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Nantwich school student wins England U16s hockey tournament

Nantwich school student wins England U16s hockey tournament

A Brine Leas student in Nantwich won a call up to England’s U16s hockey team for a 4 Nations tournament – and went on to win!

Jake Holland, from Nantwich, is a Crewe Vagrants 1st team hockey player.

June 27, 2023
Spencer Byatt

Nantwich CC remain on course for another Lord’s club final

Nantwich Cricket Club kept their hopes of another visit to Lord’s alive with a remarkable win at Porthill Park.

The Dabbers reached the final of the ECB National Club Championship in 2019 and 2022.

June 26, 2023
Crewe & Nantwich players star for North of England U20s

Crewe & Nantwich players star for North of England U20s

Two young Crewe & Nantwich RUFC players played a starring roles after being called up to the North of England U20s team for the first time.

Jacob Aston O’Donovan and Logan Lynch had a superb first senior season for Crewe and Nantwich 1st XV and Cheshire U20s.

June 23, 2023
Plans unveiled for new South Cheshire Amateur Boxing Club base

Plans unveiled for new South Cheshire Amateur Boxing Club base

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans have been submitted for a new indoor boxing club and gym on the site of the former Crewe Youth Centre which burned down in 2014.

The proposal is to create a new home for South Cheshire Amateur Boxing Club (SCABC), a registered charity which has worked with young people in Crewe for more than 11 years.

June 20, 2023
Work underway on new Nantwich Town 3G pitch

Work underway on new Nantwich Town 3G pitch

Work officially started today on the new 3G pitch at Nantwich Town’s Swansway Stadium.

Ground was broken on the first team pitch to start the first stage of the club’s project to convert the main stadium pitch to a state of the art 3G facility.

June 20, 2023
Nantwich CC climb up Premier League with win over Widnes

Nantwich CC climb up Premier League with win over Widnes

Nantwich Cricket Club continued their climb up Cheshire County Premier League table with a convincing win over Widnes.

Mitchell Spencer was the star with the ball, taking 5-53 after skipper Ray Doyle won the toss at Whitehouse Lane and asked the visitors to bat.

June 19, 2023
Phil Stockton for Nantwich CC v Chester

Double victory success for Nantwich CC first team

Phil Stockton and Jason Foulkes continued their fine early season form as Nantwich Cricket Club’s first team enjoyed another weekend of double success.

The opening bowlers claimed five wickets apiece after Toft CC opted to bat in the Cheshire County Premier League game on Saturday.

June 13, 2023
Troy Bourne - Dabbers captain and Nantwich Refrigeration Services man of the match

Nantwich Town squad taking shape for 2023-24 campaign

Nantwich Town’s 1st team squad is taking shape ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.

A number of players have re-signed for the Dabbers after captain Troy Bourne put pen to paper on a new contract to remain, despite relegation.

June 10, 2023
Nantwich CC 1st team form returns with league and T20 victories

Nantwich CC 1st team form returns with league and T20 victories

Mitchell Spencer and Phil Stockton were amongst the wickets as Nantwich Cricket Club’s resurgence in form continued.

Spencer and Stockton claimed four apiece as Alderley Edge were rolled over for 100 at Whitehouse Lane on Saturday.

June 5, 2023
Everybody Health and Leisure to deliver Sport England programme

Everybody Health and Leisure to deliver Sport England programme

Everybody Health and Leisure in Cheshire East is one of 10 trusts across the country chosen to deliver a new Sport England volunteering programme.

It’s part of phase 2 of the Active Kindness project, which is being spearheaded by Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).

June 5, 2023
Nantwich Town unveil 2023-24 pre-season schedule

Nantwich Town unveil 2023-24 pre-season schedule

Nantwich Town have unveiled their summer pre-season schedule ahead of the new campaign in 2023-24.

All games will be played away from the Swansway Stadium where the club’s main pitch is set to be replaced with a new 3G pitch.

June 5, 2023
Nantwich CC 1st team hit form with three wins in four days

Nantwich CC 1st team hit form with three wins in four days

Nantwich Cricket Club’s first team returned to form in no uncertain terms as they racked up a hat-trick of wins in three different competitions in four days.

After a run of three successive defeats, the welcome winning spree began when they crushed Congleton CC by 174 runs in their opening game of the Cheshire County Cricket League T20 competition.

May 29, 2023
Cup winners George & Dragon set to clinch Premier Division

Cup winners George & Dragon set to clinch Premier Division

George & Dragon have taken over at the top of the Crewe Regional Sunday Premier Division with just one game left.

They are level on points with Betley who have completed all their matches.

May 29, 2023