Clashes for the Ashes - Saturday, August 24, 2013

Please join the BABC and AACC in collaboration with the Marin Cricket Club at the annual Clashes for the Ashes Cricket Match. Watch some exciting cricket, kids games, BBQ lunch, Aussie beer and wine and fine British beverages. This is a great day out for all the family - set up your chairs and enjoy the sun in Larkspur.

Hosted by the AACC, BABC and the Australian and British Consulate-Generals.

Every year hundreds of spectators from around the Bay Area turn up to watch a veritable feast of cricketing drama. A game of intense competition and usually an excruciatingly close finish is guaranteed. This one day game is played with perhaps as much ardor and passion as the 'real' Ashes series between the test teams. There was a period until recently when Australia won this fixture 10 years running. Since six years ago it has been England who have had the upper hand, winning every other game and deserving to win those they didn't!
 
There's no better way to spend a summer's day than reclining behind the boundary rope in front of a backdrop of beautiful Mount Tamalpais and pretty marquees with their fluttering flags. Enjoy strawberries and cream and Pimms and Aussie BBQ fayre washed down by the best of British and Australian beers.
 
Bring friends and family, including the smallest children who will especially love the special kids' games staged at the lunch break.
 
This year it's anyone's guess who will win. So come on down to Piper Park on August 24th and cheer on your team! (Polite sledging allowed!)

Kids can also enjoy the jumpy!

Take a look at the video from last year's event here!