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Cricket Wales Board December 2018

• 1. Marketing engages people
• 2. A new Workforce generation
• 3. Welcoming experiences/formats people want
• 4. Facilities where they are needed
• 5. Enable people to realise their potential
• 6. Cricket: A Positive influence for life
• 7. A joined up sport

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• Schools planning based on All Stars signed up in 2018
• Cricket World Cup tickets 2019 nearing 3,000 free

tickets for Sri Lanka v Afghanistan

• Trophy Tour: May 5th – 9th
• 1. Marketing engages people

2) Workforce 2) Workforce 2) Workforce 2) Workforce

• 596 course candidates across all courses

this winter

• The ECB is overhauling all courses making

them more accessible and quicker to be able to coach independently.

• Key need is U9 parent course recruitment

3) High 3) High 3) High 3) High Quality Quality Quality Quality experiences (1) experiences (1) experiences (1) experiences (1)

3) High Quality experiences (2)

3) High 3) High 3) High 3) High Quality Quality Quality Quality experiences (3) experiences (3) experiences (3) experiences (3)

 Womens’ Development officer Recruitment  Softball festivals,  girls open development centres  U9 teams: West: Lauracharlesprice@cricketwales.org.uk North: laura.nicholls@cricketwales.org.uk East: rebecca.thomas@cricketwales.org.uk 

3) High 3) High 3) High 3) High Quality Quality Quality Quality experiences (4) experiences (4) experiences (4) experiences (4)

 Diversity plan Funding  Building a Stronger Britain

• Safeguarding:

With over 1,000 DBS entries for Wales, there have been significant increased levels of compliance across junior and senior leagues.

4) Appropriate 4) Appropriate 4) Appropriate 4) Appropriate, sustainable and attractive infrastructure , sustainable and attractive infrastructure , sustainable and attractive infrastructure , sustainable and attractive infrastructure

 Community asset transfer support  Small grants Cricket World Cup Club Grant £1,000   Glamorgan matches in more venues: Swansea, Colwyn Bay, Newport.

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Board Meeting 06.12.18

5) Enable people to realise their potential

PATHWAY SUMMARY

• Pathway Evenings
• RPC programme up and running + Winter

Development Festival 1 complete

• Junior Academy & Senior Academy inductions

complete and programme running

• Summer programme close to completion
• Website section being generally well utilised
• <50k views since July
• 466 downloads of Pathway Document
• Education section to be monitored for usage

Pathway evenings Pathway evenings Pathway evenings Pathway evenings

• 500 attendees approx. across 8 evenings
• Widely well received feedback from players, parents and clubs
• Some challenge around summer programme but very little on financial cost
• Area Manager’s support much appreciated

RPC Snapshot…

RPC INITIAL Development areas

• Ensuring an even higher quality and more

relevant Athletic Development delivery

• Group review meeting
• CPD ½ day delivered by Tom Turner
• Amendments to numbers in Neath if

possible

• Ongoing and in early 2019
• Continued work developing coaching

knowledge

• Ongoing
• Dissemination and communication of PHV

data and player welfare/skill development/workload considerations

• Meeting with S&C leads tomorrow

SUMMER PROGRAMME

• Consultation process between:
• Area Managers
• Some of club the club network
• WJEC, AQA + other exam boards
• Huw Darling (Cricket Wales Cup Coordinator)*
• Programme will ensure that youngsters can play up to

two age groups above their normal age for club junior fixtures and avoid clashes

• U14-U17 10 week programme to start in July avoiding

large bulk of exam GCSE and A-Level exam period

• Work starting on logistics and locations, challenges

around finance.

• Network dissemination
• Summer Festivals at all age groups confirmed with

dates at Aberdare CC (thanks to Tony Derrick)

General updates

• Online payment process via CVENT has been generally useful and an upgrade from the

past

• Michael Clayden replaced by Geraint Leach as Regional Performance Manager prior to

programme commencing

• Hannaa Zaman & Scott Bishop both interviewed for ECB Level 3 Performance Coach

Qualification.

• 6 girls successfully obtained places on Regional Development Centres
• Seren Smale (Lancashire Lightning – not public yet)
• Sophia Smale, Sara Phillips, Charlotte Scarborough, Alex Griffiths, Sophie Thomas (all Western

Storm)

• 33% of Western Storm intake are Welsh girls
• 6 RDC girls is the most by any county (bar Surrey) side across England & Wales.
• Danielle Gibson selected on England Academy
• ECB Independent Wharton Review Conducted
• ECB Pitch Length Recommendations to be amended following RA
• Thanks especially to:
• Our four RPMs
• Gavin Chilton
• Tom Turner (Glamorgan CCC S&C Lead)
• Aimee Rees
• Area Managers

The numbers…

291

Players

272

Regular attendees

246

Full Payers

26

Dual Families

84.5%

Full Payers

43

Declined places

declined…

43

Declined

6

No reason given

2

Moved away from Wales

1

Unaffordable

7 Other

sporting commitments

12

No response

6

Other

2

No longer playing cricket

7

Poor experience

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 Club Accreditation:  100+ clubs are accredited;  Glamorgan Education:  12,000 visitors  Museum first UK Cricket accredited 

7) A 7) A 7) A 7) A joined up Sport joined up Sport joined up Sport joined up Sport

 Joint Strategy  500 Eng. v Pak. tickets May 5th to clubs rewarding junior efforts (ASC)  Prestige recreational matches at Sophia Gardens  Big Club Night Outs’ & Club player visit programme   Work collaboratively to develop signed off County Partnership Agreement Strategy  Work together to counter and use the potential of WRU’s summer proposals

5-8 Yr Olds

Learn the Skills Learn to Play Games

Under 9s

Players – 6 Wicket – 15yrds Overs – 12 Boundary Max – 30m Soft ball

Learn to Compete in Teams

Under 11s

Players – 8 Wicket – 17yrds Overs – 16 Boundary Max – 35m Soft ball Players – 8 Wicket – 17yrds Overs – 16 Boundary Max – 40m Hard ball

Learn to Compete in Teams

Under 11sA

The Formats

Players – 8 Players 8 Wicket – 17yrds Overs – 16 Boundary Max – 40m Hard ball Under 11sB

Learn to Compete in Teams

3) High Quality experiences (2)