Bacup
cricket. Unlike today the first age group team at Bacup
was the Under 15’s where I started out as a 13-year-old,
then the thirds, seconds and firsts. I played continuously
with 17 locations around Lanca
at the club from 1974 until 2015 captaining either the
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seconds or for a period of four years the firsts.
“The most challenging aspect of my job as chairman is
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• Annual vaccinations;
• Annual vaccinations;
We have a branch HASLINGDEN
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to keep abreast of everything that is going on at the club,
• Free nurse health checks for elderly pets and
CLAYTON LE DALE (24hr). 01254
near
• Free nurse health checks for elderly pets
and you:
pets at 6 months;
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pets at 6 months;
including junior and senior cricket, ground maintenance,
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Full
surgical facilities for operations;
• Full surgical facilities • for
operations;
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24hr Emergency
bar and social events and grant funding.
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• Dedicated
• Dedicated
pet
vets,
24hr
service,
including
home
visits;
pet vets, 24hr service, including
Out of Hours
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“Thankfully, the job is made much easier owing
home visits;
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• See the same vet at your local
branch;
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• See the same vet at your local branch;
to the excellent committee we have who put hours of
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•
Hospital
consultations
7
days
a
week;
• Hospital consultations 7 days a week;
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with 17 locations around Lancashire
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their time in to ensure the smooth running of the club.
• for
Pet overseas
passports
overseas
• Pet passports
travel for
with
your pet; travel with your pet;
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Definitely the most rewarding thing by a long way is to
• • Referral
dermatology,
orthopaedics,
internal
medicine
&
visiting
cardiologist;
Referral dermatology, orthopaedics,
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internal medicine & visiting cardiologist;
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•
CT
scanner;
see the youngsters develop through the age groups
to
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• Annual vaccinations;
• CT scanner;
We have a branch HASLINGDEN
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•
On-site
hospital
hydrotherapy
unit;
• Free nurse health checks for elderly pets and
senior cricket and hopefully the first eleven.
CLAYTON
LE
DALE
(24hr).
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• On-site hospital hydrotherapy
near
unit; you:
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pets at 6 months;
• Pet Heath Club (phc).
• Pet Heath Club (phc).
SOUTHPORT (RSPCA) ...... 01704 461884
“The club is in great shape at the moment. We
were
• Full surgical facilities for operations;
HESKETH BANK ............... 01772 814498
24hr Emergency
ASHTON ON RIBBLE ........ 01772 727262
• Dedicated pet vets, 24hr
Myerscough
Veterinary
Group
unbeaten in our qualifying group in the T20 competition
service,
including
Out of Hours
PRESTON
(RSPCA)
........... 01772 880764
is a trading
name of IVC.
Reg.
24hr
Emergency
Out
of
Hours
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home visits;
ST ANNES......................... 01253 716736
Office: The Chocolate Factory,
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and have just won our quarter final match to • qualify
Keynsham, Bristol BS31 2AU
LOSTOCK
HALL
...............
01772 696868
See the same vet at your local branch;
OSWALDTWISTLE ............ 01254 398737
for Finals Day with the added bonus of being host
club.
• Hospital
consultations 7 days a week;
GREAT HARWOOD ........... 01254 877654
CLITHEROE ...................... 01200 423256
• Pet passports for overseas travel with your pet;
Given good weather this should be fantastic for our
long
LYTHAM.......................... 01253 737187
FRECKLETON .............. 01772 632317
• Referral dermatology, orthopaedics,
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time Treasurer Neil Hollingsworth.
internal medicine & visiting cardiologist;
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• CT
“We feel that our league season could be going
a scanner;
little
• On-site hospital hydrotherapy unit;
better. However, both first and second elevens • are in a
Pet Heath Club (phc).
position to make a push for promotion in the second half
Myerscough Veterinary Group
is a trading
name of IVC. Reg.
of the season. The third eleven are second in the
table
Office: The Chocolate Factory,
Keynsham, Bristol BS31 2AU
and most of the junior teams are riding high which
is
Myerscough Veterinary Group is a trading name of IVC. Reg. Office: The Chocolate Factory, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 2AU
testament to the work our junior coordinator Terry Lord
and his coaching staff are putting in.
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“Youth cricket has to be of paramount importance to
Myerscough House, Longsight Road, Clayton-Le-Dale, Blackburn, BB2 7JA
the club. Relatively isolated at the top of the Rossendale
Valley, we rarely attract players from other areas, so
“The latest new feature to our ground is the recently
having a gradual stream of players coming through is opened Boundary Bar which is a lovely area to relax
vital. Like many clubs we do All Stars as an introduction with friends and family and watch the cricket. This was
then under 9’s, under 11’s, under 13’s, under 15’s and constructed entirely by some of our members. We are
this year we have entered an under 19 T20 competition very grateful to have such a supportive membership.
to bridge the gap between juniors and seniors. We cannot
“The challenge moving forwards is to continue to
afford to slacken off our junior development.
upgrade the club’s facilities both on and off the pitch.
“We are very much a community and family Our next project post season is to have extensive
orientated club. Obviously, we exist for cricket and all improvements done to the field’s drainage and
of our fund-raising efforts go towards staging cricket at improving the infrastructure of the clubhouse is always
Lanehead, but we organise all kinds of social events for ongoing.
young and old alike to enjoy.
“From a playing point of view our ambition has to
“The ground and clubhouse are constantly in use. be to get promoted to the first division in the near future
I’m not sure how our longstanding groundsman Colin and with the majority of our first eleven squad in their
Shaw copes with the volume of junior, senior and ladies’ 20’s and coming towards their peak there is no reason
cricket in addition to local school, district and other this cannot be achieved.”
representative matches. Our function room is always
busy.
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