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Legends at Neston for 50th Celebrations

The 50th anniversary celebrations of hockey at NCC begins on Friday with a golf day at Heswall GC. Eddie Byrnes tee's off at 1.32 along with the very lucky Hollingsbee and Glasman who will accompany him on what will surely be a golfing masterclass!

100% Saturday for Cricket sides

Congratulations to the four men's cricket teams who all WON last weekend! There were a number of superb performances, too many to list here, so please go to the link below for full details of results and league/cup fixtures this weekend.

Ladies Hockey first team march on!

Ladies HOCKEY first team have been promoted to North Division 1 after remaining unbeaten through the play off's

Incredible Weekend of Success!

On Saturday the ladies first team entertained Leeds in their second play off match and secured a 3 - 1 victory to give them a great chance of yet another promotion. They now play Newcastle on Saturday (who lost heavily to Leeds in a previous match) knowing that even a draw might be good enough. On Sunday the men's first team collected more silverware for the Club with a 3 - 0 victory over Knutsford in the Cheshire Plate Final.

Ladies need support after first match draw

The ladies hockey first team play at home this Saturday in a must win match against Leeds at 1.30pm. This is the second of their play off games following last weekends draw at Didsbury Greys

Seasons change - but not the weather!

The main Hockey League programme drew to a close last weekend however the ladies first team will be playing right up until the end of April. They have three huge play off matches starting at Belle Vue in Manchester on Saturday against Didsbury Greys.

Everton take centre stage this weekend

A combination of the Easter Holidays and the dreadful weather leaves the Club very short of high class sporting events this weekend. With snow still on the ground the friendly cricket matches on the 6th and 7th April have already been cancelled with the following weeks games also in doubt.

Captain Kirk just misses out on star prize

 The men's fifth team confirmed promotion for next season following a comfortable win against Crewe. Well done to Skills and his Band of Merry Men!

Racketball team retain their title

After a gruelling Winter the RACKETBALL season came down to the last match on Tuesday when Neston first team entertained Northern. Knowing that a minimum of twelve points was required to secure the title over great rivals Liverpool Cricket Club the boys set about the task with relish

Six Nations Penultimate Weekend

Congratulations to the men's HOCKEY sixth team who became the second team, after the ladies 1's, to win their league this season. They did this in style with a crushing 7 - 1 victory away at second placed Deeside

Racketball team two matches away from retaining their title!

After a very close game against their biggest rivals Liverpool Cricket Club, the racketball first team have a slender lead withjust two crucial matches left.

Ladies Hockey secure the hat-trick!

Yet another victory on Saturday has surely secured the ladies hockey first team a unique place in the Club's history. The 2 - 1 win over Alderley Edge resulted in the girls achieving their THIRD consecutive championship title and promotion.

Happy New Year!

The second half of the Winter seasons start again this week with many of our sides pushing for honours. A number of the men's hockey teams are in the mix for promotion as well as the ladies first and second teams.

First cash prize winner in the Winter Warmer Draw!

Incredible scenes were witnessed at NCC last Friday night when not only did Bamber Bush hold another successful Quiz Night, but the FWW cash STAR PRIZE was scooped only minutes earlier!

Male Domination!

Another great weekend on the astro last weekend and in particular for the men's teams. Six out of the seven men's sides all won with the other match being postponed!

Winter warmer free draw starts this Friday!

The long awaited opportunity to win cash starts this Friday from 6pm. Simply drop in and have a drink before 7.30pm to enter the free draw that could see you walk away £50 richer.

Hockey teams unbeaten again!

There was another unbeaten weekend for all our HOCKEY teams last weekend with all those playing securing victory apart from the men's 1st and 4th teams who both drew 2 - 2

Mixed results but everyone gets home

There was a real mixed bag of results for the HOCKEY teams last weekend but the good news is that at least all the away captains managed to get their players home safely!

More strong results for the Hockey teams

Last weekend saw another strong set of results for the hockey teams with all three ladies side winning and only the men's 2nd and 7th teams lost

Winter Season off to a Flyer!

An astonishing start to the season saw all the teams win apart from the 7's and they were only just beaten by......

As I write I believe we have just experienced the longest day of the year? I am not sure if this is measured in the longest day of light, the longest day of sunshine of the longest day of rain. If not the latter I suspect that this may become the new measuring scale for the Summer Solstice.

Despite the monsoon like conditions our sporting teams continue to defy the odds and are producing some excellent performances. The most recent of these came on Sunday when the men's cricket first team entertained Chester BH in the LAST 32 of the National Knockout. After some very hard work to get the ground 'fit' in the first place, the boys then proceeded to win a thrilling match that went down to the last over which saw the visitors requiring just seven runs with three wickets in hand. Enter Neston's very own Chris 'Hackett' Gayle who kept calm in taking two wickets whilst conceding just one run. Watch this space to see who our last 16 opponents are.

The TENNIS teams are also performing miracles whilst battling against the conditions and player unavailability. At the half way stage of the season the first team were top, the second team were second in the same division as the third team who are holding their own, and the fourths and fifths are being guided successfully (on and off the court!) by Dave Price and Ken Patrick.

For full details of results from the tennis and cricket sections please go to their respective websites.

Who would have thought that when Liverpool hastily sacked Roy Hodgson, he would now be leading the national team into the quarter finals of Euro 2012?! Will Brendan Rodgers be doing the same for Walesin a couple of years time at the World Cup?

After topping their group England now face Italy on Sunday at 7.45pm. The game will be live at the Club before which there will be the opportunity to win some prizes in a free to enter sweep-stake. Make sure you get your seat in the stand by 7.15pm to enter!

The Club's defibrillator has now been relocated to a readily accessible spot in case of emergency. It can be found on a shelf in the tea room near the store cupboard. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE IN THE LOCAL VICINITY AND HERE OF A NEED FOR IT - COME AND GET IT! It really will saves lives. Many thanks to LawrenceMcNeight and his family, and to Will Parker for making this piece of kit become a reality.

And finally. This years Marquee Week kicks off with the Sportsman's Lunch on Thursday 5th July and ends on Sunday 8th with the Family Fun Day. Please do come down on the Sunday when there will be plenty of entertainment, refreshments, food and hopefully stunning sunshine! Entry is free for all. The Club bar will not operate at its full capacity during this period with it closing on Friday 6th at 9.30pm and remaining closed on Sunday 8th all day.

Until next time

Andy