Enthuse Evening Registration – Oxfordshire 2023
Young Leaders in Cricket Programme

Come and learn more about how to attain leadership and life skills using the characteristics of cricket to become an effective volunteer at your club, school or the community. This programme puts together a series of useful and informative training modules for 14-16yr olds to involve themselves in club community life.

This week saw the first round of games in Division 1 of the Banbury Indoor League.

The feature of the night was a really closely contested round of fixtures.

Cropredy 92-5 with James Coleman 27no and Luke Cherry 24no & 2-29 beat Banbury Vets 91-6 with G Crook 35; Chris Phillips 22 and James Risbridger 3-36.

Banbury 95-3 with Andy Prior 25no & 2-32 and Liam Manley 18no beat Charlbury 92-6  with S Smith 22.

Hook Norton 90-2 with Andy Stanley 28no and Dan White 25no beat Shipston 87-5 with Ryan Worthington 35no and Marcus Ireland 2-42.

Ruscote 87-5 with Ian Widdows 29 and Imran Hussain 2-32 beat Sandford 86-6 with George Coombes 32 and Chris Thompson 2-29.

Sport England has recently launched the Small Grants Programme. Below is some brief information. For further information please click here

About the fund

We want to support projects that bring communities together and provide sport and physical activities for people who may be less physically active.

We also particularly want to support projects focusing on environmental sustainability.

We believe that communities that work together and share resources provide a stronger and more sustainable impact.

Therefore, we want applications from projects that demonstrate how they connect with their communities, make best use of the existing skills and assets in an area, and will provide the biggest possible impact to those who need it most.

We also want projects to show how they’ve sought to reduce their impact on the environment through the goods and services they use to deliver the activity.

Please be aware that we always have more applications than we’re able to fund, so our priority is to support projects working with people in disadvantaged communities.

See our section on priorities below for more information.

Key information

• Awards of £300-£15,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations.
• Multiple applications can be submitted, but organisations can only have awards of up to £15,000 in any 12-month period.
• Awards are to help inactive and less active people become more active.
• Our priority is to support projects working with people living in areas of disadvantage as defined by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation areas 1 to 3.
• Applications should explain why there’s a need for the project and how end users have been involved in developing the project.
• Applications should consider how the project adds value to services currently available in your local community, and work collaboratively with other groups to maximise the impact of the project.
• The closing date for applications is 30 June 2023.

We are pleased to inform you that we will be holding a series of coach development workshops  between February and March. 

We have scheduled a varied programme of workshops for coaches who work in a variety of different environments. Please see below a timetable of programme events, along with a booking link for each workshop. The workshops will be taking place at Cokethorpe School, Witney OX29 7PU, UK.

Programme Schedule 

Below is the programme of events, including booking links for each session. For further information on each session, please see a description of each below the programme of events.

Workshop Information 

Coach Development Workshop 1 – Vipers – Coaching Women and Girls –  Ian Cox the Senior Regional Talent Manager for the Southern Vipers will lead a session that will explore coaching in a women and girls environment. 

Coach Development Workshop 2 – Transitioning to Hardball Cricket –  Boys U10 Lead Coach Neil Pickup and Foundation Talent Manager Sam Arthurs will lead a session that will provide ideas and drills on how to transition players from softball to hardball cricket. 

Coach Development Workshop 3 – Coaching in a Disability Space –  Head of Disability Cricket Richard Giles will lead a session that will explore working with disabled players.

All sessions will be practical, please coming in clothing suitable for activity and coaching. 

Booking Information

Please note that spaces will be limited at all workshops and will be booked on a first come first served basis.  Once all the places are booked the session will no longer be available to make a booking. Members of the Coaches Association will receive a 50% discount. For the discount code please email Ed Wilson at [email protected]. If you have any specific questions regarding these please do not hesitate to contact Ed Wilson.

To the Oxfordshire Cricket Community

2022 was a fantastically successful year for all cricket in Oxfordshire and we should all be very proud of what has been achieved both on and off the field. We have some exciting plans and projects to look forward to in 2023. At this time of the year, we should always put this success into context and remind ourselves that for many 2023 holds a very different set of challenges. Our thoughts are with those who are struggling with the challenges of economic uncertainty, particularly the homeless and the sick. 

On behalf of the Board and Workforce of Oxfordshire Cricket, may we take this opportunity of wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Chris

Kind regards

Chris Clements

Chairman On behalf of the Directors

Final Week Results of Division 2:

Cropredy A 120-2 with Sam Coggins 36no; Josh Tustian 27no; D Ainley 25no & Fergus Lynch 1-26 beat Middleton Cheney 118-3 with Steve Twynham 38no; Craig Merry 26no & M Hazel 2-30.

Hinton 132-6 with Rob Turvey 37 & J Withers 41 beat Radway 122-2 with Christian Squire 28no; Sam Douthwaite 25no & Craig Walker 24no.

Sandford A 125-4 with Mat Thomson 37no & Martin Anson 20no beat Hook Norton Renegades 124-4 with Richard Knight 32; Keiron Scott 38no & Dave Victor 21no.

Silverstone 156-1 with Paul Gazeley 28no; Ryan Knight 28no & Sach Patel 26no beat Marston St. Lawrence 116-5 with Mike Froom 24no & Liam Lake 23no.

Congratulations to Division 2 Champions Silverstone and the Runners-Up Hook Norton Renegades on their promotion to Division 1 for Winter 23/24.

Division 1 will commence on 10th January.  

With the New Year drawing closer, we know your thoughts turn to the 2023 season and preparation – be that groundwork, logistics or which competitions you would like to enter this year. We are pleased to provide you with key information in relation to junior competition entry for clubs as well as the deadlines, the safeguarding requirements for said competitions and who to contact if you have any questions.

To enter the competitions we are running for 2023. Please find the link below;

Enter 2023 Competitions here 

To Purchase Full Club Membership Click Here

The deadline for entry to all competitions for 2023 is 8th January 2023. If you have any issues meeting this deadline please reach out to any of the contacts below.

Paul Short – Competitions Manager [email protected] 

Ed Wilson – Girls Competition Manager [email protected] 

Kieran Smith – U9s Competition Manger, U9s-U13s Competition  [email protected] 

Joe Clapton – U9s Competition Manger, U15s-U19s Competition [email protected]

We hope that the above information provides you with a basic understanding of what you need to do as a club in regard to Oxfordshire Cricket competitions. Please see the attached document which outlines in more detail all of the different competitions on offer for 2023. 

2023 Junior Competition Entry – Guidance

If you have any questions about any of the above please reach out to any of the team on the contact list above who will endeavour to help you with your query.

The 51st season of the Senior Cup in 2022 saw the competition Finals Day take place at the iconic Wormsley Cricket Ground on a beautiful September day with Banbury CC retaining the Hartwell Cup and Shipton Under Wychwood winning the Wilf Bennett Trophy.

Entries for this season’s Competition are now open by completing the details here https://www.clubpay.co.uk/forms/view.php?id=846239

The closing date for entries is 8th January 2022

Our plans to continue a separate two-tier competition structure just like the 2022 summer:

• The Hartwell Senior Cup will be determined by previous years’ positions
• The Wilf Bennett Trophy is intended for the smaller clubs and offers them a unique opportunity to play at Wormsley
• The exact structure will be determined by the entries received 

Please note in order to enter Oxfordshire Cricket’s Club Competitions your club must;

• Be affiliated to Oxfordshire Cricket
• Be safe hands compliant, where applicable i.e club mark, junior section or national programmes
• Adopt the County Board EDI plan
• Adhere to forthcoming ground standards 
• Adhere to Officials standards by having an umpire who is Level 1 trained and a OACO member