by leaving junction 6 of the M18 - from the south take the 2nd exit from the roundabout, from the north take the 5th - the A614 signposted to Snaith. After a few hundred yards turn left - signposted Fishlake, Sykehouse & Stainforth, take care across the single track bridge. Stay on this road for 2 miles all the way through the village of Fishlake - as you leave the village the road takes a sharp right hand bend followed by a narrow left, pass the row of terraced houses on the right, the cricket ground is immediately after these on your left. Entrance to the car park is after the pavilion.
If you are travelling from Stainforth via Barnby Dun - turn left in Stainforth after the sharp right hand bend, follow road round to the left again & then immediately fork left again across the canal & river bridges. Follow this road as it winds through Fishlake village - turn left at the T junction onto Pinfold Lane & follow this road as it takes a sharp right hand bend followed by a narrow left, pass the row of terraced houses on the right, the cricket ground is immediately after these on your left. Entrance to the car park is after the pavilion.