Welcome To Oakham Cricket Club
The first reference to Oakham Cricket Club was in 1808, however the Club has been playing on the Lime Kilns Brooke Road (existing ground) since 1870.
Oakham Cricket Club is affiliated to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) through its affiliation to the Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Board (LRCB)
Since 2005 the ECB, through the LRCB, has recognised Oakham Cricket Club as a Focus Club. A Focus Club is one that has been identified for an ECB strategic reasons, and one that is committed to long-term junior development. While the club has also obtained Clubmark status. Clubmark will set the entry level for an increasing network of cricket clubs providing good quality cricket programmes for young people throughout the country.
In 2010, again Oakham Cricket Club will be the only Chance to Shine cricket club in Rutland. This ECB initiative will see the Club invest 280 hours of cricket coaching into a cluster of local state schools within the local community.
The club is committed to launching a Ladies team for the 1st time in its Development Plan (enquiries to the Chairman).
Oakham Cricket Club presently runs two Senior Saturday teams (Everards Leicestershire County League), two Sunday teams (Rutland League) and six Youth Teams (Border Counties Youth Cricket Association League).
Since 1964 Oakham Cricket Club has played its Saturday cricket in the South Lincs & Board League but from the 2010 season it will be playing in the Everards Leicestershire County League with two teams participating; the 1st team in Division 3 and the 2nd XI in Division 7.
New members are most welcome, please contact the Chairman and/or Club Captain for more details (refer to contacts section).
