Philadelphia Cricket & Community Club

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The Club has several different types of memberships and prices tailored to our members' requirements. Memberships

Details of our coaching staff can be found on this page. Coaching Staff The Club currently has 2 qualified coaches providing all coaching activities to all members of our playing staff from the youngest to the oldest. If you would like to contact any of our coaches then please contact them in person or via the Club's email address philadelphia.ccc@gmail.com . Tom Raine Tom joined the Club at the age of 12 and broke into the 1st team at 15. Apart from brief spells at Murton and Castle Eden, Tom has played all of his career at the Club. Tom is a fully qualified coach having obtained an ECB Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Young People and Adults, is DBS checked and has a Safeguarding Young Cricketers certificate. Tom currently manages the Under 18s team and is the Lead Activator for the Club's popular All Stars programme. Adam McGuire Adam joined the Club in 2002 and represented the County until the age of 18 and played in various r epresentative league sides at various age groups. Adam has played 1st team cricket since age 14/15 and has been at the Club for over 17 years apart from a brief 2 year spell elsewhere. Adam is a fully qualified coach having obtained an ECB Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Young People and Adults and is DBS checked and has a Safeguarding Young Cricketers certificate.

Looking for a room for your event? Recently renovated to a very high standard, the Malcolm Pratt Lounge can be configured to suit your requirements. The room has patio doors leading to the cricket ground and provides panoramic views of the cricket ground. Can accommodate up to 100 people. Malcolm Pratt Lounge This room is self-contained with its own access to the bar serving area. It has recently been renovated to a very high standard and can be configured to suit your requirements. The room has patio doors leading to the cricket ground and has several large windows providing a panoramic view of the cricket ground. The room has access to a kitchen if required and also contains disabled toilet facilities and can be configured to provide a dance floor. The room will accommodate any size of party up to 100 people.

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The Club is having a Family Fun Day on Sunday, 7th May 2023. Family Fun Day 07/05/2023 The Club is having a Family Fun Day on Sunday, 7th May 2023. Please see below for further details.

Established in 1868 and located at our Bunker Hill ground in Philadelphia, we are at the heart of the local community. All players are welcome, irrespective of ability or experience. We also have function rooms available for christenings, weddings, parties, meetings, fitness classes etc. A News Ticker Will Appear Here In A Few Seconds............... Welcome Welcome to the Philadelphia Cricket & Community Club website. The Club is at the heart of our local community. Thank you very much for visiting our website and we hope you find it easy to use and informative. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve our website or any problems with our website then please complete our contact us form . Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Links for Life - Sunderland The Club is pleased to announce that it is in partnership with Sunderland City Council to help deliver its "Links for Life - Sunderland" initiative. The initiative is the successor to the "Warm Spaces" initiative which the Club ran successfully until its completion in July 2023. Please click here for more details. Working with Sunderland City Council, Links for Life aims to help as many people as possible, whether it's helping directly with a problem or simply sitting down with a cup of tea. We are open for Links for Life on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12 pm - 2pm and on Sundays from 12 pm - 4 pm. But you don't need to attend, if you need help just give us a ring on 0191 3890484 and we'll do our best to assist you. Some of the things we can help with are: - walking aids of various kinds, do you need an aid, if you already have an aid is it right for you. - energy efficiency - Eon will carry out a survey of your property and if you are eligible will install cavity wall and loft insulation. THERE IS ABSOLUTLY NO CHARGE FOR THIS SERVICE. - mental health - many people are suffering as a result of the financial crisis, if you need help we can arrange for a confidential appointment for you. But Links for Life can help in other ways. Do you need advice about your health, finances, housing, or indeed any matter, working with the Council, we are here to help. Please feel free to pass on this information to anyone who you think might benefit. Customer Registration If you are not currently a member of the Club but would like to receive emails from us regarding future events, then please click here to register. Upcoming Events Recent Changes To Our Website Recent changes to our website can be found here . Function Room We have a function room available for occasions such as weddings, birthday parties, celebrations, christenings, fitness classes, funeral teas, meetings, training events etc. Please click here to view more details. Please click here to complete our contact us form with your occasion's details. Following a recent inspection by Sunderland City Council, the Club's kitchen, clubhouse and tuck shop have all been rated 5* - the highest level possible. Clubhouse Opening Times This Week

Interested in sponsoring our thriving Club? Please do not hesitate to get in contact with us to discuss all options for sponsorship. Sponsorship The Club are extremely grateful for the support provided by our sponsors as their support allows us to continually improve our playing and social facilities which improves the service to our community. Our current sponsors and links to their websites can be found on our home page. Some of the areas where sponsorship could be provided are:- 1) Business Advertisements You could have your business advertised on our website and mobile app. 2) Perimeter Advertising Boards You could have your business displayed on our perimeter advertising boards . 3) Match Ball You could add your business to our list of match ball sponsors. 4) Team Sponsorship You could sponsor any of our teams from juniors to seniors. If you are interested in any of the above or would like to discuss any other sponsorship/business opportunities then please complete our contact us form.

This page contains all recent changes to our website. Recent Website Changes 25/08/24 Minor amendments to the adult and junior player membership forms 21/07/24 Junior and adult player membership forms now available to complete on line 21/07/24 Junior and adult player membership forms amended 04/07/24 Twitter logo changed to X on website and all documentation 01/07/24 Summer festival 2024 removed 04/05/24 Updates to Links for Life on home page 19/04/24 Updates to summer festival page 18/04/24 Changes to captains for 2024 18/04/24 Links for Nature walk added 12/04/24 Removal of ladies team 09/04/24 Page added for Summer Festival 2024 07/04/24 Revision of junior section page 15/03/24 Updates to coaching staff page 15/03/24 Updates to Ins/Outs for 2024 09/01/24 2023 1st XI photo added to gallery 06/01/24 2024 management committee changes and monthly draw results updated 27/12/23 Christmas 2023 draw results added 21/12/23 "Links for Life - Sunderland" added to home page 21/12/23 Tom Acton appointed as Vice Chairman 21/12/23 Removed 2023 coaching info and free coaching for juniors messages 26/06/23 2023 Beer and Music Festival pages removed 17/06/23 2023 Beer and Music Festival official Club programme added and Sunday Fun Day details amended 12/06/23 Customer registration functionality added 18/05/23 2023 Beer and Music Festival details updated and flyer added 08/05/23 Dere Street Homes, Persimmon and Tolent sponsor links deleted 08/05/23 Fun Day advert and 5* rating from Sunderland City Council advert deleted 24/04/23 Hybrid wickets and new netting added to History page 12/04/23 Junior game sponsors added to the Junior Section page 07/04/23 Family fun day added 02/04/23 Tom Raine appointed U9 manager (friendlies only) and U18s scrapped 02/04/23 Bill Bailey appointed U11 and U13 manager 02/04/23 Lee Bunting appointed NEPL Midweek captain 29/03/23 Raffle of Northern Superchargers cricket equipment added to website 14/03/23 Season 2023 fixtures added to website 14/03/23 Instagram added to social media 08/03/23 Thursday afternoon entertainment announced 28/02/23 All Stars logo changed 01/02/23 All Stars cricket sessions announced 22/01/23 Logan Barton appointed Academy XI captain 21/01/23 Adult player, junior player and non playing member membership forms amended 13/01/23 Shaun Smith appointed as Vice Chairman and Craig Galley appointed as Honorary Secretary 07/01/23 Update to the winter indoor nets schedule for 2023 03/01/23 5* awarded by Sunderland City Council 21/12/22 Steve Greensword awarded life membership 13/12/22 2022 Christmas draw results 01/12/22 Joe Defty and Riley Blunt added to Ins and Outs 30/11/22 Officials for 2023 updated 22/10/22 Manisankar Murasingh added to Ins and Outs and also to the professionals page 30/11/22 Warm space initiative added to home page 18/10/22 Adam McGuire resigned from the Committee and John Roberston awarded life membership 19/09/22 Shaun Smith added to the Ins and Outs for 2023 14/09/22 Ins and Outs for 2023 added 14/09/22 Junior winter indoor nets added for 2022/23 29/07/22 Removal of the weekly bonus ball draw 23/07/22 Lee Bunting added to Management Committee 15/07/22 All Stars Dynamos removed due to lack of attendees 27/06/22 Summer Draw 2022 winners 10/06/22 Ian Hauxwell appointed as Honorary Secretary 10/03/22 Support the Ukraine page deleted from the WHAT'S ON menu 07/03/22 An Evening With Ben Raine and Scott Borthwick added under WHAT'S ON menu 06/03/22 Support the Ukraine via a collection night at the Clubhouse page added 11/02/22 Ins and Outs 2022 added under NEWS menu 01/02/22 Winter nets training dates revised under WHAT'S ON menu 15/01/22 Changes to membership titles, prices and forms 15/12/21 2021 Christmas Draw results 27/11/21 Changes to officials 29/10/21 diddi dance removed from website 25/10/21 Rene Grosvenor appointed as Safeguarding Officer 21/10/21 Winter nets details added under WHAT'S ON menu 03/10/21 COVID Update on home page replaced by Upcoming Events 01/10/21 Summer draw winners 2021 added 27/09/21 Photos added to the 1960s and 2021 pages 01/09/21 Tom Raine appointed as Chair of the Cricket Committee 25/08/21 New page "Squad Numbers" added under CRICKET menu 23/08/21 150 years book added to Documents section 23/08/21 Policies/Procedures menu item renamed to Documents 14/08/21 2021 beer and music festival programme finalised 22/07/21 New page "diddi dance" added under WHATS ON menu 13/07/21 New page "Defibrillator Awareness Course" added under NEWS menu 02/07/21 New page "1980" added under GALLERY menu 11/06/21 New page "Coaching Staff" added under CRICKET menu 02/06/21 New page "Outstanding Performances" added under CRICKET menu 31/05/21 Additional date added to All Stars 2021 25/05/21 Photos of All Stars 2021 1st session added 14/05/21 Link to current and future Covid-19 restrictions 14/05/21 Update regarding the 2021 beer and music festival 23/04/21 Update regarding the 2021 beer and music festival 23/04/21 List of recent changes to website are now on separate page 19/04/21 COVID-19 update revised 10/04/21 Photo added to 1970s 27/03/21 2021 All Stars Cricket sessions dates arranged 14/03/21 Indian Mayank Mishra signs as 2021 professional 11/03/21 News history page added 06/03/21 Date - Day - Team format changed on Fixtures page 02/03/21 Function rooms message added to home page 27/02/21 COVID-19 update revised 22/02/21 Child Welfare Officer renamed as Safeguarding Officer and associated policies amended 17/02/21 Ian Hauxwell appointed 2nd XI captain 23/12/20 Ins and Outs 2021 updated 20/12/20 Christmas Draw 2020 results added 09/12/20 Ins and Outs for Season 2021 added 07/12/20 Christmas Draw 2020 page updated 07/12/20 News ticker updated 16/11/20 Photo of Juniors added to 1970s 12/11/20 Christmas Draw 2020 page added

The Club holds an annual summer festival. Further details will follow, so keep watching as buying tickets before the event is highly recommended due to the popularity of this event. Summer Festival 28 - 30/06/2024 We are pleased to inform you that the Summer Festival, which is the Club's biggest money-raising event of the year, will go ahead from 28th to 30th June 2024. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 28th June We begin the weekend with a Bonkers Bingo (£10 per player) and Karaoke night. Tickets are now available for this event. Please contact the clubhouse in person or telephone 0191 584 1348 asap for tickets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, 29th June This is our live bands day/night. The programme is: 2.30pm Daniel Maple Whether playing classic covers in his own unique style or his own original material with a Blues/Rock influenced genre, Daniel has amazed audiences and fellow musicians alike with his vocal range, musical knowledge and guitar skills, all delivered in a charismatic entertaining performance. 4.30pm Jamagotchi Experienced 5-piece 90's nostalgic Pop, Rock & Indie band. Playing hits from Blur, Travis, Pixies, Bryan Adams, R.E.M, 4 Non Blondes, Stereophonics, Deee-lite, Cranberries, Republica, The Rembrandts, Pulp, Supergrass and much more! 6.30pm The Codgers The Codgers have been together for over 20 years playing pubs and clubs all over the North East of England with a mixture of classic rock and pop songs by The Faces, Rolling Stones, Creedence, Bon Jovi, The Cult, AC/DC, Rod Stewart, Thin Lizzy, Manics, U2 and more. 8.30pm T-Rox A remarkable, authentic, live tribute show featuring the very best seventies mega-hits. Performing a superb collection of barnstorming party classics! "A truly great band guaranteed to make it A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" We are expecting huge demand for this event and advise you to contact the clubhouse in person or telephone 0191 584 1348 asap for tickets. Tickets are £12 if bought in advance and £13 at the gate. Entry is available from 12 noon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, 30th June is our Family Fun day. Entry is free but all activities are chargeable. Entry is available from 12 noon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are advised to regularly visit this page for up to date information. Hot and cold food is available on all 3 days. No alcohol or food to be brought into the venue. Please be aware that a bag search will be in operation by a security company. Programme could be subject to change. Sponsors The staging costs are circa £10,000 and we could not stage the event without sponsorship . The cost to sponsor is £100 per keg of cask ale or cider for which we will:- - provide you with two complimentary tickets for the Saturday worth £24 (entry is guaranteed) - provide you with two half-pints of either cask ale or cider - display your name on the sponsors' board in the clubhouse - display your name on this page on our website next to the keg/cider you have sponsored - display your name on a large banner for the full week-end. If you can help, or perhaps join with others or know someone who can, we would be pleased to hear from you. Sponsorship payments can be made direct to the Club account as follows:- Bank Name: Barclays Bank Account Name: Philadelphia Events Sort Code: 20 27 41 Account Number: 53856585 If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact Malcolm Pratt on 0191 389 0484 . Below is the full list of our sponsors:

Details of our winter indoor nets Winter Indoor Nets 2022/23 Several Dates JUNIORS The Club is offering free coaching to all juniors at our Winter Indoor Nets and they will also be offered free membership for the 2023 season. The junior indoor nets recommence at Castle View Academy on Tuesday 24th January 2023. They will take place from 7 pm - 8 pm for six weeks. The Management Committee is anxious that any youngster wanting to play cricket should not be deterred because of cost and all juniors will be made welcome. Can you please pass on this information to anyone who might be interested in playing for the club. Former Durham County Head Coach Geoff Cook is leading the coaching assisted by Club coaches Tom Acton, Tom Raine, Billy Bailey and Dean Caris. Anyone interested in attending can just turn up or, for more information, contact Tom Acton on 0795 816 0145 or Billy Bailey on 0780 923 3787 . SENIORS Senior nets will be held at the Riverside commencing Monday 16th January from 8pm - 9 pm and will last for six weeks. If you know anyone else who may be interested in attending, please invite them along. The more the merrier! In addition, any player who is no longer a junior and would qualify to pay a senior player fee, will be asked to pay only half the fee if they are in further education or unemployed. The fee for this category is £40.