Transforming Woodley Cricket Club

Woodley Cricket Club is a fantastic community club where many of the locals enjoy spending their time, both on and off the cricket field.

Unfortunately, there is limited access to the pavilion for wheelchair users and those that have mobility challenges. In order to encourage more participation in cricket and in encouraging attendance at social events we aim to increase the size of the veranda and incorporate a ramp to ensure easier access. However, this means investment and our planned fundraising has been limited by lack of revenue over the bar and the lack of players subs and fees.

We have established an overall Crowdfunding page for this planned transformation work and you can find further details in the following link:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/facility-improvements-incl-disability-access-ramp

That page will help you understand our plans and aspirations and where you will find a number of opportunities to donate with varying levels of contribution for both individuals and businesses. Depending on the value of donation you will receive a reward in return. Please have a look when you get the chance.

The purpose of this particular Just Giving page is to seek sponsorship for one of our key initiatives that will then be transferred to the overall Crowdfunder page. Our overall target is to raise £12,500 and we are targeting £5,000 of that via this initiative which is our first ever Woodley 100km Club Run.

What is the Club Run?

In order to kick off the fundraising at a pace. we have decided to run a collective 100km in one day that will be executed by a number of our members who will visit all of the cricket grounds in the Derbyshire and Cheshire Cricket League.

This will be done in a relay format where members of the club will each run from one ground to another, passing the cricketing baton onto another member(s) for the next leg.

The run will begin at Woodley on the morning of the 18th July and stretches as far and wide as Dove Holes and Pott Shrigley before returning home to Woodley.

We appreciate any donations as they go a long way to improving what is already a fantastic club for the community.

The legs are as follows:

1. Woodley to Newton - 3.4 miles - Danny Kay & Dan Rathburn

2. Newton to Stalybridge – 2.2 miles –Jake Hounslow & Will Adam

3. Stalybridge to Hollingworth - 3.8 miles - Jack Trowsdale & Harry Rippon

4. Hollingworth to Tintwistle – 1.2 miles – Danny Baker & Alex Wilson

5. Tintwistle to Hadfield – 1.4 miles – Gary Pickin & Robin Harris

6. Hadfield to Old Glossop – 2.3 miles – Callum Cheal & Ewan Bray

7. Old Glossop to Dinting - 1.4 miles – Steve Bamford & Tony Hayes

8. Dinting to Broadbottom – 2.8 miles – Ryan Billinge & Nick Pendlebury

9. Broadbottom to Charlesworth – 2.2 miles – Jack O'Malley & Abi Barlow

10. Charlesworth to Birch Vale – 6.2 miles – Andy Rippon

11. Birch Vale to Hayfield – 1.8 mile – Kelly Ratledge & Alex Hinslewood

12. Hayfield to Chapel – 4.9 miles – Mike Mallett

13. Chapel to Dove Holes – 2.4 miles – Andy Webb & Bob Stokes

14. Dove Holes to Buxworth – 4.9 miles – George Wood

15. Buxworth to New Mills – 3.2 miles – James Duggan & Gareth Mchenry

16. New Mills to Whaley Bridge - 3.4 miles – Tom Hotson & Chris Wilson

17. Whaley Bridge to Pott Shrigley – 5.9 miles – Jamie Kay

18. Pott Shrigley to High Lane – 4.7 miles – Conor Cranwell & Phil Harris

19. High Lane to Hazel Grove – 2.5 miles – Nic Derbyshire & Marika Smith

20. Hazel Grove to Offerton – 2.5 miles – Neil Bradford & Neil Harrison

21. Offerton to Woodley – 2.6 miles – Dan Tottle & James Reid

So, 21 legs by 38 different individuals! We hope you can contribute with any sponsorship money you can spare and also with your valued support on the day to help motivate everyone to complete this major milestone and to help this amazing community driven club.

Please remember that funds raised for this run will then go towards the overall Crowdfunder page that includes many other opportunities and rewards…

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/facility-improvements-incl-disability-access-ramp

Thank you for your support.