Welcome to the Vale Cricket Club Official Website
Welcome, friend, to the Vale Cricket Club Official Website.
Please feel free to browse around using the links at the top of the page.
To read the latest news items below, click on the heading of the item you want to view and the content will expand. Click on the heading again to contract the content.
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16th May, 2012
Team News - Saturday 19th May
Team news for this Saturday's matches is now available. Click on here or use the Team News link above to view the teams.
10th May, 2012
Vale C.C. Jumpers
We are gauging interest in traditional jumpers with club logo and because of a shortage of cotton this will be the only time we can put in an order for them. If you are interested in ordering either short leeve (£40) or long sleeve (check price with Tom Johnson) please let Tom Johnson know.
All other items of clothing can be ordered directly with our supplier (see link item below for more details) which includes shirts, trousers, shorts, training gear, caps etc.
10th May, 2012
Car boot sale - 20th May
There will be a car boot sale held at the ground in Corntown on Sunday 20th May, 2012 from 8am until 12pm. This will give everyone an opportunity to get rid of some old things and possibly pick up some new ones! So get your junk together and bring it on down. For more information contact Dennis.
09th April, 2012
Vale Secure Friendly win over Tondu
One of the earliest start to a season saw Vale take on Tondu ay Bryn Road in a 40 over friendly. Vale skipper Matthew Williams won the toss and elected to bat on the artifical wicket. Vale posted a highly competitive total of 235-7 thanks mainly to an excellent 3rd wicket partnership of 153 between Mark Francis (89) and JP Davies (80).
In reply Tondu fell 31 runs short finishing on 204-7 off their 40 with the wickets being evenly shared around. Darren Upham, Ollie Pike, Matthew Williams, Tom Johnson, Lucie Johnson and Martin Scott all took a wicket apeice and there was also a run out. Early season catching was also good with Matthew Williams, Martin Scott, JP Davies, Tom Johnson and Mark Francis all holding catches.
A good workout to blow the winter cobwebs away and Vale continue their pre season build up with another away friendly against Blackwood on 21 April.
Mark Francis.
29th March, 2012
6 Nations Predictor - the results
The results are now in and the winner of the 6 Nations Predictor competition can be revealed. Vale CC would like to thank all of those who took part for helping to raise some much needed funds and for having some fun in doing so. So, without futher ado, here are the results!
1. Daniel Ryan
2. Ian Foxhall
3. N Bevan
4. D Manetta-Jones
4. Simon Shaughnessy
6. Alun Williams
6. Phillip Senior
8. Paul Gilbert
9. Julian Penny
10. Theresa Bosque
The full results are viewable here.
02nd March, 2012
Step out in style this Summer!
Tom Johnson has arranged a clothing website, whereby we can all log on and buy some Vale C.C. gear! To visit the site, click on the following link: Vale C.C. Clothing Site.
When you are at the site, log on using the following details:
Username: valecc
Password: v3l3cc
If anyone wants a new shirt, Tom has asked if you can contact him first as he has stock left from a previous order, so they can be bought directly from him. Also if you are interested in a woolen 'Old School' cricket jumper, again, please let Tom know as there is a minimum order. Tom may have spoken to nets attendees over the past few weeks and guaged interest, but if you haven't spotted him and are interested, please get in touch.
02nd March, 2012
Pre-season net sessions - Youth update
Vale youth net sessions have been running for a couple of weeks now, if you would like to attend they are held each Sunday and will run for the next four weeks.
Times and prices:
Under 9s and under 11s (years 2 - 6 ) from 1pm - 2pm
Under 13s and under 15s (years 7- 10 ) from 2pm - 3pm.
The nets this year will be in Cowbridge Leisure Centre. The cost will be £3 per session.
If you have not attended so far, could you please contact Sue Johnson if you are planning on attending these sessions, to give Sue an idea on numbers and to ensure there are sufficient coaches at these sessions.
11th January, 2012
Pre-season net sessions
Vale C.C. pre-season net sessions are commencing on Thursday 9 February - club nets 7.30pm-8.30pm and 1st team nets 8.30pm-9.30pm. These will last for 10 weeks excluding half term (16th February) and will run to 19th April.
Details of youth team pre-season nets sessions will be posted as soon as we have the information available.
11th January, 2012
Fixtures for the coming 2012 season
Fixtures for next season are now available to view in the form of Microsoft word documents. We hope to have them up to date on the website as soon as possible and will let you know when they are available for viewing here.
For now, click here for the fixture lists for Vale C.C. 1st, 2nd and 3rd XI teams.
27th July, 2011
Venue Hire Information
If you are interested in hiring the Vale Cricket Club as a venue for a special occasion, then please click here for more details.
12th May, 2011
Captain's Reports
Captain's reports are still alive and well and are coming in thick and fast.
Visitors to the site last year would have noticed that the Reports section has disappeared. Well fear not, they've merely been moved to incorporate the fixtures list and results (so these are all accessible on one page and you don't have to keep jumping around pages!).
If you'd like to view the reports, you can do so by navigating to the "Fixtures, Results and Reports" section of the website. From there, click on the match result and you will be taken to the Captain's report for that match.
18th January, 2011
Tweet away my friends!
We are now live on Twitter! Yes, yes, I hear you say, "What information could we possible have to put on Twitter, 20 times a day or so?". Well, I don't envisage this as being used every day, but on match days....are you following! Yep, I'm hoping to have almost ball by ball, run by run, commentary on Twitter (okay, maybe not that often, but we can at least give 20 minute updates).
So, If you happen to be crocked, on holiday, working or retired, you can still follow the Vale Cricket Club on the weekends without having to lift a finger. There's an update bar on the website or you can visit the Vale Cricket Club Twitter page for updates and to follow us.
09th September, 2010
Vale Cricket Club Awarded ECB "Clubmark" Status
I am delighted to announce that Vale cricket club have been successful in their application to the ECB's club accreditation scheme, "Clubmark".
To find out what this means for the club and for more information on what the "Clubmark" is, see the ECB's website by clicking this link.
09th September, 2010
Vale 1st XI Secures Promotion
Vale's 1st XI have secured promotion from Division 3 of the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Cricket League by beating the Welsh Asians in Cardiff. The team is promoted despite being level on points (final league standings) and having won and lost an identical amount of games as the Welsh Asians. However, it all came down to the 2 head to head games and those games themselves proved how slim the margin between the two teams is.
Vale won the first game in Corntown by the narrowest of margins despite the Welsh Asians only requiring 4 runs from 11 overs, and this latest battle between the two sides was no disappointment to its predecessor.
Read the Captain's report here.
So, congratulations to the 1st XI for a hard fought and well deserved promotion and to everyone that helped them with this fantastic achievement by appearing for them throughout the season. Well done!
15th June, 2010
Download the Vale Cricket Club Desktop
You can now download the Vale Cricket Club desktop image to put on your computer. Just click on the link below to download either the widescreen or normal screen format and save to your computer. You can then use this image as your desktop image if you like!
For a bit of fun, e-mail me (admin@valecc.co.uk) if you think you can spot the mystery batsmen!
Widescreen Image - 1680 pixels x 1050 pixels
Normal Screen Image - 1024 pixels x 768 pixels
18th May, 2010
Up to date results and tables on Playcricket
As well as having the Vale Playcricket website, you can also keep up to date with the latest results and tables from the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Cricket League. Our 1st and 2nd XI sides are in Division 3. The 3rd XI play in the Welsh Club Cricket Conference, Alliance Division 1. Although most of the data is out of date, you can view up to date 3rd XI tables on this site.
Alternatively, you can click on the link within each teams' fixtures section to go straight to that teams' table.
18th May, 2010
Follow us on Facebook and search on Google!
Well, it's been going for a while but just thought you'd all like to know (if you didn't already) that we do have a Facebook page! Shock horror I know! To access, click on the Facebook link on the left of the page.
Also, you can search the web using the Google search bar underneath the main navigation menu. Just type in what you're looking for, click on search and hey presto, Google in the Vale C.C. website.
* Please note, we are in no way responsible for the content (language, images or videos etc.) posted on the Vale C.C. Facebook page. Therefore, if you have a junior member of the club you may want to check the page out yourself before deciding to let them see it or if you are yourself easily offended, you have been warned!
27th April, 2010
Membership forms and fees
There's not much time left to make use of the reduced rate membership fees. All senior membership fees paid for in full before the 1st May, 2010 will only cost £60. After this date, the membership fee will be £75 for a senior player. This also applies to direct debits set up before this date. If you require a direct debit form, these can be obtained from Paul Sheppard. Could all players (at all levels) please ensure they fill out a membership form and send this, together with payment, back to Paul Sheppard. Further details can be found on the membership form which can be downloaded in various formats below.
Membership form Word document
Membership form PDF document
Membership form Rich Text File document
Caught on camera
Images have begun to surface of Vale Cricket Club players getting up to all sorts of high-jinks including, would you believe it, playing cricket! To view, click on the new "Gallery" link at the top of the page.
