SURREY CCC YOUTH ASSESSMENTS 2014 U-11 to U-17 (in 2015 season)

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SURREY CCC’s YOUTH ASSESSMENTS 2014

Player Pathway

Do you know of promising young cricketers?

Have you ever wondered how promising young cricketers could play for Surrey?

Do you know what coaching activities are available for young cricketers throughout the year?

This document has been produced to help us spread the word amongst cricket clubs and schools throughout Surrey about upcoming Assessments (part of Surrey CCC’s Talent ID programme) to which promising young cricketers can be nominated by their cricket club or school.

The following pages explain some of the key programmes that Surrey CCC’s Performance Department organise and show how they fit together into the Player Pathway, which our most-promising young cricketers progress through on their way to potentially becoming professional cricketers.

If you know of any promising young cricketers with the potential to join our Player Pathway, please do nominate them for an Assessment later in the summer and pass this information on to relevant people within your school or cricket club and, where possible, display the document.

Best wishes,

Surrey CCC’s Performance Department Gareth Townsend, Academy Director Richard Bedbrook, Performance Manager Tom Benge, Performance Manager Dave Sheppard, Performance AdministratorJeremy Greaves, Centres ManagerSimon Talbot, Centre CoachKatherine Robson, Centres Administrator

Surrey CCC, The Kia Oval, Kennington, London SE11 5SS Tel: 020 7820 5734 Fax: 020 7820 5601 Email: performance@surreycricket.com

Further information about the activities of Surrey CCC’s Performance Department can be found at surreyperformance.co.uk. Alternatively please email performance@surreycricket.com.

PROFESSIONALCRICKET

ENGLAND

PG SURREYACADEMY

EMERGING PLAYER PROGRAMME (EPP)

COUNTY AGE GROUP G) U-9 TO U-17

EMERGING TALENTPROGRAMME (ETP)

DISTRICT CRICKET

U-6 TO U-16

CRICKET CLUBS & SCHOOLS

SURREY CCC PLAYER PATHWAY

ENGLAND CRICKET PATHWAY

ENGLAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (EDP)

ENGLAND PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME / ENGLAND LIONS

(CA

U-9 TO U-14

JUNIOR COACHING COURSES

PERFORMANCE COURSESU-8 TO U-10

This diagram shows the potential pathway for a young cricketer in Surrey towards the professional game.

SURREY CCC’s YOUTH ASSESSMENTS 2014 U-11 to U-15 (in 2015 season)

Now is the time to nominate your promising U-11 to U-15 cricketers

This summer Surrey CCC’s Performance Department will be running a series of outdoor assessments to which cricket clubs and schools in the county can nominate their promising players. A nomination form is at the end of this document.

Those players nominated to us by clubs and schools will be invited to a specific Phase 1 Assessment along with a number of young cricketers already in our District Cricket programme.

These assessments are the first stage in identifying players for selection into next winter’s County Age Group (CAG) and District winter-training squads. We will be looking to select players into District winter-training squads at U-11, U-12, U-13 and U-14 in each of our 5 Districts (East, West, Central, Inner London and Outer London) as well as CAG winter-training squads at U-11, U-12, U-13, U-14 and U-15 ages.

A number of players from Phase 1 Assessments will subsequently be invited to attend a further round of assessments (Phase 2 Assessments). These will be held indoors in October & November 2014 and will also be attended by a number of players who were in the CAG set-up this summer.

Following completion of the Phase 2 Assessments we will be in a position to confirm 2015 District and County winter-training squads (commencing January 2015).

Assessment Pathway (U-11 to U-15 in 2015 season)

CAG Winter Training Squads (Dec 2014-Apr 2015)

District Winter Training Squads (Jan-Apr 2015)

‘Provisional’ District Winter Training Squads

Phase Two Assessments (Oct/Nov 2014)Invitation by SCCC only

Club Cricket/SCCC’sJunior Coaching Courses

Phase One Assessments (Aug/Sep 2014)Nomination Form required

Certain players invited to Phase 2

Assessments

Certain players ‘provisionally’ identified as

District players

Certain players steered towards Junior Courses

and Club Cricket

Certain players selected into CAG or District winter-training squads

Confirmation of CAG and District selection will be made in early

December 2014

Certain players from ‘provisional list’ who are not selected into final District squads

OUTCOME

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OUTCOME Certain players selected into District winter-training squads

SURREY CCC’s YOUTH PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS 2014

Surrey CCC’s U-16 & U-17Assessments (in 2015 season)Current U-15 and U-16 cricketers (in 2014 season); dates of birth between 1st September 1997 and 31st August 1999, can be nominated for a specific assessment day on Sunday 31st August 2014 at a venue to be confirmed.

Players nominated for these assessments should feel they have the necessary attributes to play at the County Age Group representative level, with the ability to progress within the Player Pathway towards the PG Academy Programme.

Please complete the nomination form and return by Friday 8th August 2014, after which all players will receive confirmation of their assessment, including full details of what will happen on the day.

Aim: To assess players within or currently outside of, Surrey CCC’s Player Pathway to:•IdentifyandselectplayerstoattendPhase2Assessments•Identify and provisionally select players for District Cricket winter

training programmes •Identify players who should be directed towards Junior Coaching CoursesWho: Ages U-11 to U-15 (in 2015 season) Nominations from a) cricket clubs & schools of players not currently part of the District programme; and b) from District Managers of players currently within the District programme (other than CAG players nominated for Phase 2 Assessments by CAG managers)

How: Nominators from cricket clubs and schools to complete a nomination form (at end of document or downloadable from surreyperformance.co.uk.) Nominations cannot be accepted solely from parents and must include details of the person recommending the player.When: Deadline for submission of nominations is Friday 8th August 2014 in order that numbers for each session can be managed appropriately. Places cannot be guaranteed for nominations received after the deadline.All players nominated will receive confirmation of their Assessment date, including full details of what will happen on the day.

Aim: To assess nominated players to: • Identifyandselectplayerstoattend2015CAGwintertraining

programmes (U-11 to U-15 age groups) • Identifyandselectplayerstoattend2015Districtwintertraining

programmes (U-11 to U-14 age groups)Who: Ages U-11 to U-15 (in 2015 season)Players identified from Phase 1 AssessmentsNominations from CAG Coaches/Managers of key players from 2014 summer match play programme (this does not exclusively mean the winter training squad prior to that particular season)Nominations from District Managers How: CAG Management teams will recommend which of their players from the 2014 winter-training squad (and those who represented the CAG team

during the 2014 summer) should attend Phase 2 Assessments or attend Phase 1. Players recommended for Phase 2 Assessments are likely to have played the majority of CAG fixtures during during the 2014 season. Other players to attend Phase 2 Assessments will have been selected from Phase 1 Assessments, or will have been recommended by District Managers on the back of high quality performances throughout the District Cricket competition. When: Phase 2 Assessments* will take place over the following dates, dependent on the relevant age group:

Sunday 12th, 19th, 26th, October 2014 & Sunday 2nd & 9th November 2014*

*Dates are subject to change

Details of the Assessment dates in 2014 are below and are relevant to

the age group that the player will be in the 2015 season:

U-11 Monday 25th August 2014 @ Cheam CC

U-12 Tuesday 26th August 2014 @ Chessington CC

U-13 Wednesday 27th August 2014 @ Banstead CC

U-14 Thursday 28th August 2014 @ Banstead CC

U-15 Friday 29th August 2014 @ Esher CC

Assessments will be run on each date in the morning (9am to 1pm)

and in the afternoon (2pm to 6pm); players will be invited either to a

morning or an afternoon session.

There will be other sessions through September 2014 for players who are

unavailable for their specific date. Those players should still be nominated

so that they can be contacted regards a later assessment date.

Surrey CCC’s Youth Assessments – Phase 1 (August/September 2014)

Surrey CCC’s Youth Assessments – Phase 2 (October/November 2013)

AN INTRODUCTION TO SURREY CCC’S jUNIOR COACHINg COURSES

Women and girls CricketSurrey CCC organise a girls CAG (County Age Group) cricket programme, as well as a Senior Women side. There is one phase of Assessments for selection into girls CAG winter-training squads at each of these age groups: U-11, U-13, U-15 & U-17. These assessments will be held in November 2014.

For further information on how to nominate girls to these assessments please email performance@surreycricket.com and we will email you a Nomination Form and further information about the assessments in due course.

Outcome of AssessmentsAll parents, players and nominators should understand that by attending an assessment, two outcomes are possible. Players will either be selected into the Surrey CCC Player Pathway or not. All parties should understand that some of these decisions will be difficult due to the similarities between players at the boundaries of our programmes. We operate an open-door policy on selection and will be very happy to see players not selected at future assessment opportunities. Players develop at different rates and therefore players have the ability to improve over time, of which we will wish to be aware of. We wish all players to ensure that they develop a love of the game in order to stay involved in the sport for as long as they can, at whatever level their potential takes them to.

The outcome of your Phase 1 Assessment will be comminicated to you, by email, once all the Phase 1 assessment days have been concluded. The final assessment day is planned for 21st September 2014 and following a period of time to process the data, it is hoped that you will be contacted by 12th October 2014.

Junior Courses (U-6 to U-16)Surrey CCC’s Development Department organise a programme of coaching courses for U-6’s to U-16’s. These coaching courses are open to all children, of all abilities, and teach the basic skills of batting, bowling and fielding through group coaching and games. They are 10-week courses that take place both pre-Christmas (October to December) and post-Christmas (January to March) and are run at venues throughout the county. The emphasis is on developing confidence, skills and an enjoyment of the game.

A range of Junior Courses are also run during school holidays (Summer, Easter, half-terms and Christmas).

If young cricketers on these courses (ages U-11 upwards) are considered to have the potential to play District Cricket their details will be forwarded to the Performance Department and onto the relevant District Manager.

For further information about these courses, including details on this coming winter’s programme, (starting October 2014) please visit surreycricketboard.org.

Performance Courses (U-8 to U-10)

These courses are advanced post-Christmas coaching courses, run over 10-weeks (January to March) to which we invite the most promising U-8 to U-10 cricketers from pre-Christmas Junior Courses, as well as a number of those who played U9 district or CAG cricket in the preceding summer.

Performance Courses are one of the primary means of identifying players who may have the potential to play District and/or County Age Group cricket at U-9 and/or U-10 ages.

The most promising U-8 to U-10 year-olds from the post-Christmas Performance Courses (as well as any other promising players identified on post-Christmas Junior Courses) will be recommended for District U-10 squads and the County Age Group (CAG) U-9 squad.

Winter Coaching Programme

SURREY CCC’S YOUTH ASSESSMENTS 2014

Phase 1 Assessments for selection into 2015 District and County winter-training programmesThe nominated players should be aged between U-10 and U-14 during the 2014 season (be born between 1st September 1999 and 31st August 2004), in other words be aged between U-11 and U-15 during the 2015 season.

U-16 & U-17 (in 2015 season) Assessment The nominated players should be aged between U-15 and U-16 during the 2014 season (be born between 1st September 1997 and 31st August 1999), in other words be aged either U-16 or U-17 during the 2015 season.

Colts organisers at schools and/or cricket clubs in Surrey should use this form to nominate promising young cricketers that they consider to be of representative cricket standard.

Players currently playing District or CAG cricket for Surrey need not be nominated, as District and CAG coaches will put them forward to either Phase 1 or Phase 2 Assessments.

There is a £5 fee for attending a Phase 1 Assessment, which can be paid on the assessment day itselfNominations should be sent to the address at the bottom of this page and should be received by Friday 8th August 2014.

Please return to: Dave Sheppard, Performance Department Surrey County Cricket Club The Kia Oval, Kennington, London SE11 5SS Tel: 020 7820 5734 Fax: 020 7820 5601 Email: performance@surreycricket.com

PLAYER NOMINATOR

NAME

ROLE

TEL

EMAIL

CURRENT SURREY PLAYERS

Players currently part of Surrey CCC’s District & CAG programme need not be nominated using this form.

They will be invited to a Phase 1 or Phase 2 Assessment automatically by the Performance Department

PLAYER DETAILS

FIRST NAME SURNAME

ADDRESS

POST CODE CRICKET CLUB

DAY TEL NO. SCHOOL

MOBILE TEL NO. EVENING TEL NO.

DATE OF BIRTH / / EMAIL ADDRESS

BATSMAN (e.g. RH 3-4)

BOWLER (e.g. RAM)

WICKET KEEPER YES NO

PARENT/gUARDIAN

FULL NAME

SURREY ELIgIBILITY

•PlayataCricketClubinSurrey

•LiveinSurrey

•GotoaSchoolinSurrey

•BorninSurrey

If none of these apply to you, please tick this box

OTHER COUNTY INvOLvEMENTIs the player currently involved in another County CC’s programme: CAG (County Age Group); District; Regional or Borough Yes No

This PDF can be completed electronically, saved and emailed back to performance@surreycricket.com, which may make it easier for you. Alternatively, please print, complete and post it to the address at the bottom of the page.

SURREY CCC ELIgIBILITYTo represent Surrey CCC in County Age Group (CAG) cricket and/or District cricket, players must either a) play for a cricket club in Surrey; b) go to school in Surrey; c) live in Surrey or d) have been born in Surrey. If none of these criteria are met, Surrey CCC would need to clarify a player’s status with their eligible cricket county, prior to including them in any Surrey CCC training programmes or matches. There are some instances when a player’s eligibility crosses two counties; players cannot represent more than one county, so in those instances further discussions would need to take place before any involvement with Surrey CCC can continue. Please complete the boxes below to indicate the player’s current eligibility status. Further information can be found within the ‘Player Pathway & Guidelines to Selection’ document , which is downloadable from the documents section at www.surreyperformance.co.uk.