Lashings on their way to Rishton CC

RISHTON Cricket Club have managed to pull off a major coup for the JW Lees Lancashire League by enticing the Lashings World XI to play a Rishton Cricket Club Select XI.

Lashings are described as the “Haarlem Globetrotters” of cricket with their list of players who have represented them in the past reading like a “Who’s Who” of world cricket over the past thirty years.

Lashings play the vast majority of their games in the South of England, but they state on their website “We will play you anywhere from the village green to Lords”. True to their word The Lashings are coming to Rishton!

The event is about much more than a game of T20 cricket. It is about a weekend of celebration of our great club at our Blackburn Road Headquarters.

The day will start with The Lashings World XI holding a Coaching Session with Junior Members.

Following on from this will be three course lunch to be served in a specially erected marquee on the Car Park at their Blackburn Road Ground.

The main event of the day takes place at approximately 4pm with the game of T20 cricket.

The club has also managed to secure the services of the one and SELECT Kitchen & Bedrooms, Sponsor of the Vets League, Doubles Winners Worsley A players T White & D Sowerby 21 beat Hurst the only “Voice of TMS” Henry Blofeld who will provide commentary on the game.

To round off what promises to be a magnificent day we will be having Live Entertainment in the Marquee.

Individual Cost of Ticket for Luncheon (to include Lunch, Admission to the Lashings Game and all Evening Entertainment) £40 per person.

As above but with Drinks Package (to include A bottle of Red, White or Rose Wine or a Bottled Beer Equivalent) £50 per person.

Table of Ten people (excluding Drinks Package but including Entertainment) £400 per table.

Table of Ten people including Drinks Package and entertainment etc £500 per table.

Table of Nine people with drinks package and entertainment AND a Lashings Player hosting the Table in the Marquee £600 per table.

Whilst it is preferable for Rishton CC to sell whole tables, consideration will be made to accommodate smaller groups of people and when this occurs every effort will be made to sit all members of the party on the same table. All requests for tickets will be accommodated as long as capacity allows Green players B Holden & R Wilkinson 11

Thank you to the Globe BC For hosting the comp and a special thank you to our new sponsors.