Flame & Fire head to Finals

Our Ladies indoor campaign has gotten off to a flyer in the Wrekin Indoor league with both Flame and Fire unbeaten in their respective leagues and on a collision course to the Final on 08 February.

Condover Fire started as they meant to go on with a convincing 67 run win against Albrighton Roses. This was followed up with wins against Allscott and Newport. Confidence was growing and Fire sporting two mother daughter combos were firing on all cylinders again beating Madeley and Shrewsbury, even having to play with 5 one week didn’t change their fortunes and securing top spot in the league and Fire’s place in the semi-finals.

Condover Flame welcomed Louise Herbert back to the squad and got off to a flying start comfortably beating both Renegades and Forton. Next up was the friendly rivalry of Shelton, which is always a tight game but, on this occasion, Flame came out on top by five runs. Great wins against Wrekin and Wiley saw Flame top the group as well and go through to the Finals night.

Fingers crossed the form remains and their winning streaks continue in the Semi-Finals where success would see an all Condover Final – Flame v Fire

Doing the club proud, here’s hoping for the first silverware of the season!

Good Luck to both teams (no favouritism here 😉)

AGM 2024

Thanks to all that attended the recent Club AGM; full minutes are available to members on request.

The new committee is formed as below…

President – Steve Barker

Vice-President – John Mansell

Chair – James Upton

Treasurer – Andy Brooks

Club Secretary – James Bradshaw

Ground Manager – John Mansell

Clubhouse Manager – Mike Rogers

Lead Safeguarding Officer – Andy Mottram

Head Coach – Charlie Rogers

Junior Manager – Charlie Rogers

Going to be a big year, thanks to all the volunteers and everyone’s support.

Condover CC Ladies have arrived!

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Condover CC Ladies section.

It has long been recognised that a Ladies section has been the missing piece in the future stability of the Club and this move ensures we’ll be here to offer access to cricket for all in the years to come.

The majority of the group come as an established and highly successful outfit looking for a new home and it is exciting times that they will be integrating with Condover CC.

Their first outing as Condover CC Ladies will be in the Wrekin Softball League on 04 January and we wish them every success in that and all future matches.

Along with entering two teams into the Wrekin indoor league during the off season, we will also be entering a team into the Walford Indoor League. Come the summer we are looking to host teams in the 8-a-side hardball, 10-a-aside softball, and two teams into the 6-a-side softball leagues. So all in all there will be plenty of cricket to be played.

Whilst this is an established group we are always open to new players of all standards, so if you are interested please get in touch via info@condovercricket.club

And if that wasn’t good enough news, a huge thank you goes to Copthorne Vets who have very generously agreed to sponsor the club and cover the cost of all the new equipment required to set up the Ladies section. It is great to know that they are keen to get involved and back our new venture, please check out their website via shrewsburyvets.com

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and bring on the New Year!

Presidents Day – Sunday 4th September

It’s Presidents Day on Sunday 4 September. We plan to play two games – a senior 100 and and a junior 100. Fun starts from 1pm. Please bring your own food and the bar will be open all day.

Team News – Mid Week XI v Pontesbury (H) – 26 July

Charlie Rogers

Matt Brooks

Jordan Barker

Robbie Barker

Josh Leese

Niall Salisbury

Andy Mottram

Rowan Cresswell

Lucas Ridgeway

Olly Upton

Jake Upton

Team News 28 May

First XI – away at Calverhall

1 Charlie Rogers (cap)

2 Sam Rogers

3 Will Davis

4 Jake Upton

5 Olly Upton

6 Zoe Griffiths

7 Joe Lafferty

8 Sam Spiby (wk) – debut

9 Andy Mottram

10 Sam Love

11 Ben Jones

Second XI – home v Forton

1 Chris Henderson (cap)

2 Andy brooks

3 Sam Brooks

4 Brad Burnett – Thomas

5 Rich Gilbert

6 Tony Preston

7 Tom Geary

8 Leon Kosciuczyk

9 John Mansell snr (wk)

10 Lucas Ridgeway

11 Andy Rubery

Team News – 21 May

Condover First XI Home to Frankton 2XI

Charlie Rogers (cap)

Robbie Barker

Jordan Barker (wk)

Josh Leese

Sam Rogers

Andy Mottram

Olly Upton

Alexis Newman

Mark Griffiths

Zoe Griffiths

Rowan Cresswell

Condover 2XI – Away at Lilleshall

Chris Henderson (cap)

Andy Brooks

Sam Brooks

John Mansell snr (wk)

Brad Burnett – Thomas

Sam Love

Lucas Ridgeway

Andy Ruberry

Rich Gilbert

Tony Preston

Graham Geary

First XI Match Report

It was a day to forget last weekend away at the league leaders, as we fell to a very comprehensive defeat.

Winning the toss was as good as it got for us as the home side smashed 292-5. James Upton was sniped from one of the surrounding houses within 4 overs as his hamstring went, meaning we had to field a man down for the rest of the innings. Both openers scored 50s whilst their number 4 tee’d off hitting 130 not out. Sam Rogers was the pick of the bowlers taking 2 wickets, Mark Griffiths and Ben Jones picked up one each.

In reply, Griffer hit the most glorious 20 you will ever see including 2 quality cover drives. However, despite some resistance we were bowled out for 94.

Despite the result we did take some positives as Alexis Newman returned earlier than expected from a horrific leg break. In addition to this, Jake Upton hit an unbeaten 33 on 1st team debut.

This weekend we face Frankton 2s at home.

First XI Match Report

It’s safe to say it wasn’t a day for the batsman at Condover on Saturday!

After again winning the toss and deciding to bowl, we started well thanks to some tidy new ball bowling from Robbie Barker and Will Davis. We picked up 2 key wickets early in the visitors innings whilst also keeping the run rate down. Some great fielding and a tricky pitch meant that we bowled Wheaton Aston out for 117 after 37 overs. Robbie with 1, Will with 2, Sam Rogers with 1, Zoe Griffiths and Rowan Cresswell both taking 3 each.

In reply, the visitors were excellent with the ball which made things even harder on a rapidly deteriorating pitch. Charlie Rogers and Mark Griffiths battled for a near 50 run partnership before the captain was superbly caught and bowled for 28. A traditional Condover collapse ensued as the old guard of Griffer and the officially now retired Mike Rogers dug in. The pair, who closely resemble the old men from The Muppets, blunted the Aston attack before Griffer was bowled for a hard earned 18. Joll followed not long after for 15 in his final innings. With Will and Sam at the crease we still had the chance to win it late. This was until Will was caught one handed at mid off. Sam and Zoe managed to keep out the last couple of overs meaning we had to settle for a losing draw scoring 100-9.

A strange game but very competitive with some excellent bowling from both sides. Wheaton Aston certainly look one of the best sides in the league, good luck to them until our next encounter!

We are away at table topping Broseley next week.

Team News

First XI – Home to Wheaton Aston

Charlie Rogers (c)

Robbie Barker

Jordan Barker (wk)

Josh Leese

Sam Rogers

Will Davis

Zoe Griffiths

Joe Lafferty (debut)

Mark Griffiths

Mike Rogers

Second XI – Away at Forton

Graeme Hughes (cap)

Andy Brooks

Chris Henderson

John Mansell snr (wk)

Graham Geary

Tony Preston

Rich Gilbert

Paul Evans

Lucas Ridgeway

Sam Love

Matt Love (debut)