Although @mountcricket on twitter links to the pitchero website, it is, like most of the pitchero sites, several years out of date.
Mount are not to be confused with the Southend team of the same name.
Mount's Facebook site also links to pitchero.
There is some history on their play-cricket website, Mount deserve a lot more than these few lines. I think they started in Hyrstlands park, the council ground mentioned below, and have moved around quite a bit in an effort to improve the club.
In an era of folding clubs, Mount must be one of the best examples of developing clubs in recent years.
Brief History of Mount Cricket Club
Mount Cricket Club was established in 1976 by two young enthusiastic cricketers, Mr Hanif Mayet and Mr Farid Karolia, from the local Asian community. At the time there was hardly any Asian teams taking part in the Dewsbury & District League, which had five sections. This league was recognised as being one of the best cricket leagues in Yorkshire.
Mount Cricket Club started with just a handful of young lads who wanted to play cricket against the best and with the efforts of both Hanif and Farid Mount Cricket Club was registered with the Dewsbury & District League in 1977. We started with old cricket balls and second-hand cricket gear, as we could not afford new items. We rented the cricket ground from the council and we would knock on doors in the neighbourhood to help us raise money for sponsorship. After the first year ideas were aired by the committee about trying to hold a function night to raise money and invite local people, and let them know of the progress the cricket team were striving towards.
In 1978 Mount only had a few players who wanted to join in and take part; the committee decided that these interested players should be able to participate and a second team was formed. Since 1976 Mount have become one of the strongest cricket clubs in Batley/Dewsbury.
Our objective is to provide up-to-date cricket facilities for all sections of the community from the age of 5 upwards. Mount CC are now determined to work hard as volunteers and qualified coaching staff to provide and keep local young people motivated and occupied.
Since 2002 we have had 88 children registered from the ages of 7 to 16 and with a history of having young people involved in recent years, we need more funding to provide appropriate cricket equipment for the club - as well as the community - and above all for the youngsters.
Link to the Duke of York's Community Initiative, mentioned below.
Good feature on the cricketyorkshire website below and there are plenty of other excellent articles on that site to while away the hours whilst waiting for the umpires to decide whether the game is on, or waiting for a DRS review
It’s been an astonishing couple of years for Mount Cricket Club who play at the ‘Field of Dreams’ on Halifax Road in the Staincliffe district of Batley.
(Staincliffe and field of dreams in the same sentence, there are worse grounds though 😊😊😊 )
With an unstoppable impetus fuelled by their volunteers, Mount’s growth has seen their club offering expand to include three senior teams (two in Huddersfield Central Cricket League and one in the Mid Yorkshire Central Cricket League).
I went along for a while to watch the Tinker Cup (above) a week on Sunday that was played at Flockton with Emley Moor’s concrete tower dominating the landscape in the background.
Mount’s second team were defending the trophy; this time up against Holmbridge, who Mount defeated comfortably in the end, having scored 291.
They were on their way to dismissing their opposition for 134 as I watched in the evening sunshine at Flockton’s pleasant ground, amongst pockets of supporters cheering their teams.
On and off the field, Mount’s cricketers have initiated some extraordinary opportunities – including building inter-faith bridges during a tour and fixture against St Peter’s XI (The Vatican’s cricket team) in Rome last October.
The tour made headlines around the world and the return leg is planned over the next month with St Peter’s in the UK for their Light of Faith tour. The 2016 itinerary includes travelling to Leeds to play Mount CC in a day-night game at Headingley.
By the start of the 2016 season, the volume and diversity of the cricket offered by Mount Cricket Club was impressive with junior cricket catered for with boys and girls as well as teams at U13s (Heavy Woollen – Martin Stubbs West Division) and U15s (Bradford Junior Cricket League).
At @HuddersfieldUni today in the presence of @TheDukeOfYork having been nominated for a prestigious community award
This led to Mount Cricket Club being awarded the Duke of York’s Community Initiative Award at a ceremony at Huddersfield University, also attended by those from the Yorkshire Cricket Board, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England & Wales Cricket Board.
What was it like to get the royal seal of approval for their community endeavours?
Abdul A Ravat from Mount CC, who received the award from HRH Duke of York, had this to say:
“To receive the Duke of York’s Community Initiative award is a great honour and we are all so very proud of this recognition. The benefits of this award are considerable to a small club like ours in that it is:
Royal recognition of excellence; it allows the use of a prestigious logo to enhance our fundraising credibility; it helps with the promotion of organisational pride and last but by no means least, if we were to need it, the scheme offers award holders business management support through workshops, mentoring and networking.”
What strikes me about Mount CC is that in their 38 years as a cricket club, they have grown into being an integral part of their community but have stretched beyond mens cricket – and even junior boys cricket – to encourage South Asian girls and children with disabilities, particularly those with Down’s Syndrome.
I talked to Abdul over the phone and he puts it down to a natural progression after the really positive response to a girls tournament at their club last summer involving five local schools.
Great to see fantastic enthusiasm by Kirklees school girls playing - annual cricket tournament @MountCricket #Batley
He credits his own daughters; the eldest who is already involved with press and PR for Mount CC; with helping to initiate that question around the mechanics to hosting regular girls cricket at Mount CC before enlisting outside help:
“We had to be sensitive. It’s about how you manage it and package that with the community. We brought in the services of Kalima Khan, one of the key coaches with Yorkshire cricket, to give us some substance and structure and it started from there.”
Their trip out to Rome to play a T20 against a Vatican team, the West Yorkshire club picked the local Down’s Syndrome charity as their chosen charity to raise money for which they continued on their return.
It followed on from a disability awareness day at Mount Cricket Club a few years back that Abdul recognised had been crucial: “That was very heartening to see some of these kids who probably had few little opportunities to partake in sport, irrespective of their disability.”
The club is building on that momentum with another disability day planned later this month and very good luck to them with it.
The awards keep coming and rightly so.
Brief History of Mount Cricket Club
Mount Cricket Club was established in 1976 by two young enthusiastic cricketers, Mr Hanif Mayet and Mr Farid Karolia, from the local Asian community. At the time there was hardly any Asian teams taking part in the Dewsbury & District League, which had five sections. This league was recognised as being one of the best cricket leagues in Yorkshire.
Mount Cricket Club started with just a handful of young lads who wanted to play cricket against the best and with the efforts of both Hanif and Farid Mount Cricket Club was registered with the Dewsbury & District League in 1977. We started with old cricket balls and second-hand cricket gear, as we could not afford new items. We rented the cricket ground from the council and we would knock on doors in the neighbourhood to help us raise money for sponsorship. After the first year ideas were aired by the committee about trying to hold a function night to raise money and invite local people, and let them know of the progress the cricket team were striving towards.
In 1978 Mount only had a few players who wanted to join in and take part; the committee decided that these interested players should be able to participate and a second team was formed. Since 1976 Mount have become one of the strongest cricket clubs in Batley/Dewsbury.
Our objective is to provide up-to-date cricket facilities for all sections of the community from the age of 5 upwards. Mount CC are now determined to work hard as volunteers and qualified coaching staff to provide and keep local young people motivated and occupied.
Since 2002 we have had 88 children registered from the ages of 7 to 16 and with a history of having young people involved in recent years, we need more funding to provide appropriate cricket equipment for the club - as well as the community - and above all for the youngsters.
Link to the Duke of York's Community Initiative, mentioned below.
Good feature on the cricketyorkshire website below and there are plenty of other excellent articles on that site to while away the hours whilst waiting for the umpires to decide whether the game is on, or waiting for a DRS review
Mount Cricket Club win hearts, minds and awards
AUGUST 16, 2016 BY JOHN FULLER
It’s been an astonishing couple of years for Mount Cricket Club who play at the ‘Field of Dreams’ on Halifax Road in the Staincliffe district of Batley.
(Staincliffe and field of dreams in the same sentence, there are worse grounds though 😊😊😊 )
With an unstoppable impetus fuelled by their volunteers, Mount’s growth has seen their club offering expand to include three senior teams (two in Huddersfield Central Cricket League and one in the Mid Yorkshire Central Cricket League).
Mount’s second team were defending the trophy; this time up against Holmbridge, who Mount defeated comfortably in the end, having scored 291.
They were on their way to dismissing their opposition for 134 as I watched in the evening sunshine at Flockton’s pleasant ground, amongst pockets of supporters cheering their teams.
The tour made headlines around the world and the return leg is planned over the next month with St Peter’s in the UK for their Light of Faith tour. The 2016 itinerary includes travelling to Leeds to play Mount CC in a day-night game at Headingley.
By the start of the 2016 season, the volume and diversity of the cricket offered by Mount Cricket Club was impressive with junior cricket catered for with boys and girls as well as teams at U13s (Heavy Woollen – Martin Stubbs West Division) and U15s (Bradford Junior Cricket League).
At @HuddersfieldUni today in the presence of @TheDukeOfYork having been nominated for a prestigious community award
This led to Mount Cricket Club being awarded the Duke of York’s Community Initiative Award at a ceremony at Huddersfield University, also attended by those from the Yorkshire Cricket Board, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England & Wales Cricket Board.
What was it like to get the royal seal of approval for their community endeavours?
Abdul A Ravat from Mount CC, who received the award from HRH Duke of York, had this to say:
“To receive the Duke of York’s Community Initiative award is a great honour and we are all so very proud of this recognition. The benefits of this award are considerable to a small club like ours in that it is:
Royal recognition of excellence; it allows the use of a prestigious logo to enhance our fundraising credibility; it helps with the promotion of organisational pride and last but by no means least, if we were to need it, the scheme offers award holders business management support through workshops, mentoring and networking.”
What strikes me about Mount CC is that in their 38 years as a cricket club, they have grown into being an integral part of their community but have stretched beyond mens cricket – and even junior boys cricket – to encourage South Asian girls and children with disabilities, particularly those with Down’s Syndrome.
I talked to Abdul over the phone and he puts it down to a natural progression after the really positive response to a girls tournament at their club last summer involving five local schools.
Great to see fantastic enthusiasm by Kirklees school girls playing - annual cricket tournament @MountCricket #Batley
“We had to be sensitive. It’s about how you manage it and package that with the community. We brought in the services of Kalima Khan, one of the key coaches with Yorkshire cricket, to give us some substance and structure and it started from there.”
Their trip out to Rome to play a T20 against a Vatican team, the West Yorkshire club picked the local Down’s Syndrome charity as their chosen charity to raise money for which they continued on their return.
It followed on from a disability awareness day at Mount Cricket Club a few years back that Abdul recognised had been crucial: “That was very heartening to see some of these kids who probably had few little opportunities to partake in sport, irrespective of their disability.”
The club is building on that momentum with another disability day planned later this month and very good luck to them with it.
Most recently, Mount Cricket Club claimed the George Reah Award for Special Services to Cricket at the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards (OSCAs).
Beyond the cricket participation, the club was recognised for their charity work, addressing loneliness and engagement as well as challenging negative stereotypes and assumptions from the media towards Muslims, helping to create positive community role models.
Back on the field, Mount first eleven are chasing the Central Huddersfield Cricket League title and already have two trophies with the T20 Cup recently added to the Tinker Cup for good measure so the cricketing operations are in fine fettle too.
You only have to see what the club is up to on Twitter and Facebook each week to understand that this is a cricket club that never stands still and all power to them for it.
CLICK TO ACCESS PHOTOS FROM THE TINKER CUP IN THE CENTRAL HUDDERSFIELD LEAGUE
Here’s where you can check out photos from the Tinker Cup. Sixes, tumbling wickets and much more…
**As with all Cricket Yorkshire photo albums, you’ll be asked for your email and will be added to the mailing list. We don’t spam you with irrelevant junk, just occasional top-quality cricket writing.
There’s normally a Cricket Yorkshire newsletter (SAMPLE) every fortnight or so (tends to be a Friday) and if you decide it’s not for you, you can easily unsubscribe at any point but most people don’t.
Beyond the cricket participation, the club was recognised for their charity work, addressing loneliness and engagement as well as challenging negative stereotypes and assumptions from the media towards Muslims, helping to create positive community role models.
Back on the field, Mount first eleven are chasing the Central Huddersfield Cricket League title and already have two trophies with the T20 Cup recently added to the Tinker Cup for good measure so the cricketing operations are in fine fettle too.
You only have to see what the club is up to on Twitter and Facebook each week to understand that this is a cricket club that never stands still and all power to them for it.
CLICK TO ACCESS PHOTOS FROM THE TINKER CUP IN THE CENTRAL HUDDERSFIELD LEAGUE
Here’s where you can check out photos from the Tinker Cup. Sixes, tumbling wickets and much more…
**As with all Cricket Yorkshire photo albums, you’ll be asked for your email and will be added to the mailing list. We don’t spam you with irrelevant junk, just occasional top-quality cricket writing.
There’s normally a Cricket Yorkshire newsletter (SAMPLE) every fortnight or so (tends to be a Friday) and if you decide it’s not for you, you can easily unsubscribe at any point but most people don’t.
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