All Stars Cricket 2018As the All Stars Roadshows and the new recommended junior formats for 2018 continue, we have seen a really positive uptake and feedback from our community clubs. We now have over 150 clubs committed to deliver All Stars in 2018, over 40 clubs prepared to deliver a Women’s Soft Ball Festival; thank you to all who have attended. At present, the All Stars programme is very much in the planning phase for 2018 and our Cricket East team are working hard to support clubs with the initial planning of the programme. Our work with Chance to Shine continues to grow and we are booking many schools in for 2018, to support our All Stars centres to maximise the uptake of children aged 5-8.

On 23 November, we supported the work of Stevenage Sporting Futures in training over 20 PE and School Sports Apprentices who are now All Stars Activators and can bring to life the programme in their host schools, as well as encourage their children to take up the game.

If you are interested in running All Stars in 2018 and have yet to contact your Community Club Manager or National Product Executive, please get in touch as soon as possible.

A Taylor-made year!Eaton Socon player Matt Taylor has had a fantastic year of cricket! He made his Minor Counties Unicorn championship debut earlier this year aged 17. This included keeping to a high-quality spin attack including Monty Panesar and Tom Brett. Matt was part of the winning team in the NatWest U19 Club T20 Competition and then selected as one of the 22 Most Valuable Players in the East Region. He was selected onto the Oxford MCCU Academy winter squad. Being the youngest in the squad he has a way to go to get his fi rst-class debut but he will be kept busy with his Academy training. He has also been offered a trial at Durham CCC, which will take place early December. Cricket East wishes Matt all the best in his cricketing career.

Pictured: Matt (right) with English Cricketer James Anderson

East Anglian Premier League Umpire of the YearCongratulations to Steve Ross who was recently named East Anglian Premier League (EAPL) Umpire of the Year at the Umpires Post Season Meeting held at Bury St Edmunds CC. It is awarded to the Umpire fi nishing top of the merit list, based upon match markings from Captains throughout the season. Steve is Chairman of Hunts Association of Cricket Offi cials and has just fi nished his ninth season on the EAPL and he is also on the MCCA (Minor Counties panel) and the ECB “D” List (First Class County - Second XI Championship). He was one of the fi rst umpires in the UK to achieve ECB ACO Umpire Level 3 status in 2012 and he is an Umpire tutor, mentor, coach and observer.

Pictured: David Brown (Chairman, East Anglia Premier League) presenting the APL Umpire of the Year trophy to Steve Ross, Huntingdonshire ACO

Intercontinental Ashes Challenge

Scarning Primary School near Dereham in Norfolk are well and truly into the Ashes spirit! The Chance to Shine School is currently playing an Intercontinental School Ashes Match against Blackwater State School in Queensland, Australia! Scarning scored 102 for their fi rst innings and Blackwater replied with 203, so, a tall order for the second innings (which will take place as we go to press). Follow the Challenge on Twitter @ScarningPrimary.

Kwik Cricket in Nissan

Ampthill Town Cricket Club recently participated in a town twinning opportunity coaching cricket to school children in the South West of France. Six members of the club set off on their adventure on 8 October to coach 4 classes of 8 to 9 year olds; children that write letters to Ampthill’s Firs and Russell Lower Schools. Patrick Saux, Chairman of the Nissan Twinning Committee said: “Thank you to Ampthill Town Cricket Club coaches for sharing your knowledge, enthusiasm and dedication to the game with our youngsters. Our old rugby pitch had never seen anything like it before! All the feedback I got has been extremely positive. The kids, the teachers and the parents who participated, all had a great time. We also want to thank you for your generosity in giving all the equipment to the school, it will be put to good use.” Read Club Treasurer Ian Smith’s full report HERE.

ForewordThe frost is starting to bite, the squares are all tucked up and many of us are now looking in hope and expectation of a result in Oz over the winter! This, however, is one of our busiest times and the ECB regional team along with the Cricket East team and the other County Boards in the East have been in full-on planning mode for 2018. I’d like to thank all those clubs who have been to our Roadshows over the last 2 months to hear about 2018. The highlights have been All Stars Year 2, Junior League Format recommendations and the success and plans for 2018 for Women’s Soft Ball Cricket. I am delighted to say that we will see a growth in clubs running All Stars in Year 2, we will see more Soft Ball Cricket across the region and a number of junior leagues have already agreed to pilot the pitch and format recommendations suggested in the recent roadshows. This all bodes well for an exciting and very successful 2018 as we continue to try and grow the game and create a lifelong love of our game across the region. Finally, I would like to thank each and every one of you for your contribution and the County Board and Cricket East Staff for their input and tireless hard work over the last 12 months. Cricket is a wonderful community and across all the network and to you and your families, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Matt Blakeley, Regional Head of Participation & Growth (East)

Luton school wins recognition at national cricket awardsCongratulations to Denbigh Primary School, Luton who was named Primary School of the Year at the Chance to Shine Annual Awards on Tuesday 14 November. Denbigh were recognised for their hard work supporting grassroots cricket and received their award from MCC Chief Executive Derek Brewer at Lord’s Cricket Ground. The Chance to Shine Annual Awards, supported by NatWest, celebrates clubs, individuals and schools who help to spread the power of cricket and make the charity such a success. The judging panel noted that Denbigh had shown a complete belief in the impact that the power of cricket can have on their children. They take advantage of every opportunity to give the pupils experiences that will help them to develop as students but most importantly as people. The enthusiasm for cricket has spread throughout the school and has the complete support of everyone from the Headteacher to the parents. The pupils are seeing a marked improvement in academic achievement, something which the staff attribute to the success of the school’s sporting programmes.

Chance to Shine has been working since 2005 to reverse the decline of cricket in state schools. By providing coaching in schools and extra-curricular opportunities, the charity has reached more than 3.5 million young people, 46% of whom are girls, in over 14,000 states schools across the country.

For the full story, click HERE and see Denbigh’s nomination video HERE.

Pictured: (L-R) Alan Hodges, Musanna, Derek Brewer, Nafi ssa, Ahsan

Rosanna wins Young Leader Award Congratulations to Rosanna Brown form Copleston High School, Suffolk for winning the Chance to Shine Young Leader of the Year Award 2018. She received the award from Devon Malcolm at the recent Chance to Shine Annual Awards at Lord’s. Rosanna was commended for her ability to help run her school cricket sessions, manage the school’s girls’ cricket team, and encourage others to get involved and develop their skills. On a personal level, this has helped Rosanna develop her confi dence which has further encouraged her to follow a career path in teaching or coaching. After her nomination video was shown, Rosanna received a standing ovation. A well-deserved award Rosanna!

Chance to Shine curriculum training

Chance to Shine coaches from across the eastern region gathered in November to train in and experience the new Chance to Shine curriculum that they will deliver in primary schools in 2018. Two action-packed days explored the “real coaching pack” designed in partnership with Create Development (www.createdevelopment.co.uk). The focus is on coaches working with 4-8-year-old school children. The coaches were put through their paces as they discovered the impact of communication, creating a learning environment/culture, what is healthy competition and planning activities to include the defi ned Fundamental Movement Skills. The next wave of coaches will receive their training in January 2018.

New Schools ProgrammeThe New Schools Programme has been developed by Chance to Shine to share with all schools. It is a powerful repository of free resources for teachers and their schools. Cricket East and Chance to Shine believe that cricket can be a powerful and lasting component of a young person’s learning and development, in turn bringing wider educational and social benefi ts. Cricket East’s Chance to Shine & Education team are contacting schools to introduce them to the new programme and work with them to develop a programme of activities to give children a great fi rst experience of cricket, build the sustainability of cricket within schools by giving teachers the confi dence to deliver their own sessions, and create a viable pathway to help children migrate to playing cricket within our clubs and communities. To fi nd out more about the Chance to Shine programme in schools, please contact Damianne Redpath on 01480 276 619 or at damianne.redpath@cricketeast.co.uk. To view the New Schools Programme video, click HERE.

Mini OlympicsCricket East delivered taster sessions to over 900 Key Stage 1 children from 21 schools as part of the Stevenage Sporting Futures Team Mini Olympics Festival. The festival, hosted over 3 days in November, was aimed at children in KS1 to give them a taster of different sports with the main emphasis on having as much FUN as possible. Cricket East certainly delivered a FUN taster session playing bat balance relays, target batting towards stumps and catching games with beanbags. Each child got to experience a small snippet of All Stars Cricket and left with an ASC bracelet!

Sally Church, EditorTelephone: 07880 643076 • Email: sally.church@cricketeast.co.uk

Follow Cricket East @CricketEast /Cricket_EastMartin Darlow, Chief ExecutiveEmail: martin.darlow@cricketeast.co.uk • Mobile: 07760 171467

Cricket East UpdateCricket East is now into its ninth week and everything is progressing well with a fully resourced team. We have had some great feedback from clubs, leagues, parents of youngsters in the representative age group, schools and local authorities about our engagement. Collaboration across counties is gaining interest nationally – Cricket East Chief Executive Martin Darlow recently delivered a collaboration presentation to the ECB Recreational Assembly resulting in 8 interested counties wanting to explore this new way of working.

Cricket East new rolesCricket East’s ‘new’ Club & Community Managers are a club’s fi rst point of contact in terms of club support and development activity. Each have a portfolio of approximately 60 clubs and will primarily work with clubs around All Stars Cricket, Women’s Soft Ball Festival opportunities, Club Development Planning, Facilities Development, ECB Clubmark and Volunteer Support as well as other areas. Cricket East has 5 Club & Community Managers and welcomes on board new employee Phil Lewis: Phil Lewis Huntingdonshire & North Cambs 07880 636765 phil.lewis@cricketeast.co.ukEddie Ballard NE Herts & South/East/Central Cambs 07880 636482 eddie.ballard@cricketeast.co.ukBrad Matthews South Beds, Luton & West Hertfordshire07884 060907 brad.matthews@cricketeast.co.ukSam Rose North, Central & SE Herts 07725 515543 sam.rose@cricketeast.co.ukWill Sneath Bedford, Central Beds & West Cambs 07884 070103 will.sneath@cricketeast.co.ukThe Club & Community Managers will be supported by our National Product Executives, who will be providing the national programme support around All Stars Cricket and Women Softball Festivals for clubs who are already running or interested in running those national programmes. This could involve internal support around getting the infrastructure right at the club or setting up an activation programme within the surrounding schools. Cricket East has 3 National Product Executives and welcomes new employees Chantal Malan and Hayley Brown:Dominic Chatfi eld Bedford, Central Beds & South/West Cambs07841 037263 dominic.chatfi eld@cricketeast.co.ukHayley Brown Hunts & North/East Cambs 07880 644672 hayley.brown@cricketeast.co.ukChantal Malan Luton & Herts 07880 641624 chantal.malan@cricketeast.co.uk

Business AdministratorCongratulations to Rosie Goodale who has now joined Cricket East in a permanent role as Business Administrator having previously been a Business Apprentice. She has also successfully completed her Level 3 Business Apprenticeship. In her new role, she will be working towards her Level 4 Business Apprenticeship.

ClubmarkCongratulations to all those Cricket Clubs across the East that completed their Clubmark re-accreditations and annual health checks in 2017 using the new ECB online system. For clubs that are due to re-accredit or carry out an annual health check in 2018, you will receive information soon and the online system will be open early in the New Year.Cricket East will be running ECB Clubmark Workshops for all clubs due for re-accreditation and any clubs that are working towards gaining ECB Clubmark accreditation in 2018. It is strongly advised that clubs attend one of the workshops to understand the process of re-accreditation.• Welwyn Garden City CC Monday 11 December 7.30-9pm

Club & Community Manager Sam Rose, book HERE• Flitwick CC Monday 18 December 7.30-9pm Club &

Community manager Brad Matthews, book HERE• Ramsey CC Tuesday 16 January 7.30-9pm Club &

Community Manager Phil Lewis, book HEREThere will be some additional workshops arranged for early 2018. For any information on ECB Clubmark please contact your Club & Community Manager.

Wicketz welcomes AmranAmran Malik is the new Wicketz Business Development Offi cer for Luton. Amran has had a close relationship with Wicketz over the last 18 months with 3 of his children attending the Lutonian Wicketz Hub. Having seen the difference Wicketz has made to his own children, he is really looking forward to getting stuck in to the role and continuing to use cricket to better the lives of young people in Luton. Dan Wilson, Wicketz Project Manager, said: “It was an easy choice selecting Amran with his knowledge and passion for Wicketz and his local knowledge will only aid the growth of the project in Luton.” Amran added: “My two-year target will be to try to increase the number of attendees in the four existing Hubs and potentially add more Hubs to the network. Furthermore, I aim to engage with the community in Luton to enhance and promote cricket further. I also plan to promote co-existence, tolerance and build bridges within these diverse communities.”

Luton HubsThe Indoor Wicketz Hubs continue to grow in popularity and the aim is to reach out to even more children in Luton over the coming months. They are FREE for boys and girls aged 8-15 and are running as follows:MONDAYS 5-6pm at Denbigh High SchoolAlexandra Avenue, Luton LU3 1HEWEDNESDAYS 5-6.30pm at Farley Hill Community CentreDelphine Close, Luton LU1 5RETHURSDAYS 6-7.30pm at Ashcroft High SchoolCrawley Green Road, Luton LU2 9AGFRIDAYS 6-7.30pm at Challney High School For GirlsAddington Way, Luton LU4 9FJ. Please note the next session at Challney will be Friday 8 December.For more information, call Amran Malik on 07493 867729 or email amran.malik@cricketeast.co.uk.

Table Cricket Festival

Dave Lawson, Cricket East’s Disability Programme Offi cer (Beds & Hunts), recently ran a Table Cricket Festival at Holywell Middle School, Cranfi eld, organised by Redbourne School Sport Partnership. Four schools were represented: Wootton Lower School; Silsoe Lower School; Maulden Lower School; and Westoning Lower school. They played in a round-robin format with 4 junior leaders from Holywell assisting. There were 24 students participating in table cricket for the fi rst time with a mixture of Special Educational Needs and mainstream kids taking part. Children taking part said that “it was nice to play against other schools and other children and I liked hitting the ball,” and “I liked pushing the ball down the ramp when bowling,” and one of the leaders added “it was great helping the children”.

Cricket East appoints Durant Cricket as preferred supplier of cricket ground equipmentDurant Cricket, the leading UK supplier of specialist cricket ground equipment, has been appointed as the preferred supplier to cricket clubs affi liated to Cricket East. There are more details to follow in the coming weeks, however in the meantime if your cricket club is looking for a quote for anything from a new boundary rope to a remotely operated electronic scoreboard, contact Durant Cricket on 01572 822013 email enquiries@durantcricket.co.uk or go to www.durantcricket.co.uk.

Register now for NatWest CricketForce 2018Taking place from 23-25 March, CricketForce will help clubs prepare for the upcoming season.• All NWCF registered clubs will automatically qualify for the

Jewson Privilege Account Scheme with £150 of funding from the ECB once clubs have deposited £50 into their accounts

• Funding will be spent on specially designed packages to support: improving changing facilities for women and girls; creating more family- friendly and welcoming environments within clubs; improving accessibility for disabled people

• New and exciting range of discounts and offers available• Easier access to marketing materialsTo register your club and get involved, click HERE.

Cricket East will be running a Chance to Shine Street League in Luton and Bedford from January 2018, following three years of successful competitions starting 2015. Chance to Shine Street is an inner-city cricket initiative that uses the game to promote social cohesion and create opportunities in diverse communities affected by anti-social behaviour and youth crime. At sessions, young people (16-24 year olds) play a 6-a-side, fast-paced, high-impact version of tape-ball cricket. The Luton Street League will start on 19 January at Denbigh High School 6.30-8pm and will run until the end of March. The Bedford Street League will start on 26 January at Biddenham International School & Sports College and will run until 30 March (dates/times/venue to be confi rmed). For details email will.sneath@cricketeast.co.uk (Bedford Street) and brad.matthews@cricketeast.co.uk (Luton Street).

Rapid Fire Cricket

Wednesday 15 November saw the North Herts U9 Rapid Fire Cricket School Games event take place at Fearnhill School, Letchworth. They were 18 teams from 12 different schools represented and an A and B competition with over 120 children (61 boys and 64 girls) taking part in what was a fantastic event. Pixmore Junior School had lots to celebrate as both their A & B team were victorious and will now go on to represent North Herts at the Hertfordshire School Games on 23 March. St. Andrews CE Primary School collected the Silver medals with Our Lady Catholic Primary School taking the Bronze medals. It was brilliant to see so many girls and boys taking part with some fantastic Cricket on display. For full festival results and for the competition calendar, go to: http://www.nhssp.co.uk/u9-rapid-fi re-cricket-2017. Well done to all schools for making it an extremely competitive event and thanks to all staff, apprentices and Active North Herts staff for offi ciating and Fearnhill School for accommodating the event in their Sports Hall.

ExtraCover Insurance to partner up with Cricket East Cricket Clubs affi liated to Cricket East will soon be able to benefi t from an agreement between ExtraCover Insurance and Cricket East. Full details of the agreement will be announced to clubs soon, but in the meantime, if any club has a query about their insurance, needs a quote or simply has a question about their cover, they should call the ExtraCover Insurance team direct on 0800 289301 or email extracover@marswool.com

Bedfordshire Clubs – Affi liation ReminderFor those clubs that have still not submitted the forms and payment for 2017-18 affi liation, please note the reduction on the fee is no longer available. In order for your club to continue to enjoy the benefi ts of affi liation, please ensure that the required forms and the correct fee are returned as soon as possible. Any queries, email rosie.goodale@bedscricket.co.uk

Hertfordshire Club Affi liation Process 2018The Hertfordshire Club Affi liation process for 2018 will launch on Wednesday 3 January. Details will be sent out electronically to the club secretary of all 2017 affi liated clubs based on those contacts provided during the 2017 process. Please look out for this communication. Key information and deadlines are as follows:

Affi liation Process Launch Wednesday 3 January

Payment Deadline Wednesday 28 February

Affi liation Form Deadline Friday 30 March

Any queries, please contact the Cricket East Offi ce on 01480 273069 or email enquiries@cricketeast.co.uk

Bedfordshire Cricket Ltd Annual General MeetingThe 6th Annual General Meeting of Bedfordshire Cricket Limited will be held at Flitwick Cricket Club at 7.30pm on Monday 11 December 2017. Go to: http://www.bedscricket.co.uk/news/bedfordshire-cricket-ltd-21030/ for the agenda and relevant papers will be available on the evening.

Supporting umpires in grassroots cricketThe ECB are currently looking into the recruitment, development and progression of umpires in England and Wales, from grassroots to fi rst class. They would like to fi nd out how many umpires are offi ciating at all recreational levels and get their feedback on their experience of the game. If you have umpired over the last twelve months, please complete a short survey HERE.

Offi cials CoursesThe new code of MCC Laws was introduced on 1 October and ECB ACO is rolling out a new range of training. The following Umpires and Scorers courses are being offered across the four counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire. For more information, click HERE.

UMPIRING

Bedfordshire:• Stage One: Bedford College, Wednesdays 17, 24, 31

January & 7 February 7.30-9.30pm, book HERE• Stage One: Luton Town & Indians CC, Sunday 18 March,

10am-4.40pm, book HERE• Stage Two: Bedford College, Wednesdays 21, 28 February &

7, 21 March 7.30-9.30pm, book HERE• Stage Two: Luton Town & Indians CC, Sunday 25 March,

10am-4.30pm, book HEREFor more details, email paul.barnes780@ntlworld.com.

Cambridgeshire:• Stages One: Lode CC Sunday 14 January 9.30am-4.30pm,

book HERE• Stage Two: Lode CC Sunday 21 January 9.30am-4.30pm,

book HERE• Speaker Martyn Pointer - Fieldcraft: Combined Ex-Services

Club Thursday 1 February 7.45pm For more details, email stevekentphillips@yahoo.com or call 01638 743883

Hertfordshire:• Stage One & Two: Hertford CC Monday 29 January-19

February & 5-26 March• Stage One & Two: Letchworth CC Wednesday 7 February-28

March• Stage One & Two: Kings Langley CC Wednesday 7

February-28 March• Stage One & Two: Radlett CC Tuesday 6 February-27 March• Stage One & Two: Radlett CC Sunday 25 February-3 MarchFor more details, email Nick Hall at n.hall53@outlook.com

Huntingdonshire:• Stage One: Lancaster Club, Yaxley, Peterborough 18

January-2 February 8-10.30pm, book HERE• Stage One: Lancaster Club, Yaxley, Peterborough 27 January

9.30am-4.30pm, book HERE• Stage Two: Lancaster Club, Yaxley, Peterborough 28

January 9.30am-4.30pm, book HERE• Stage Two: Lancaster Club, Yaxley, Peterborough 15

February-1 March 8-10.30pm, book HEREFor more details, email Steve Ross at sross306@btinternet.com or call 07960 507941

SCORING

Bedfordshire:• Club Scorer: Flitwick CC, Monday 26 March, Tuesday 3 April

(2nd is Easter Monday), and then Mondays 9, 16, 23 and 30 April, book HERE

For more details, email paul.barnes780@ntlworld.com.

Cambridgeshire:• New Style Scorers Stage 1: Lode CC one Sunday in March

9.30am-4.30pmFor more details, email stevekentphillips@yahoo.com or call 01638 743883

Free Laws Conversion training• Scorers law Changes: Combined Ex-Services Club Thursday

5 April 7.45pmFor more details, email stevekentphillips@yahoo.com or call 01638 743883

Coach Education Workshops

The Bedfordshire Coaches Association recently ran a workshop to help club coaches fi nd solutions to common technical problems seen among young players. Level 3 Coach Brad Matthews who delivered the session, said: “As coaches, we fi rst need to understand what the issues are that hold our players back in order to help them progress. This workshop helped try to address how/what to look for before deciding on the solution.” All who attended enjoyed and learned a lot from the session.

The next Coaching Workshops are:

• Saturday 13 January 9am-11am at Bedford College – Multi Skills Workshop: The ABCs. Book HERE

• Sunday 18 February 10am-1pm at Sir Fredric Osborn School Sports Centre, Welwyn Garden City – Philosophy of Small Sided Games, delivered by Pete Williams and Wicket Keeping ‘The FUNDAMENTALS’, delivered by TBC. These two separate workshops will run alongside each other, lasting for approximately 1 hour 20 minutes and then the groups will swap over. Book HERE

• Saturday 24 March 9.30am-1pm at Bedford College – The basics of fi elding: catch, throw, stop. Book HERE

These Workshops are open to all, however, Coaches Association members will be given priority booking. There is a maximum of 20 places available on each Workshop. For more information, email rosie.goodale@cricketeast.co.uk

Full Safe Hands• Sunday 18 February at Potters Bar Cricket Club 10am-1pm

– book HERE

• Wednesday 14 March at Bedford College 6.30-9.30pm – book HERE

REFRESHERS SAFE HANDS

• Monday 29 January at Hertford Cricket Club 10am-1pm – book HERE

• Sunday 18 March at Hatfi eld Hyde Cricket Club 10am-12pm – book HERE

• Wednesday 21 March at Bedford College 6.30-9.30pm – book HERE

Safe Hands Workshops running in Cambridgeshire will be announced in January

ECB Coach Support Worker courseCricket East is committed to delivering a top-class experience for all candidates with the aim of inspiring the coaches that we train to pass on a love of the game to the youngsters that will last a lifetime. The ECB Coach Support Worker course is designed to help develop confi dence and equip you with the knowledge, understanding and applied skills to assist a qualifi ed coach in a coaching session and create a safe, enjoyable and welcoming player-centred environment.

• Saturday 20 January at Bedford College, book HERE

• Sunday 18 March at The Nobel School, Stevenage, book HERE

• Sunday 25 March at The Nobel School, Stevenage, book HERE

• Sunday 15 April at Cambourne Village College, book HERE

• Sunday 22 April at Cambourne Village College, book HERE

FEMALE ONLY ECB COACH SUPPORT WORKER

• Saturday 13 January at Mildmay Sports Centre Chelmsford, book HERE

• Sunday 14 January at YMCA East London, Walthamstow, book HERE

For more information, email rosie.goodale@cricketeast.co.uk

CRICKET JOB VACANCIESCricket East Coaches & Support Workers Cricket East is looking to recruit casual and part-time cricket coaches and support workers to work with people with disabilities on a range of cricketing projects. All training will be provided. Competitive rates of pay. Coaching qualifi cations desirable but not essential. Experience in social care also an advantage. For further information, contact Richard Hill at richard.hill@ecb.co.uk or call 07818 431144.

Cambridge St Giles Cricket Club Head CoachCambridge St Giles Cricket Club wishes to recruit a paid Head Coach to oversee and deliver their Junior Coaching Programme, coach a Junior XI and oversee Senior training. Cambridge St Giles is a well-established cricket club, with a long history of success. Preference will be given to candidates that wish to integrate wholeheartedly into the life of a friendly and ambitious club. The leadership role would be enhanced by a coach that is an active player at a high standard of the game.For a job description, click HERE. To apply please send your current CV and a covering letter of application to John Phelps at johnphelps@swanequities.com to arrive no later than Monday 18 December 2017.

Radlett Cricket Club Executive Director of Cricket Radlett Cricket Club is looking for an Executive Director of Cricket to develop and grow both the senior and junior sections. They are a successful and large cricket club based in Hertfordshire, 15 miles from Lords, with a playing membership of 75 adults and 200 juniors and an ambition to grow that further. They also have a unique partnership with, and are the training base of, Middlesex CCC. Click HERE for a job description. To apply, send a copy of your CV to stuart.m.browne@btinternet.com or for more details phone Stuart on 07785916388. Closing date for applications will be 31 December 2017 with interviews undertaken in January 2018.

ECB online DBS application process The online DBS process is now live and anyone who needs to update their DBS or complete a new application can do so online. The applicant should contact their Club Welfare Offi cer (CWO) and ask them to initiate an online DBS application. If the CWO is not registered as an ID Verifi er yet, they will not be able to do this, so applicants should contact the Cricket East Offi ce on 01480 273069 or email enquiries@cricketeast.co.uk and a member of staff will initiate the application for them. For full details, click HERE.

Online DBS Verifying Seminars will be held in Hertfordshire for Club Welfare Offi cers and Club verifi ers as follows:

Sunday 3 December at Potters Bar Cricket Club 10.15am

Sunday 10 December at a club in West Herts to be confi rmed

Sunday 17 December at Hertford Cricket Club 10.15am

Monday 8 January at Stevenage Cricket Club 7.30pm

The objective is for verifi ers to gain experience, confi dence and understanding of the new process. Seminars should last between one and two hours depending on numbers. Further details from Richard Burling at richard.burling3@ntlworld.com.

2018 CLUB COMPETITIONS• Viegli Bedfordshire T20 Competition

Following four successful competitions, Cricket East will be running a T20 Competition in 2018. The competition, sponsored by Viegli, a specialist telecoms company based in Bedfordshire and Kent, is open to all affi liated clubs and will be played in 4 regional zones through the summer months on weekday evenings, culminating in a fi nals day (date and venue to be confi rmed), incorporating both the semi-fi nals and fi nal. Prize money will be £1,000 to the winners, £500 to the runners-up, £250 to the semi-fi nalists and £100 to the losing regional fi nalists. Entry will be £20 per club and a £1 player match fee per game. Any clubs that are interested in being part of this exciting competition in 2018, please email enquiries@cricketeast.co.uk – the deadline for entries will be end January 2018.

• Lady Taverners U13 & U15 Girls T20 Club Competition

All clubs are invited to enter the 2018 Lady Taverners U13 & U15 Girls T20 Club Competition. The entry for next season’s competition is done via an entry form and returned no later than Friday 16 February 2018 via email to either sue.laister@ecb.co.uk or competitions@ecb.co.uk. The draw for each competition will be released in early March and will be split regionally. As a result, some regions may be required to play more rounds than others (depending on the number of teams in each region). Further details at: http://www.cricketeast.co.uk/news/lady-taverners-u13--u15-girls-t20-club-competition-21110/

• NatWest National Women’s Club T20 Knockout Cup & Plate Competition

This new national club T20 cup & plate competition is an open age competition which is being held in May and June 2018. Please note that all fi rst-round losers of the cup competition will automatically go through to the plate competition to join those clubs who have directly entered this competition. Semi-fi nals and Finals Day for both competitions will be on Sunday 24 June 2018 at the same venue which should be a great occasion for the 8 competing teams with a festival atmosphere. The deadline for entry is Sunday 10 December 2017 with fi rst-round fi xtures being released by Wednesday 20 December. Further details at: http://www.cricketeast.co.uk/news/launch-of-natwest-national-womens-club-t20-knockou-21123/.

Follow usCricket East has a new Facebook page Cricket_East and a new Twitter account @Cricket_East. Please follow us for news and updates relating to participation and growth areas across the four counties of Beds, Cambs, Herts and Hunts.

New Cricket East websiteCricket East’s new website www.cricketeast.co.uk will go live on Friday 1 December! Please take a look and if you can’t fi nd what you are looking for, please email sally.church@cricketeast.co.uk.

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