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Junior Section (Boys and Girls) - Info about 2017 Summer Season

Junior Section (Boys and Girls) - Info about 2017 Summer Season

Richard Nicoll17 Mar 2017 - 18:02
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All background info about us including how to join and North Midd's involvement with ECB's new "All Stars Cricket"

Some important changes from 2016
- Richard Nicoll

PRE-SEASON INFO NOTE

A link to this appears below.

The Note covers arrangements for practice sessions, matches and much more. Most of the contents will be familiar to existing members. However, partly based on results of our Survey Monkeys, there are some important changes from 2016. In particular –

Practice times – these will be –

o Boys U12-15 – all practices on Friday evenings 6.30 to 8pm;

o All Girls and U11 and younger boys – 9 to 10.30am on Saturdays except on weekends of 6 and 27 May, 10 and 24 June, 15 and 22 July when the practices will be switched to the Sunday morning but still held at the Midd;

o Boys U16 – 17 – practice with Seniors on Tuesday evenings.

Boys’ Teams – League Entries –

o For 2017 we have entered teams at U10 (A and B teams); U11 (A and B teams); U13 (A and B teams); U15. The aim is to have Boys playing in teams most suited to their ability (rather than selecting principally by age) and so maximise their opportunities to contribute and develop. This should also create stronger, more competitive teams and set a higher standard for all to emulate;

o Under League rules, we are not allowed to switch players between A and B squads. Team Managers will be selecting squads at the start of the season and the selection will remain fixed for the season, except for any friendly matches.

o Team Managers will be in touch with parents direct about selection but it follows that focus will be on what is best for the player’s development rather than just his age.

As usual, we will be arranging friendlies for our U7/8/9s and for those not playing regularly in League teams.

Girls – League Entries –

o For 2017 we have entered teams in the MCA Girls Under 11, Under 13 and Under 15 Leagues

o We will also be entering teams into three "B20 Festivals" which are designed for younger girls

o Girls are also eligible to play in boys’ teams

Use of Club Website – we are pushing to make much more use of the website this Summer for things like registration, paying subs, availability, selection, match info and reports etc. Members are being emailed separately on this.

ECB “All Stars Cricket” – you will be hearing about this in the press and social media from late March. It is a major new initiative from the ECB to encourage entry level Year 1 to 4 boys and girls to try (and hopefully) take up cricket. North Midd have registered as an All Stars Centre and we are currently working out how we can best align All Star sessions with our own programme for Minis and U7/8s. More on this will be on the Website soon. If you want more on this now have a look at - https://www.ecb.co.uk/be-involved/club-support/programme-support/all-stars-cricket-centres.

JOINING OUR JUNIOR SECTION

2016 members and families who have previously recorded their interst in joining should now have received an email with the relevant info.

Others interested in joining should email nmmc.colts@gmail.com giving their junior’s dob and name to check if we have spaces available.

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