Mortimer West End Cricket Club

We are always seeking to bring in new players to strengthen our teams, and welcome those who are keen to play competitive cricket at a senior level. Our current league teams include players from around the world – including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and even Yorkshire who now live either in or near Mortimer West End.  If you want a family friendly club that offers a mixture of competitive and friendly cricket for the young through to the not so young, where families are welcome that has excellent facilities then Mortimer West End CC is the club to join.

To emphasise the club’s commitment to youth cricket we achieved ECB ClubMark status in 2010 which gives us the equivalent of a Kite Mark for quality and an assurance for parents that our club has reached a high standard in our attitude to young cricketers, their development and well being.

Mortimer West End has two Saturday league teams. The 1st XI won the Berkshire Premier title for the first time in 2008 and then again in 2010. The 2nd XI has risen through the leagues and currently sits in the middle of division two.

This year we saw a number of U17s and U15s break through into the Saturday league sides, which gives us an exciting platform for the future.

To see the game that made MWECC league championsfor the first time view the photographs of the Woodcote game: MWECC 1st XI v Woodcote 2008

Our Sunday 1st team plays a mixture of friendly matches against local sides and also competes in (and are past winners of) the Sunday Millennium League. The emphasis on a Sunday is to play cricket in a cordial and relaxed atmosphere where cricketers of all abilities are made to feel welcome. The team has provided a stepping-stone for colts to gain experience of adult cricket and prepare the more able for Saturday league cricket.

We also aim to field a Sunday Development XI primarily aimed as a vehicle for further developing colts into the adult game. We need more Sunday players to be able to do this!

This year we entered a midweek evening league for the first time, playing every week from May to August.

Fifteen eight ball overs for each side in around two and a half hours is perfect for cricketers who can't spare a whole afternoon at the weekend, or who want some practice inbetween weekend fixtures!

We regularly play in two 6-a-Side Tournaments each year, one at the Oratory School in Woodcote and the other at Crowthorne in the grounds of Wellington College.

The Oratory cricket ground provides an excellent venue for cricket and a picnic, having fine views across the Berkshire countryside. In 2008 MWECC were runners up.

Photos Crowthorne Tournament 2009