Cricket in the Community

The Waitrose Community Partnership Scheme has presented Havant Cricket Club with £510 towards junior cricket.

The Club offers junior cricket for boys and girls in the U9, U11, U13, and U15 age groups. Two dedicated training nights are held weekly alongside matches played in the South East Hampshire Leagues. The Club has many juniors playing at both a district and county level.

All junior cricket is run by qualified coaches, supported by enthusiastic volunteers.

There will be ‘Colts Day’ on Thursday 7 August in Havant Park, which provides an opportunity for juniors of all ages to play together. The club will also run “Summer Coaching Camps” from the 28 July – 22 August at Havant Park.

The Club has strong links within the community and local schools. Colts Coordinator Ron Hodgson, is involved in the “Chance to Shine” project in local schools and with England players, Charlotte Edwards and Heather Knight, will be visiting and helping in local schools, on 18 June at Bosmere, Trosnant, Bidbury, St.Albans and St.Johns Rowlands Castle. Mike Plollard from the Hampshire Cricket Board will join the group for the afternoon. The Club has twice been awarded the ECB’s ‘Clubmark’ and has declared its intention this summer to become one of the only clubs in the county to have received this award for a third time. For more information on the Club’s junior cricket contact Ron Hodgson on ron.hodgson@hotmail.co.uk or Peter Hopson on hoppy1989@ hotmail.co.uk. Visit www.havantcc.playcricket. com for more details on the Club.

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