Thanks to everyone who has supported our project. Our work is now done.
If you would like a brick on our new welcome wall contact Tim Aston on 07866 730887 or timaston@needwoodcottage.go-plus.net

The fundraising for alrewasinspired! comes to an end over Whitsun bank holiday weekend when we celebrate the opening of our refurbished pavilion. A variety of events have been arranged, all with free admission, as a thank you to all members and friends who have supported the project. There will also be plenty of cricket, real ales and ciders throughout the weekend.

Friday 23 May
Six o’clock club
with the ubercool Jake Henry Duo. Mellow jazz and soul vibes. Free Admission.
5.30pm – 9.00pm

Saturday 24 May
Strictly Garbage Garage
Jimmy Needle & The Drugpushers
Everyone’s favourite Rock n Roll covers from the 60’s, 70’s and ’80’s
8.00pm – 11.00pm
with Champions League footy live on the big screen. Free Admission.
Cricket
Alrewas 2nd XI v Derby Congregational. 1.30pm start. Free admission.

Sunday 25 May
The Alrewas Food & Drink Show
Browse – Buy – Consume
Olives, meats, beers, pizzas, cheese, wine, ice cream, cakes, teas, etc
Contact Jane Reilly reilly-jane@sky.com for more details. Free admission.
2.00pm – 6.00pm
Quiz Night
Whit Sunday Special Edition
Teams of 4 welcome. Contact Andie Oliver andieo@btinternet.com to book a table. There is no entry fee but all teams are asked to donate a raffle prize.
8.00pm – 11.00pm
Cricket
Alrewas Sinners v Four Oaks Saints. 2pm start. Free admission.

Monday 26 May
International Cricket
Staffordshire v Ireland
Royal London Women’s One Day Cup
11.00am start. Free admission.
The Great Alrewas Bake Off
Please bake us a cake to celebrate the official opening of the refurbished pavilion
Contact Jane Reilly reilly-jane@sky.com or Jeanette Hodgkinson p.hodgkinson1@btinternet.com for more details
Judging from 3.30pm

A free festival with real ales and plenty of cricket

Although the bulk of the project has now been completed ready for the start of the new season on 12th April we still have work to do on the finishing touches … and funds to raise to afford them. The hard work will continue on both fronts right up to Monday 26th May when our special guest Mr Michael Fabricant MP will be visiting Walkfield to conduct the opening ceremony. This will also mark the conclusion of CrikFest! … details coming soon.  Meanwhile …

EASTER QUIZ

Kenny’s Quiz returns on Easter Sunday, 20th April, 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Teams of 4 are invited to enter for another evening of iffy answers, dodgy music rounds and of course those pesky postcodes. Entry is £20 per team including buffet. Please contact Andie Oliver on 07740 088590 or andieo@btinternet.com to reserve a table. All proceeds will be put towards our pavilion modernisation project alrewasinspired!

BRICKS

There is still an opportunity for you or your loved one to have your name immortalised on the new welcome at the entrance to our pavilion. You can contribute to our fundraising campaign for our pavilion modernisation project alrewasinspired! by buying a brick from just £50. For more details see the enclosed leaflet. The deadline for the second tranche is 30th April.

PAPERWEIGHTS

To celebrate the 135th anniversary of Alrewas Cricket Club our friends at Creative Laser Engraving have kindly produced a stylish commemorative paperweight with classic heron motif. This coveted limited edition artefact is now available at the bar for just £5. No desk should be without one. All proceeds will be donated to our pavilion modernisation project alrewasinspired!

LORD’S RAFFLE

All summer we will be selling raffle tickets to raise money for alrewasinspired! Tickets cost just £2 each and there’s a fabulous prize up for grabs of a pair of tickets for Lord’s on Saturday 19th July for the 2nd Test against India. These are grandstand tickets with a face value of £120 each so it’s a prize well worth winning.

We are pleased to announce that building work has now started on our pavilion modernisation project alrewasinspired!

Thanks to everyone who has supported our fundraising campaign which has raised over £120,000 so far. We are now less than £10,000 short of our target. We will be organising a series of fundraising events over the summer but you can contribute now by buying an engraved brick in the welcome wall to be built outside the new entrance.

Please download an order form from  http://alrewas.play-cricket.com/member/news_articles/935    

Hurry as the deadline for orders is 31st January.  For more details contact Tim Aston on 07866 730887 or email timaston@needwoodcottage.go-plus.net

We will be hosting a General Knowledge Quiz on Sunday 25 August in the Pavilion at Walkfield. The format will be similar to our highly successful quiz held over Easter with Kenny Herr again acting as Quizmaster. The entry fee is £20 for a team of 4 which includes a light buffet. Please arrive at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. To book your table please call Andie on 07740 088590. All monies raised will be donated to alrewasinspired!

THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT SO FAR …

• The Ashes Raffle will be drawn on Sunday 7 July. Please return all ticket money, stubs and any unsold tickets by 30 June to Tim, Sue or Jeanette.
• Thanks to everyone who attended our fundraising dinner on 14 June and to our special guests Jeremy Coney and Charles Hanson. Altogether the dinner and the Sale of the Century raised over £3,500 for alrewasinspired!
• The Orme Cup is now reaching its climax. The semi-final between the Legion and the George is on Tuesday 25 June and the second semi-final between Fradley and the Chapel is on Wednesday 26 June. The final is on Tuesday 2 July. All monies raised go to alrewasinspired!
• Our annual Ladies 6-a-side cricket competition is on Sunday 14 July. There will be a disco, raffle and barbeque and a prize for the team with the best fancy dress. Entry is £10 per team and all proceeds will be donated to alrewasinspired! For more information contact Lucy Chapman on 07950 104674 or lucyhough01@hotmail.co.uk

We have put together this stunning list of prizes and all you have to do to pick up a bargain is to make a bid. The winners will be announced at our celebrity dinner on Friday 14 June 2013 though you don’t have to attend the dinner to bid. Advance bids can be submitted to the Club President by post to Mark Burton, 20 Virginia Avenue, Virginia Water, Surrey GU25 4RY or by email to mburton33@hotmail.com Please supply your full name, address and contact number. All advance bids will remain confidential until the auction begins. The closing date for advance bids is Wednesday 12 June.

STOP PRESS … WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL STAR AUCTION PRIZE … 2 weeks stay in an exclusive 5 bedroom villa in Orlando, Florida. Just 5 minutes from the stunning ChampionsGate golf course and 15 minutes from Disney World. The property has all mod cons including air conditioning, pool, 3 bathrooms, fully fitted kitchen, cable TV, etc. It’s top dollar … click on Florida Villa Info for details.

1.     Cricket Bat

Turn yourself into a run machine with this brand new full size cricket bat. For the aficionados it’s a Cicada Sports Imperium crafted from genuine English willow. Have it!

 2.     Crystal Glasses

A set of 6 Royal Doulton hand cut crystal glass tumblers to be precise together with a 75cl bottle of Teachers whisky. Perfect for Fathers Day.

 3.     Signed Villa Shirt

An Aston Villa FC football shirt signed by the buoyant 2012/13 survival squad. Wear it and stay up for hours.

 4.     United Tickets

Slum it with 3 tickets to a Champions League group game of your choice at Old Trafford. Meal, drinks, etc all thrown in. Prawn sandwiches available on request.

5.     Race Weekend at Silverstone

Tickets for 2 to either the British Car Touring Championship on 28/29 September or the British Superbike Championship on 5/6 October. Vrooom!

6.     Signed Cricket Shirt

One highly sought after Alrewas CC playing shirt signed by former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan. Wear it in bed and come dancing.

7.     Costa del Sol

One weeks free rental of a luxurious 2 bedroom apartment just outside Puerto Banus. Includes pool, parking and Sky TV. Worth a tenner of anyone’s money.

8.     Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land

2 Club Wembley tickets for England’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Moldova at Wembley on 6 September. Includes parking, programme and half time drinks. We’re on our way to Rio!

9.     Signed F1 Cap

One Red Bull Formula 1 racing team cap signed by both Sebastian Vettell and Mark Webber. Rumour has it Sebastian Vettell was supposed to sign it first but …

10. Golf Day

Book in for a 4 ball at the prestigious Forest of Arden golf club in Warwickshire. It’s a bit posh.

11. Signed Moto GP racing cap

Sizzling Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo signed this cap just minutes after being crowned world Moto GP champion for the second time in 2012. He loves Alrewas.

12. Kennel Club               

A week’s boarding for up to two dogs at Daisy Brook Boarding Kennels, Woodland Road, Stanton. Woof Woof!

13. Cuddly Toy                

Well it wouldn’t be a proper do without one!

Thank you to everyone who has kindly donated these fantastic prizes. 100% of the proceeds from all successful bids will go to our pavilion modernisation project alrewasinspired!

Friday 29 March – Sadly the Family Funday has fallen foul of the arctic weather so there will be no car boot sale. We are hoping to try again on Sunday 28 April. The club will now open at 1pm for the football match. In the evening there is live music with The Sign playing as support to The Outsiders. Tickets are £2 and doors open at 6.30pm. NB Good Friday means early closing at 10.30pm.

Saturday 30 March – Support our hardy cyclists as they battle the elements in the Tour de Farce. The challenge takes place from 6am to 10pm outside the newsagents. There are still a couple of half hour slots available in the early evening … for details call Gavin on 01283 790765 or email alrewas@bikerider.com

Sunday 31 March – Easter General Knowledge Quiz in the pavilion at Walkfield. Entry fee is £20 for a team of 4. Start 7.00 for 7.30pm. There are only a couple of tables left so pre-booking is essential. Call Andie on 07740 088590.

Please support our fundraising events. All monies raised go to our pavilion modernisation project alrewasinspired!

Please support our pavilion modernisation project. We want to provide the village with a sports facility fit for the 21st century. We are building a new entrance lobby with disabled access, adding new ladies changing facilities, upgrading the heating and hot water system and more. We have received grant funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities fund and elsewhere but we need to raise more money to complete the project. If all goes well we’ll start building in September 2013 and finish by March 2014.

Individual and corporate donations are welcome. You can donate online at http://www.justgiving.com/alrewascc or alternatively send a cheque payable to “Alrewas Cricket Club” to Tim Aston at 59 Main Street, Alrewas, Burton upon Trent DE13 7AE (don’t forget Gift Aid). All donations of £50 or more will be recognised by a Commemorative Brick

We know fundraising campaigns can be hard work but we hope to make ours a lot of fun too. Please rally round and fell free to join in. You’ll find more details on all our fundraising events on the club website at http://alrewas.play-cricket.com

Family Funday

Make 29th March a really Good Friday by popping along to Walkfield for our familyfunday!

• Car boot sale* and kids entertainment from 10am including sports taster sessions. Thanks to Lichfield Inflatables for providing the amusements
• Fundraising football match at 2pm
• Live music from 4pm featuring brilliant young Alrewas band The Sign
• Food and refreshments available all day

All day entrance pass – 50p for adults, free for kids under 16. For more details contact Sue Aston on 01283 791519 or email sueaston@uwclub.net

* Booters’ entrance fee is £5 per table to be booked in advance. Access to field is via the Daisy Lane entrance for Booters only. If it’s too far for you to walk, parking for the general public is available via the Chaseview Road entrance.

The Imposters

Later on Friday 29th March Alrewas legends The Imposters will be playing live at Alrewas Cricket Club from 7.30pm. Featuring the  fabulous Thievey Nicks on vocals the band will be running through their extensive repertoire of classic tunes from the 70’s and 80’s. Tickets cost £2 available from Tim or Sue Aston or the band.

Tour de Farce

On Saturday 30th March four of Alrewas Cricket Club’s finest athletes will be taking part in a gruelling 16 hour bikeathon. Not exactly Harrogate to Paris, but 500km on an exercise bike outside the chip shop. When we say athletes we use the term loosely. Matthew Astle, Gavin Hodgett, Josh Jones and Andrew Woolley have all been undergoing a strenuous late night training regime in Lich Vegas so this is going to hurt.

Their challenge is not only to last the distance but to outpace a second bike ridden by the general public. We have 32 half hour slots up for grabs to anyone who wants to have a go and try and outpace our fearless four. All we ask is you make a minimum donation of £10 or generate the same amount in sponsorship.

Sign up now, but this challenge isn’t for the faint hearted as the whole event will be filmed for posterity courtesy of AES Security Systems. Thanks also to ezeegym for lending us the bikes. To find out more or to request your sponsorship form contact Gavin on 01283 790765 or email alrewas@bikerider.com

Quiz

On Sunday 31 March we are hosting a general knowledge quiz in the pavilion at Alrewas Cricket Club with Ken Herr acting as your quizmaster for the evening. We are expecting a full house so please arrive at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. The entrance fee is £20 per team which includes a light buffet.

To pre-book a table contact Andie Oliver on 07740 088590 or email andieo@btinternet.com