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Club News

STOCKPORT METRO LEAGUE PRESENTATION DAY (Cup and Divisional Presentations).

Sunday May 20th 2007

TAMESIDE THEATRE, ASHTON UNDER LYNE

Please note the following timetable for presentation to teams:

Under 11's to U13's.  1445hrs      doors open at 1425hrs 

Under 14's to U17's.  1615hrs      doors open at 1555hrs

LADYBRIDGE PRESENTATION (Club Awards)

Sunday June 3rd 2007

LADYBRIDGE CRICKET CLUB, CHEADLE HULME

(Entrance at the junction of Meadway Road / Ladybridge Road, Cheadle Hulme).

Please be considerate to residents if parking outside the car park.

Presentation to teams will be made in order of age with the youngest first. The timetable will not necessarily be strict, but it is probable that the following times will be kept to to allow enough space in the room if necessary

Under 13's & U15's:  Between 1pm & 2pm. 

Under 16's & U17's:  Between 2pm & 3pm. 

Most matches on (posted 19th Jan)

With teams given the go-ahead from the Council to use pitches this weekend, most games will be on pending pitch inspections. This means that most teams still in the cup will get their first chance since early December to play their 2nd round cup games. The down side will be that as a result, most league fixtures will be off. The U16s manager made several attempts to re-schedule a league fixture, but was unable to do so.

The chances are extremely high that next week will see them back in action as they play New Mills, who have their own pitch.

Quarter final cup draw (posted 16th January)

U13's  -v- Reddish Vulcans (5th in Div 1)  or Droylsden Juniors (7th in Div 2) (AWAY)

U16's  -v- Bramhall North (11th in Div 1) or Burnage Rangers (10th in Div 1) (AWAY)

U17's or Hyde United  -v- Reddish Vulcans (4th in Div 1) or West End Juniors (2nd in Div 2) (AWAY)

(Info thanks to Jim Brosnahan)

Mid-season review (posted 21st December)

If you would like to submit a mid-season report for your squad, please send it by clicking the following links (U17's) (U15's) (U13's) . If a team member or manager has not submitted one by 1st January, a review will be created from the information on the website. One has already been submitted for the U16's to give yo an idea of what to do.

Weather cancels fixtures (posted 7th December)

All league fixtures for 9th & 10th December have been cancelled by SMBC. This is due to the forecast of persistent rainfall and the weather over the last few days has also taken its toll.

Club link on SML website (posted 5th December)

Our club website link is now shown on the Stockport Metro League website. You can see it by entering the SML website and looking on the 'member clubs' menu in their title column. To access their site for info on all league information, click on our homepage link in the right hand column for Stockport Metro JFL.

Cup draw (next round) (posted 21st November)

U13's

Stockport Viking Warriors (Joint 2nd in Div 4)  or  Bollington United (8th in Div 1)

-v-

Ladybridge County (3rd in Div 1)  or  Whaley Bridge (2nd in Div 4)

U16's

High Lane Juniors (2nd in Div 3)  or  Richmond Rovers (Joint 6th in Div 3)

-v-

Ladybridge County (Joint 3rd in Div 1)  or  Disley (Joint 1st in Div 2)

U17's

Ladybridge County (6th in Div 2)

-v-

Hyde United Juniors (Joint 1st in Div 1)

Christmas training schedule. U15's, U16's & U17's (posted 21st November)

The training at Cheadle Hulme on Thursdays will not be taking place over the following two Christmas weeks:-

Thursday 21st December

Thursday 28th December

Training resumes on Thursday 5th January.

Cup draw and U16 fixture changes (posted 20th October)

Cup Draw

U13. Ladybridge or Cheadle & Gatley -v- Whaley Bridge

U15. Juno United -v- Ladybridge or Droylsden

U16. Disley -v- Ladybridge

U17. No draw made

( CUP MATCHES TO BE PLAYED 26th NOVEMBER)

U16 re-arranged fixtures

29th October. Signol Athletic (home)

5th November. Poynton (away)

Training to be shared at Cheadle Hulme (posted 8th October)

Training starts this week at a floodlit facility at Cheadle Hulme High School. The astroturf venue is a full size pith that has ample room for the split for use as two smaller pitches. There are also goals that can be moved to suit as well as two full size goals. Training starts at 7pm and finishes at 8pm.

The U17's will be joining in with the U16's for a trial period to see how it works on one half, and the U15's will be using the other half. 

In the public eye (posted 4th October)

The Wednesday edition (3rd Oct) of the Stockport Express published the U16's team photo. This usually follows on that the free papers (Stockport Times and Manchester Metro Stockport Edition) also publish the same article either the same or following week.

It all helps the profile of the club and our sponsors, so if you can buy a copy, please do so. We also encourage you to support your local news publisher by asking your parents to buy a copy each week. We will be sending match reports to the paper for publication, so players of all our teams may be getting a mention in the paper. That is of course if you send a match report to the website, so don't forget to do that.

Any U16's players who do not have a framed copy of the picture, one is available free on request from Dave or John.

October referee allocations (posted 3rd October)

Fees now due (posted 30th September)

Cup Draw (posted 21st September)

The preliminary round of the cup has been drawn. The draw is as follows:-

U13's -v- Cheadle & Gatley B (home)

U15's -v- Droylsden Juniors (home)

U16's & U17's Automatic qualification

Home Pitches (posted 15th September)

Apparently, travellers are back in the Stockport area at Abney Hall. 

As a precaution, the council have welded the gates at our home pitch, 

so you will not be able to use the car park on Sunday.

As a result you will have to park on the road outside.

Please be considerate to the residents when parking.

Possible tournament info (posted 3rd August)

As you were informed on 30th July, we are looking into the cost of a tournament abroad for the U16s, and maybe another or other teams. We will then make a decision depending on the feedback of parents and players. Another option is a mainland UK tournament, but we want to give the players a chance to have a once in a life time experience. Remember, we will be looking to reduce the costs by various means, so don't be scared off just yet about the possible costs.

We have been in contact with a company who organises such trips, and will be shortly finding a rough idea of the costs based on this years prices. The first trip to be explored will be in Holland for the Amsterdam Cup. You can see some information on this by following the links below :-

About the Amsterdam Cup

About Amsterdam

About The Possible Tour Operator

European Tournament 2007? (posted 30th July)

The U16's are currently looking at the possibility of playing in a European tournament  next pre-season. If this does happen, there is a good chance that another age group will have an opportunity to go along. The idea is in the very early stages at the moment, so let us know what you think. It is the intention that some fund raising will be taking place, so it is important that a decision is made early by your manager if he wishes your team to be involved. Typical tournaments are played in Ireland, Holland, Germany, Spain & France. Keep checking this website for updates on the progress of the idea, and give your team a chance of being involved by sending your comments and ideas.

Summer Tournament 2006 (posted 14th May)

Managers for all the Ladybridge age groups were invited to apply for places in the Spurley Hey Tournament this summer. This is a six-a-side tournament with a maximum of eight players per team. As a result the entrants are as follows:-

2006-7 Under 15's.

Teams entered: 1.    Date: Sunday 16th July 2006.    Start Time: 9.00am (Half day).

2006-7 Under 16's. 

Teams entered: 2.    Date: Sunday 16th July 2006.    Start Time: 1.30pm (Half day).

Tournament to be played at Warth Meadow, Welkin Road, Bredbury, Stockport.

U16's To Continue (posted 3rd April)

The under 16's management team of Geraint Richards and Brian Fisher have announced that the team will be continuing to play next season. Moving up to the U17's division next season was confirmed as the squad expressed a desire to continue. This is great news for the club and I am sure we all wish them the best of luck for next season.

U12's Sponsorship (posted 28th March)

Under 12's are currently trying to obtain sponsorship from Micker Brook, Brewers Fayre. They should know in the next few weeks if they have been successful.

Parent Advice (posted 7th January 2006)

Additions have been made to the new page called your health, which gives a link and general advice about achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. There is now also a section with information for parents regarding their child's welfare as a sportsman.

It's your website

To include your teams results, news, fixtures and league tables, click here and send the information for website publication. Don't forget to tell all your squad about the website so you can share views and information. You can also send feedback if you have new ideas for the website, as it is for your benefit. If you play for Ladybridge just let us know that you have looked at the site and you will get a mention, and we will also include information for your squad if you provide some

Former Squads Pages:

If the weather forecast is bad, you can look at the SMBC website to see if there has been a decision to postpone this weekends matches. (A decision is usually made on Thursdays ). For all league tables and results see the Stockport Metro League website.