Amersham CC

Dear All

As you know, these are exciting times for Amersham CC, as we embark on ambitious plans to develop our facilities and our cricketers.  A key component of those plans will be the provision of improved coaching for our players.  To help achieve this, we are introducing additional coaching sessions for our Colts.

Firstly, the Amersham Junior Academy Squad will soon be in place, with our stronger boys and girls benefitting from the opportunity to receive focused individual coaching from our Head Coach, former first class player Bruce Friderichs.  Bruce will lead intensive training sessions with a small group every second Saturday morning starting on 25^th May and running until the end of the season, with each player’s individual strengths and weaknesses being worked on with a view to preparing them to succeed in junior and senior cricket in future.  Those selected by our coaching team to be involved will be contacted individually in the coming few days.

                All those in the U10 age group and above who have not been invited to join the Academy Squad will also have the opportunity to develop their games further.  Also every second Saturday morning, David Sidebottom and his team will be running additional coaching sessions for our less experienced youngsters, focusing on developing fundamental playing skills.  The fundamentals are key in allowing cricketers to build the foundation they need to improve as players, whether that be bowling, batting or fielding.  The first of these sessions will be held on 1^st June – please look out for the sign up lists on Monday night, or contact me directly at davidsidebottom1@hotmail.com.  These initiatives support Amersham CC’s ongoing commitment to the development of junior cricket.  We look forward to seeing more and more of our Colts representing the club at county level, and graduating to our senior teams, in the future!

Best Regards

David Sidebottom

Amersham CC Colts Manager

It's that time again, Summer Ball time, 28th June. Please try and come or even better make up a table for this very enjoyable evening.

Here's the poster

Summer ball poster.pdf

Contact Ian Rogers to book your place - ianis@theoldswanagain.co.uk

Thanks to the generosity of the first donors to our appeal  and a successful application to the Lord's Taverners the new net facilities at Shardeloes are currently under construction. 

This exciting development will see the complete refurbishment and improvement of our existing facilities, providing us with a safe, modern and high quality practice facility. 

This is a terrific start to the season!

The appeal we launched before Christmas has got off to a successful start. Donations & pledges received so far now total in excess of £10000. We also have grant applications out which we hope will raise a similar amount towards elements of the project.

If you haven't yet donated to the project we would be delighted to hear from you. Every little will help make a difference to the facilities we all share and enjoy. Please have a read of the Appeal literature you will find on the website (www.amershamcc.co.uk) or contact David Atkinson (atko73@yahoo.com) or Ian Rogers (ianis@theoldswanagain.com).

The TVCL has set up pre-season coaching courses in umpiring and scoring - please see an email from the chairman, Jeremy Davis, and details of all the dates and venues below. This is a good initiative from the TVCL to raise standards and club members are encouraged to support these events.

Please find attached details of forthcoming League Umpires and Scorers Courses.

These courses form part of the education initiative we launched at the 2012 AGM and are run by OUR League, for OUR League, in collaboration with experts from our local ECB ACO County Boards.

Our objectives are:

1) to improve the quality of umpiring within the TVCL in matches where panel umpires are not provided and to hopefully encourage more umpires of the future.

2) to improve the quality of scoring and provide more scorers in the TVCL.

Ultimately, it is about making YOUR cricket and YOUR Saturday afternoons even more enjoyable.

I strongly urge you to show your support for both courses, by sending a minimum of three people (players, club officials, parents, relatives etc), from each of your affected sides and for the Umpires Courses I would expect this to include your Captains. You can of course send as many people as you like. I guarantee participants will come away having enjoyed themselves and learned something useful which they can immediately apply in matches, once the new season starts, and also hopefully pass on to others in your club.

If you stop and think, it just makes sense - so check the details on the attached flyers and book your places now!!

Very best wishes.

Jeremy Davis
TVCL - Chairman

LEAGUE UMPIRING COURSES
Two evening umpiring courses sponsored by the League
will be held on
Wednesday 20 March 2013 at WOKINGHAM CC
And
Wednesday10 April 2013 at BRITISH AIRWAYS CC
both commencing at 7.30pm
These courses are designed for club umpires and player/umpires
and will provide an appreciation of decision making on the most
common laws including Wides, No Balls and LBW.
Participants will also be encouraged to ask questions to clarify
any points of the Laws.
To register:-
Please contact Alan English on
margalan.english@virgin.net

LEAGUE SCORERS TRAINING COURSES
Two scorers training courses sponsored by the League will be held on: Sunday 21 April 2013 at British Airways CC from 5pm-­‐9pm And Sunday 28th April 2013 at Yateley CC from 10am-­‐4pm These courses are designed to show member clubs the fundamentals of how to score a cricket match. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions to clarify any points of the scoring record. To register:-­‐ Please contact Julia Farman on julesfarman@aol.com informing of the course to be attended and the Names and Clubs of those wishing to attend. Applications should be made ASAP, but in any event no later than 7 days before the date of the courses.

 

The latest newsletter from the county can be downloaded following the link below:-

http://www.buckscb.org/documents/514052066_BCB%20News%20Issue%202.pdf