Cricket One Sport Membership Application
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The Standard Athletic Club is hidden in the forest of Meudon and easily accessible from Paris.
We are an international English-speaking sports and social Club set in exceptional surroundings.
This Club is the perfect place for all the family to play sports or just relax and enjoy the social life.
If you would like to find out more, send an email to the Club at or call us on 01 46 26 16 09.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Club and Bar Opening Times
Club hours
Monday to Thursday: 7:30 am to 8 pm; Friday: 7:30 am to 9 pm
Saturday: 8:45 am to 9 pm; Sunday: 9 am to 8 pm
Bar hours
(Bar closes 15 minutes before the Club closes)
Monday to Thursday: 11 am to 7:45 pm; Friday: 11 am to 8:45 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 8:45 pm; Sunday: 10 am to 7:45 pm.
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Junior Cricket at the Standard is organised at the under-11 and under-16 levels. U11s play an adapted form of the game that doesn’t require any protective equipment, while U16s progress towards playing traditional cricket. Sessions are on Saturday mornings, starting at 10 am for U11s.
Training sessions are conducted by members of the senior team to focus on individual skills for all players. We hold regular fixtures with local clubs.
SAC Juniors in action
Your children won't need any special clothing or cricket gear at any level. The SAC cricket section has cricket gear and training aids adapted for all sizes and ages.
U11s: 10:00-11:00
U16s: 11:00-12:30
We will start the 2025 season on 26 April. For more information contact our head of Junior Cricket Adhavan Manoranjan at .
Team kit can be ordered from our supplier Serious Cricket directly.
There are a few enrolment formalities required to be completed as soon as possible. Please fill in the SAC Junior Cricket Registration Form here
The fee for U11 (soft-ball players) for non-members is 85 Euros (SAC members 30 Euros) and for U16 (traditional cricket ball) is 210 Euros (SAC members 75 Euros) for the year. There are discounts for families. Please contact Adhavan or Andrew for further details.
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The Tennis Committee is delighted to say we had a fantastic response from members to our 2025 tennis survey. (See the full survey results here - pdf)
Tennis is the main reason why around half of members join the club, while the level of tennis and interest in the sport is tilted toward the family, social, intermediate players versus advanced, competitive players. There is a strong desire for the club to improve the all-weather availability of the courts.
The enthusiastic response to the survey certainly encouraged the TC to press ahead with more organised tennis this year.
First up is the round robin tournament on Sunday 27 April (see here). If you have not signed up yet, please do so here via this HelloAsso link. Details are also available at the club.
We will be announcing details of the club's internal tennis tournament to run through May and June very soon, and we will be announcing plans for regular Sunday social tennis too and are looking at the logistics for setting up a tennis ladder.
Our coaching partner, Tennis Academy has children's tennis camps planned for the coming holidays.
Full details in the main article.
The next tournament will be on Tuesday, 8 April at 2.30 pm). See the main article for the new quiz.
The full results of the March tournament are also in the main article (and also the March quiz answers).
To celebrate the opening of the clay tennis courts and mark the start of the spring-summer tennis season, please sign up for the Sunday 27 April round-robin social tennis tournament.
All adult tennis-playing members are welcome. It's a round-robin, mix-in format, so everyone is guaranteed plenty of fun doubles tennis.
Your master of ceremonies on the day is the irrepressible Philippe Ayme-Jouve.
The tournament starts at 10:30. Please arrive on time in your best tennis whites - SAC tennis dress code applies.
This is the HelloAsso registration link: SAC 27 April Round Robin Social Tennis Tournament or use the QR code in the main article and see the poster.
Club ties are now available to purchase (50€) at the club in limited numbers. 100% silk, manufactured in the UK. (Read on for a picture)
The Club is pleased to offer cufflinks with our Club crest, custom-made by the University of Cambridge outfitter, Ryder and Amies.
These are available on a "first come - first served" basis for 80€ TTC.
Please send an e-mail to to reserve your pair.
(Click for a picture)
Our next tournament is scheduled for Tuesday 11 March, starting at 2:30 pm.
Before that, at 2 pm we'll go through the quiz (see the main article) "Replies to the 2-Diamond Game-Forcing Bid" ("Réponses à 2K Forcing Manche").
The tournament will be followed as usual by a little cocktail.
The SAC's cricketers have an active fixture list, both home and away throughout the summer, including an annual tour to the UK. Our junior development program accepts youngsters from 8 years of age onwards and is conducted each Saturday morning.
The cricket season starts at the beginning of May and lasts until the end of September, with matches generally starting at 1 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
L’Académie des Petits Musiciens (https://academiedespetitsmusiciens.com) will be coming to the club regularly: two Sundays a month for a 1.5hr workshop (from 11 to 12:30) for 3-7 year-olds (as they have previously) during the school year. It will be tied with the English Breakfast and Sunday Brunch so if there is a breakfast or brunch, there will be a music class (but not during the school holidays).
The arrangement is that if a child is signed up for the breakfast or brunch together with a parent they have free access to the 1.5 hr class. If you don’t want to sign up for the breakfast/brunch, it is €25 per child for the class but payment will still be via the appropriate Breakfast/Brunch HelloAsso link.
Basically, there will be a workshop if there is a brunch or breakfast during the school calendar.
Please see the main article for a poster.
We are pleased to open registrations for a new Holiday Camp option, joining Tennis Ambition's offer of quality tennis lessons and multisport activities in French, alongside Discovery Club's English immersion activities for children of all language levels, including native English speakers. The Holiday Camp will run during both weeks of the upcoming February school holidays (17-21 and 24-28), and is open to children ages 3 to 14, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, with an option to stay until 5:30 pm.
The base price for a full 5-day week of 7 hours per day is €350, tax included. (€50 per half-day)
We invite you to contact Genevieve, the camp director, by email at with any questions, or you may register directly using this Link.
Non-members of the Standard Athletic Club are invited to participate in this holiday camp as well, so please feel free to spread the word to other parents you know who might be interested.
(See posters and QRCodes in the main article.)
Warm congratulations to Joyce and Anne (again!) with 60.21% in NS; to Monika and Jean-Francois with 59.35% in EW; the next highest scores were by Ghislaine and Noelle with 56.46 in EW and Monica and Joan with 55.03% also in EW.
Many thanks again to Monica, Anne and Christine for their contributions to the cocktail, to Joan, Maureen and Carole for their help with all the preparations, and to everyone for their participation! It was wonderful to have 9 tables again.
Please see the results and the Quiz answers n the main article.
Our next tournament is scheduled for Tuesday 11 March.
Please note Jenny's new EMAIL ADDRESS: .
Your new Tennis Committee (see photo in the main article) is making early progress preparing for an absolutely smashing season ahead.
Full details will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead, but prepare yourselves for our annual clay-court opening social tournament, the annual club knock-out tournament, and news on Team and other competitive and social tennis.
We will soon be sending round our second SAC Tennis Survey to canvas members' views on tennis at the club. So stay tuned.
Our cricketers are once again heading south to the Desert Springs resort in Andalucia from 15-18 Feb for a T20 competition against Granada, the University of Bristol and another.
Please click on the links below to see the Burns Night videos.
Video 1: Dougie Anderson and the Haggis
Video 2: The piper
Shake off the winter blues and get ready for spring with some tennis coaching!
On behalf of Team Ambition, which provides tennis lessons at SAC, we would like to announce a special offer of tennis lessons for adults during the upcoming February school holidays.
Gregory and Heissen propose two evenings of coaching a week for groups of up to five at a rate of 75 euros a group.
As for when, we are talking about the weeks of 17 Feb and 24 Feb; Tennis Ambition suggest either Monday and Tuesday or Wednesday and Thursday, with 90-minute sessions starting at either 18:00 or 19:30.
Please sign up with Tennis Ambition here: (phone: 0624208027)
Please see the main article for some videos taken of Lewis Hammond's Flying Fishes Choir in action
4 facts about the Squash Section to shine in society (and at the bar).
1. An epic end to the 2024/2025.
2. “The opera ain't over till the [...] lady sings” Whilst it may be the end of the season, the SAC will still have some friendly matches to play on Tuesdays.
3. “We need you for the SAC Squash Army!” Someone to take a team picture.
4. “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse” The SAC section will continue the conversations on the states of the squash courts with the MC.
Full details in the main article.
The next tournament will be at 2:30 pm on Tuesday 11 February. Jenny hasn't received many replies so far, so is looking forward to hearing from you - if you haven't already signed up. As usual, Anne and Jenny are jokers if you are looking for a partner.
Here's a link to a PDF file with a quiz on the Forcing Fourth Suit (4e couleur forcing), which we can go through at 2 pm before the tournament proper. See the main article for the corrections to January's quiz.
Here are the SAC Section results (see main article). Brilliant scores by Marie-Claire and Pascale with 62.42% in East-West, and Anne and Joyce in North-South with 59.58%. The best seconds are Dougie and Claude in EW with 58.33%.
Thanks to Christine and Carole for their help in preparing our cocktail, to Monica for cooking such delicious finger food and to Joan and Maureen and everyone else for your help in preparing the rooms and putting everything away so rapidly!
The next tournament is planned for Tuesday 11 February.
The Quiz corrections have been added at the end of the main article.
The SAC Cricket Section Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Sunday 2 February at 2 pm. It will be held both at the club and online.
The Tennis Section held its annual meeting last Saturday to review the past year and elect a new Tennis Committee.
For the 2025 season, the new Tennis Committee is: Matthew Curtin (chairman), Victoria Migliore (tournaments), Christine Butterworth, Philippe Ayme-Jouve (master of ceremonies, tennis courts), Michael Golub, Aymerick Chastenet, with observers Georgina Marrison (Friday night social tennis) and Sarah Whitley (liaison with Children’s Section, holiday camps).
Please see the main article for a fuller report.
The Cricket AGM is planned for Sunday 2 February 2024 at 2 pm at the club and also remotely.
Don't hesitate to contact her if you'd like to use the Centenary Oak's services for a private event or party.
The Club has a well-stocked bar with a full range of spirits and French wine.
In addition to bottled beers we currently serve Adnams draft beers.
Please note that the section is about to order some new white shirts, orders must be in by Sunday 19 January. Please see the details on the Junior Cricket Whatsapp group.
For more information contact our head of Junior Cricket Adhavan Manoranjan at .
There will be a match between the SAC juniors and the British School on the afternoon of Saturday 1 February.
The next tournament will be on Tuesday 14 January 2025. The afternoon will start with the Section's Annual General Meeting at 2 pm and play will begin at 2.30; followed by a cocktail at the end of the afternoon.
Please come forward with any candidates for the Committee or motions to propose. For the moment there is nothing special on the agenda; click here to see the draft (a Word document).
Click here for a copy of the provisional minutes of the 2023 AGM (to be voted on..).
And, last but not least, click here for the quiz on "Game-trial bids" (Les enchères d'essai) which we might have time to go through after the SAC Bridge Section AGM. (Or see it in the main article.)
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