Yateley Cricket Club

WELCOME TO YATELEY CRICKET CLUB
Do you enjoy cricket?

We cater for players of all standards with our 3 men's teams playing in the Thames Valley League & Berkshire League.  We also play friendlies and T20 mid-week games.  We also have 2 Women's teams playing in the Hampshire League and our Junior boys and girls play in the North Hampshire junior Leagues.

If you are interested in a friendly, active and ambitious club with 17 ECB qualified coaches dedicated to helping all our members we warmly welcome you to come along and join us.

Email us at enquiries@YateleyCricketClub.co.uk.

or call Colin Justice (07751 385276)

Women’s teams and Girls U16s train on Tuesday evenings from 6-30pm to 8-00pm.

Men’s teams and Boys U15 / U17s train Wednesday evenings from 6-30pm to 8-00pm.
They will also train on a Thursday evening as well from May 12th

All Junior Girls and Boys teams will train on Friday evenings ;

• Girls U7s/U9s  6 -7.15pm
• Girls U11s  6.15 – 7.45pm
• Girls U13s  6.30 – 8pm

• Boys U7s – 5-30 – 6-30pm
• Boys U9s – 6-00 – 7-00pm
• Boys U11s – 6-30  - 8-00pm
• Boys U13s – 6-30  - 8-00pm

Qualified Coaches are available at all training sessions to help and encourage player development

Ben Tucker  

12^th Feb 1995 – 24^th April 2022

It is with great sadness that we must report that former Yateley CC member, Ben Tucker, 27, passed away whilst visiting his family in the USA.  Our thoughts are with his parents, Sarah and Jon and his brother Mark who were also actively involved with the club for many years.

Ben joined YCC in 2008 as an U13, he was a pace bowler who was always itching to have a go with the bat and often came in at the end of an innings to add a few vital runs.

The highlights of his junior cricket were as a member of the two squads, U13 and U15 who reached the National Club Finals (top four clubs in the country).  In 2008 he was a member of the U13 team that were runners up in the National Club Finals losing out on the top position on a run rate difference of 0.02.

In 2010 he took a crucial 4 wicket haul for just 6 runs in the Western Regional Finals against St. Fagans in Weston-Super-Mare, taking the U15 team to the National Finals where they finished third.

Always looking to learn and improve, Ben went on to play for the seniors and so improved his batting that he made 5 half centuries for them whilst being a top bowler.

He made many friends during his time with YCC, some enduring beyond cricket.  His good friend and fellow team member at Yateley, James Halson, said "he was unique; funny, endlessly entertaining, kind, thoughtful and simply someone you wanted to be around.  I will miss him immensely".

I think that perfectly sums up Ben and would be endorsed by all those who coached him including John Muir, Gerhard Pienaar, Chris Roper, Kevin Wood, Paul Adams, Brian Denston and others. Ben will never be forgotten by those who knew him at Yateley CC.

Colin Justice, Head Coach