ABOUT THE CLUB

We were founded in 1844 and celebrated our 175th Anniversary three years ago. We’ve got a beautiful old wooden cricket pavilion and a great facility to provide cricket for the people of Rugby and the surrounding villages. We’ve got a proud history and heritage having played host to county cricket, international matches and numerous famous individuals and players. We still host a prestigious biennial fixture with the MCC.

Today

We’re a thriving modern club. We have seven senior sides, four on a Saturday, one on a Sunday and two playing in the midweek league. We offer youth cricket for all ages, including three junior age group sides and a bustling All Stars section. We launched our women’s section last season and were delighted by how many new cricketers that brought into our club. We can’t to see that grow further in 2023.

Aspirations

As we look ahead as a club, we’ve got a great foundation to build on and we are taking our club to the next level with the vision of being the best amateur cricket club in the country. We want to ensure that every child in Rugby has the opportunity to try our sport and, if they like it, take that passion as far as their own interest and skill level will go. To do this, we’re constantly developing our facilities, coaching programmes and community outreach to make sure that we can provide a fantastic introduction to the sport and reach people who would otherwise not get the opportunity to try our game.

We are proud of the family atmosphere we have at RCC, where the club can feel like our second home. With that in mind, we plan to run a fuller social calendar this summer, bringing us all together to support the club and have plenty of fun together.

We are proud of our club and look forward to welcoming you at Webb Ellis Road.

Thanks to the efforts of Charlie and the committee, RCC is in a great place emerging from the COVID period. Charlie has stepped down to focus on a busy personal year ahead and his impending nuptials. He’s done a fantastic job for the club. I’m excited to play a part in leading the club forwards with already strong senior, women’s and youth setups.

A big focus for the committee this year is to make the club simpler to run, engage all our membership and put fun at the heart of everything we do. We’ve appointed new social and fundraising positions and put in place a structure around the bar to mean we can be open more often and more consistently, especially on Saturday afternoons during matches. We look forward to welcoming all our members and guests as we get into the season. We are a members club, organised and run by our members and I’d encourage anyone to reach out in any way to offer to help.

On the field we are delighted to welcome Wes Landsdale back following his tremendous season last year and he will be our Head Coach. We’re also bringing in Divan Posthumus as our 2023 overseas

Matt Ewer Club Chairman

player, a seam bowler who will focus on coaching and nurturing our next generation of young fast bowlers… It’s no secret that the current crop of 1st/2nd XI seamers are beginning to age and creak, myself very much included!

We’ve already enjoyed a really positive few months of winter nets and it’s been great to see youngsters mixing and holding their own with senior players. The potential that’s coming out of our youth system is really exciting, a reflection of the work our volunteer coaches put in. Our women’s teams are running both softball and hardball this year as part of their continued growth – there’s a lot going on!

As with any community, communication is key. Please come forward with ideas and thoughts you may have and involve yourself in the future of our club. Above all else, enjoy the coming season and let’s reflect in September on how we all made 2023 RCC’s best year yet.

Matt

Scholarships now available with access to means-tested bursary funding up to 100% at both Bilton Grange and Rugby School