The Junior Cricket section can confirm that junior training is now confirmed and will be at Siddal Moor Sports College as usual. Sessions start on 16th February and the schedule is detailed below, all sessions will be 12-2 and will of course be led by fully qualified, first aid trained and DBS checked coaches. The Click here for more ….
Heywood CC under-13s cricketer Jack Morley has been selected for Lancashire under-12s. Jack, who won’t be 12 until June, is a product of the club’s burgeoning youth set-up and attended his final trial at Ormskirk CC and impressed the team’s selectors. Jack is a regular in the club’s under-13s and has already shown the confidence Click here for more ….
The under-11s and under-15s indoor competition at Soccer Factory in Castleton this week have been cancelled – but the under-13s are still on. The 11s were due to play tomorrow night (Wednesday) and the 15s on Friday, but late withdrawals from other sides have scuppered this. However, the under-13s, who play on Thursday, is still Click here for more ….
Heywood Cricket Club will be running junior coaching sessions at Siddal Moor in the New Year. They will be for the Under 13′s – 18′s. Under 9′s and 11′s will be having some sessions closer to the start of the season, details to follow. The sessions will be on a Sunday between 1pm and 3pm Click here for more ….
REPORT BY COACH JOHN HEYWOOD: Heywood Under 13 finished the league campaign on Sunday when they entertained Bury at Crimble in the sunshine. Captain Danny James lost the toss and Heywood were asked to bat first on what was a green but fair wicket. It was a tough toss to lose as we would have Click here for more ….
Heywood CC’s under-13s face Bury on Sunday morning in a curtain-raiser for the day’s big event, the Burton Cup semi-final. John Heywood’s youngsters have had an excellent season considering the bad weather, finishing second to an older and more experienced Littleborough side in their division. The match starts at 9.45am, with the Burton Cup semi Click here for more ….
REPORT BY JOHN HEYWOOD: On another bright sunny morning on the Yorkshire border Heywood made the long trip over to Walsden. Winning the toss captain Danny James elected to bat on what looked a decent batting wicket The batting order was changed around slightly to offer a chance to some players denied time in the Click here for more ….
REPORT BY JOHN HEYWOOD: Heywood Under 13s travelled to Bury last Sunday looking to build on a promising start to the league campaign, but came unstuck against one of the best players in local league cricket. Winning what seems like our fifth consecutive toss, skipper Daniel James opted to bat hoping to post a decent Click here for more ….
Heywood under-15s showed the abundant potential they possess with a clinical defeat of Walsden on Friday night. They hammered the visitors from the east to Crimble and did a fine job on them with the ball, holding them to 81-6 off their 20 overs. James Mills was the pick of the bowlers with 3-5 from Click here for more ….
REPORT BY JOHN HEYWOOD: Heywood Under-13’s were again in action at Crimble on a lovely warm, sunny Sunday morning at Crimble. Walsden won the toss and asked Heywood to bat on what looked a wicket full of runs. In anticipation of a long season ahead it was decided to mix the batting and bowling up Click here for more ….
Heywood CC Under-13s (v Littleborough, h, Sunday. Start 9.30am, meet 9am) Billy Radcliffe, Danny James (c), Jordan Parr, Keelan Nugent, Danny Joesbury, Ben Brown, Ben Buckley Fisher, Darius Cambell (vc), Sam Sweeney, Alex Ball Steven Diggle. 12th man: Shoeb Z. A message from coach John Heywood, who is absent on Sunday morning: “This is also the batting Click here for more ….
Here is under-13s coach John Heywood on his side’s performance in this week’s indoor competition at Kingsway Sports Centre. Thanks to Ross Zelem for scoring. Ross is helping me this year with the U13’s and all the lads should look at his achievements for inspiration. Ross made his Heywood first team debut two seasons ago Click here for more ….