CRICKET ACADEMY

Ramsbottom Cricket Academy welcomes you and your children to Ramsbottom Cricket Club.

We are a Clubmark club and we adhere to the “Safe Hands” Policy for Safeguarding Children in Cricket. All the adults at the club who work with children, meet the necessary criteria and are vetted by the ECB. This includes the enhanced DBS and “Barred List” check (formerly known as CRB checks).

Our aim is to make sure that we provide structured coaching and enjoyment of cricket to 5- to 17-year-olds, whilst also developing players to their full potential in order to join the senior teams.

The Academy committee are.

Sarah Taylor (Chair)
Brian Taylor (Vice Chair)
Paul Buckley (Treasurer)
Kathy Dowds (Secretary)
Caroline Price (Safeguarding Officers)
Aaron Eaves (Women & Girls Manager)
Brian Taylor (Mixed Teams Manager)
Brain Taylor (All Stars Activator)

We have excellent facilities at Ramsbottom, and new for this season is our Academy home and away dressing rooms, which is much welcomed addition to our stunning and well-maintainedground.

Our dedicated coaching and management team are here to ensure your child enjoys their cricket at Ramsbottom, while developing their skills in the game. We have over 150 members across all ages, and with the support of Brian, Adrian & Grace along with some senior players we will be running our 9th All Stars programme this summer, please contact us here for more information.

We are very proud of our well established and successful women and girls’ section which continues to go from strength to strengthunder the management of Aaron Eaves and his team of coaches. We aim to field a team in every age category for the 2026 Season and open age female only teams in established leagues across the county.

At Ramsbottom we continue to invest in our accomplished coaching staff, many of whom have enjoyed playing cricket at Ramsbottom over the years.

All our coaches invest their time and dedication to ensure the player receive the best possible experience. Some of our senior players and club pro will also be involved with our academy training this year. If you are interested in getting involved, please email brian@rammycc.co.uk

For the 2026 season there will be multiple teams across the age groups with the following managers:

Women & Girls Teams

Women’s 2nd XI –Chris Eardley
Under 15’s – Chris Groom
Under 13’s – James Speechley
Under 11’s – Aaron Eaves

Mixed teams:

Under 9’s – Jonathon Orton
Under 11’s Waqas Qamar
Under 13’s Brian Taylor
Under 15’s Development Squad- Keith Webb
Under 15’s Performance Squad- Andy Holt & Simon Read
Under 18’s – Brian Taylor & Simon Read

For any information on how to become a member or to get involved with our Academy please get in touch on sarah@rammycc.co.uk