Nets open for the season
Two nets every evening but Monday, from 5 pm.
Est. 1961
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Ridge Sports Club
A members' club of cricketers, walkers and runners, on the ground below the Ridge since 1961.
Scoreboard
- Members
- 211
- Next event
- FRI 13 Nov
- seasons
- 64
Fixtures
The season ahead
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Fixture 01
Fri 13 Nov
League match: Ridge SC v Jakhoo Hill XI
- When
- Fri 13 Nov 2026, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Where
- Club ground, below the Ridge, Shimla
- Entry
- Free
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Fixture 02
Tue 17 Nov
Sunday walk: Shali Tibba
- When
- Tue 17 Nov 2026, 7:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Where
- The Ridge, by the library, Shimla
- Entry
- Free
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Fixture 03
Thu 10 Dec
The Ridge Run
- When
- Thu 10 Dec 2026, 6:30 am – 11:00 am
- Where
- The Ridge, Shimla
- Entry
- ₹500 a ticket
The clubhouse
Join the club
Membership
211
members and counting
Open to anyone over eighteen who plays, walks or runs with us. ₹2,400 a year, students ₹900.
Become a memberNotice board
- Pinned Nets closed on Monday for rolling The square is being rolled; nets reopen on Tuesday at 5 pm.
- Annual general meeting In the pavilion on the last Sunday of the month, at 11 am.
The club
Eleven friends who played on the ground below the Ridge on Sunday mornings founded the club in 1961. Sixty-four seasons on, we still play there: league cricket from April to October, a hill walk most Sundays, and the Ridge Run every September, when half the town turns out to cheer.
Est. 1961
The scorecard
The club in numbers
- seasons
- 64
- Every summer since 1961.
- fixtures last season
- 38
- League, friendlies and the hill cup.
- ran the Ridge Run
- 1,100
- Five and ten kilometres, last September.
- Sunday walks a year
- 26
- From Jakhoo to Shali Tibba.
Honours board
Past presidents
- 2019–2023 Harish Kanwar Built the second set of nets.
- 2014–2019 Nirmala Sood Started the Ridge Run.
- 2008–2014 Col. (retd.) Pritam Thakur
- 1996–2008 Devinder Mehta Twelve seasons, two league titles.
- 1981–1996 Ram Lal Verma
- 1961–1981 Brij Mohan Sharma One of the eleven who founded the club.
The committee
Who runs the club
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Meenal Chandel
President
2023–2026
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Arjun Rana
Honorary secretary
2024–2026
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Sunil Guleria
Treasurer
2022–2026
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Kavita Dogra
Cricket captain
This season
Club news
From the field
Ridge Run entries are open
Members register first, until the end of the month.
New covers for the square
Thank you to everyone who gave to the ground fund.
Gallery
From the season
Give
The ground fund
New covers for the square and a roller that works. Every gift gets a receipt.
Transparency
Our papers, open to all
Find us
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Contact
Write to the club
We usually reply within a few hours. Message us on WhatsApp.