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JULY 2014 ECB U15 National Club Championship County winners

Have your say… We still need more club members, volunteers, players, spectators, family members – anyone that is involved with the game – to complete Southill Park U15s brought home the first trophy of the season the National Cricket Playing Survey with a well executed 7 wicket victory over Bedford in the ECB at: http://ecb.co.uk/survey. We will be National Club Championship’s County stages. They will now go making decisions on the future of cricket in through to the National Knock-Out Competition playing Weldon based on the survey results so we CC (Under 15 Northants Club winners) away on Sunday 6th need your views. You can win prizes, including July at 1pm. The Under 13 County stage final will be played signed bats, shirts and pairs of tickets to an on Friday 4th July at 6pm (also at Southill Park CC) between v India Royal London ODI. Beds Cricket Luton Town & Indians CC and Bedford CC. The winners will play is also offering prizes – cricket sets and cash the Essex winner away on Sunday 13th July. prizes of £100 to the clubs that have the highest completion rates.

Bedfordshire Cricket Luton T20 Lord’s Taverners City Cup Competition The competition got underway in June with players from throughout Bedfordshire taking part in four teams – Luton Lions, Pumas, Sharks and Tigers. All teams play each other in T20-style matches (Fridays at Luton Town and Indians CC, Bedfordshire Cricket’s inaugural Under 14 Cricket Festival will Wardown Park at 5.45pm). Wins so far have been take place Tuesday 5-Thursday 7 August 2014. The Tigers (v Lions), Pumas (v Sharks) and Tigers (v tournament promises to be a feast of cricket with teams from Sharks). The competition offers promising local London, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire playing cricketers the opportunity to begin a fast-track on three of the most picturesque grounds in the county at Southill career to the professional game and the best Park, Ickwell and Clifton. At the end of play the 60 boys plus their player will be awarded a contract with the MCC management team will make their way to Shuttleworth College, Young Cricketers. The Luton final (the two top Old Warden where they will be fed, watered and rested for the next teams) will take place on Friday 1st August. day’s game. We hope for fine weather, good competitive cricket A Luton select XI will then go forward to play a and an enjoyable experience for all those involved. select XI from Leicester in a quarter final which will take place in August. Chance to Compete tournaments

Bedfordshire Year 6 Kwik Cricket Competition It was an action-packed June for schools in Bedfordshire with Finals Day County Finals being held for several age groups in the Chance to Shine Chance to Compete Competition. This national secondary An impressive 80 boys and 70 girls took part school competition is aimed at giving state school children an in the Finals Day in June at Flitwick CC. The opportunity to play competitive cricket. Over 160 girls from across competition aims to provide children of all levels the county took part in the Super 8s Girls’ Competition held at of ability and experience with an opportunity Biddenham International School & Sports College, Bedford and to regularly participate in a fun introduction to Westfield Middle School, Bedford. The Under 13s was won by cricket and to encourage fair play by all. William Challney High School for Girls, Luton (with Woodland Middle Austin Junior School, Luton came out on top in School, Flitwick in second and Lincroft Middle School, Oakley the mixed competition and Linslade , in third place) and the Under 15s was won by Sharnbrook Leighton Buzzard won the girls’ competition. Upper School, Bedford (pictured) (with Hastingsbury Business Everyone was impressed with the standards of & Enterprise College, Kempston in second and Biddenham play and the spirit in which the game was played. International School & Sports College, Bedford in third place). The winning schools will now go to the regional Winners now go on to represent Bedfordshire at the regional finals finals on 9th July. Good luck to both schools! on July 9th at Springfield Cricket Club, Chelmsford. Town Cricket Club hosted the Under 13 Boys Chance to Compete Super 8s with 7 schools taking part. Alameda Middle School, Coach Education 2015 Ampthill won with Arnold Academy, Barton-le-Clay in second and Denbigh High School, Luton in third place. Alameda will now go In 2015, Bedfordshire Cricket will be running a on to play in the regional finals. Coach Support Worker course, an ECB Certificate in Coaching Children course (Level 2) and three CPD Child Bedfordshire Schools Workshops for Level 2 coaches. For further Summer Games details go to: http://www.bedscricket. co.uk/page/coaching/coach- The Bedfordshire Schools Summer Games Year 4 Final was recently education-programme-2015/coach- held at Bedford International Athletics Stadium. Over 150 schools education-programme-2015-2676/ or entered local competitions which came down to 8 regional winners contact Brad Matthews on 07884 060907 or competing in the Finals Day. Downside Primary School, Luton were [email protected]. the deserved winners on the day (with Greenleas Lower School, Leighton Buzzard in second and Great Barford Lower School in third place). Well done to all participants for a day played in good spirits. Free Summer Cricket Camps Bedfordshire County Bedfordshire Cricket, in association with Bedfordshire & Luton Crimebeat, is running two T20 Cup Competition free cricket summer camps for boys and girls Bedfordshire Cricket’s new county-wide 20/20 cup competition is in Luton: Monday 28th July-Friday 1 progressing with the zonal finals being played later this month. August in Parkside Drive, Houghton The Finals Day (including Semi-Finals) will be on Sunday 14th Regis and Monday 11-Thursday 14 September 2014 at Flitwick CC. The winners will receive August at Lower Wardown Park. prize money of £1000, with £500 to the runners-up and £250 to Morning and afternoon sessions are available semi-finalists. Further details of results and forthcoming fixtures – ages 8-12 9.30am-12pm and ages 13-17 can be found at: http://bedst20cup.play-cricket.com/ 1-3.30pm. No equipment is required and no prior booking is necessary. For further information email [email protected]. Asian Cricket Awards A First for Girls Club ECB in association with Cricket Inventive Sports are bringing the first Asian Cricket Awards to Teams from Bedford CC, Queens Park Youth CC, Lord’s on 7th October 2014 to Blunham CC and Luton Town & Indians CC entered help celebrate the tremendous the Lady Taverners U13 Girls Club Competition. In contribution to the sport by the first year Bedfordshire have run this national British Asians. Closing date for 8 a side, soft ball competition, Blunham CC nominations is Sunday 31st beat Luton Town & Indians CC and Bedford CC August 2014. For awards criteria and to complete a nomination prevailed against Queens Park Youth CC and will form go to: www.asiancricketawards.co.uk meet in the final at The Bury on Wednesday 2nd July 6pm to find a winner to represent the county in the regional stage of the tournament. National Cricket Week Well done to all four clubs for raising teams and good luck to the girls who will go on to represent the county in the next round.

Junior cricketers playing in open age cricket Clubs please note that players are able to play in Open Age Cricket if they are Under 12, deemed to be of outstanding calibre for their age, are able to cope emotionally, have the written consent of their parents and if the league rules permit. All these factors are part of the ECB guidelines, for further information go to: http://www. ecb.co.uk/ecb/directives-guidelines/ ecb-recommendations-for-junior- Schools all over the country recently celebrated cricket during cricket,501,BP.html National Cricket Week, sponsored by Yorkshire Tea. Nationally, over 1,000 schools took part in this Chance to Shine event with 21 Bedfordshire schools signing up. The schools organised Bedfordshire Kwik Cricket games and tournaments played between classes County Cricket to celebrate the week. One school, , Dunstable in partnership with Luton Town & Indians CC Club July Fixtures organised a Disability Cricket Festival at Wardown Park. Three Sun/Mon/Tue 6-8 July: V Cumberland at Furness other schools took part: St John’s School, Kempston; Woodlands Secondary School, Luton and , Sun/Mon/Tue 20-22 July: V Cambridgeshire at and despite the rain, everyone played Table Cricket, Dice Cricket and an adapted Kwik Cricket game. Sun/Mon/Tue 27-29 July: V Norfolk at Manor Park, Norwich

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