| Summer Coaching Arrangements for 2025 |
- We plan to run a full winter and summer coaching programme in 2025. The summer programme normally starts in late April / early May and runs through to the end of August. The winter programme is held indoors at Ashlyns and Berkhamsted School. Summer programme is outdoors at Berkhamsted Cricket Club. Most sessions up to school year 6 take place on weekends with year 7 onwards weekday evenings.
- Membership must be paid in full prior to the start of the season.
- For any private coaching please speak to our Head Coach - details can be found on our officials page or coaching page.
- Children in school years 1 & 2 can enrol in our All Stars Group which will run on friday evenings for 8 weeks between May and July. All Stars booking normally opens in February.
- Both boys and girls approaching their 16th birthday are encouraged to move into coaching roles to support the younger age groups. The club pays for individuals to take coaching courses to gain qualifications.
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| Girls Cricket |
- Our Girls section started in 2010 and had been building steadily ever since.
- There are now over 100 girls playing at the club and in 2024 we ran 6 teams at U11, U13 and U15 age groups.
- Our Girls section are offered the same programme as the Boys with Summer and Winter training as well as development pathways to represent Herts and Bucks at a County level.
- Girls have a choice of softball and hardball cricket up to U11 and then from U12 onwards its hardball cricket.
- It is important for us that Girls see a clear pathway and development at the club and since 2015 we have offered routes into not only County age group teams but our Women's team which regularly features a number of U16 girls. Beyond County level girls with exceptional ability can move into regional academies and beyond that the professional game.
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| 2025 Junior Fees |
- 2025 fees are shown in our Membership Subs page on this website
- Fees are payable via the Love Admin platform
- Junior Subs also include all junior match fees. Juniors can start playing for Senior teams from U14 (year 9) and pay an additional match fee for these games.
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| Cricket Weeks |
- Our hugely popular Cricket Weeks (additional fees apply) usually run as a 4 day course during the Easter Holidays and over 3 weeks during the summer holidays. Dates for 2025 will be announced by email to members and through our X (twitter) and Facebook pages for non-members. Further information will be available in due course. Priority bookings will be given to fully paid members until the end of April. After this time the courses will be advertised to the wider community.
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| Match Selection Policy 2025 |
- We enter both our boys and girls teams into the Hertfordshire Junior League. Whilst our policy is to provide games for as many children as possible we also try to promote excellence and competitive play. So where possible we have 2 teams, one selected on ability and the other being an opportunity for less experienced and improving players to develop their skills. Teams are regularly reviewed throughout the season to ensure balance and fairness.
- Each team is organised by a VOLUNTEER parent(s)/ guardians who are 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 we do need the help of parents to be able to keep them running.
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If you have any questions regarding our junior programmes please contact Mark Lewarne (Head of Junior Cricket) at rmlewarne@gmail.com
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