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Staffordshire Cricket News |
Whittington In Line For Big NatWest CricketForce Weekend
Across Staffordshire and nationally eyes will be trained on the small village of Whittington on Saturday and Sunday 19th and 20th March, as the ambitious Staffordshire NatWest CricketForce showcase project for the county kicks off this year’s events.
With a superb project expertly managed by Richard Abel, Whittington are looking for more help from all.
The project started with an idea about 10 years ago for the club to own its own ground to save playing on the recreational facilities currently used in the village. With a host of support locally and from a significant ECB gesture, Whittington eventually raised the £150k needed to purchase and landscape a new venture adjoining their current facilities.
The work and maturation process took until the end of summer 2010 with the groundsman advised that the club would be likely to be playing on their new facility in summer 2011.
NOW FOR THE HARD WORK !!!!! A NEW PAVILLION WAS NEEDED
Richard Abel has stepped up the pace with his work on this one. The club decided to apply for the Staffordshire NatWest CricketForce showcase club and from there the project has gained pace and direction. The community meeting held during January was attended by over 100 club supporters and interested parties as ECB Club Programmes Manager Dave Leighton and Staffordshire Cricket Development Manager Jason Britton, told the gathering about the benefits of this massive opportunity for the club.
Richard Abel and his committee have since done a wonderful job gaining over £100k of in-kind help. Here’s to a wonderful weekend on March 19th and 20th.
Club Development Seminar Proves Big Hit
The Staffordshire Club Development Seminar held at Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club was superbly attended by over 200 volunteers (pictured) from over 50 clubs and organisations within the county.
The evening saw presentations from three ECB regional managers. ECB Club Programmes Manager Dave Leighton and Staffordshire Cricket Development Manager Jason Britton. Women’s and Girls' Manager, Laura Newton updated the audience on the region and county strategies for her specialist area, John Huband gave an update on Funding and Facilities while Richard Lightbown gave an update on the ‘V’ programme which encourages volunteering within cricket.
Jason Britton gave an update on Staffordshire Cricket while Dave Leighton explained all the superb advantages of taking part in the highly successful NatWest CricketForce programme which this year sees a record number of registrations.
The highlight, for some clubs, were the free prizes on offer which included a £100 trophy voucher to Stone SP courtesy of Trent Trophies, Two Test Match tickets courtesy of Warwickshire CCC won by Hem Heath CC and A BMW convertible for the weekend won by Endon cricket club courtesy of Knights BMW and Mini.
Ben Cotton taken on by Derbyshire
Staffordshire Cricket is delighted to announce that, with immediate effect, Ben Cotton from Porthill Park CC will join the Derbyshire CCC Academy. Ben who is U17, has been attending the Staffordshire Emerging Player Programme (EPP) in 2010-11 & is a right arm swing bowler & lower order batter. He has played for Staffordshire Young Cricketers (SYC) from an early age.
His promotion to the Derbyshire Academy will mean that since the link with Derbyshire was established, seven players have graduated to their first class academy.
In addition to these players we have 8 other players involved at other first class counties, 5 of whom have some form of professional contract, a record that we think is unsurpassed by any other non first class county
Alan Hill, EPP Head Coach for Staffordshire commented: ‘This is tremendous news for Ben & Staffordshire Cricket. The aim of the EPP programme is to develop players to first class academy standard & our record in this regard is second to none'.
Karl Krikken, Derbyshire CCC Academy Director, added: ‘We are delighted that our link with Staffordshire Cricket continues to pay dividends & would like to congratulate Ben & Staffordshire Cricket on his achievement'.
Staffordshire Cricket Vacancy Community & Club Development Officer
The post will be fixed term to 30th September 2013, subject to funding. Salary range £19,000 to £21,000 37 hour per week plus work related mileage Closing date for applications will be Friday 11th March 2011.
Staffordshire Cricket have the above opportunity, as one of 39 County cricket Boards in England and Wales - who are responsible for leading and developing the game of cricket within Staffordshire. The position will cover South Staffordshire, Walsall, Sandwell & Wolverhampton including Aldersley High School Cricket Academy
The role will involve the ongoing development of cricket and clubs within the South Staffordshire, Walsall, Sandwell and Wolverhampton cricket development group areas and support of the new cricket academy at Aldersley High School, Wolverhampton with additional outreach work.
The Post holder will ideally be a highly-skilled coach and have experience of high quality sports development and an awareness of the sporting landscape including funding, partnerships and club networks and club development.
The candidate will have a full current driving licence and access to their own vehicle, be a UKCC level 2 cricket coach (ideally working towards level 3) and be able to work flexible hours with regular weekend and evening work to meet the needs of our partners.
For more details please contact Jason Britton, Cricket Development Manager via jason.britton@ecb.co.uk or 07827 307745 or to apply please send an up-to-date CV with covering letter detailing your suitability for the role to:
Staffordshire Cricket Ltd C/O Himley CC Stourbridge Road Himley Staffordshire DY3 4LB Closing date for applications will be Friday 11th March 2011.
One-to-One Coaching Available
Staffordshire Cricket is now operating a one-to-one coaching programme at all ages. Development work in all areas of the game is now available with specialist coaches taken from the representative teams of the county.
Cricket Without Boundaries
The charity has also now developed a YouTube channel which has some great material which should help to attract potential volunteers - http://www.youtube.com/cwbcharity |
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