PACKINGTON IS A SMALL
VILLAGE SITUATED IN RURAL LEICESTERSHIRE, JUST OF
JUNCTION 12 OF THE M42, PACKINGTON IS AN IDILLIC AND
TRANQUIL PLACE TO LIVE WITH A STEADY PACE OF LIFE WITH
WONDERFULL SCENARY ALL AROUND YOU.
PACKINGTON HAS A SMALLISH POPULATION OF AROUND 500 PEOPLE,
WITH EVERYBODY ON VERY FRIENDLY TERMS, WITHIN THE VILLAGE
THERE ARE ANUALL FUND RAISING EVENTS WITH THE SUMMER
CARNIVAL (around june 17th) AND THE ANUALL DUCK RACE (7th
july) WHERE PLASTIC DUCKS ARE RACED DOWN THE VILLAGE
STREAM FOR PRISE MONEY AND FOR THE BENIFIT OF THE VILLAGE.
PACKINGTON CRICKET
CLUB WAS FOUNDED PRE 1861, BEGINING WITH FRIENDLY MATCHES
ALL AROUND THE COUNTY, HOWEVER THINGS HAVE CHANGED
SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THEN WITH THE CLUB NOW PLAYING LEAGUE
CRICKET ON SATURDAYS, AND WITH THE ADVENT OF 1999 A NEW
CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS WONDERFULL CLUB WAS OPENED,
AS WE EMBARKED ON A NEW ADVENTURE AND JOINED THE BURTON
AND DISTRICT CRICKET LEAGUE, HAVING BEEN
PROMOTED TO THE FIRST DIVISION IN THE OLD LEICESTERSHIRE
LEAGUE.
HOWEVER AS DICTATED BY MOVING LEAGUES WE HAD TO BEGIN OUR
ASSAULT IN THE BOTTOM DIVISION AND SO WE STARTED IN THE 4TH
DIVISION, FROM WHICH WE GAINED PROMOTION AT THE FIRST
ATTEMPT AND WERE NOT TO FAR AWAY FROM GOING UP AS CHAMPIONS.
THINGS ARE CURRENTLY GOING VERY WELL FOR IN DIVISION
THREE BUT IT IS TO EARLY TO TELL WHAT THE STANDARD OF
OPPOSITION WILL BE LIKE THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION.
THE CURRENT SEASON HAS NOW FINISHED AND OVERALL WE HAVE
HAD A GOOD 2000, AND WE ARE ALL EGARLY AWAITING THE
START OF NEXT SEASON AND ANTICIPATING SOME GOOD CRICKET
IN 2001. 2001 RESULTED IN ANTOTHER PROMOTION FOR
PACKINGTON AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2002 SEASON
IN DEVISION ONE (HOPEFULLY A SEASON FREE OF FOOT AND
MOUTH).
