Youth Coaching starts on Saturday 9th January 2010 at Perry Beeches Secondary School and runs for 12 consecutive weeks until Saturday 26th March.

Times: 11am - 12.30pm for those aged 7-11 years and 12.30 - 2pm for those aged 12-15 years.

Cost: £3 per session.

Contact either Dom Ashton 07810 753 840 or Pank Patel 07710 268 503.

Click here to download the registration form.

Celebrate New Years Eve at the Manor

8pm til late

Tickets cost £3 each for members and £5 for non members

Paul Ryley will be singing down the club from 9pm on Boxing Night

Tickets are £5 each and are on sale behind the bar

Winning team wins 1 gallon of draught beer

£1 entry per person

Friday 30th October we have a Quiz Night.
Saturday 31st October Halloween Party for Children & Adults.
Saturday 7th November Fireworks Display
The youth’s and senior’s presentation of awards will take place on the same evening after the firework display. Tickets available at the bar.  Please purchase the tickets before the event as it is very popular and tickets are restricted on first come basis.  See posters for more details.

quiz-poster, halloween & firework-night-poster

Aston Manor’s under 11s brushed aside Walmley to win the West Midlands Cup and bring home Manors’ first trophy for the season.  The young squirrels, having finished runners up in the league, outshone the home side courtesy of disciplined bowling, excellent fielding/wicket-keeping and batting of the highest calibre the supporters have ever seen.

Walmley laboured to 250 from their allocated 16 overs.  The first pair were out twice due to some fine bowling and restricted to 205.

Walmley recovered when their 2nd pairing put on 24 runs to bring the total to 229 after 8 overs.

Manor needed to peg the third pairing down or take wickets.  This duly came when Sahal drifted one to the offside and Khayam caught the ball in the gully.  Not wanting to lose any more wickets the batsman just blocked out their remaining overs, leaving Walmley on 231 after 12 overs.

Walmley’s last pairing came in guns blazing scoring 19 off their final overs.  This could have been more if it hadn’t been for James, who deceived the batsman with an accurate slow-medium bowl that took out the middle stump.

The Manor kids replied swiftly to Walmley’s total. Mo took 4 from the first bowl of the innings and after 2 overs, the total reach 212. Joey tried to do the same but saw his stumps get hit twice, one to a ball that kept low and one, as he tried to smack the ball to deep mid-wicket. No worries, we were 213 after 4 overs compared to Walmley’s 205. James and Ronan were up next and took the safe approach pushing for singles. Ronan pushed a 4 into deep fine area before being deceived by a slower ball that took off the bails. James too went, caught at mid-wicket leaving us struggling at 221 after 8 overs (Walmley were 229).

Next up were Joe and Sahal. Everyone, coaches, parents & supports, kept telling them to keep up with the run rate and not lose their wickets. Joe hit the bowler over mid wicket for 4 and the next ball, past gully, for another one. Wow, keep it up guys! Then disaster struck. 2 yes, no hesitations, and 2 runs outs, brought the pairing back down to earth. Another driven shot past the bowler for 4 by Joe saw the partnership bring the total to 234, 3 more than Walmley had at the same stage.

The squirrels required another 17 runs, without conceding another wicket, to win. Ozzy and Khayam came to the crease and blasted 14 off the over, leaving us 3 short and 3 overs to go.  Calm down, calm down echoed through out the ground. After dropping Ozzy in the 15th over, Walmley heads dropped and the young squirrels finally sensing victory was only a sniff away.  And this came as the last ball was delivered. 269 final total.

My thanks to all who came and supported us, and to the two squad players, Rikesh Patel and William Hawkins, who came on as rolling subs and fielded magnificently.

under11_scorecard_walmley_bowling & under11_scorecard_walmley_batting

The winning team...

Manors inconsistent season came to an end with another narrow defeat against already promoted Wombourne in a low scoring game on a difficult Church Road wicket.

After the loss of two very early wickets Peter Evans (26), Chris Whittock (22) and Andrew Forman (19) batted sensibly to try and get the hosts a foothold in the game against a very impressive bowling attack. However, after recovering to 83-4 Manor then lost their last 6 wickets for only 11 runs to finish on a disappointing 94 all out.

Despite an early wicket from Deepak Chhabbra (1-14), the visitors appeared to be cruising to victory before some fiery bowling by Christi Viljoen (4-34) and Shozab Haider (2-27) saw them reduced to 66-7. Unfortunately a crucial catch was spilled at this stage and Wombourne were able to recover through Liam Hughes (18no) and Dale Quinney (13no) to win a tight game with 3 wickets to spare.

The club are already on the lookout to strengthen the 1st XI squad for next season, but great credit must go to the youngsters who have battled through a very tough time to ensure that Aston Manor retained their status in Division Two of the Birmingham League.

On a cold blustery day, skipper Evans won the toss and ask the hosts to bat, in a game they needed to win. Manor started well with the impressive Haider (3-30) picking up 3 top order wickets. The middle order rallied, and started accumulating runs. Manor handed a debut to youngster Shaun Carroll (0-28), and when bowling in tandem with fellow youth prospect Nabeel Asghar (1-30), Manor had two 15 year olds in the attack together. This was great to see and shows that the production line that has produced current Warwickshire players Chris Woakes and Ateeq Javed shows no signs of letting up, which is a huge credit to the tireless efforts of the youth section.

The partnership between Hudson (35) and Maddox (80) was broken with Evans removing the pair (2-54), before two late wickets from overseas player Christi Viljoen saw the Staffordshire side reach 188-8 off their alloted 55 overs.

With Manor only requiring a losing draw to secure their Division Two status, the skipper asked the openers to be very cautious and ensure we had wickets in hand, with a view for a final push in the second half of the innings to reach the target of 189. This plan was going smoothly with openers Jamiel (22) and Forman (19) occupying the crease, and at 70-1 off 30 overs, Manor were in a great position to push for the 20 points. However, a glut of wickets fell in the middle of the innings to leave Manor precariously on 79-5, before firstly the ageless Ian Hudson, and then Shozab Haider (29*) completed a fine all round display with some assistance from Adam Rana (12*) to see Manor finish on 136-7, and secure the required points to guarentee 2nd division cricket next season.

The final game of the season is on 12 September at Church Road against the already promoted Wombourne CC. I hope to see many supporters there to enjoy the final game and perhaps a few beers afterwards/(during!)

With a heavily depleted team Manor won the toss again and opted to bat first, and the decision appeared to be justified following a splendid opening partnership between Imran Jamiel (53) and Chris Whittock (35). Peter Evans (51no) and Shozab Haider (22no) gave the latter part of the innings some good impetus with an exciting partnership as the visitors closed on 210-5.

Christi Viljoen (3-71) appeared to have bowled Manor into a match winning position when the hosts were reduced to 127-6 but a very sensible partnership between Gary Crouch (41no) and Nick Lawley (38) saw Water Orton to a three wicket success in the last over of another pulsating match.

The weekend results appear to have confirmed the relegation of Sutton Coldfield, and the other place would seem to be between either St Georges or Penn (who Manor visits on Saturday). However, Manor, Water Orton nor Evesham can yet take their place In Division Two for granted.

On a warm day at Church Road, skipper Evans won the toss and decided to have a bowl on what looked another cracking track. And thats what it proved to be as the batsmen progressed, albeit it slowly, with relative ease. The spinners Evans (17-3-57-1) and 15 year old Nabeel Asghar (17-1-78-4) bowled the lions share of the overs. The Sutton openers got their team off to a solid start with both registering half centuries, Clarke (55) and Parker (53), Evans and Asghar combined to blow away the middle order, but the big late hitting of Stephen Booth (43*) saw Sutton to 232-6 off their 55 overs.

Manors reply started very well with Whittock (65) and Latif (38) seeing Manor to a strong position of 123-2, however with the gradual but steady fall of wickets Manor were left needing 1 run off two balls with two wickets in hand for the precious victory. The large Manor crowd sat in expectation, however, two run outs off the final two balls including a direct hit from youngster Klapper saw the game tied, with each side receiving 8 points plus their bonus points each. Richard Norgrove was the star for Sutton taking 4-46.