Belper Meadows Community Sports Club

The club provides excellent facilities for each of its four sports, and is the premier multi-sports club in the area.

Our facilities include:

Hockey

A full-sized all-weather pitch, with LED floodlights, which can be hired for other sports;

Tennis

3 x hard courts and 2 x grass courts (the hard courts have new LED floodlights);

Cricket

The pitch is regularly used by Derbyshire County Cricket Club's 2nd XI;

Bowls

Large, floodlit, bowling green;

Cricket pavilion

Which is available for hire (see below), has one of the best scenic views in Derbyshire.

Community pavilion

This stone-built facility, which replaced the old wooden pavilion, was completed in summer 2018. It includes additional hockey and community facilities.

Four of our sports sections have vibrant junior sections and all sections always offer a warm welcome to new members, both playing and social.

Membership of the club is through any of its individual sections. If you, or any family members, would like to participate in, or find out more about, any of our 4 sports: Bowls, Cricket, Hockey or Tennis, please click on the link to the individual sport’s website for details and contacts.

Club News

Champions of England!

History made! Our Belper U16 Boys, Tier 1 squad, are officially Supra League Champions – the best U16 team in England!

After a nail-biting final against Wimbledon, the lads held their nerve and sealed the win in dramatic style… on shuffles.

Every player, every pass, every save – this was a true team performance. Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it.

National Champions. Supra League Winners. Belper History.

Bonfire & Fireworks

The Club will hold its traditional Fireworks display and Bonfire on Saturday 4th November. Details to follow

Record of the flooding

If anyone has photos of the flooding and particularly the clean-up, perhaps they could be added to those already collected. Those collected and other photos of the flood can be found at: 2019 Floods.

Our Sports

Each of our sports sports has it's own website and organisation, so they should be contacted directly if you want to know more information. Contact details can be found in drop-down boxes above, or via the individual websites.

Bowls

We are a small, friendly, Crown Green Bowls Club. In 2025 the Club will be running six teams (1 Men's, 1 Ladies and 4 Mixed),. There is a programme of club competitions, and organised social bowling and social events. New members are always welcome, whether they wish to be involved in club teams or only in social bowling. Members can use the green whenever there is no match on it. Over the winter months, the club enters teams in several indoor leagues at the Alfreton Bowls Centre and organises club social bowling sessions there. It organises a Social morning on Fridays as part of the Warm Spaces Initiative.

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Ladies Hockey

Belper Ladies Hockey Club was established in 1920 and has grown into one of the most successful clubs in the Midlands. Our junior achievements at Club through to National level, keep us at the forefront of Junior Hockey. We have 5 ladies teams - our Ladies 1st XI play in the National League.

We run junior age group teams, ‘Back to Hockey’ and have a thriving Mini Hockey group. We also join forces with our friends in the Men’s Hockey Club to play some very social Mixed Hockey, during the summer. We pride ourselves in creating a family orientated atmosphere, a welcoming attitude and our ability to offer a range hockey to suit all ages and abilities.

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Cricket

The Club, founded in 1880, has been a member of the Derbyshire County Cricket League for the last 25 years, and in 2017 will field three Senior Teams in the League. The newly formed Third XI is a development team looking to bridge the gap between Junior Cricket and the longer form of Senior Cricket. We also run a thriving Junior Section with seven teams playing in the Notts & Derbys Youth Cricket League, from Under 11 (soft & hardball cricket) to Under 17. Between May and Mid-July there is normally a Junior game on four evenings out of five, with the fifth evening being used for training.

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Tennis

We are a friendly Club, with 3 Floodlit hard courts and 2 Grass courts; new members, both Juniors and Adults, of any standard of play, are welcome to join us. We have a good coaching team and we hold regular coaching sessions for Juniors. Adult Coaching is on Monday night for those that wish to improve their standards. Our Adult Club nights are Tuesdays and Thursdays start at 7pm and we play in all weathers throughout the year. We have 6 teams which play in the Derby Summer League and 4 teams in the Winter League. We have several social arrangements during the year including Tournaments, Quiz Nights and Dinners.

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For membership enquiries, or any matters related to our Sports, please chick on the individual sports websites above.

For other enquiries please email: BMCSC

Men's Hockey

Hockey for “Man and Boy”. We have three generation families playing in our seven league teams catering for all abilities. From the “friendly” 7ths to the highly competitive Firsts (Derbyshire’s elite Men’s team) we welcome all abilities, including those who want to come “Back to Hockey”. You will find International standard players in the Veteran Teams (who play regularly) and our junior squads. In the past few years the boys have been National Champions at U11 to U18 levels. Mini Hockeyintroduces children aged 5 to 12 to hockey in a safe and fun way with caring coaching. Our mixed male/ female teams who play more for social enjoyment complete our Hockey Family.

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Hiring Club Facilities

Belper Meadows Community Sports Club pavilions are available for hire during the day or in the evening.