Welcome to Old Actonians Cricket Club

 
Saturday's Centurions
 
 

This weekend's Old As' Antipodean Axemen Centurions: Cameron French (left) and James Munro.
Photo: Matt Robinson
 
     
   
 

Cricket at
Old Actonians
Home ground: Old Actonians Sports Club, Gunnersbury Drive
(off Pope's Lane), Ealing,
London W5 4LL

Interested in joining please contact Clifford Pile
(07999 929 834) or email
clifford.pile@ntlworld.com
for further information


Junior Cricket - Applications for 2013 season are welcome CONTACT - John Walker 020 8574 0512 or email
john.walker749@yahoo.co.uk for further information 

Old Actonians Ladies
- To join the club or join us for indoor nets please email
oldactoniansladies@gmail.com or call Marilyn Smith on 07958 371 437. Follow us on Twitter: @OldAsLadies
Click here to go to the Ladies webpage
               


 
     
 
Season 2013
 
 

TRAINING
Every Tuesday throughout the season starting on 23rd April from 6.30pm to 8.30pm

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

Please contact
Clifford Pile - 07999 929 834 or email
clifford.pile@ntlworld.com 
to register your interest


 
     
 
Working Party 2013 | Pics: Clifford Pile
 
 
 
     
 
Club awards & dinner | 15-9-2012 | Pics: C Bender
 
 
 
     
 
Old As 1st XI
 
 
1st team pose with Old As scorer Cathy Ensom
 
     
 
Weather at Old As
 
 
Current Conditions in Ealing, United Kingdom
Sunny 14°C
Sunny
Wind: N 6 mph
DateConditions 
Sat 25 MayPartly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
7°C
Sun 26 MayMostly Sunny Mostly Sunny 20°C
7°C
Mon 27 MaySunny Sunny 17°C
9°C
Tue 28 MayRain Rain 13°C
8°C

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Upcoming fixtures
 
 
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Date: Sat 25 May 2013

 1st X1Perivale/PhoeniciansAway 1.00pm
 2nd XIPerivale/PhoeniciansHome 1.00pm
 3rd X1Enfield IIIAway 1.00pm
 4th XIOld Actonians ClubHome 1pm
 ClubOld Actonians 4th XIHome 1.00pm
 
     
 
View from the chair
 
 


Kevin Mahoney, chairman,
Old Actonians Cricket Club

It’s that time of the year again, as I sit in my comfy chair with my blanket and cup of soup looking out on the bleak winter landscape… the mind drifts off to the balmy days of summer and yes - Cricket!! While it seems like looking through the wrong end of the telescope, it’s soon going to be upon us. Having settled the date for the AGM for Sunday March 24, all thoughts and focus now need to be on the battles ahead: captains to be elected, grounds to be booked, working parties to be organised, Colts registration evening to be attended, all the organisation needed before a ball is bowled!

That being said we are in good health having come through last season relatively unscathed, and with Winter nets started we can be relatively relaxed. Having taken the decision to merge the ladies and men’s sections into one cohesive body we have begun to reap the rewards both on and off the field. New nets, paid for by very healthy contributions from the ECB and the Millennium youth trust have paved the way for the provision of excellent facilities for all. A big thank you is due to John Walker, Carlene Bender and Marilyn Smith for the contributions made behind the scenes for the launch and publicity for the opening of the nets and the first Old As Open Day. I know Carlene has plans to repeat and improve the event again this year so watch out for the flyers and posters.

As in previous seasons we are welcoming an overseas player coach in Cameron French. Cameron currently plays for Redlands and comes from a long line of player coaches from there in Trent, Ash and Adam, all of whom made fantastic contributions to Old As. Hopefully the traditional Old As welcome will not cause as much havoc to Cameron’s liver as it did to Glen’s - and that was on the first night!! Cameron is currently topping the batting at Redlands and long may his rich vein of form continue. Known as a ‘stato’, we will all be looking out for the Butterworth points weekly tally.

We will again be using Gunnersbury Drive as the main event and Swyncombe Avenue for the 3rds and 4ths. With a reorganisation of the leagues, every team this year has a full fixture list so the return of old faithfuls to the fold and the introduction of some new blood is going to be essential and we all need to think about who we know and who we can recruit. Having said that we have once again a great crop of youngsters making their way through the colts system to join the ranks of the men and big things will be expected of from the likes of Owen Brooks, Oscar Mayhew, and Thomas Whear to name but a few - all of whom performed well last season. As with the men the backbone of the ladies will be the likes of Katy and Lucy Davies, Emine Oktay and Sarah Baigent, and the progress they made last season was spectacular and long may it continue.

 
     
 
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