Curtis Maguire took the plaudits with a superb bowling performance that helped Heywood seconds to a massive victory over a spirited Oldham side at Crimble to secure their place at the top of the CLL Division Two. Maguire was too quick and too hostile for the visitors, taking a superb 7-18 to bowl Oldham out Click here for more ….
In weeks and months to come, Heywood seconds’ victory at Middleton could be the seminal moment of the season. If, and it’s a big if still, Roger Smethurst’s side become the first Heywood second team to win the title since 1984, a win against the odds against one of their biggest rivals may be the Click here for more ….
Heywood seconds made heavy work of defeating a game Unsworth side at a damp Crimble on Saturday. After posting a target of 160 – mainly thanks to a defiant 52 from Adam Fawcett – Simon Dawson struck three times early on to leave Unsworth perilously placed at 10-4. But some determined batting from the visitors Click here for more ….
Heywood now have five new ECB approved, Level 2 cricket coaches. Nerves were jangling at Old Trafford on Sunday morning ahead of final assessments for Scott McHugh, John Heywood, Adam Fawcett, Dale Latham and Danny Pawson. But all passed their final tests and the club now boasts a dozen qualified coaches. This should make training Click here for more ….
Heywood seconds’ resilient middle order kept them top of the league with victory at Crompton on Saturday. Roger Smethurst’s side were in danger of losing their second match in a row when they collapsed to 27-4 at Glebe Street. Skipper Smethurst and Adam Fawcett then dug deep, putting on 77 for the fifth wicket before Click here for more ….
THE Dawson brothers and a determined groundstaff ensured that Heywood Cricket Club’s second team beat the weather and earned a cracking five-point victory over Werneth on Sunday. Heavy rain thwarted every first team fixture in the Central Lancashire League, but Heywood’s determined volunteers worked all morning and early afternoon at Crimble to ensure that a Click here for more ….
BY STEVE MCHUGH: ONE of the stalwart members of Heywood CC’s “backroom staff” believes that exciting times are ahead - if the club’s younger players “want it”. Keith Warren came to Crimble in 2005 after a long association with local cricket, firstly as a player in the now defunct North Western League for Blackley then Click here for more ….
HEYWOOD’S second team completed the double over Bury with a 69-run victory on Sunday. It was an impressive performance following a poor early start, and it was two of the club’s most promising young players who caught the eye. Batting at number six, Andy Dawson gave more evidence of the abundant talent that he has Click here for more ….
THREE of the club’s younger players underlined the emerging talent Heywood will have at their disposal in the new season with promising performances in the pre-season friendly defeat of Bury. Ross Zelem, in his third season at the club but still only just turned the age of 17, top-scored with 42 after a stuttering start Click here for more ….
Five Heywood cricketers past and present are set to add to the growing ranks of the club’s coaches. Current first team players Dale Latham, Adam Fawcett and Danny Pawson (pictured above) will be joined by under-11s assistant coach and former first-teamer John Heywood and former first-teamer Scott McHugh on the five-week Level 2 course, which Click here for more ….
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