Cliftonville Academy CC

Cliftonville Academy CC is delighted to announce the appointment of Jared Wilson as our new Director of Cricket. Jared has extensive coaching experience having fulfilled coaching roles at both Newbuildings CC and Holywood CC in recent seasons, coaching Boys and Girls of all ages and also the Senior Men’s and Women’s teams at Newbuildings CC. […]

Cliftonville Academy CC is delighted to announce a new 2-year sponsorship deal with Robin Hill Construction, specialising in the bespoke, one-off houses to client specification and technically challenging projects. The deal will see the Robin Hill Construction logo feature on our Youth playing range. James Cole of Robin Hill Construction said “We are delighted to […]

Better late than never, Cliftonville Academy CC brought the curtain down on a successful 2021 season with a Celebratory Dinner in The Rabbit Hotel, Templepatrick on Friday 8th April. Players past and present enjoyed a 3-course meal, followed by the presentation of several prizes from the 2021 Season, along with League winners medals for the […]

Cliftonville Academy CC is delighted to announce a new 2-year sponsorship deal with Denpro, part of the Denroy Group, the world’s leading innovator in the design and manufacture of engineered polymer components & solutions. Denroy work in numerous business sectors, including aerospace, automotive, commercial, medical and defence, with expertise in design, research, prototyping and manufacturing. […]

Cliftonville Academy CC is delighted to announce a new 3-year sponsorship deal with Davison & Associates Claims Management, providing first rate claims management throughout UK and Ireland. The deal will see the Davison & Associates Claims Management logo feature on the new playing range, to be launched ahead of the 2022 Season. Katherine Davison, Director […]

Cliftonville Academy CC is delighted to announce a new 2-year sponsorship deal with Construction Measure, a UK wide quantity surveying consultancy business. Established in 2018, Construction Measure is a young and dynamic team of Professional Quantity Surveyors who provide a premium service to their clients. They have offices in Belfast and London and operate UK […]

Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club is delighted to announce the signing of experienced South African professional Dominic Hendricks ahead of the 2022 Season. With 140 first-class appearances to date and having represented South Africa at U19 level, left-hander Hendricks is the current captain of The Imperial Lions side based in Johannesburg, Gauteng and comes highly recommended […]

Cliftonville Academy CC is delighted to announce a new 2-year sponsorship deal with Northern MRI, one of Northern Irelands leading private providers of MRI scanning. The deal will see the Northern MRI logo feature on the new playing (and training) range, to be launched ahead of the 2022 Season. Clinic Manager, Geraldine Ferris from Northern […]

Congratulations to Max Burton who was recently voted NCU Section One Player of the Year. Well done Maxi

Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club celebrated “150 Years of Cliftonville Cricket” on Saturday 2nd October in the Penthouse Suite of the Europa Hotel, Belfast. The event coincided with the Club’s 1st X1 winning the Robinson Services League 1 title and the team will compete in the Premier League in 2022. After a ‘Welcoming Drinks Reception’ a […]

Despite defeat to Derriaghy on Saturday, a superior Net Run Rate going into the final weekend’s fixtures, and Cregagh failing to chase their target inside 14 overs on Sunday, meant Cliftonville Academy have been crowned Section One Champions for 2021 and also securing promotion to the NCU Premier League for 2022. Congratulations to skipper Adam […]

1s beat Bangor by 251 runs CACC 339-7 (M Burton 172, N Cahill 36, R Moffett 37no, J Bates 2-46, C Pyper 2-54, J Scates-Veale 2-66) Bangor 88 (K King 24, B Kane 4-19, M McCord 3-15, R Hood 2-27) 2s beat CIYMS 3s by 9 wickets CIYMS 3s 109-7 (R Elliot 25, N Greenlees […]

| Cliftonville Academy II beat Armagh II by 8 wickets tonightArmagh 91-5;D Bullick 32;N Greenlees 2-16#CACC 92-2;P Mulholland 34, R McKnight 30*;R Dobbs 2-20#ncuj2#CACC

Friday XI vs Armagh II (UUJ at 5pm)Saturday XI at Bangor XI vs CIYMS IIISunday XI at Muckamore IV#ncus1#ncuj2#ncuj4#CACC

CACC hosted a T20 match 2 at the Castle grounds against visitors Donacloney Mill. Winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the bowling attack from CACC was once again ruthless and took wickets at regular intervals. Ben Kane (2-12) was the pick of the bowlers helping to restrict the visitors to 106-6 at the […]

U15 Division 1 final v Muckamore Muckamore won the toss and decided to bat. CACC earned an early wicket for Jerin thanks to a wonderful catch by Adam Hewitt. Further wickets fell to Achyut, Adam Orr and Jerin although the strong Muckamore middle order saw them post a formidable total of 164.In reply a couple […]

The mighty s make it 3 from 3 for the club this weekend by beating Saintfield 2s by 3 wickets with 3 balls to spareSaintfield 169-6 (D O’Neill 71, R Murray 27, P Mulholland 2-21)CACC 170-7(P Mulholland 51, R McKnight 42, C Whitten 37no, R Murray 4-28 inc hat trick , A Mahmood 2-23)

The U11 side hosted Waringstown in the Division 1 semi final.Waringstown batted first and got off to a great start. Only one wicket fell in the first 12 overs as Waringstown looked like posting a big total. Some excellent fielding towards the end forced a couple of run outs which pegged the Waringstown innings back […]

Saturday XI vs Ballymena XI at Ballymena IISunday XI at Saintfield II#ncus1#ncuj2#ncuj4#CACC

Congratulations to Jerin Shibu on his nomination to U14 NCU district trials. Jerin will play a series of 20 over and 40 over games at Waringstown CC on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Saturday XI vs Donacloney Mill XI at Donacloney Mill IISunday XI vs BISC II XI vs Muckamore VI#ncus1#ncuj2#ncuj4#ncuj8b#CACC

1s v Templepatrick Another dominant team performance puts CACC one step closer to promotion. Being put in to bat first on a challenging wicket at the Cloughan, the boys dug deep and built vital partnerships through the innings to post a respectable 154-9 off their 50 overs. Stand out batsmen were David Reid (31), Robbie […]

Here’s how the league tables look for our Senior teams, as we head into August #CACC

The s lose to Templepatrick 5s by 1 wicket CACC 106-9 (J Shibu 26, B Richie 22, I Latham 22no, J Khana 3-21, J Smyth 2-7, C Lewis 2-16)TCC 107-9 (J Smyth 22, W Knight 2-1, J McDonald 1-6)Congratulations to Finn McAlorum, Ben McConway and James McDonald who played their first senior cricket match today.

All players, coaches and parents of junior players (Under 16) must read the Cricket Ireland ‘Safe Return to Playing Directives’ and familiarise themselves with the requirements (https://www.cricketireland.ie/images/uploads/news_images/CI-R2T_GUIDE_FOR_PLAYERS.pdf ) Specifically, players must complete the Cliftonville Academy Return to Play questionnaire, and confirm that they have read the Cricket Ireland Protocols prior to booking a training slot. […]

CACC U11’s played against Carrick on Mon evening. Carrick batted first in perfect conditions with a quick outfield. Harry Saneesh took two wickets, Zeke Templeton, Rory Johnson and James McDonald took a wicket apiece. Carrick benefited from some wayward bowling and eventually scored 93 in 20 overs. In reply Rory Johnson and James McDonald started […]

The U15 team hosted Muckamore on Friday 26th July at UUJ. Muckamore batted first and were initially curtailed by some accurate seam bowling from Olly Smith and Matthew Williamson. Adam Gooderham made the initial breakthrough removing one of the openers. Olly Smith returned to take the only other wicket to fall as Muckamore posted 88 […]

GOLFBUSTER will run over the weekend of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush from 18th – 21st July 2019.  This is a fund-raiser for the Club and the intention is to attract 60 entrants or their equivalent (there is no limit to the number of entries per person). On this assumption it is intended that […]

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The U15 team travelled to Templepatrick on Friday evening for a league match. Templepatrick batted first. Olly’s Scott and Smyth opened the bowling and immediately settled in on a nagging line and length. Olly Scott struck first removing the TCC opener LBW. Olly Smyth returned with two wickets in his second spell. Daniel Bolton and […]

The CACC 4th XI finally got their season off and running with a pulsating 4 wkts in over Cooke 3’s. Cooke batted first and immediately looked imposing scoring a handful of boundaries despite the long grass. Adam Gooderham broke the opening partnership with a wide delivery caught by Ian Latham grazing down at long off. […]

U15 report On Friday 7th June the U15A side took on Ballymena. Cliftonville Academy won the toss and asked Ballymena to bat first. Olly Scott started well, bowling briskly and was unlucky not to pick up a wicket. Daniel Bolton took the first wicket in the 6th over, however some wayward bowling (23 wides) and […]

To Enter contact either: Adam or Niall The rules of the game: You must select a combination of 11 players made up from a total of 5 batsmen, 4 bowlers, 1 wicketkeeper and 1 all-rounder under a certain budget of ’60 credits’. As a tie-breaker, predict the total number of sixes across the 48 games in […]

U13 report On Wednesday 15th May the U13 team played Laurelvale. After the close game against Carrick on Monday this was a chance to give a game to some other players pushing for an A team spot. The game started brightly with Ryan Ferguson taking the first of his two wickets in the first over. […]

Cliftonville Academy U13 opened their season with a home game against Carrickfergus. Captain Adam Orr lost the toss and Carrick opted to bat first. CACC started superbly as Matthew Williamson struck in the first over removing one of the Carrick openers. Harry Salt also took a wicket in his first over although the rest of […]

Match Report Cliftonville Academy U15 opened their season with a Graham Cup match against Carrickfergus on Friday evening. CACC captain Harvey Latham won the toss and decided to bat first. Unfortunately winning the toss proved to be one of the highlights in a very lacklustre CACC performance. Openers Harvey Latham and Adam Gooderham fell cheaply […]

Registration for u11 and u9 will take place on Monday 29th April. Sessions run from 6.30-7.30 for p1-3 and 6.30-8.00 for p4-7. Registration for U13/15 will take place on Wednesday 1st May. Sessions run from 6:30-8. This is a good opportunity for parents to ask any questions. All sessions take place in the outdoor nets […]

Rory Thompson It was with shock and profound sadness that members of Cliftonville Academy received the news of the unexpected passing of Rory Thompson earlier this week following a heart attack.  He was 35 years old. Rory had featured regularly for CACC with his brother Shane during the 2018 season, having represented both pre-merger clubs […]

It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that James “Jimmy” McCall sadly retired with his Bat on the morning of the 19th November. Those who know Jimmy well, can attest, that it was perhaps his desire to protect his “Average”, rather than the sudden deterioration of his health. I write this […]

All members take note our AGM will be held on Wednesday 3rd October at 7.30pm at Academy Sports Club. As per the constitution only fully paid up members are eligible to vote. All members are encouraged to be in attendance.

The Annual Dinner & Prize Giving will take place at the newly refurbished Chimney Corner Hotel on Saturday September 8th at 7.30pm for 8.00pm. The Cost for the night is £25 per person. The menu is below and those wishing to attend are asked to give their Main and Dessert choices to Jim Munn by […]

On behalf of all members and supporters of Cliftonville Academy CC we would like to wish the best of luck to our 2nd XI in the Intermediate Cup Final against Donaghcloney Mill 2nds at Bangor today. The final kicks off at 12 and all support is very welcome! Good Luck!

On behalf of all members and supporters we wish our First XI led by Captain, Andrew Magee in tomorrows Junior Cup Final against Templepatrick. In our first season as a club it is a fantastic endorsement of the merger and how we are flourishing as a club. It promises to be a cracking final as […]

With both our 1st and 2nd XI in their respective cup finals, see below the dates and venues of the finals. Cliftonville Academy v Templepatrick, Junior Cup Final, Moylena Saturday 4th August Donacloney Mill II v Cliftonville Academy II, Intermediate Cup Final, Bangor Saturday 11th August Our 4th XI also have the opportunity to make […]

A fantastic weekend for the club as the 1st XI secured two more league wins and the 2nd XI made it to the final of the Intermediate Cup to face Donacloney Mill after a stunning win over North Down at Comber! Ards 87 (B Cathcart 20, W Muhammad 3-6, J Terrett 3-15, T McCord 3-24) […]

Cliftonville Academy 3rds undertook a double header this weekend and came out successfully with 2 wins from 2 very tough games. Saturday the thirds were away to North Down 3’s on a beautiful afternoon the 3s got to experience playing on the main square at comber and after losing the toss and fielding the trueness […]

Our 1st XI made it to the Junior Cup Final with a 16 run victory at Carrickfergus. Our 2nd XI demolished Bangor by 195 runs in Junior 2. Cliftonville Academy 250-6 (J Terrett 75, A Magee 35, D Menaul 51no, R Hall 29, A Fittis 3-29, R Moffett 2-43) Carrickfergus II 234 A Fittis 21, M […]

Back row: Ian Latham (Coach), Ben Harrison, Benjamin Jackson, Harvey Latham, Ben Anderson, Ben Miller Front row: Adam Gooderham, Oliver Scott, Oliver Smith, Zach Cobain, Ryan Ferguson, Connor Gillam  

There were two more centurions over the weekend as Jonny Terrett notched up his first ton of the season with 139 not out in a demolition of Arts in the Junior Cup that saw us progress to Semi-Finals of the Junior Cup. He followed that up on Sunday with another 40 not out in and […]

A fantastic all round display from Davy Menaul saw our First XI record their 3rd win from 3 in the league to leave us joint top of Section 2. Davy posted 90 runs in a total of 187 then ran through the Belfast Superkings with 4-13 in their reply assisted by Anderson and Wilson with […]

On Saturday the CACC 3rd xi made their first appearance at UUJ against a lurgan side that has easily beaten the 3s earlier in the season. the 3rds were able to field a very strong side and were boosted by the return of Andrew Palmer and after a 2 year hiatus Andrew Forbes. The 3s […]

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Davy Greenlees scored 100 as Cliftonville Academy 4ths secured a 6 wicket win over Monaghan II today. Life in the old dog yet for sure and Mr President is now the 2nd name to be put on the batting honours board. Who will be next…  

A dominant all round display saw Cliftonville Academy see off a strong Waringstown 2’s team in the Junior Cup. after posting 278 in the first innings Was Muhammad took the clubs first ever 6 for to make it onto our honours board! A stunning 6 for 25 meaning Waringstown could only get to 158 in […]

Its a proud day in the very short history of Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club as we put out ALL FOUR senior sides on the same day. An incredible effort by all and on such a great day weather wise lets see plenty of support for all our teams today! Good luck to all! 1st XI […]

Larne 103 (E Hunter 56, B Anderson 2-26, T McCord 2-20, A Montgomery 5-20) Cliftonville Academy 104-2 (M Palmer 28no, F Collins 48) Cliftonville Academy beat Larne by 8 wickets

Cliftonville Academy 97 (T McCord 32, A Eastwood 3-31, D Coffey 3-7, A McGuire 3-19) Rush 98-2 (S Gull 44no, C Armstrong 45no) Rush beat Cliftonville Academy by 8 wickets

  Cliftonville Academy II 135-7 (R Hall 25, A Kirkpatrick 56no, B Adams 2-11, M Dalzell 2-20) North Down II 136-2 (H Coulter 76no, S Scott 37no, W Muhammad 2-20) North Down II beat Cliftonville Academy II by 8 wickets

CACC 3s travelled to Lurgan for their 3rd game of the season ( 2nd League game) and despite having the same player cry off for the 2nd week at the last minute we were still able to field 11 players with John ‘Daddy’ Wilson and Neil Cahill, coming to the clubs aid and playing when […]

Rob Hall is the first centurion for Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club! His magnificent knock of 117 not out cam in the Junior 2 league game away to Bangor on Sunday. He was supported by a great 90 by Adam Kelso in a total of 270 for 4 which was enough to get past Bangor by […]

Rob Hall is the first centurion for Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club! His magnificent knock of 117 not out cam in the Junior 2 league game away to Bangor on Sunday. He was supported by a great 90 by Adam Kelso in a total of 270 for 4 which was enough to get past Bangor by […]

The club is running a Fantasy Football World Cup fundraiser this year and we would encourage all members and friends of the club to enter! Its £10 per entry and the top prize is £500! Heres how it works: You select 8 teams from the World Cup finals and place them in order of importance, […]

One of our own, Paul Stirling will make his Test debut for Ireland this Friday after the team to face Pakistan was announced earlier this week. For all of us that have played with Paul or watched him grow and develop through our ranks it will be a moment of immense pride but for Paul […]

Our 2nds and 3rds will get underway this weekend with both teams taking on Armagh on Saturday. The 2nds are at the Castle against Armagh in Junior 2 and the 3rds travel to Armagh in Junior 4, we wish both teams well.

Cliftonville Academy got off to a comfortable start against Victoria on Saturday with a 9 wicket victory. Victoria 63 (B Anderson 3-11, W Muhammad 2-10, C Halliday 2-8) Cliftonville Academy 66-1 (F Collins 30no) Cliftonville Academy beat Victoria by 9 wickets

  Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club will play its first competitive game this afternoon, 28th April 2018. The 1st XI will take on Victoria in Senior 2 at the Castle Ground. We would like to encourage all members and friends of the club to come along and show support as the club starts out on its […]

It is with great sadness that Cliftonville Academy has learned of the death of Wilson Scott, a former Cliftonville player and Irish International The club sends it’s sincere condolences to the Scott family at this time. Article below kindly re-posted on Cricket Europe website http://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2018/articles/000006/000631.shtml Written by Edward Liddle (CricketEurope) *Funeral details – Tuesday 24th April @ 12.30pm […]

Sessions for u11 and u9 run from 6.30-7.30 for p1-3 and 6.30-8.00 for p4-7 every Wednesday. Sessions for U13/15 will take place every Monday. Sessions run from 6:30-8. All sessions take place in the outdoor nets at University of Ulster at Jordanstown. For more info contact Ian Latham on 07956135171  

  Robin Hill construction is a family run building and civil engineering company based in Greenisland.  We do house extensions, one off bespoke new build houses to client specification, commercial and small civil engineering projects. We are delighted to provide sponsorship to the newly formed Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club. Our family has been associated with Cliftonville […]

The league fixtures for the 3rd XI are now available in the Events/Match Calendar on our website. Here is the full fixture list for NCU Junior 4 below. 29th April CIYMS III v Cooke Collegians II 7th May CIYMS III v Cliftonville Academy III Derriaghy III v North Down III 19th May CIYMS III v […]

The league fixtures for the 2nd XI are now available in the Events/Match Calendar on our website. Here is the full fixture list for NCU Junior 2 below. 21st April Bangor II v Donaghcloney Mill II 28th April Armagh II v Cliftonville Academy II Donaghcloney Mill II v North Down II Woodvale II v Bangor […]

The league fixtures for the 1st XI are now available in the Events/Match Calendar on our website. Here is the full fixture list for NCU Section 2 below.   28th April Cliftonville Academy v Victoria Donaghadee v Larne Drumaness v Ballymena Dundrum v Belfast Super Kings Monaghan v Dunmurry 5th May Ballymena v Ards Belfast […]

Preseason Nets will start Sunday 4th February from 1pm-3pm at BRA Sports Hall. It will be structured and cover all elements of the game with a bit of craic along the way. The session starts at 1pm so please be there on time. All new members welcome, so come along and make yourself known to […]

Following the successful merger of both Cliftonville Cricket Club and Academy Cricket Club, on the 27th November 2017, it is an honour and privilege to have been appointed as the First President of Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club. Both Cliftonville and Academy have a history that should never be forgotten and we the current generation of […]

Our Club Lottery was drawn and once again there were no Jackpot winners so the Jackpot of £1050 remains to be won! Use the link in the menu to buy your tickets for next weeks draw. Its simple, pick 4 numbers between 1 and 32 and you could be over a grand richer this time […]

Welcome to the new Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club. The new club was officially formed on Monday 27th November 2017 when the clubs of Cliftonville Cricket Club and Academy Cricket Club met officially to agree to the merging of the two clubs and to form a new committee. We hope that this will be a union […]

We will be running a fantastic programme of Junior Coaching and Matches to cover a wide range of age groups, abilities for both boys AND girls so there is no excuse not to get the wee ones involved so get them along and GET THEM INVOLVED You can contact Ian Latham for more information on […]

We are entering a 4ths into the bottom rung of the the Junior league ladder this year and heres how they lineup. They will be lead by Ian Latham and we wish him well. Ards II 0 0 0 0 0 0 BISC III 0 0 0 0 0 0 CIYMS V 0 0 0 […]

Our 3rd XI will compete in Junior 4 this year.  Heres who they are up against. Our thirds will be lead by Darryl Martin and we wish the boys well. CIYMS III 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cliftonville Academy III 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cooke Collegians II 0 0 0 0 0 […]

Our 2nd XI will play this year in Junior 2 and here is who we will play… The team will be skippered this year by Frazer McFadden. We wish him every success. Armagh II 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ballymena II 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bangor II 0 0 0 0 0 […]

Our first XI will play in Senior 2 as both Cliftonville and Academy both ended up in the same league after the conclusion of the 2017 season. Here are who we are up against. Our 1sts will be captained by Andrew Magee this year. Andrew we wish you well. Ballymena 0 0 0 0 0 […]