Kit for the 2010 season

Members will by now already be aware of the deal which we have in place for white playing kit for the coming season. The kit has been ordered and will be with us before the start of the season. Payment would be appreciated as soon as possible.

Please also note that as part of the above deal and a sponsorship agreement with Specsavers, we are also providing tracksuit tops to go with the white kit. As with the whites, the cost is being subsidised by the club and by Specsavers, and these tops will cost members £9 each. A top has been reserved for each member who has ordered whites.

For green kit and other training & casual wear please visit the club's online shop in association with Key Cricket Ltd. Members can order direct from the online shop and the items will be posted directly to them. Orders should be placed by 15th February 2010 to ensure delivery before the start of the season.

Finally, please note that the club still has in stock a number of club caps from last season. These are priced at last season's price of £6 each, which is slightly cheaper than Key Cricket - please consider buying caps from our existing stock while it lasts (contact DJM for details).

An Evening with Gary & Vera Aspey

HSPCC presents an evening with Gary & Vera Aspey in St. Peter's Pavilion on Friday 12th March at 8.00 pm.

Tickets cost £6 each (no Under 16s). For further details or to buy tickets, please contact either Sylvia Delargy, Diana Sherrington or Alec Rushton.

Winter Nets

Nets will finally commence on Sunday 17th January 2010 at St. Joseph's School, Horwich, from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm.

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HSP receive Lancashire Cup bye

The draw for the 2010 Barclays Wealth LCB Knockout Cup gave Hindley St. Peter's a bye into the second round. HSP, who were the very last team out of the hat, will be at home to either Uppermill of the Saddleworth League, or Ribblesdale League side Great Harwood. Both teams were runners-up in their respective leagues in 2009.

Uppermill & Great Harwood must play their first round match by Sunday 16th May, and HSP then take on the winners no later than Sunday 6th June.

Full draw

Manchester Association fixtures released

The 1st & 2nd XI league & cup fixtures have now been released. As usual the season begins with the Divisional Cup ("the Surridge") on Saturday 17th April with the 1st XI away at Whalley Range and the 2nd XI at home to Deane & Derby.

The league season begins on Saturday 22nd May with both teams facing Winton (1st XI at home).

Brooksbottom are the opponents for both teams in the H.C. Smith and J.C. Worthington Cups. These matches will be played on Sunday 20th June (1st XI at home) with the winners of each match going through to face either Wythenshawe or Euxton in the quarter finals.

1st XI fixtures

2nd XI fixtures

3rd XI find out 2010 opponents

With the expansion of the Liverpool Comp and disbanding of the Merseyside & Southport Alliance, the Southport League has gained a number of extra teams for 2010. As a result of the restructuring HSP 3rd XI find themselves in Division 3 for the new season (though after just one win in 2009 we would probably have been there anyway!).

Joining us in Division 3 are familiar faces from Ashworth, Bedford Park, Darwen 4th and Halsall West End 2nd, while we renew acquaintances with Aughton and Dalton 2nd XIs. New teams we will encounter in 2010 are Goose Green 1st, Prescot & Odyssey 3rd, Skelmersdale 3rd and Whitefield 2nd, and we also face Winstanley Park 2nd after mixing it with their first team in recent years.

The new structure largely removes the anomaly of our 3rd XI having to face other clubs' 1st XIs on a regular basis as, apart from Ashworth and Bedford Park (both of whom only run one team) and Goose Green's 1st XI, all the other teams we will encounter this season are second, third or even fourth string sides. All in all 2010 is shaping up to be a competitive and enjoyable season.

The season begins for the 3rd XI on Saturday 17th April when new boys Prescot & Odyssey 3rd XI face an Aspull initiation. Last year's marathon seven-game home stint is fortunately banished to history where it belongs. We do face three consecutive home matches in June, although the compensation for this is that the last three games of the season are away.

3rd XI league fixtures (draft)

3rd XI cup draw

Competing in the Hampson Cup instead of the Pochin Cup this year, following relegation to Division 3, the 3rd XI have been drawn at home against Winstanley Park (2nd XI), to be played on Sunday 9th May.

Full draw

2009 season averages

The 1st, 2nd & 3rd XI averages are now online and can be found here.