Wombwell Cricket Lovers' Society

Wombwell Cricket Lovers' is extremely saddened to announce the death of Society stalwart John Ambler, who passed away on 1 August at a care home in Rotherham.

We have been informed that John's funeral will take place on Thursday 27 August at 1130 at Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Rotherham S62 7TW.

We do hope that as many of our members will be able to attend to honour John. For further information & obituary please go to Cricket News & Features page on our website via the link below.

https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/cricket-news-and-features/john-ambler/

Wombwell Cricket lovers' Society is very pleased to announce the appointment of Martyn Moxon as President of the Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society, succeeding the late Dickie Bird OBE, who sadly passed away last year.

Martyn Moxon was born in Stairfoot, Barnsley in 1960 and from an early age had a close association with the Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society through his parents, Derek and Audrey, who were leading lights within the Society for many years. For more information about our new President, please click the link to our website below.

https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/cricket-news-and-features/martyn-moxon---our-new-president/

The White Rose Files !!

Friend of the Society and local broadcasting legend, Jonathan Doidge is going to be part of an exciting new website covering Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Yorkshire cricket in general.

Entitled ‘White Rose Files’, it will take a step away from the usual fayre provided by the county’s own website and hope to complement that with other angles, interviews, features, opinion, spectator viewpoints and, it is hoped, a podcast.

Alongside Doidgy as a significant contributor, there’ll be a regular take on the county game by the ever-entertaining ‘Bumble’, while there will be other familiar names, as well as some new faces.
We hope you’ll join in supporting this new venture, which is aimed at helping to fill the void left by the demise of local and regional coverage of our great sport in recent decades.

It’s set for launch on Monday 30th March

For further information and to register your interest, please follow this link and simply add your email address in the box provided:
https://whiterosefiles.counterpress.media/coming-soon

Those wishing to follow the new venture, you can do so on the following media:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587168197561
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Instagram – whiterosefiles
LinkedIn - White Rose Files

Alternatively there is a link on the Wombwell CLS website
https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/.../the-white-rose.../

With the cricket season less than 2 months away, our own winter 2025/26 speaker season is coming towards its conclusion. We have 4 speaker events left, all at Shaw Lane Sports Club in Barnsley, with the following speakers:

Monday 23 February - Matt Maynard (Glamorgan & England)
Monday 9 March - Scott Oliver (author of Sticky Dogs & Stardust)
Monday 23 March - Andy Moles (Warwickshire)
Thursday 26 March - Junior presentation awards night

Dont forget even if you arent a member, its only £ 5 entry for each event payable on the door, (the Junior awards is FOC for all).
For more info about our speakers and events, please see our website
https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/winter-speaker.../

Its nearly that time of year again ! Sunday 14 December sees our annual Christmas Luncheon at the Holiday Inn, Dodworth. Our Guest Speaker this year is the very funny and very knowledgeable Mark Ramprakash.
Mark has had a glittering cricket career, and along with his stint on Strictly really does has some great stories to tell ! You dont have to be a member of the Society to come along, as Guests and NON MEMBERS are VERY welcome. The current deadline for all bookings is Monday 24 November so dont miss out.
Please click on our website below for full details and more about the event and our Guest speaker. Alternatively, please contact Andy Jones on 07773 918734 or via email: [email protected] to reserve your places.
https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/

We have now opened the enrolment for our annual Junior Cricket Coaching Courses recommencing in January !
This coming winter season 2025/2026, the weekly nets will again take place at the excellent Indoor Cricket Hall at Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park, Bawtry Road, Sheffield S9 1UA.
The first coaching session starts on Tuesday 6 January 2026 and the programme lasts for 8 weeks, finishing on Tuesday 24 February 2026.
Please click below to visit see our website for full details and the coaching enrolment form. Please note the closing date for enrolment is currently Saturday 15 November.

Junior Coaching | Wombwell Cricket Lovers Society Junior Coaching. One of the unique things that we believe sets us apart from other cricket societies is the junior coaching that we offer during the winter months. Over the years we are very proud to be able to say that a number of county and international players have emerged such as Graham Stevens...

Monday 13 October sees our 2nd winter Speaker event of the new season, at Shaw Lane Sports Club, Barnsley.

We are really pleased to welcome Yorkshire legend Arnie Sidebottom who will be our guest. Arnie is well renowned for his humour and as always will have many great stories to tell !

For more information about Arnie and our Speaker programme please click on the link below.
https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/winter-speaker-programme-2025-26/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNM1Z9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBZQUFWN2VCSXlwSW5FT3BBAR45wxsLF2y3301s6Ws5e8UOyMgUv17r_tmnLr76J0ImWIKUt_14pzKmG29T-Q_aem_B5Ixq6oYeUQwcPN6oYsTWg

The meeting starts at 145pm, and there will be a cafe bar open for teas, coffees and light snacks, as well as a licensed bar open for us in the Griffin Suite.

If you wish to come along and join us as a new member, please see our website or email our Membership Secretary Andy Jones on [email protected] for more info.

Or you can just turn up on Monday, we look forward to seeing you there, you will be assured of a warm welcome !

Like the rest of the cricketing world, everyone here at Wombwell Cricket Lovers Society is devastated to hear about the passing of our President & Patron Dickie Bird. Here are links below to tributes posted by Dickie's beloved Yorkshire CCC.
We also have our own tribute on the Society website, and there will be of course be a celebration of his life and achievements in our annual 12th man magazine. RIP Dickie

https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/cricket-news-and-features/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNAoLxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBUNGRRUFE5Y2R6NWM5NUxOAR4oXMHNWGsBb6kr7E-NyBR7_HgoJ-QtefkyDfcbi-SUbPsQQu9AXNi8b_05qw_aem_CZxK0XlFT02A2oehv07MUQ

https://yorkshireccc.com/news/harold-dennis-dickie-bird-mbe-obe-1933-2025/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNAjUxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBwdEF3amtBcGtIbjJNajNCAR4EGrA3GfsFnR2Fb_z_WjqV-ojHdcOA0QvOyVvLME-uoLrzqp-vRZuagcQ7uQ_aem_dR5fmsDB_jPRRe2Xkoxphw

Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird MBE OBE - 1933-2025 - Yorkshire County Cricket Club The Yorkshire County Cricket Club mourns the passing of Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE It is with profound sadness that The Yorkshire County Cricket Club announces the passing of Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE, one of cricket’s most beloved figures, who died peacefully at home at...

As the nights start to get shorter, and the cricket season draws once again to a close, the start of our next winter season is just under a month away. Our Cricketing Speaker & Event programme for Winter 2025/26 is now complete, with full details now on our website. We are really looking forward to this winter season as we have some big names coming to speak this year, with former international cricketers, current coaches, as well as authors & journalists all forming part of our varied and exciting programme. We have also added 2 more in person meetings at Shaw lane this season, giving our members even better value for money than last seasons quality programme.

Our season starts a bit earlier this year, in just 4 weeks time on Tuesday 29 September and runs until March 2026 and for just £ 20 for the whole year, you get free admission to EIGHT LIVE events at Shaw Lane Sports Club, Barnsley, as well as 3 Zoom events in January & February, as well as a copy of our Annual publication the Twelfth Man.
Alternatively, as a non-member you can pay just £ 5 per meeting to attend.

Members and non-members alike are also invited to come along to our always popular Christmas Luncheon (though this is extra, please see website for dates & prices).
Please click on the link below for the full programme.
https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/

If you wish to come and join us please see the website for full info or email our Membership Secretary Andy Jones at [email protected]. New members are always very welcome 😀

Finally, if we could please ask a favour, if you are one of our friends or followers could you please share this post to your cricket club and/or friends and family, that would be really appreciated - the more the merrier !
We look forward to seeing you at Shaw Lane this winter 😀

Home | Wombwell Cricket Lovers Society Wombwell Cricket Lovers' Society. Welcome to our website ! Please scroll down for more details about the Society and all that we do, alternatively check out the different menu options above to navigate your way around our new site. . Our New Speaker Event programme has just been announced for the ne...

In between watching the cricket this weekend, why not check out our interview with everyone's favourite commentator David 'Bumble' LLoyd in the "Cricket News & Features Section" on our website.
https://www.wombwellcricketlovers.org/