A cricket club striving to be at the heart of its community.
NVC Community Legends 2024.
Cricket and clubhouse open to all.
#uptheroadies
#takemehome
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Grampound Road is into the semi final of
@TheCricketerNVC
!
Extra well done to our Grounds Staff who battled the weather and got the game on.
No Cornish side has made it this far since 1994!
#jamfirst
#NVC23
#takemehome
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Absolutely shocking news. A sad day for ALL of Sri Lanka. Thoughts and prayers are with all who are affected by this cowardly acts of horror
#PrayForSriLanka
#SriLanka
What an amazing cup run
@TheCricketerNVC
We've represented Cornish cricket on a national platform and we could not be prouder of that.
A huge thank you to every single person who volunteers for this club.
Take me home, to Grampound Road.
#takemehome
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Congratulations Jeffrey Vandersay on making your test cricket debut!
What an incredible journey, we're all so proud of you.
#takemehome
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@Vandersay
Former Roadie Jeffrey Vandersay
@Vandersay
still cleaning up for
@OfficialSLC
This time dismissing 3 Australian greats: Marnus, Finch and Maxwell.
Bowled Jeff ๐.
It's
#groundsweek
@thegma_
So we're thanking someone who volunteers their time for the club
Today we thank Mark Blake. Blakey is often the first to volunteer to help the club out in any capacity! Blakey (and his team) also built the clubhouse we love so much
Thank you Blakey!
It's
#groundsweek
with the Grounds Management Association. Everyday this week we'll thank someone who works hard to provide the facilities we enjoy.
Today we thank Bernie Matthews. Bernie's given thousands of hours of his time to the club over the years and is a true GRCC legend
It's
#groundsweek
@thegma_
So we're thanking someone who gives their time for our facilities
Today we thank
@Daffy07
A huge amount of passion and enthusiasm for GRCC he gives up hours and hours of his time for us all.
Thank you Chris!
13 year old Dan Foulds made his maiden First XI 50 yesterday!
Dan hit 54 not out, including 7 fours, in a match winning partnership with Tom Orpe.
#takemehome
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It's a winning weekend to start the season!
The 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI all record wins in their first
@cornwall_league
fixtures of the year.
#takemehome
The ladies played their second league game of the season today against
@FalmouthCC
and managed to get their first win, beating Falmouth by 7 wickets! Well done to M.Sweet and I.Grant-French both scoring half centuries and seeing us home.
Huge congratulations to Di Pearce, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award at
@CornwallCricket
Grassroots Awards.
It's impossible to sum up what Di means to us all at GRCC, or attempt to sum up just how much she's done for our cricket club. ๐. We wouldn't exist without her.
Into the quarter finals of the
@TheCricketerNVC
2023.
The victorious 11 and chairman Lewis Sanders celebrate after the game on Sunday.
Horspath mascot also pictured.
#takemehome
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It's
#groundsweek
@thegma_
So we're thanking someone who gives their time for our facilities
Today we thank Tyler Howard.
Tyler keeps our clubhouse in great condition all year!
A top man, often doing the unseen things, which allow us all to enjoy our sport.
Thank you Tyler!
Pleased to say that Saturday means cricket! Two games happening at GRCC today:
FIRST TEAM v
@StAustellCC
at home. 1pm start.
SECOND TEAM v
@HayleCC
away
THIRD TEAM v
@St_StephenCC
THE BAR IS OPEN.
Cricket returns to the home of cricket *actualhomeofcricketmayvary
Loving the reaction to
#GroundsWeek
@thegma_
Even looks like we've inspired a few other clubs to shout out their volunteers using our posts as a template, which is awesome.
We play home and away, so to all the ground staff involved in
@CornwallCricket
thank you for all you do!
Grampound Road CC from the sky!
We were lucky enough to have Ryan, aka Hockeycentric, at the game Saturday, who took these amazing drone shots of our ground.
GOOD NEWS.
Well done to GRCC Ladies who are the 2020 Cornwall Women's League Champions.
Two years in a row. ๐ช. Absolutely terrific.
Full match report in the newsletter this week.
Congratulations to Di for being awarded Volunteer of the Week by
@CornwallCricket
An absolute legend, she could win this award every single week and no-one could argue.
Well done Di. ๐.
1st XI WIN v
@StAustellCC
St Austell batted first making 186-6
Yadav 3-54
Neville 1-24
Robbo 1-24
2 run outs for H Matthews
Roadies chased it in 49 overs.
Yadav 88*
Ridd 44
Take Me Home ๐
Thank you for coming down to us
@NuneatonCC
, a high scoring win, well played.
An absolute pleasure hosting you,
@NCC_Tour2021
Best of luck going forward, welcome anytime!
Chris Roberts appreciation post ๐คฉ๐.
Robbo went past 6,000 runs for the club this weekend (according to Play Cricket).
Throw in 284 wickets and 91 catches as well.
#takemehome
A win for The Roadies in the St Newyln East Evening League vs
@GorranCC
Batting first we had 4 retirements: Jack Mingo 32, Connor Cooke 40, Tom Orpe 32 and Ashley Gilder
166-3 from 20 overs
Gorran made 123-7
Sam Trudgeon 3-31
Connor Cooke 3-18
Riley Blackwell-Smythe 1-18
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Delighted to announce we have been named as
@TheCricketerNVC
Community Legends 2024.
A huge congratulations to everyone involved with the club, whose hard work this award recognises.
#uptheroadies
#takemehome
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It's
#groundsweek
@thegma_
So we're thanking someone who gives their time for our facilities
Today we thank Steve Dunstan.
Steve goes over and above for us. There is no part of GRCC that hasn't been improved by his touch.
We thank you for all you've done Steve!
Owen Morcom (32) hits the winning runs over backward point as the 2nd XI chase 198 to win by 4 wickets against
@tidefordcricket
Jacob Inch finishes 83*
Congratulations all.
Looking forward to welcoming
@NuneatonCC
to the Road today.
BBQ on from 1 o'clock ๐, bar open all day ๐บ, Olympics on the TVs ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ.
Oh, and we might play some cricket.
Congratulations to
@cornwallccc
on their epic win against
@SomersetCCC
Some say Kent and Harvey faced their stiffest competition last weekend and that's why they're in such form...
#upthechough
Congratulations to Mike Eastwood, who's figures of 6-0 make it onto the season long
@cornwall_league
Honours Board.
8 overs, 8 maidens, 6 wickets, 0 runs.
Thank you for travelling Corse and Staunton
@c_scc
Safe trip back and best of luck for the season.
Thanks to Roy and Tim for umpiring
@cornwallumpires
And Mike Gibbons and Dave Garner for scoring.
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