Dear Members,

Happy New Year, I hope that you and your families had a good christmas and new year break.

I am pleased to inform you that following the vote in favour of the membership proposal at the AGM in December, we are now in a position for you to renew your membership which you can do by clicking here. If you would like to be an affiliate membership click here

For a full summary of the affiliate and full membership package please click here.

If you currently have your membership set up via a direct debit, you will need to cancel that and move to a full membership package by clicking here.

If you have any questions please email Nick Pinhol at [email protected]

Best Wishes

Kind Regards

Nick

Oxfordshire umpire Linda Day has been accepted onto the ECB Panel for the coming Women’s
County Championship T20 tournament which will kick off the season from 25 th April.

She will join 20 or so other umpires from across the country in training sessions organised by ECB and ICC umpire Sue Redfern in preparation for the games.

Linda has been umpiring for a number of years in the OCA having completed ECB ACO training
courses at Stages 1,2 and 3 with Oxfordshire ACO and will stand in the amalgamated Cherwell League this coming season.

With new opportunities opening up in the women’s game for officials at all levels now is the time to get involved. If you are interested in umpiring or scoring, please contact Oxfordshire Association of Cricket Officials.

Anton Saverimuttu – [email protected] (Secretary)

Ian Royle – [email protected] (Development Officer – Umpires)

Helen Meardon – [email protected] (Scorers)

Following the announcement that Oxfordshire will be placed in Tier 4 restrictions until the 13th of January at the earliest, Oxfordshire Cricket have taken the tough decision to furlough members of the workforce and members of the coaching workforce under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

Apart from our schools programme, which is under review, all of our programmes are suspended consequently all members of the workforce will carry on working but in a greatly reduced capacity. This will have an impact on the responsiveness of the workforce to service the needs of the Oxfordshire Cricket Community. Email accounts will remain open but there will be a delay in responding.

Unfortunately due to the reduced capacity of the workforce, the members forum #1 which was due to take place at the end of January, will now be postponed to a later date, that date will be determined by the return of the workforce fulltime to prepare for the event. We will provide a further update in due course.

For any urgent enquiries that requires an immediate response please email [email protected] which will be monitored on a daily basis.

Chairman, Chris Clements said: ‘’The financial impact of not being able to run our winter programmes is considerable and we have decided that we need to take decisive action now to avoid eroding the financial position we have established. With that in mind all salaried staff will be placed on a one-day working week in January to cancel and re plan for a quick recovery, our coaches will also be furloughed during this period. ’’.

Chris Clements
On Behalf of the Board of Directors at OCB Ltd

To the Oxfordshire Cricket Community

As the holiday season is upon us, and another year comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year. Hopefully from a wider perspective, it is a year we will never experience again. From a cricket perspective, we collectively worked very hard to salvage something in the latter half of the season. We were lucky, others were not. We should share a thought for them and their families at Christmas time.

On behalf of Oxfordshire Cricket may we take this opportunity of wishing you all a safe and healthy Christmas and a New Year where we can look forward to normality.

Kind regards

Chris Clements

Chairman On behalf of the Directors

Edward Wilson Joins the Participation & Growth Team

Oxfordshire Cricket is pleased to announce that Edward Wilson has joined the workforce in a role as Women & Girls Cricket Development Officer.

Edward joins us having worked for Cambridge City Council as Cricket Development Officer from 2006 to 2008, he has over 10 years of sales experience, mostly gained through working at EON and also held roles at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and CricHQ, where he was developing live scoring apps for schools and clubs. Being a keen cricketer, Edward is currently undergoing his Level 3 Coaching certificate. Edward coaches the girls cricket at his local club in Warwickshire and in 2018 coached Kibworth CC (Leics) Ladies team.

The Women’s & Girls’ Cricket Development Officer role is central to the continued and successful growth of the women’s and girls’ game within Oxfordshire. Edward Wilson’s key responsibilities will be to : –

• Engage with and developing new and existing female sections within cricket clubs to grow the number of women & girls’ playing cricket
• Increase the girls only offering at cricket clubs using the All Stars and Dynamos programme
• Deliver increased girls participation in schools through Chance to Shine and Lady Taverners programmes
• Deliver and grow the playing opportunities for women and girls’ year round. Including the implementation of a girl’s league programme, as well as increasing the number of female coaches, officials and volunteers.
• Drive cricket to become a truly gender-neutral sport

On joining Oxfordshire Cricket Edward said – ‘I’m looking forward to working with clubs across the county to improve and create additional opportunities for Women and Girls to develop a passion for the sport. It’s a really exciting time for Women and Girls Cricket and I’m looking forward to working with your club to grow the women’s game!’

Please join us in welcoming Edward to his new role, he is contactable by mobile on 07814272681, and email [email protected]

Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to announce the release of our 2020 Handbook.

Every year we put out the Oxfordshire Cricket Handbook which summarises everything we have done over the past year and also highlights some areas to look forward to in the future. The newest edition is available below.

An electronic version of the handbook can be viewed by clicking on the attachment below

A hard copy of the 2020 Handbook is available for purchase by clicking here

If you have any enquiries with regards to the Handbook please contact our Marketing & Commercial Manager – Nick Pinhol [email protected]

If you are a full member you can get a hard copy free of charge.

*Updated on 8th December 2020

Please see the updated guidelines for cricket indoors, these can be viewed for England and Wales by seeing the attachment.

The purpose of these guidelines is to offer practical guidance to venues, coaching providers and clubs on the steps they should take while undertaking cricket indoors. They should be read in conjunction with latest UK and Welsh Government regulations but please note these guidelines could change in response to the current COVID-19 Alert Level or other Government advice in both areas. It is essential that venues, coaching providers and clubs follow the guidance for their particular country, as the updates are different between England and Wales.

In order to keep cricket going as it moves indoors, there will need to be adaptations in place for all, including venues, coaching providers, players, parents/carers, spectators and officials. Those adaptations relate to activity prior to, during and after cricket activity.

Indoor Guidance 2020

As per the AGM notice on the 24th of November, this years AGM will take place on Monday the 14th of December from 7PM on Zoom.
Just a reminder, if you wish to attend please email [email protected] to confirm your attendance so that you can receive the zoom link.

Please click on the attached PDF document below to view the 2020 AGM Pack

2020 AGM Pack

In the last few hours the popular cricket magazine “The Cricketer” announced its annual Schools Guide for 2021. The annual guide sees them list the top 100 secondary schools and 50 leading prep schools in the country. For the first time, they have now also released the top 20 all-girls schools in the country for cricket.

Every year sees The Cricketer go through a long and exhaustive process which sees over 350 schools submit applications to be considered. Each school entry is said to be judged against an extensive selection criteria, which includes the quality of facilities, commitment to cricket in their curriculum, and the breadth of fixtures in their programme.

Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to learn that the following prep schools in Oxfordshire have been named in the top 50 prep schools in the country:

Top 50 Prep Schools

Abingdon Prep
Dragon School
Cothill House
Moulsford

Oxfordshire Cricket would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the schools named above, it is a fantastic achievement to be named in top 50 schools in the country in such a prestigious magazine. All the schools in Oxfordshire play a crucial role in Oxfordshire Cricket having a good player pathway, which therefore enables us to produce talented cricketers as long as we continue to deliver a great programme alongside them.

To view the full list click here

In the last few hours the popular cricket magazine “The Cricketer” announced its annual Schools Guide for 2021. The annual guide sees them list the top 100 secondary schools and 50 leading prep schools in the country. For the first time, they have now also released the top 20 all-girls schools in the country for cricket.

Every year sees The Cricketer go through a long and exhaustive process which sees over 350 schools submit applications to be considered. Each school entry is said to be judged against an extensive selection criteria, which includes the quality of facilities, commitment to cricket in their curriculum, and the breadth of fixtures in their programme.

Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to learn that the following secondary schools, and prep schools in Oxfordshire have been named in the top 100 secondary schools, and top 50 prep schools in the country:

Top 100 Secondary Schools

Abingdon School
Burford School
Radley College
St Edwards School

Oxfordshire Cricket would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the schools named above, it is a fantastic achievement to be named in top 100 schools in the country in such a prestigious magazine. All the schools in Oxfordshire play a crucial role in Oxfordshire Cricket having a good player pathway, which therefore enables us to produce talented cricketers as long as we continue to deliver a great programme alongside them.