Meeting Your Cricket Development Needs
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| Ken Slater | ||
| Tel: | 020 8650 8444 07771 547270 | (O) (M) |
| Email: | kenslater@bromleydcc.com | |
** LOCAL CLUBS **
BDCC works closely with local Clubs, supporting both the club and their players in their development. Bromley has many cricket clubs competing in different leagues suitable for children and adults of varying abilities. The links below will help you find a club suitable for you, or put you in touch with the Kent County or England & Wales Cricket Boards. This file will give you more details of the clubs together with their youth coaching schemes:-
local cricket_clubs with junior sections
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Andy Griffiths is the new KCB Community Cricket Manager for West Kent, one of his main responsibilities is to support Clubs in their development. You can contact him on andy.griffiths.kent@ecb.co.uk or 07515 051200 |
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Derek Underwood next MCC President
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has announced that former England, Kent, Beckenham CC and Beckenham Grammar School player, Derek Underwood, will be the MCC President from October 1 2008.
Underwood was the leading spinner for England, playing in 86 Test matches, taking 297wickets. He also played in 26 One Day Internationals. In his 24-year county career, he took 1,951 wickets and was also Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1969
Derek has worked in administration since his retirement and we are fortunate to have him as President of the Bromley District Development Group. We wish him every success in his term of office and congratulate him on this thoroughly deserved honour
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SportsMatch Returns!
This is great news which could be of great benefit to all cricket clubs in Bromley, since SportsMatch will offer £ for £ matched funding to sporting stakeholders for projects that encourage sports participation at grass roots level. Please be aware of strict timescales and see here for further details
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U13s Indoor Mini League
CONGRATULATIONS TO SIDCUP A FOR WINNING THE TROPHY
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Time |
15-March |
29-March |
5-April |
| 10:00 |
Sidcup A SIDCUP WON |
Catford & Cyphers BELVEDERE WON |
Belvedere SIDCUP A WON |
| 11:30 |
Belvedere BELVEDERE WON |
Sidcup B SIDCUP A WON |
Catford & Cyphers CAT. & CYPHERS WON |
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Dedicated Clubmark Site
A website totally dedicated to Clubmark has lots of useful information and if you register as a member you will get access to the “members only” area of the site. Cricket is the leading sport as far as accreditation is concerned with 951 and swimming 2nd with 481
See also the Frequently Asked Questions document on Clubmark issues available here
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CricketForce
The May 2008 CricketForce newsletter is now available and contains lots of useful information including some very early news about the 2009 event
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Congratulations to Beckenham & Sydenham CC
Beckenham & Sydenham CC have become the latest Bromley club to achieve Clubmark status.
Congratulations to all those involved in achieving this as we know how much work is involved
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Fixture Bureau Changes
Would all clubs please note that Mr and Mrs David Bentley will be taking over the role of Kent Cricket Board County Fixture Bureau from Cathy & Chris Rawson. The contact phone number for them is 01732 840336.
Clubs needing details of the local Fixture Bureau will find them by following this link .
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Important changes to Clubmark requirements
There are a number of important changes to the documentation required for Clubmark, no matter the stage you are working with at the moment.
Insurance - must provide cover for £5 million public liability and for all junior coaching and match activity. This is a change from the previous figure of £2 million. A copy of the Club’s Policy must be included in the Clubmark Evidence File and also be displayed on the Club’s noticeboard
ECB Equity Policy which needs to be incorporated into your Club’s Constitution
A Dressing Room Policy is now required as part of the process
A policy covering the behaviour of Club Member’s and Guests is now required as part of the process
There are guidelines covering Junior Players playing in Adult Matches which need to be included. You might also be interested in advice from ECB covering the selection of Young Players for Adult Matches.
Following a recent change and advice from ECB, it is now a requirement that Parents, Guardians or Carers of Young People in Cricket are automatically given non-voting membership to the Club. The model Junior Membership Form has been amended to include this requirement.
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The ECB provides revenue funding and grants to all cricket clubs eligible and offers advice on Umpires and Scorers via the ECB Association of Cricket Officials (ECB ACO) and does so in a regulated and officially sanctioned environment.
In order to provide an overview of what is available via the ECB, please visit
www.ecb.co.uk/funding where you can find information regarding the sources available and ECB funding opportunities.
ECB has recently announced a series of changes to the process by which applications for funding and loans are made, and some of the criteria that Clubs must meet.
The Facilities and Funding Unit at ECB will accept bids complying with the current guidance only until the end of May 2008. After that date, the new processes and criteria will apply.
PLease click here for more details
If you have any queries or questions about these changes please contact your Community Cricket Manager, Andy Griffiths
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Sporting Equals Funding Opportunities
The SportingEquals April Newsletter contains lots of information about funding to support sports and physical activity projects for ethnic minorities, refugees and migrant communities and will be of great interest to many clubs
It provides information on national and regional sources of funding relevant for organisations working with ethnic minorities in sport. It is divided into funding available across the UK as well as regional and locally targeted funding.
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REMINDER - Club Welfare Officers
For Clubmark accreditation and re-accreditation purposes , Club Welfare Officers need to attend the Time to Listen course every three years and at least one member of the Club’s Management Committee must attend “A Club For All” course every three years.
Both courses are covered by SDU programmes
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Lord's Taverners Cricket Equipment
If you want to know how your Club might qualify for Lord’s Taverners Cricket equipment, contact your Community Cricket Manager, Andy Griffiths
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Old Wilsonians CC are the first with their report - please send us yours
An excellent example of what a well-organised Club can achieve. Ken Slater
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March 08 - Latest edition of Clubs Newsletter including Funding & Grant opportunities and Club Audit:-
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MET AREA INDOOR LEAGUE WINNERS 2008 - BOCA
BOCA Sports won the Kent Metropolitan indoor 6-a-side league for the second year running. The league has been running since 1976 and has been won by Fledglings and Hayes amongst others. The league was held at a new venue - Bishops Justus C of E School which proved to be ideal for this competition.
After losing in the semi finals of the cup, BOCA were determined to retain their indoor league crown. BOCA had a good wins against BWCOL, Bromley Town, Catford Cyphers and Wickham Park. The game against Blackheath was always likely to be the league decider. Blackheath, having won the toss, reached 30-0 after 2 overs. BOCA bowlers managed to restrict Blackheath to 95-5. BOCA seemed to be comfortable at 74-1 off 7 overs, but were reduced to 91-5 with 3 balls to spare. A 4 saw them home in a tense game.
In the play-offs on the last weekend, BOCA batted 1st against Blackheath. Joe Jemmotte was run out by Chris Willetts off the first ball. BOCA were reduced to 25-5 off 5 overs. BOCA’s captain Julian Massiah (39) was finally out caught off a leading edge with the score on 62. This was BOCA’s lowest league score for 5 years. Blackheath’s young batsmen cruised home in 10th over winning by 4 wickets. However, BOCA had done enough in the play-offs to retain the trophy.
Thanks are recorded especially to Peter Scorer for all his help in the league this year.
pictures of the finalists here
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Generic Courses for Clubs and Coaches
Details of generic courses such as Equity in your Coaching, 1st Aid, Club for All etc can be found at: http://www.bromleymytime.org.uk/training.html
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SportEngland Community Investment Fund
If you are a group or organization that wants to increase the numbers of people taking part in sport and physical activity or if you have an idea or a project that you think will increase these numbers then you might want to think about applying for lottery money from the Sport England Community Investment Fund (CIF).
see here for more details
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Lords Taverners 2008 Cricket Equipment
The Lord’s Taverners is a Charity, founded in and based upon cricket, that helps young people, particularly those with social, environmental, physical or mental disadvantages, to enjoy cricket and other sporting and leisure activities. The Taverner’s 2008 Cricket Equipment is now available for qualifying Clubs and Schools. Please note that charges have been introduced for the hard ball bags at £25 each but this is still a bargain as actual costs are between £150 - £200 approx per bag. Kwik Cricket equipment is still available free of charge. Inter Cricket is not currently available; however, it is hoped that a new contract can be negotiated later in the year. The Inter Cricket equipment will also remain free of charge
Please note that applications will not be accepted from clubs or schools involved in the Chance to Shine programme. see here for more details and an application form
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Guinness World Record Attempt for the Biggest Sleepover
The idea is that on the night of Saturday 14th June, the current world record of 33,093 children will be beaten when a planned 40,000 children or more are expected to take part in over 1,000 sleepover venues
Each year thousands of children take part in this fun event, and each one receives a free ‘goody bag’ full of fun things to do. If your Cricket Club takes part then before the event takes place you will receive a ‘Treasure Box’ crammed with useful games and ideas for activities to use on the night. Plus complementary breakfast cereals courtesy of Kelloggs for the next morning!
see here for more details
Please let us know if you register your club for this event
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SkillsActive in partnerships with Pro-Active South London are launching a fantastic new opportunity for clubs and other partners to increase the number of newly qualified coaches or up-skill existing coaches to the next coaching level .
SkillsActive have successfully secured £250,000 from its partners Sport England and the Learning and Skills Council to provide coaching bursaries to deliver 400 level 1-3 coaching qualifications across London by March 08. Pro-Active South London will be looking at the information provided in the Work Force Development Survey which many local organisations contributed too and speaking to NGBs to assess the need for coaches in the sub-region. These will be UKCC qualifications only and cricket is one of the eligible sports.
Under the bursary model, the award would cover 66% of the cost of the qualification with the club or individual contributing to the remaining 34%. Applicants would apply directly to SkillsActive for their bursary voucher to enable them to access a subsidised place on coaching courses being delivered between November 07 and March 08.
Opportunities for SCUK workshops will also be available as well as 48 tutor and assessor qualifications.
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Bromley District Development Group Meetings
It is important that all Clubs send a representative to the Bromley District Development Group Meetings, there are only 3 each year, this is a great forum to hear about all aspects of cricket in Bromley, to share best practice and to challenge the status quo. Also to obtain funding from the ECB attendance is mandatory. For more details contact Ken Slater .
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Courses can be organised at venues in Bromley and, if there is the demand, these can be held at your Club%