St Aulaye
Cricket/Chenaud Casuals
Brief history: the club traces its origins to
the first (known) organised cricket match in SW France between a team of
visitors from London and the Bordeaux British Community in August 1981; we
played Bordeaux regularly for several years and in 1983 we played Eymet for the
first time on the St Aulaye football pitch. The club was established as St
Aulaye Cricket in 1997.
New cricketers welcome:
although we
no longer play league cricket we welcome visiting cricketers on holiday as well
as new residents. We host a junior cricket week in early August and play
friendly matches as Chenaud Casuals.
Ground, playing surface and
facilities: the ground
is outside the village of Chenaud (see below); we play on a green carpet wicket
laid on concrete (so no spiked cricket shoes) and we have two practice nets.
There is a small wooden pavilion and a toilet but no changing rooms or showers.
Accommodation: the Hôtel-Restaurant du Champ de
Foire, in the middle of St Aulaye, has eight rooms, seven with double beds, one
with twin beds but extra single beds can be added to accommodate 12 people; 05 53
90 08 83; hotelchampdefoire@gmail.com.
The Hôtel/Hostellerie du Périgord in Aubeterre (8km away) is more expensive and
has more rooms; 05 45 98 50 46; contact@hotelduperigord.fr.
St Aulaye’s 3*
campsite includes chalets; 05 53 90 62 20/06 33 55 38 61; campingstaulaye@gmail.com.
Refreshments and post-match dinner: we ask visiting teams for 150€
per match to cover refreshments and ground expenses including new balls (we now
use pink ones so hardly ever lose any). We would be pleased to organise dinner
in St Aulaye, from about 25€ a head including wine.
Where we are: St Aulaye is a small town on the
river Dronne (and the Dordogne-Charente border) – good swimming beach with
café-restaurant, tennis courts etc. We are about an hour south of Angoulême
(for the TGV), an hour north of Bergerac (for Ryanair and Flybe), and 80
minutes east of Bordeaux.
From
Bordeaux leave the motorway at the Coutras exit, turn right to St Medard, then
left to La Roche-Chalais and right for St Aulaye. Just before the town turn left
at the roundabout towards Chenaud. The ground is on your right close to a
hamlet called La Planche. There is also a direct route from the St Aulaye river beach.
Golf: nine-hole course within 20
minutes of St Aulaye – at the Manoir de Longeveau,
near Aubeterre – and 18-hole courses at Périgueux and Angoulême.
Wynford
Hicks, SAC & Chenaud Casuals secretary, tel: 00
33 5 53 91 32 57
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