The club runs two adult teams playing within the back drop of Audley End Mansion on Saturdays playing in the Cambs League and on Sunday afternoons in friendly matches against local teams throughout the summer. We also play a handful of Friday games against touring teams.The games always end with a visit to the local public House "The Queens Head" in Littlebury for a social drink or two.   

**2010 Season**

Cricket Nets start this Tuesday 16th March for 6 weeks 8-9 Dame Bradburys everyone welcome 8pm to 9pm all please turn up**
 
Cricket Quiz Night Easter Sunday 4th April At The Queens Head
 
Charity Football match – Sunday 30th May, Littlebury FC v Queens Head

There is information on the Facebook Club Page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8300679173&ref=ts   which is updated regularly with information. 

Anyone wanting to contact the cricket club who is interested in playing etc, can contact Graham Young at: graham.young25 @ tiscali.co.uk or 079 4949 7869. 

Chairman: John Tipton 524829            
Captain: David Mason  521139                            
Secretary: Peggy Griggs 01279 655706   
Treasurer: Bett Starr 528047

Carpet bowls? You may ask, is it a serious sport or a pleasant opportunity to meet friends and socialise? Well, it is played competitively at county and national level, so it is certainly a sport, but, as our emphasis is on lively company and a convivial atmosphere, we answer that it must be both. It is played on a carpet 30 feet by six feet with miniature “woods” which are biased just like outdoor woods; there is a wooden ”spar” in the centre of the carpet, which the woods must avoid. It is a simple game, very easy to learn, but with practice and experience it can become very skilful, competitive and rewarding.

We were founded in 1993 with the loan of a carpet from the local authority; many of the current membership were founders and at first our numbers increased impressively, but recently they have declined. We only meet in the winter, for many of our members play Green Bowls in the summer. You will find us in the Village Hall every Friday evening, either for our club night or involved in a friendly match with a team from another village and on some Tuesdays for matches. New members are welcomed with open arms – the more the merrier.   The match fee for the evening is £1.00 and the year’s subscription is £5,00. Not the most expensive of sporting or social activities.

We are a very busy club, as a glance at this season’s fixture list will demonstrate. We compete in the second division of the South Cambridgeshire League which can take us as far afield as Wrestlingworth, near Biggleswade, a journey which takes us through four counties (no prizes for naming them!) and we play friendly, but hotly contested, matches against teams from neighbouring villages – a very full programme. We also find time for a popular Club Pairs Championship.  Like Green Bowls, Carpet Bowls is a sociable game – a chance to meet new people and make new friends. Each match ends with a convivial supper – we are well known for our hospitality. So if television is losing its appeal and pubs have nothing new to offer, we would be delighted to welcome you.

To walk into Saffron Walden using the footpath on the main road leave Littlebury by the bridge and turn right at the top of the Walden Road to go south via Windmill Hill (the B184). Alternatively strike south at Holy Trinity Church (B1383) and at the end of the twin hedges continue with the Audley End park walls and house on your left – turn left at the Adam Bridge and continue around the park until you reach the town.

To avoid traffic as much as possible, it is very pleasant instead to turn left at the end of the hedges and walk down Home Farm Lane. Cross the river and just ahead to your right is a discreet and leafy pathway with a stream running alongside leading to open parkland. Follow the path keeping Audley End House on the right to emerge through large gates, practically in the centre of Saffron Walden.

 Home Farm Lane                                                                    Howe Wood from Batts Lane 

Any walk out of Littlebury village will mean using the road. A brisk walk past Howe Wood by way of Merton Place will take you towards Strethall, England’s smallest parish, with its tiny and well cared for ‘Church in the Farmyard’. Unless you pay it a visit, keep Howe Wood on your left and you will approach Catmere End using Batts Lane. Walk due east after going through the village and descending the hill, and you will eventually arrive back in Littlebury.

It is not unknown for Littlebury residents to drive to Littlebury Green and park there in order to enjoy the countryside around the hamlets where there are many footpaths and decent walks which children and adults alike will enjoy.

NB There is a footpaths map in the bus shelter at Littlebury.