Currently the club is home to six resident sports, namely Bowls, Football, Fishing, Rugby, Running and Tennis. In addition, the club also run Darts, Billiards and Snooker Teams in the local leagues, has an active Bridge Club and a thriving Social membership. We have excellent junior teams in all of our sporting sections except running, which is currently adults only.

Helsby Community Sports Club is a not for profit organisation and registered as a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC). Our Rugby Club has been awarded the R.F.U Seal of approval, and our Football Club has recently been awarded F.A Charter Standard.  Both of these accolades demonstrate our commitment to continuous high standards of coaching and development.

Exciting times lay ahead for the club. A fantastic clubhouse redevelopment program will be completed over the next few years, with plans already underway. Click here (Coming Soon)for more info.

Our membership is open to all.  The club is keen to grow it`s sporting, social and volunteer members. A warm welcome awaits all old, current and new members alike. Serving a good variety of lagers, bitters, spirits and wines, the function room can be hired for parties, christenings, funerals, weddings and community events.
Every Saturday night we offer free live entertainment, and the first Saturday of every month boasts a star cabaret night. A timetable of forthcoming entertainment is published in the `What`s On` section,  or alternatively just give the club a call for further information.

There really is something for everyone, whether you fancy joining a sporting team, watching a sports match on the big screen, playing a game of Bingo, Darts or Snooker or even dancing the night away.

 

For more information call the club on 01928 722267 or email info@helsbysports.com

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The History of Helsby Community Sports Club 

Helsby Community Sports Club is the former Sports & Social Club for workers of the village`s BICC factory.  It has been in existence since the mid-20th Century and throughout it`s history has catered for a variety of different sports. 

Since the early 1990`s the club has been independently run by it`s own membership, following BICC’s decision to scale down it`s operations in the village and cease it`s formal association with the club.  For several years thereafter, the club then survived on only a short-term lease and as such was unable to secure the necessary external funding that was required to improve it`s now somewhat dilapidated clubhouse and facilities.  That changed in 2003 when developers unveiled plans to redevelop the bulk of the former factory site.  With help from the local Parish and Borough Council, a section 106 agreement was imposed upon the development, with the effect that the Borough Council ultimately acquired the site of the club.  Upon completion of this agreement, the Borough Council then drew up a 35-year lease for the club, hence the club now has the necessary security of tenure it requires to bring in outside funding for the improvement of it`s clubhouse and facilities. 

Coinciding with this, the club`s Executive Committee also looked inward as to how it could go about re-organising to best take advantage of this forthcoming opportunity.  A Development Group was formed that also included representation from Parish and Borough Council, and the outcome was an ambitious Development plan which set out how the club envisaged growing it`s membership and improving it`s facilities.  As a result, membership of the club grew rapidly in 2004 and 2005, with a significant increase occurring in the club`s junior membership.  Total membership of the club currently stands at circa. 800 members, of which approximately 150+ are juniors.    To assist the club in this development, external funding has been secured from a number of outside agencies, e.g. Primary Care Trust, local Partnership Frodsham Forward, SportsMatch, the LTA, plus several private businesses.  Progress has also been aided by the club working in close partnership with several external bodies, e.g. both the local Parish and Borough Council, plus the relevant National Governing Bodies of each of the resident Sports clubs.