BE PART OF SHROPSHIRE S MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER Buoyed by the recent success enjoyed by the national team, cricket is enjoying a popular time at the top of the game and this is having a knock on effect at grass roots level. Nowhere is this better reflected than in the continued success achieved by Shrewsbury Cricket Club s teams, with three national championships, 12 league titles, 18 cup wins and countless junior victories since the new millennium. Allied to this is the recent individual achievements of some of our players with no fewer than five earning full-time contracts with first-class county sides, ten being selected for Worcestershire s Academy and over 20 representing Shropshire s Minor Counties side. More recently, James Taylor (England senior side) and Ed Barnard (England U19s) have achieved national recognition. With four adult s teams competing in league cricket on Saturdays and a 120 strong junior section boasting a total of 10 teams alongside both women s and girl s teams, Shrewsbury can arguably lay claim to being Shropshire s premier cricket club. The men s first team currently plays at the highest level they possibly can in the Birmingham and District Premier Cricket League Premier Division. Our second XI competes in division one of the reserve competition whilst our third and fourth teams continue to provide a stepping stone for the club s talented youngsters to progress into the first eleven and beyond. As a club, we are looking to expand on this level of achievement and the growth of cricket in Shrewsbury by offering the chance for external organisations to become a part of the success that is Shrewsbury Cricket Club, through a range of sponsorship opportunities. In doing so, giving you the chance to associate your company and brand with some of Shropshire s finest cricketers and a family oriented cricket club. Ed Foster lifts the ECB National Club Championship trophy following victory over Cambridge Granta at Derby in 2011. Three Shrewsbury CC players that have progressed to higher honours - England international James Taylor, top, Worcestershire s Joe Leach, middle, and his county teammate Ed Barnard, bottom, on England U19 duty.
Gold sponsor Silver sponsor Balcony/splay board Ground board The club s top sponsorship package includes your company s logo displayed on the chest of all adult playing shirts. Benefit from additional exposure including advertising at the club s London Road ground and coverage in the local media. Our second tier of sponsorship includes your logo printed on the playing shirt back, between the shoulders, of all adult players at the club. Additional features of this package include exposure in the club s fixture card and on the club letterhead. Minimum duration: One year Take prime, all year round, advertising space at Shrewsbury Cricket Club either on London Road, at the entrance to the club, or positioned on the pavilion balcony, overlooking the ground. Minimum duration: One year Gain a presence around the ground at London Road by taking an advertising board alongside the playing surface and benefit from visibility during all cricket matches and events at the club. Bronze sponsor Coloured kit sponsor Match day sponsor Match ball sponsor Minimum duration: Two years The highlight of our bronze sponsorship package is the positioning of your company s logo on the club s match stumps which regularly appear in action shots in the local press as well as being viewed by all spectators and players. Sponsor the club s new coloured kit, which is warn increasingly throughout the season in Twenty20 and League Cup competitions, as the look of the professional game reaches the best of amateur cricket. Minimum duration: One match Our tailored match day sponsorship package is designed to give your company great exposure for your selected fixture as well as the opportunity to host your guests during the match. Minimum duration: One match Match ball sponsorship is an attractive and cost effective way of partnering with Shrewsbury Cricket Club - choose your fixture and entertain your guests at London Road.
THE HISTORY OF Shrewsbury Cricket Club was formed on 15 May 1839 at a meeting held at the Unicorn Inn, Wyle Cop, in Shrewsbury town centre. The Club s first match was against the Mechanics and was contested over two days, starting on the evening of 10 July 1839 and concluding the evening of 11 July 1839. The match was won by Shrewsbury. During this game Shrewsbury s first connection with the world of football began. Shrewsbury s John Charles Thring was influential, along with Henry de Winton, in the development of the modern codes of football in 1862. Both Thring and de Winton were pupils of Shrewsbury School and the Club s long connection with the school commenced when they played each other in the Club s third ever match on 15 August 1839. The first recorded fixture at the Club s current London Road home was in 1914 when Shrewsbury hosted Wem Cricket Club. From 1957 onwards, the ground has staged numerous Minor Counties Championship and Knockout matches as well as two International Cricket Council Trophy matches. In addition fixtures in the Benson and Hedges Cup and the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy have also taken place at the ground. The Club, which holds the ECB Clubmark accreditation and is an ECB Focus Club, currently runs four senior sides on a Saturday, with the first and second teams joining the Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League in 2001 after the Club won the Shropshire Premier League. The First and Second XIs have progressed through the Birmingham League s divisions playing in the Premier and First Division respectively. The First XI won the Premier Division for the first time in 2010 and in doing so became one of only two Clubs in the history of the league to win all three Birmingham League competitions; the League Knockout and League Twenty20 competition being the other two. In 1983, in the middle of a fifteen year period where Shrewsbury won the Shropshire League no fewer than eleven times, the Club achieved its highest honour when it won the then William Younger Cup (now the National Club Cricket Championship) at Lord s, defeating Hastings and St Leonards Priory from Sussex. Shrewsbury has a thriving, successful and 120 member strong junior section which sees many players progress through the ranks into the Club s senior teams. In addition a number of players have progressed to recognition with first class counties in recent years. Following the 2011 Bunbury Festival, then the Club s U15 captain, Ed Barnard, was named England s U15 captain. Twice Shrewsbury s junior sides have won on the national stage with the 2000 U13 side and 2002 U15 side winning the ECB s national competitions, the only time the same set of players have done so in the competition s history. Notably, in 2009 the Club s youth teams won all the Shropshire County Cups, with the U15s now having retained the County Cup from 2006 to 2011 and teams have reached the last twelve of the ECB U13 and U15 National Club competitions in 2008 and 2010 respectively, with the U15s reaching the last eight in 2011. Having progressed through the Shrewsbury youth section, as well as being part of the national title winning junior sides, Jack Shantry now represents county side Worcestershire along with Joe Leach and Ed Barnard, they join Nottinghamshire and England s James Taylor as current and former Shrewsbury players in the professional game. Steve Gale, captain of the 1983 William Younger Cup winning side, now stands as a first class umpire. Cricket is not the only game the Club s players have progressed to at a professional level with current England goalkeeper Joe Hart a member of the national title winning junior sides. Former Coventry City goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic missed the 1983 William Younger Cup NEXT STEPS... win because of his football commitments whilst Ken Mulhearn, former goalkeeper for Manchester City, kept wicket in the 1983 cup winning side. Following the Club s success in the 2010 Birmingham Premier League season, the same side went one step further, equalling the achievements of the Club s 1983 side. The 2011 ECB National Club Championship Final saw Shrewsbury Cricket Club crowned the best in the country for the second time following a three wicket victory over Cambridge Granta at Derby. The first eleven side secured the club s second Birmingham Premier League title with a new top flight record high of 378 points in 2013, and added a third title in 2015. If you re interested in being part of Shropshire s most successful ever cricket club then we d like to hear from you. This brochure details a number of opportunities attractive to potential partners, but if you have any ideas as to how your relationship with Shrewsbury Cricket Club could work, please do get in touch using the below details. Ed Foster 07754 391829