Sports Clubs and Societies
To include or change an entry, please send details to the clerk including contact name and phone number, a brief paragraph describing the club and its activities plus any email or website addresses.
Archery
Old Basing Archers
Website: https://www.oldbasingarchers.co.uk/
Chairman: Geoff McCann
Club Secretary: email obasecretary@oldbasingarchers.co.uk
Old Basing Archers, founded in 1967, is dedicated to the promotion of archery as a family recreation and currently has approximately 100 shooting members. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Archery Association, Southern Counties Archery Society and Archery GB (the governing body for target archery in the UK). It meets year-round every weekend at its range on Old Basing Recreation Ground and, during the summer months, on many weekday evenings. During the winter it shoots on Wednesday evenings indoors at Old Basing Village Hall. It also shoots indoors on Sunday afternoons at The Hampshire Court, Chineham.
Bowling
Old Basing Bowling Club
Website: https://www.oldbasingbowlingclub.co.uk/
Chairman: Maurice Bates
Club Secretary: Stella Hayden
Bowls is a game for all ages, and fun for anyone aged between 11 and 90.
Free trial sessions – all equipment provided – just bring a pair of flat shoes or trainers.
Old Basing Short Mat Bowling Club
Sheena Grassi, 01256 363178
Every Wednesday at the Old Basing Village Hall, from 3.30pm - 6.00pm
Cricket
Old Basing Cricket Club
Website: https://oldbasing.play-cricket.com/home
Chairman: Nick Cooper
Secretary: Tom Jackson
Clubhouse Manager: John Huntingdon
Old Basing Cricket Club, which in 2015 celebrated its Bicentenary, is set in the heart Old Basing and offers enviable facilities, an excellent and recently upgraded clubhouse with full bar, function space, kitchen, changing rooms and extensive parking.
The Club offers cricket for all ages and abilities, and welcomes new members, playing or social, throughout the year
OBCC currently run 3 'League' teams:
- 1st XI will play in the Hampshire Cricket League 1 for the 2019 season following promotion in 2018
- 2nd XI will play in Hampshire League County Division Four North for the 2019 season
- 3rd XI will play in Hampshire League Regional Division 1 North East for the 2019 season
The club runs an extremely strong Colts section across 4 age groups:
Under 9; Under 11; Under 13 and Under 15.
Football
Old Basing Recreation Ground has two football pitches – one full size adult pitch and a junior pitch and currently plays host to 5 teams. In addition to the two pitches, the Pavilion has showers and changing facilities for both home and away teams with a separate referee’s facility plus a tea room with kitchen facilities.
Teams wishing to hire these facilities should contact the Parish Office on 01256 462847 or by emailing clerk@oldbasing.gov.uk.
Tennis
Old Basing Tennis Club
Website: https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/OldBasingTennisClub
Chairman: Nigel Hatt obtc.information@gmail.com
Old Basing Tennis Club is an active and friendly club in a delightful setting with over 100 members. The Club is located on Riley Lane on the left hand side opposite the allotments. As well as participating in the local league, the Club holds several club sessions a week, runs tournaments and organises a variety of social events throughout the summer and winter.
Coaching is also available should you wish to brush up on your tennis, and facilities include four newly resurfaced and painted hard courts and a club-house with kitchen, toilet and changing facilities.
Courts can be booked up to two days in advance through the website (click here for a direct link to the bookings page). Payment for a court will prompt an email to be sent with details of the court access code and guidelines which must be followed.
We always welcome new members so if you would like to visit the Club for a chat and a few hits, please contact the Chairman.