APRIL 2017
The Committee will be:-
Lou Handy – MCC Chairman – Link to Senior Teams
Brian Rayner – Head of Youth Coaching
Ben Shepperson - 1st Team Captain
Graeme Jones– Youth Welfare Officer/Youth Development Manager/Fixture Administrator
Jo Howard– Social Organiser/Parent liaison
Youth teams
There will be 6 youth teams representing MCCYA this year
U9s – Bowl it Catch it Smash It –
Manager: Steve Bone
U12s – Super 8s – Manager: Brian Rayner
U12s – T-18 Blast – Manager: Brian Rayner
U14s – Super 8s x 2 – Manager: Kevin Boardman
U15s – T-20 Blast – Manager: Lou Handy
In addition there will be U11, U13 and U15 teams
representing MCCYA in the Suffolk County Cup.
We will also be running All Stars Cricket at the club on
Friday nights (6-7pm @ MCC) This is a new ECB backed concept for 5-8 year olds
to encourage them to get into cricket early. It will be focused on fun and
basic cricket skills. If you know of anyone who would like to join then please
pass this email onto them. All the info can be found on the link below.
https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars
Coaching Night- Every
Monday
In order to strike a sensible
balance between matches and training there will be a coaching evening for the
Youth Academy again this season. This will be every Monday night from 6-7.30pm
from the 24th April onwards and all youth players are welcome to
attend. This will provide an opportunity for players to work on their
techniques either in the nets or in the field in preparation for matches or to
iron out a few bad habits!
N.B. There will be
occasions where club matches have to be played on a Monday night (although we
have tried to minimise this) either home or away due to fixture rearrangements
or away games that cannot be changed. These will take priority over the
coaching night if you are selected by the team manager to play. Coaching
will still take place unless you are otherwise notified.
Saturday Mornings
We will once again be playing or
training on Saturday mornings throughout the summer at MCC. With the 1st
XI now in the East Anglian Premier league and starting their home games at 11am
the nets will be out of bounds for the Youth Academy on these days. We will be
using the Astro for either a match or training with Brian and Kevin.
Matches/Training will start at
9.30am so please be at MCC by 9.15am ensure we start promptly as we need to
finish by 11.45am at the latest in order to allow the senior teams to prepare
for their afternoon games.
There will be a fixed fee of
£2 per player for the morning which will be collected on the day. Please can you put the your money in the tin-
this relies on your honesty if I’m not
about so please don’t forget.
In the event of bad weather on a
Saturday morning a group email/text message will be sent at approximately 9am
(or earlier if it looks like a washout) informing parents whether cricket is
cancelled. If you do not receive a message then please assume that cricket will
be taking place.
Website
Once your son/daughter has been
registered we will upload their details onto the MCC website and you will
then be sent login details and a password. This will allow new youth
members to access the MCC website and give them access to the Junior section
where player profiles can be amended and you catch up with all the latest
results and events at the club. You will also be then included on the MCC
contact list to keep you in touch with all the events happening at MCC
throughout the summer.
Policies
I have attached some important
policies that are very relevant to Youth cricket in particular and would urge
you to read them as they will give you the club’s position on these important
issues. If you have any questions on them or require any clarity once you have
read them please feel free to contact us and have a chat about it.
- Code of Conduct for Members
& Guests (for anyone involved with the club)
- Code of Conduct for
Parents/ Carers (supplemental to Code of Conduct for Members & Guests,
with some overlap)
- Photography of Children
policy
- Safeguarding Policy
Statement (On website) – I am the Youth Safeguarding officer for MCCYA
if you need to discuss anything in this regard.
These documents can also be found on our Mildenhall CC
website using the following link:-
http://mildenhallcricketclub.hitscricket.com/pages/page_13443/ConductPolicies.aspx
Finally, if there is anyone you know who is thinking of
playing youth cricket this summer who would like to come to MCC please pass
this email on to them and bring them along on a Saturday morning or a Monday
night to see what they think.
We look forward to welcoming you back to MCC and can’t wait
for the season to begin and as always if you have any questions on any of the
above please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Good luck to all for a successful and fun season ahead
Best wishes
Graeme
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MARCH 2017
There have been some changes over the winter in respect of
Youth Cricket in Suffolk which has resulted in a change to the age range
categories we have had in previous years (U11s/U13s and U15s). Different game
options have been created to offer the appropriate cricket format to match a
player’s development stage. Clubs have been encouraged to enter the format that
best suits the players they have at their club at the time.
Suffolk’s focus is very much based around increased
participation in the game and making it more enjoyable for all players at all
levels. We as a club are supportive of this initiative and recognise the need
to get more young players into our Youth Academy at Mildenhall. However in true
Suffolk style we have not had very long to decide which formats to enter but
have made some decisions based on our expected Youth Academy numbers next year.
So from a MCC Youth Academy perspective we have entered the
following formats for the 2017 Season:-
Bowl it Smash it, Catch
it! (1 team)
Age: Under 9s (Yrs 1-4)
Format: Pairs
Players per Team: 6
Ball: Incrediball
Game duration: 1 hour
Super Eights (1 team)
Age: Under 12s (Yrs 5-7)
Format: Standard
Players per Team: 8
Ball: Hardball
Game duration: 2 hours
Game Details:
- Each innings 18 overs
regardless of wickets lost
- Batsman retire after
facing a number of balls (20 or 30)
- A batsman out on
dismissal can return once all wickets have fallen
- The batting team forfeit
3 runs for each returning batsman
- Every player bowls a
minimum of one over and a maximum of 3 overs
- Wicket keeper does not
bowl
- Wides and no balls worth
2 runs from overs 1-17. Re- bowled in the final over.
T18 Blast (1 team)
Age: Under 12s (Yrs 5-7)
Format: Standard
Players per Team: 11
Ball: Hardball
Game duration: 2 hours
Game Details:
- Each innings 18 overs
- Batsman retire at 25 but
can return on fall of final wicket
- Innings over after 10
wickets have fallen
- No bowler may bowl more
than 3 overs
- Wicket keeper does not
bowl
- Wides and no balls worth
2 runs from overs 1-17. Re- bowled in the final over.
Super Eights (2 teams)
Age: Under 14s (Yrs 8-9)
Format: Standard
Players per Team: 8
Ball: Hardball
Game duration: 2 hours
Game Details:
- Each innings 18 overs
regardless of wickets lost
- Batsman retire after
facing a number of balls (20 or 30)
- A batsman out on
dismissal can return once all wickets have fallen
- The batting team forfeit
3 runs for each returning batsman
- Every player bowls a
minimum of one over and a maximum of three
- Wicket keeper does not
bowl
- Wides and no balls worth
2 runs from overs 1-17. Re- bowled in the final over.
T20 Blast (1 team)
Age: Under 15s (Yrs 8-10)
Format: Standard
Players per Team: 11
Ball: Hardball
Game duration: 2.5 hours
Game Details:
- Each innings 20 overs
- Batsman retire at 50 and
cannot return
- Innings over after 10
wickets have fallen
- No bowler may bowl more
than 4 overs
- Wicket keeper does not
bowl
- Wides and no balls worth
2 runs from overs 1-19. Re- bowled in the final over.
I’ll be coming back to you shortly with the 6 league
structures and the fixture lists for the teams we have entered. Players will
have the opportunity to play in potentially more than one format depending on
their ability and the likely numbers we are expecting this year. As always once
they have registered they will have the opportunity to play in a minimum number
of matches throughout the season which could be across the various formats
above.
If you have any questions on the above please get in touch
with either Brian or myself but we hope these changes will make a positive
difference to youth cricket at MCC and across Suffolk.
All the best
Graeme
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JANUARY 2017
I am pleased to confirm that MCC Youth Winter Training will
commence on the 7th January on Saturday mornings at the
Mildenhall Dome and will run through until the end of April.
The session will start a bit later each week compared to
last year and will run from 11am-1pm. Players are welcome to attend for
the full session or can come along for the first or the last hour if preferred.
As last year the full 2 hour session will cost £5 per player and if you come
for an hour only the cost will be £3.
All ages and abilities are welcome and as the season
approaches we will also be doing some work in age specific groups so the squads
for 2017 are ready to go in May.
Following the arrival of Brian Rayner has Head of Youth
Coaching and the recent Mildenhall CC AGM there will be a few changes to the
Youth set up in 2017.
Steve Hunt has been unable to continue in his role as Youth
Manager due to the increasing demands of work and home commitments and it has
been decided that a separate Youth sub Committee will be put in place to ensure
that all our Youth needs and requirements are met and that these are shared
between the sub committee members. The intention is that we can arrange a few
more social functions and continue to get the Youth section interacting with
their senior counterparts both on and off the pitch.
The Committee will be:-
Lou Handy – MCC Chairman – Link to Senior Teams
Brian Rayner – Head of Youth Coaching
Ben Shepperson - 1st Team Captain
Graeme Jones– Youth Welfare Officer/Youth Development
Manager/Fixture Administrator
Jo Howard– Social Organiser/Parent liaison
We are looking for a parent volunteer from the Youth Section
to fulfil the last role and if you are interested in becoming involved please
put your name forward for consideration by the 15th January and we
will be looking to arrange the first meeting in February to discuss the 2017
Season.
As always if you have any questions or queries please get in
touch and please forward this email on to anyone who might be interested in
attending youth training.
All the best
Graeme