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Women’s Indoor Soft Ball Festival – Littleport

Hannah Warren |

February 6, 2025 |

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On Sunday 2nd February 2025, Cambridgeshire Cricket hosted another Women’s Indoor Soft Ball Festival at Littleport Leisure.

The teams in attendance were Ickleton CC, Sutton CC and City of Ely CC.

1st Place: City of Ely CC

2nd Place: Ickleton CC

3rd Place: Sutton CC

Player of the festival goes to Elena from City of Ely CC for her 4 bowled wickets (including a hat trick), 1 catch and 1 run out on the day.

Congratulations and well done to everyone who took part, there was a fantastic level of cricket displayed in all matches.

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📣 Womens County Announcement 📣

She’s been @cambridgeshirecricket since the age of 11… Introducing our new Cambridgeshire womens captain… @maybusher

Today at Fenners Indoor Cricket School 26 coaches

Today at Fenners Indoor Cricket School 26 coaches from in and around Cambridgeshire attended a Fielding Masterclass, led by @fieldingcoaching seen as one of the best fielding coaches in the Country.

Over 4 hours, Cookie led the group in learning more about the best in class method of catching, fielding, throwing and diving.

A brilliant session!

What was particularly great was seeing 5 Women who have qualified as Coaches in Cambridgeshire in the last 3 years and are actively coaching and have taken the opportunity to continue to develop their knowledge and skills to deliver brilliant sessions to those they coach.

This will certainly help the continued growth of Women's and Girls Cricket in Cambridgeshire.

Great to have former Cambs county age group player

Great to have former Cambs county age group player @zum.__ come along to our Boys Emerging Players Programme session last night to train with the lads before he heads off to Cape Town for pre season training!

Zum worked with the batters on some white ball batting and then supported the seamers and their death bowling skills including a Yorker competition with the lads!

Zum has had a busy winter so far with trips to South Africa with the @englandcricket Lions squad and Abu Dhabi on the ECB Fast bowling programme!

Good luck for the rest of the winter and the summer with @gloucestershire_cricket Zum! Always a pleasure having you back with us!

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Just to remind us that our start of season is just

Just to remind us that our start of season is just only just beyond the horizon.

Members of Cambs Grounds Association have shared pictures of how their squares are coming along.

Beautiful pictures of Exning and Wenden Cricket Club.

On behalf of all involved in cricket in Cambridgeshire thanks to our hard working Grounds keepers in every club.

The next Grounds Association meeting will take place on Sunday, 18th March at March Town Cricket Club, starting at 10am. Please let Neil Liversedge know if you would like to attend - (Neil.liversedge@cambscricket.org.uk or 07886978329)

🏆Today the ECB announced the National Winners i

🏆Today the ECB announced the National Winners in The Cricket Collective Grassroots Cricket Awards for 2024 🏆

Two of the Category Winners in the Cambridgeshire Awards were recognised as Highly Commended in the judging process.

We would like to add our congratulations to:
🏏Oli Ellis of Horseheath CC who was Highly Commended in the Game Changer Category for his all-round work around the Club.
and
🚜Theo Liversedge of March Town Cricket Club who was Highly Commended in the Rising Star Category for his outstanding work on the ground at March Town Cricket Club.

Both Oli and Theo will be receiving a little something from the ECB as a momento of their efforts.

Congratulations also to all of our Category Winners:
Edmund Harcourt of Ickleton CC for Connecting Communities
Neha Jamwel of Northstowe CC winner in Inspired to Play
Andy Wilding and his team at Haddenham CC in the Volunteer Grounds Team Category
Tom Galanis in the Cricket Innovators Category
John Phelps of St Giles in Growing the Game
Caroline Webb of Royston CC winner of the SafeHands award
Louise Vickers of Histon CC, winner in the Unsung Hero award
David Ellis of Sawston and Babraham was Lifetime Achiever and Tamsind Duffety-Fuller won the first MetroBank Champion of Girls Cricket award.

Earlier today we recognised the Coach of the Year Categories, so well done again to Leah, Stuart and Iain.

In Cambridgeshire we received 64 nominations and we thank each person who took the time to nominate people they could see doing great things around their club.

Those nominations were the tip of the iceberg in regard to our small and growing band of volunteers in Cambridgeshire and we want to say thank you to each and everyone of you for giving up the time you do to make Cricket a Game for everyone.

Later this week we will be launching the Winter Wonders Awards in Cambridgeshire for 2025 and if you have noticed someone in your Club who has been working throughout the darker months to create something special for next season please do nominate them.

The 2025 Cricket Collective Grassroots Awards will also be back later this year.

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Yesterday we hosted another Women’s Soft Ball Fe

Yesterday we hosted another Women’s Soft Ball Festival at Littleport Leisure Centre 🏏

Well done and thank you to all teams who participated.

🥇: City of Ely CC
🥈: Ickleton CC
🥉: Sutton CC

Shout out to our player of the festival, Elena from City of Ely Cricket Club who took 4 bowled wickets (including a hat trick), 1 catch and 1 run out on the day. 🏏

The #GetSetWeekend 2025, powered by The Cricket Co

The #GetSetWeekend 2025, powered by The Cricket Collective, will be held on 5-6 April when clubs up and down the country will be encouraged not only to get their facilities and equipment ready, but also to inspire their local community by promoting their club and engaging all of their members, whether they are players or volunteers and encouraging new members to come and join them.

Registration is now open to All clubs and you can register by cutting and posting this link into your browser - https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3041696

Well done to @chippenhamcricketcambs @chippenhamcc_women @city_of_ely_cricket_club @elsworthcricketclub @histoncricket @marchtowncricketclub @marchtownmarvels @sawstonbabrahamcc, Sutton Cricket Club and @thriplowcc for signing up so far!!!!

All Clubs signing up will be entered into the #GetSetWeekend prize draw, with prizes include Jewson Credit vouchers and International/Domestic tickets. There will also be a series of online events exclusively available for registered clubs and the opportunity to receive special Cricket Collective merchandise to enhance their event.

We encourage all Clubs in Cambridgeshire to sign up, and use the opportunity to get your members together for a Club bonding event, which will benefit everyone in your club.

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ECB Coach Awards 2024 The ECB this morning have f

ECB Coach Awards 2024

The ECB this morning have formally recognised 89 Coaches across the Country who were nominated for the ECB Coach Awards as part of the 2024 - The Cricket Collective Grassroots Awards in 3 categories.

Martyn Kiel, of the ECB Coach Development Team said "With the announcement of the National Prize winners we wanted to say thank you to people that have made a significant contribution to coaching cricket and say thank you to everyone who was nominated across the three categories.

In Cambridgeshire -
- Leah Harrup from City of Ely CC won the Young Coach of the Year.
- Stuart Dockerill of Cambridgeshire Cricket won Coach of the Year
- Iain Malthouse of Longstanton Grasshoppers won Outstanding Contribution - Services to Coaching

From a local level it is great to see local coaches recognised on a National platform.

We would like to say "Thank You" to all coaches in Clubs, Schools or in County pathways across the County.

You are at the beat of the heart of the game introducing Cricket to new players and in helping them develop their talents.

You really do contribute to make Cricket a Game for Everyone!

Girl’s ONLY Street Sessions continue every Monda

Girl’s ONLY Street Sessions continue every Monday at Trumpington Community College 6-7pm.

These sessions are aimed at any girl starting out on their soft ball cricket journey or who may lack confidence.

There are two female coaches at each session.

Follow the QR code to register attendance or you can contact Hannah.warren@cambscricket.org.uk or 07469687185 for more information 🏏

If you have a game being played on your ground (Se

If you have a game being played on your ground (Senior or Junior, Men’s or Women’s) you are duty bound to have a qualified First Aider either on-site or participating in the game.

With the season rapidly approaching, it is important that we start to thing about our members and what might happen if someone needs medical help in a game or during a training session.

Good practice recommends if you run any form of match or training session you have someone who is First Aid trained on-site or participating.

As a Coach responsible for an indoor net session or training session outside it is important that while your session is taking place there is a First Aider available or you should take personal responsibility if no-one else is around.

To help with this we have two courses coming up in 2025.

Our first is on 11th March at Sawston and Babraham's Spicers Pavilion, which is located on Cambridge Road, Sawston, CB22 3DG. To book please cut and paste this link to your browser - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/RxX1N0

Our second is on 27th March at Over Community Centre, 16 The Doles, Over, CB24 5NW. To book please use use this link in your browser - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/k9ER0N

Both courses start at 6.15pm and last about 3 hours.

There is a £40 charge, which is purely charged to break even and is great value when compared to other local providers.

We look forwards to seeing you.

Attack! Catch! Defend and Throw! - Fielding Master

Attack! Catch! Defend and Throw! - Fielding Masterclass presented by Cookie Patel

We only have 3 places available on this workshop, which is aimed at Coaches at all levels to allow them to increase the value of the sessions to those you coach by increasing their knowledge and understanding in the art of fielding, with that knowledge being imparted by one of the best in the business!

In that case you cannot miss this session.

So a reminder on Sunday 16th February (starting at 12.15) at Fenners Indoor Cricket School we have Cookie Patel coming to present a Fielding and Coaching Masterclass.

Cookie is an ECB level 4 coach and is a hugely experienced fielding coach. His previous fielding coach roles include England Women, Derbyshire CCC, Northants CCC, Yorkshire CCC and Lancashire Thunder and his presenting style is passionate and enthusuastic allowing you to feed off his knowledge.

A reminder, there are just 3 places left priced at £10 each.

If you see this and want to come book your place now by copying this link into your web browser - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/N0OYbx

Any questions at all then please contact Neil Liversedge (neil.liversedge@cambscricket.org.uk)

On Monday, the ECB launched the announcement of th

On Monday, the ECB launched the announcement of the annual Get Set Weekend on April 5-6.

In Cambridgeshire we encourage all clubs to sign up as it is a great way to get your members together to engage in important and key pre-season activities to get your clubhouse and ground in tip-top condition for the start of the season.

So come on guys, get your club signed up.

The ECB will provide merchandise for the first 1000 clubs signed up, plus your club will have a chance to win England match tickets and Jewson vouchers worth upto £500.

To sign up, cut and paste this link into your browser: https://www.ecb.co.uk/getsetweekend

In association with the Association of Cricket Off

In association with the Association of Cricket Officials we are pleased to launch our first Scoring Skills Workshop.

Led by the brilliant Helen Hyde with assistance from Cindy and Ian this face-to-face workshop will help participants learn about the core constituent skills to allow them to score a game of cricket at any level.

Knowing how to score is a skill, just as important as being able to bat or bowl and anyone involved in playing the game should know how to score, as a scorer is required in every game, so this includes players who have to do 10 overs while playing, junior members, women playing in either the Soft Ball or Hard Ball game, young people or parents watching Youth Games in the CYCA or young players or Parents in the County Age Group or MCC Foundation representative games.

This workshop is aimed at those aged 14+ and will suit all those who are interested in the game, but do not know how to score, but will be required definitely those who play and will have to score several overs in an innings and are not sure of the important tasks that surround the game.

In this workshop we will cover:
- Umpire signals
- Completion of basic box scorebook
- Balancing and checking of scorebook
- Methods of dismissal
- Scorer duties

We will also be able to discuss other scoring methods and scorer education.

The workshop takes place on Sunday, 23rd February at March Town Cricket Club, Burrowmoor Road, March, PE15 8RG and will run from 2.30pm until about 5pm.

The workshop is FREE, but because it is free do not underestimate the value this course will give you.

Places are limited, so to book yours please cut and paste this link into your web browser - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/Q03R4R

The date of the next ECB Umpiring Course in Cambri

The date of the next ECB Umpiring Course in Cambridgeshire has been announced.

This course, which is a combination of a couple of hours on-line work, which you can do at home in your own time and a 6 hour face-to-face practical session, so come to the course ready to participate in appropriate clothing and with clean training shoes.

Whether you plan to support Junior Softball cricket through to adult cricket, this course will cover the following topics:

- Understanding the role of the umpire
- Gain a basic understanding of umpiring the game
- Answering appeals and the common methods of dismissal
- How to communicate effectively with all stakeholders in the game
- Judging whether or not it is safe to play

To join this course you must be 14 years old or older.

Post course, learners will have the confidence and competence to go and umpire at appropriate levels within recreational cricket.

The course will take place on:
Sunday, 6th April, starting at 10am and running through to about 4.30pm (including a lunch break)

The venue for the course is Comberton Village College, which is located on West Street in Comberton.

There is a cost of £70, however all participants on completing and qualifying as an umpire will receive many benefits equal to the value of the course.

To book please use this link - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/X5mqbk

Post course candidates will receive support to help establish them as an umpire, which allows them to take the best seat in the house in any game.

You love cricket and you would be a great Match Official, so come on, come and join the course!

We know and understand that things are changing in

We know and understand that things are changing in our Clubs with Annual General Meetings coming up.

It is important to remember that as part of the Affiliation process every Club must have a Club Safeguarding Officer and should comply with the ECB Safe Hands Policy.

To be a fully accredited and trained Club Safeguarding Officer there are 3 things they need:-

- a current ECB DBS certificate
- to have completed the ECB Safeguarding for Specialist Roles online training
- to have attended the face-to-face Safe Hands training workshop (training is in date for 3 years).

This season in Cambridgeshire were are running 3 Safe Hands workshops, so if you are starting up in the role as Club Safeguarding Officer or you need to take some refresher training there are plenty of options.

To book follow the link attached to the date you wish to attend:

25th February 2025 6.15pm to 9.30pm at Over Community Centre, CB24 5NW - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/wmq9ZQ

12th March 2025 6.15pm to 9.30pm at The Spicers Pavilion, Cambridge Road, Sawston, CB22 3DG - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/mZ29n9

1st May 2025 6.15pm to 9.30pm at Over Community Centre, CB24 5NW - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/8eMbVA

A serious reminder that in order to be affiliated all clubs must have a qualified CSO in place ready for the season, it is also good practice to have a deputy CSO.

Our next ECB Core Coach Course is rapidly approach

Our next ECB Core Coach Course is rapidly approaching, starting on 23rd February at Comberton Village College, starting at 9.30am.

There is just 1 place remaining, so if you want a place on this course please book NOW!

The course will suit an existing Level 1 or Foundation Coach looking to extend their experience or an experienced player feeling its time to give back to the game to help develop to young players to help them their full potential.

This course adds onto everything you have learned on the ECB Foundation and teaches you the dynamics behind player-centred coaching and lets you hone you skills on the different aspects of the game using both on-line and face-to-face modules, delivered by our brilliant ECB Tutors.

There is a cost of £300, but most progressive thinking clubs pay all or part of your course fee. Also you make qualify for a Bursary provided by the England and Wales Cricket Foundation Trust (to check if you meet the criteria look here - https://www.cambscricket.org.uk/.../Cambridgeshire... and if you do there is a link to the application form).

If you would like to book your place please use this link - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/OZqvrO

We would love to see you, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact Neil Liversedge (neil.liversedge@cambscricket org.uk)

Attack! Catch! Defend and Throw! - Fielding Master

Attack! Catch! Defend and Throw! - Fielding Masterclass presented by Cookie Patel

Would you like to breathe fire into your training sessions and increase the value of the session to those you coach?

Would it help if ideas were presented to you by a coach who is expert in his field and is so enthusiastic they are bound to ignite the fire in your belly?

In that case you cannot miss this session.

Come to Fenners Indoor Cricket School at 12.15. We have legendary Fielding Coach Cookie Patel coming to to present the latest session aimed at helping Coaches in Cambridgeshire.

This session will benefit and is appropriate to every Coach, whether a seasoned County Performance Coach right through to a newly qualified Club Coach.

Cookie is an ECB level 4 coach and is a hugely experienced fielding coach. His previous fielding coach roles include England Women, Derbyshire CCC, Northants CCC, Yorkshire CCC and Lancashire Thunder and his presenting style is always very well received.

Places are limited and cost a very reasonable £10 per place. So to secure your place, please register via the link here - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/N0OYbx

This is a first come first serve. Any questions please contact Neil Liversedge (neil.liversedge@cambscricket.org.uk)

Over the New Year another 6 Young People have sign

Over the New Year another 6 Young People have signed up to the Young Leaders in Cricket - Cambridgeshire cohort for 2025, making the total number of sign ups 16. We would love more.

If you are 14 to 16 years old and want to know exactly what the Young Leaders programme is all about what this You Tube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8VlWRazNF4

Essentially it is about Young People with an interest in Cricket, being given the training, coaching, confidence (and real qualifications) to be able to successfully volunteer back into the game they love, using skills that will be useful throughout their future life!

The next Enthuse session where you can also find out more and ask questions about the programme is being held on Wednesday 15th January, starting at 7pm.

To register your place, or if you cannot make it find out when the next Enthuse evening is head to the Young Leaders in Cricket website - https://www.cricketleaders.org.uk/enthuse-session-sign-up/

Every Club in Cambridgeshire needs more volunteers and the Young People in each Club have boundless energy, different ideas and can contribute positively in taking a club forwards, both now and in the future, so we would love to see Young People from @cricketmilton @sawstonbabrahamcc @abingtoncricketclub @marchtowncricketclub @marchtownmarvels @wisbechtowncc @waterbeachcricketclub @city_of_ely_cricket_club @histoncricket @teamhaddenhamcc @chatteriscricketclub @burwellexningcricket @ashwellcricketclub @reachcricketclub @bassingbourncricketclub @cambridgeoldmonks @godolphin @foxtongrantacc @cottenhamcricketclub @st_giles_cc @girton_cricket_club @ickletoncc @linton_village_cc @longstantongrasshopperscc @lscc1877 @madingleycricket @city_of_cambridge_cricket_club @roystoncc @saffron_walden_cricket_club @wilburtoncc @wilbraham_cc @weston_colville_cc

A lot of fun at our last @lordstaverners Super 1s

A lot of fun at our last @lordstaverners Super 1s session this year! 🏏
We restart on Thursday 9th Jan from 5-6pm at Impington sports centre #disabilitycricket #christmasjumperday

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