Women and Girls Club audit:
Can you spare two minutes of your time to complete the Women and Girls survey, which will help the Cricket Board identify any clubs that need additional support when it comes to developing their women and girls sections.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Y2WPHBK
If you wish to discuss more then please contact Ed Wilson, Women & Girls Development Officer at [email protected]
Oxfordshire Cricket is saddened to announce the passing of Roger Berryman. The former Oxfordshire and Oxford Downs Cricketer sadly passed away on Saturday 16th of January comforted by his wife Judith, and his three daughters, Sue, Helen and Gill.
Admired by the Oxfordshire Cricket Community, he was a fine spin bowler in his time, and later went on to become a significant contributor to the Oxfordshire Cricket Community serving as Secretary to Oxford Downs, and Finance Director for twenty-one years to Oxfordshire Cricket.
Chairman of the Board, Chris Clements had the following to say on his passing
“Today’s news about the passing of Roger Berryman has deeply saddened the Oxfordshire Cricket community. Rog made a huge contribution as a player and as an administrator, heavily influencing the shape of cricket in the County that exists today. Our thoughts go out to Judith, Sue, Helen, Gill and his grandchildren. He was truly a top man.”
Below are the funeral details, Covid rules mean that there is a cap on attendees, but there will be a video link circulated nearer the time.
February 1st
@ South Oxfordshire Memorial Park
2pm
Donations to the Lord Taverners
Funeral Details
With the sad passing of Roger Berryman last week, the family have passed on the details below in case anyone would like to watch the funeral online. Due to COVID restrictions, it will be a private funeral and it will take place on February 1st from 2PM.
Service Chapel
Chapel – South Oxfordshire
Website
Username
Vonu4369
Password
867904
Webcast:
Live Webcast & Watch Again
Dear Clubs,
Happy New Year, I hope you are well and you 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 club affiliation by following one of the two links below. which you can do by clicking here
For full membership click here
For affiliate membership click here
For a full summary of the affiliate and full membership package please click here.
If you have any questions please contact the Participation and Growth Team
The courses normally run by the Oxfordshire ACO are suspended pending the outcome of the
coronavirus pandemic. However, the ECB ACO has created two free online courses for aspiring
umpires. The courses are a great way for people to use during the current downtime and learn a new skill or brush up on their knowledge.
Basics of Umpiring
This course is aimed at umpires who simply want to learn the fundamental laws and basic field craft and those players who umpire 5 or 10 overs at the weekend. Book now,
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/911c7453-1d2a-45d1-9ab3-6ccd86e666b8
Umpire Stage One
This course is designed to give an overview of the basic Laws of the game as well as providing information on how to apply them and introduce the principles of field craft and match management. This course is an ideal introduction for new club umpires, a refresher for existing umpires and the first step for those who aspire to umpire at higher levels.
Associate membership for 2021 of the ECB ACO is included. Book now,
http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/fnqrf1
Scorers
For prospective or existing scorers there is also an online free entry level course is designed to provide you with all the skills needed to start scoring You don’t need any prior knowledge of scoring to participate.
The course covers the basics of scoring a game of cricket such as scoring symbols, umpire signals, dismissals and gives a helpful overview of the Laws of the game.
You can book on this course at, https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/501245fd-e917-45e8-827e-
f14d10a1d0cb
All of the above courses are FREE.
In a year that had so many negatives Oxfordshire Disability Cricket remained positive and strong throughout. It is, therefore, a great pleasure to announce that Josh Dean is our Player Of The Year for 2020. Josh only started playing cricket two years ago, is a regular at our Abingdon Hub and is an example to us all. Every week he takes a bus from Didcot to Abingdon, never misses a session and is always available when we have matches whether at Bicester or The Isle of Wight, Josh and his family will be there. Well done Josh a well deserved honour.
Written by Richard Giles
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 : –
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]