And that's me signing off for the season. 23 weeks of reporting on cricket around the region, give and take a few with the weather taking full effect. Thank you to all followers who make all the effort worthwhile and thanks to
@GtrMcrCricket
for their assistance.
#winterwell
And that's a wrap for
#GMCL2022
.
It's been another busy but fantastic year - this account has now passed 3200 followers and we hope you've enjoyed our content - not been quite as reliable/consistent as previous due to volunteer time but we will be back for 2023.
Winter well all!
HEATON ARE PROMOTED! Well done to
@Heatonsports
who have secured back-to-back promotions and will be in the Premier League next season following their 8 wicket win today!
PRESTWICH ARE RELEGATED
Egerton take the win over DSL which means 2022 champions and Derek Kay Cup winners Prestwich have been relegated from the Premier League.
And with that, it's time to sign off for the winter.
I would like to thank everybody for their support and co-operation throughout the season and would like to wish you all a superb winter.
#bringon2019
MOTTRAM ARE PROMOTED! Congratulations goes to
@MottramCricket
who have secured promotion in their first GMCL campaign and will play in the Championship next season. They will battle it out with Dukinfield for the league title over the next couple of weeks.
#GMCL2021
PRESTWICH ARE GMCL PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!!!
A massive congratulations to
@PrestwichSport
who have won their first Premier League title following victory at Heyside today! The finish the season with 90 points after 15 victories and just 3 defeats, 4 ahead of 2019 champions DSL.
GMCL PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: A huge well done to Roe Green who have sealed the Premier League title for the first time, with a 2 wicket win over Heaton today!
#GMCL2023
Congratulations to Greenmount who have won the Derek Kay Cup today. They bowled Royton out for 216 despite Khurana's 132 and Owen Feakes' 78 and Ryan Senior's 69 saw Greenmount over the line with 6 wickets in hand.
ROE GREEN 2S PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS! Cogratulations to Roe Green 2s' whose 6 point & 8 wicket win today over Edgworth 2s has confirmed both their promotion and that they will be crowned Division 3W champions. That seals back-to-back promotions and sees them into the 'Premiership'.
PRESTWICH ARE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! The Heys Road outfit have succesfully defended the title with a week to spare! Well done to all involved
@PrestwichSport
NEWS: 2021 Saturday Division placements have been confirmed:
"Due to the events of 2020... we have taken the decision not to move any teams down from where they were expected to start the 2020 season so they will start 2021 in the same place unless they have chosen to move down"
GREENFIELD & FLIXTON RELEGATED:
Astley & Tyldesley have secured their Premier League position for 2022 with a 3 wicket win at Roe Green. That means that both Greenfield and Flixton will be in Premier 2 next season. Flixton become the 1st team to have won the Prem to be relegated.
UPPERMILL PROMOTED: Uppermill have become the first team promoted in 2018 after their 5 wicket win at Friarmere today. A near perfect first season in the GMCL has seen them total 89 points from 17 games. Congratulations to all involved.
And that rounds off another GMCL season.
A huge thank you to all players, volunteers, umpires, scorers, groundstaff, league administrators, supporters and 'X' followers for all of your hard work and support throughout 2023.
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SADDLEWORTH ARE PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS! Congratulations to
@SaddleworthCC
who secured promotion and the top spot in Division 2B after their win over Denton West 2s today!
#GMCL2021
HEYSIDE 2S ARE DIV 4N CHAMPIONS!
WOODHOUSES 2S ARE DIV 4E CHAMPIONS!
Well done to
@HeysideCC
and
@WoodhousesCC
who both sealed their divisional titles today after confirming promotion last weekend.
BURY 2S ARE PROMOTED!
Congrats to
@burycc
2s who have been promoted today!
STAND PROMOTED! Well done to everyone at Stand CC who have been promoted today due to other abandonments, ensuring they have their second GMCL promotion amd, after just missing out last year, they have secured a place in the Premier League for 2019.
WERNETH & MILNROW ARE PROMOTED!
Well done to both
@WernethCCnews
and
@MilnrowCC
who have both sealed promotion today with wins in Division 2B. They will face each other in a rearranged game tomorrow which will go a long way to sealing the league title for one of them.
FRIARMERE AND EDENFIELD PROMOTED: Friarmere beat 3rd placed South West Manchester today and Edenfield beat Stretford, which means that both Friarmere and Edenfield are promoted and will be playing in the Championship next season.
A phenomenal spell from Mike Finan led to the Flowery Falcons beating the Dukinfield Stags by 10 wickets. Finan took 8/7 in his 4 overs, including 6 wickets in his first 11 balls. The Stags recovered from 19-8 to 66 all out, but Finan's 44* meant Falcons won in 7 overs.
WESTHOUGHTON & BRADSHAW ARE PROMOTED:
Flixton have won a thriller against Horwich by 1 wicket which means
@Westhoughton_CC
and
@BradshawCricket
have been promoted to the Premier League!
#GMCL2023
EDENFIELD ARE PROMOTED!
@EdenfieldCC
will be back playing Championship cricket next year after their key win over Thornham today sealed promotion - either they or Saddleworth will take the Div 1 title next week.
DUKINFIELD PROMOTED! Following their away win at South West Manchester today, promotion has been confirmed for
@dcc1870
from Division 1. Well done to everyone at Dukinfield!
WINNER! And a huge well done to Ben Holt of
@HeysideCC
whose remarkable innings on Saturday sees him win the batting performance of the week award for week 1!
ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY PROMOTED! A&T were the early pace setters in Div 1B this year and have secured promotion to the Premier League for the first time today following a 101 run win over Whalley Range. They await news on Heyside's result to see if they are champions.
WINNERS! Well done to all of this week's poll winners:
Batting:
For the second week running...
Oliver Higgins (
@HeysideCC
2s) 157
Bowling:
Thomas Robinson (
@HeysideCC
2s) 8/50
All Round:
Zac McCannon (
@GlodwickCC
2s) 6/36 & 94*
DENTON WEST ARE PREM 2 CHAMPIONS!
More celebrations this evening for
@DentonWestCC
as they have been crowned Premier 2 champions today following their victory over Woodhouses and Edgworth's defeat.
#GMCL2021
Congratulations to
@EGERTON_CC
and
@thornhamcc
with both Matt Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood being called up to the England test and T20 squads to tour New Zealand in November.
#GMCLfamily
Going into the final weekend of the Saturday leagues, here is how the GMCL2020 structure is provisionally looking. Those teams in italics could move around after this weekend's results. This is, of course, subject to teams entering the same teams as this season and special cases.
EDGWORTH ARE PROMOTED!
@EdgworthCRC
will return to the Premier League for 2022 after their 13th win of the season today, against fellow-promotion hopefuls Bradshaw. They will now contend with Denton West for the Premier 2 title in the final 2 weeks.
HEYSIDE 2S & WOODHOUSES 2S ARE PROMOTED!
In Division 4, both
@HeysideCC
2s and
@WoodhousesCC
2s have today been promoted - and both need just 1 point to secure the titles in Division 4N and Division 4E respectively.
And a special 'Weekend Performance' award goes to
@GlossopCC
2's David Wilde who scores back to back tons over the weekend. His 104 on Saturday helped his side to a 6 wicket win over Micklehurst and he added another 106 today in the cup defeat to Bury 2s.
SHAW AND BROOKSBOTTOM ARE PROMOTED! Joining Heaton in Premier 2 next season will be
@ShawCricketClub
and
@BroxCC
who are both guarenteed to finish in the top 3 in the Championship after today's results. Congratulations to both!
WOODHOUSES ARE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE WINNERS
Woodhouses did their job today to take 6 pts and Royton's defeat means Woodhouses take the third tier title!
DUKINFIELD & WINTON RELEGATED
Winton's defeat to Woodhouses sealed their fate, whilst Dukinfield lost their relegation decider
STAND OUT PERFORMERS: Lots of people making these lists this week - 65 to be precise- with a weekend full of top class cricket. Well done to the following:
WINNERS! Congratulations to last weekend's performance of the week winners:
Batting:
Oliver Higgins (
@HeysideCC
2s) 157
Bowling:
Daniel Poole (
@ShawCricketClub
) 6/17
All Round:
Umar Patel (
@deaneandderby
) 131 & 6/63
Premier League week 21 results:
Roe Green are crowned Premier League champions. Flowery Field & Woodbank seal safety with victories. Heyside are relegated despite a dramatic win over Prestwich - which leaves last year's winners most vulnerable next week after Egerton's 6 points.
Wishing a very happy new year to everyone out there.
There's 108 days to go until the 2020 GMCL season get's underway - let the real countdown begin!
🎉🎉🥂🥂🥳🥳🏏🏏
GREENFIELD PROMOTED! Congratulations to Greenfield who have been promoted to the Premier League today after their game and Walshaws game have both been called. They will be champions today if Roytons game at Bury is also abandoned. Enjoy the celebrations!
ELTON PROMOTED! Winton have been unable to pick up 6 points today which means Elton join Shaw in securing promotion from Div 2A today following a 10 wicket win at Bury 2s.
#GMCLLive
DROYLSDEN PROMOTED! Well done to Droylsden who have blown away 3rd placed Shaw today to seal promotion to 'Division 1' for 2019. They bowled Shaw out for 64 to defend 217-9.
WINNER! Well done to Walshaw's Sam Openshaw who wins the all round poll for a superb weekend which saw him take 5 wickets on Saturday and over 180 runs across the 2 days, including a ton.
Well done to Woodbank, A&T and Prestwich who won today in the ECB National KO against Horwich, Farnworth CC and Eagley respectively.
Elsewhere, Stretford were defeated by Leigh
POLL: Choose your bowling performance of the week from the following:
- Louis Greenhalgh (Bury 3s) 6/34
- Suleman Anjum (Whalley Range 3s) 6/74
- Richard Ernill (Brooksbottom 3s) 5/4
- Ross Markey (Winton 3s) 6/22
#getvoting
@burycc
@WhalleyRangeCC
@BroxCC
@WintonCricket
GMCL20 FINALS DAY
Due to the weather, tomorrow's GMCL20 finals day has been postponed. It will now take place on the reserve date, next Sunday 30th July.
ROE GREEN 2S PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS! Congratulations to
@RoeGreenCricket
2s who have been promoted as champions after their 8 wicket win at Hindley St Peters today!
HEATON ARE PROMOTED! Congratuations to
@Heatonsports
who have secured promotion in their first GMCL season after their 9 wicket win today. They will be in the second tier next season.
Championship Live Score Updates
Friarmere 182ao v Swinton M 63/7 (24)
Edenfield 35/3 (12) v Stayley 82/1 (30)
Elton 216/9 (50) v Brox
Uppermill 96ao lost to Westleigh 129ao
Winton 73/3 (25) v Shaw 223ao
Heaton 123/1 bt Whalley R 122ao
#GMCLLive
#GMCL2021
ASHTON ARE DIV 3E CHAMPIONS!
Congrats to
@ashtoncc2015
who have been crowned champions of Division 3E today - with their 20th win from 20 games!
HEYSIDE 2S ARE PROMOTED!
And joining them in moving up from Div 3E are
@HeysideCC
2s who sealed promotion today with their 6 points!
POLL: Vote for your batting performance of week 3, some big scores:
- Tom Heaton (Greenmount) 166*
- Ethan Shackley (Failsworth Macedonia) 137*
- Leighton Darby (Denton West 3s) 131
- Nick Lawrence (Micklehurst 2s) 140
@greenmountcc
@FMacedoniaCC
@DentonWestCC
@micklehurstcc
POLL: Vote for your all-round performance of the week from:
- Matthew Barlow (Milnrow) 3/41 & 56
- David Smith (Denton 2s) 65* & 4/19
- Sam Holt (Saddleworth 2s) 4/16 & 86*
- Ben Seeley (Edenfield 3s) 56 & 6/26
@MilnrowCC
@Denton_CC
@SaddleworthCC
@EdenfieldCC
UPPERMILL CHAMPIONS: Just one week after promotion is confirmed, Uppermill will be celebrating again after a perfect day for them sees them crowned Champions of Division 2B. They claimed maximum 6 points by bowling out Oldham for 59 and Austerlands couldn't pick up any. Congrats
Good luck from everyone in the GMCL
#cricketfamily
to
@CliftonCC
as they travel upto Ormskirk for the 2018 LCB KO final against Darwen today. Go well lads!
WINNER! A big well done to
@EGERTON_CC
's Harry Connor who wins the award for the bowling performance of week 7 for his 6 wickets for 5 runs at the weekend!
POLL: Vote for your bowling performance of the week:
- Thomas Gregory (Astley & Tyldesley) 6/35
- Jonathan Stackhouse (Walshaw 2s) 6/32
- Thomas Law (Walshaw 3s) 6/19
- Harry Connor (Egerton 3s) 6/5
@ginpitcc
@WalshawCricket
@EGERTON_CC
PREM 2 PREVIEW:
The newly named second tier contains 10 teams who have played in the Premier League before.
The top 3 teams will be promoted to the Premier League, and the bottom 3 will go into the Championship.
Reply with your predictions 👇
#GMCL2021
Premier League results: Records are broken at Woodbank with the hosts coming out on top. Clifton fall just short in their pursuit against Prestwich, Heyside chase 274 and Roe Green inflict a first defeat on the defending champions. Greenfield and A&T get their first wins of 2021.
WINNERS! Well done to each of this week's poll and performance of the week winners:
Batting:
Kartik Joshi (
@Greenfield_C_C
3s) 162*
Bowling:
Christopher Jewell (
@RoytonCc
2s) 8/15
All Round:
Liam Wright (
@MottramCricket
2s) 5/38 & 75