Junior Cricket Section

Please note that we are now operating a waiting list for new membership of the Junior section

Please come to the registration evening on Thursday 29th March from 6.30pm or email Mark Lewarne to register your child's place on the waiting list.

Sponsored by Fine & Country Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted Cricket Club is delighted to welcome Fine &Country Berkhamsted as sponsors for the rapidly expanding Junior Section. Berkhamsted Cricket Club has enjoyed excellent success over the past few years and the junior section has contributed significantly with three County Championship winning teams. Enjoying the support of Fine and Country, the club will further expand the coaching and schools development programme. BCC Chairman Julian Dent said, “We really appreciate the support given by Fine and Country and it is essential to the continuing development of the game that we invest in our junior cricket.”

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• Boys U7 to U12 (Year 2 to 7) - will train at the club from 10am to 12 noon every sunday morning from 22nd April to 26th August with the exception of June 10th (Raiders Day).  
• Boys U13 and U14 (Year 8 & 9) - will train at the cub from 6pm to 8pm every friday evening from 20th April to 24th August 
• Boys U15, U16 & U17 (Years 10, 11, 12) - Wednesday 6.30pm to 8pm  - starting on Wed 25th April to 22nd August
• Girls - will train at the club on sunday mornings (dates and times see above) although we will also provide an opportunity for older girls to join friday training to develop hardball skills.   Please note that from this year we will extend girls age groups to school year 2 to match the boys.    

• Boys U15-U18                    £70                                                         
  
• Boys & Girls U9-14             £65                                                  
  
• Boys & Girls U7/8               £55                                      
  
• 2nd/3rd Child etc                £50                           
     

Should your child be selected to represent Berkhamsted in a competitive or friendly match there is no extra match fee to be paid.  Please note that such is the popularity of cricket in the town we tend to close our junior section to new members round about the end of May.  The best way to secure your place for the year is to pay fees before the beginning of May.  We will be holding a registration evening on March 29th and you can also register and pay online.

Subs can be paid by cheque to "Berkhamsted CC" and sent to Julian Dent at Marchbank, Shenstone Hill, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 2PA; or by wire transfer to Berkhamsted Cricket Club, Account number 20878561, Sort code 20-39-07. Make sure you indicate the name of the player whose subs are being paid in the Reference box and email Julian Dent at jdent@viaint.com to let him know you have paid.

Our Level 2 coaches are available for individual coaching lessons. Fees for these lessons are to be paid directly to the coaches.  

Our Cricket Weeks in the holidays are also subject to a separate charge.  We plan to run a 4 day course at Easter, a 4 day course at Half Term and 3 cricket weeks in the summer holidays. We will be taking advance bookings at the Colts Registration Evening. Priority for bookings will be given to paid-up Colts and Cricket Club members until the end of April. After that, the Cricket Weeks will be advertised outside the club.    Our winter coaching classes have all sold out this year so make sure you book early to avoid disappointment.   

We have entered a record 17 teams this year into the Herts Junior Leagues (which is more than any other club in Hertfordshire!).   Whilst our policy is to provide games for as many colts as possible we also try to promote excellence and competitive play.   So where possible we have an A and B team, with the A team being selected on ability and merit and the B team being an opportunity for inexperienced or improving players to develop their skills.  We also organise friendly matches which provides an opportunity for managers to give more players a chance.     As players develop over time we constantly re-assess ability levels to ensure the teams have the right balance.    Each team is organised by a VOLUNTEER parent (or parents) who is responsible for picking the team and over-seeing the game on the day.   There is no limit on the number of teams we can enter but without the support of parents these games simply cannot take place.   

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MANAGING A TEAM OR HELPING WITH SCORING OR UMPIRING – OR EVEN GOING ON A COACHING COURSE THEN PLEASE CONTACT MARK LEWARNE BY E-MAIL OR PHONE.    THE CLUB IS WILLING TO PAY FOR ANY PARENT WISHING TO TAKE A COACHING COURSE AND WILL HELP TO TEACH THE BASICS ABOUT SCORING AND UMPIRING.    PLEASE NOTE A COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CRICKET IS NOT ESSENTIAL – WE NEED ENTHUSIASM AND ORGANISATION SKILLS!    

The following teams will play this summer and we extend our sincere thanks to our growing army of volunteer dads and mums who do such a fantastic job:-  

BOYS    

UNDER 9 (Blue and Red Teams)    Managers:     Mark Spooner & Mike Thompson       

UNDER 10 A & B                          Managers:         Dave Chrispin & Ian Sayle 

UNDER 11 A & B                          Managers:         Dave Jones, Mike Mann, Bryan Weller, Simon Ayles

UNDER 12 A & B                          Managers:       Will Alderson + TBC    

UNDER 13 A & B                          Managers:        Gary Macey & Simon O'Gorman 

UNDER 14  A & B                         Manager:         Dave Lewis, Chris Mack and Tim Buckley     

UNDER 15 A                                Manager:        Simon Atkins   

UNDER 16 & U17                        Manager:         Simon Roberts & Mark Lewarne   

GIRLS   

UNDER 11                                   Managers          Sarah Marsden  

UNDER 13                                   Manager            Steve & Emma Potts  

Keep up with results and league tables at www.hertscricket.org.  Keep up with BCC news including statistics on every Berkhamsted team and player on the clubs website www.berkhamstedcc.com .   And if you are a regular tweeter dont forget to follow us on twitter BerkhamstedCC @berkoCC

Parental Consent Forms. The vast majority of parents have completed these forms.  If not please see us on Colts Registration Evening on Thursday March 29th.   Also if any details have changed – e.g. schools, e-mail or mobile number – please let us know so that we don’t miss you out on important announcements. 

Mark Lewarne
Head of Junior Cricket