Ryton
Cricket CLUB
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Ryton
Cricket CLUB
R
yton CC enjoyed a year full
of progress in 2015 and is
working hard to ensure that
they can enjoy more success in 2016.
We caught up with club representative
Aidan Lawson recently to find out more
about how they have been getting along
lately.
He told us, “I have been a member of
Ryton Cricket Club since 1952. I joined at
the age of seven because my father had
been secretary of the club, and cricket was
then a very popular sport in the area.”
“We have a most amazing team of
volunteers at our club and a thriving
junior section supported with an excellent
coaching team. The most rewarding
aspect of being a committee member at
Ryton C. C. is to see the progress we have
made in developing first-class facilities,
and the success we
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have had in recent years
with our junior teams
and second eleven.
“There are
s e v e r a l
challenges
to
each and every
amateur sports
club and Ryton
is no exception
maintaining
playing strength
when so many are
obliged to work on
weekends, generating
the funds required to
operate, as well sustaining
and developing facilities are the
main challenges.
“The mood in the club is very positive
and optimistic - with the formation of
a 3rd senior team, and many
promising young cricketers
emergi ng
from
the
junior ranks, a new
equipment
store
being constructed and
further development
planned.
“2015 was a
terrific year - only
one game was
cancelled
due
to the weather.
The
second
senior side won
promotion, the
under13
team
were champions,
the under11 team
were
runners-up
without losing a game,
and the first eleven were
narrowly pipped for promotion.
“For the 2016 season we have
recruited a top professional, and look
forward to a successful season with
promotion of the first team at the end of
the season. We expect to see even more of
our junior members joining the Durham
County Player Pathway development
programme.