News from Staffordshire Cricket

Clubs

NatWest CricketForce 2012 - Register Your Club Today 

Want to make a change to your cricket club for the better?

How would you like your club facilities to be improved and your members rejuvenated and motivated to bring success to your club? If the answer to this question is yes, then why don’t you register free of charge and participate in NatWest CricketForce 2012. Coaches – Do you want more equipment, better nets and grass playing areas to improve your cricketers? Groundsmen – Do you want better grass playing areas, more materials, more quality equipment and better looking surrounds? Administrators – Do you want more volunteer help and support? Spectators – Do you want to watch cricket in comfort and in better surroundings? 1stand 2ndteam captains – Do you want better changing rooms, improved performances and results on the pitch? Umpires and Scorers – Do you want more efficient scoreboards?  All – Do you want a better club atmosphere and more funding? 

If so, register for NatWest CricketForce here now - or contact any of the development team for more details.

Coaching Courses

There are still places available on our Coach Education Courses – both UKCC level 1 and 2. Please follow the link here to go to the Coach Education page where you will find the programme flyer detailing course venues and dates and an application form. The candidate information booklet is also available here. Development staff can also assist in accessing funding to help meet costs.

SKY Sports Coach Awards

The SKY Sports Coach Awards are a fantastic way of saying thank you to people who have made a significant contribution to the support and development of players, coaching and coaches. There are three award categories: Coach of the Year, Young Coach of the Year and Outstanding Contribution. Click here for more information.

Cricket Kit 4 Africa

Do you have any old cricket kit lying around at home or at your club? Don't throw it away - regardless of its condition; it could change a young person's life in Africa.
Cricket equipment supplier, Flicx UK has kindly agreed to clean, repair and then forward donated kit to those less privileged than ourselves in Africa. They have large storage facilities and industrial sewing machinery and can repair kit before sending it on the projects in Africa like Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB). For further information and collection/depositing of kit please contact Sarah Hickman of Aston Cricket Club via e-mail hckmmic@aol.com or 01785 760844.

Schools’ Cricket

Chance to Shine

4,000 hours of funded cricket coaching for our schools.

Staffordshire Cricket, supported by the Cricket Foundation, will be continuing to raise the profile of cricket in our state schools through the Chance to Shine programme. Staffordshire will find its cricket development groups to enable their constituent clubs to work in their local schools, delivering cricket coaching and creating sustainable school-to-club links. If you’re a Clubmarked club or a school who is interested in delivering or receiving sessions, contact bob.askey@ecb.co.uk

Schools’ Competitions

Staffordshire Cricket offer a wide-range of competitions for school teams ranging from the ASDA Kwik Cricket competitions for years 5 and 6 (girls only and mixed) through Lady Taverners’ (Indoor) to the ESCA (English Schools Cricket Association) u12/13 & 14/15 Competitions as well as an u15 Twenty-20 competition. Through the Chance to Shine programme, we can even deliver fully-funded coaching support to lead up to the competitions. Contact Chris Guest c.guest@staffordshirecricket.co.uk for more details of how to get involved.

School Games

We are supporting both our local School Games events this summer with Kwik Cricket finals being played at both the Staffordshire County Sports Partnership (CSP) event at Keele University (July 3rd) and the Black Country CSP event at Aldersley Stadium (June 29th). In addition disability cricket and table cricket will provide demonstration events at Keele. For more information on entering your school into the competitions contact Chris Guest c.guest@staffordshirecricket.co.uk or your local School Games Organiser.

Disability Cricket

Staffordshire Cricket are supporting Keele University’s Disability Day’s on the 3rd and 5th February 2012. Local mainstream and special schools have been invited to attend on the 3rd, with the 5th being open to members of the public. The purpose for the day is to raise the profile of disability sport throughout the county, on the day we will be running a table cricket competition for any willing attendees. A full write up will be available in next month’s Knot Out.

Development Team Contacts

Jason Britton
Cricket Development Manager 

jason.britton@ecb.co.uk                 07827307745

Bob Askey
Cricket Development Officer                       bob.askey@ecb.co.uk                     07939716884

Chris Guest   
Cricket Development Officer                       c.guest@staffordshirecricket.co.uk   07969364241

Jim Dawson
Cricket Development Officer                       j.dawson@staffordshircricket.co.uk   07929744597

Steve Walker
Finance & Admin Officer                 
Stephen.walker@ecb.co.uk              01902897659

Alan Hill         
EPP & Head Coach                         a.hill@staffordshirecricket.co.uk     07816966939

Dave Ford     
Community Coach                            d.ford@staffordshirecricket.co.uk   07954401651

Main website

www.staffordshirecricket.co.uk