Our club members and their families will be walking a virtual route taken by the England Team in the 2021/22 Ashes series in Australia. Starting at The Gabba we will be heading to the Adelaide Oval, the MCG, the Sydney Cricket Ground, before finishing off at the Blundstone Oval in Hobart, where you can join 2nd XI captain Nicky Ison (pictured above at the venue).

The Walk is free to enter, and registration is now open at

This route is just over 3,000 miles and the equivalent of a little over 7 million steps. The challenge will start on Tuesday 17 January, and will finish on Friday 28 April, at our first club social event of the season.

Players will be competing in teams of up to 5, and participants can either enter as a team, or individually (where you will be added to a team). If you would like to be a Team Leader, once you have registered please email windmillwalk@upminstercc.co.uk and we will set you up. Once you are set-up you will be able to invite Team Mates to join your Team.

Only synced steps will count towards the Challenge (no manual entries) . Please make sure you have a step tracker device synced by the time the challenge starts.

Along the way we hope to raise some money for Upminster CC and our local NHS. All funds raised will be split 50/50 between Upminster CC and the Charity Trust of the Havering, Barking & Redbridge NHS Hospitals.

Anyone wishing to sponsor our active walkers can donate here

Good luck to everyone taking on this challenge, and happy stepping!!