Lancashire Cricket Board: LCB achieve ECB Targets for 2011-12

LCB achieve ECB Targets for 2011-12
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Dipesh Asher on 29/11/2012 15:31:00

The Lancashire Cricket Board (LCB) has met its England & Wales Cricket Board
(ECB) Targets for the sixth year in a row setting new records.

This involves a huge amount of work by the Board, staff, volunteers within clubs
and support from our partners including the County Sport Partnerships of Greater
Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, all 27 local authorities and Lancashire
County Cricket Club itself.
Andrew Hayhurst (Managing Director or the LCB) commented: “The biggest thanks
must go to our Cricket Development Managers (CDMs) and Cricket Support Officers
(CSOs) for their commitment to the completion of this planning process and the
huge task of ensuring that all these figures are accurate and signed off.
“I must also thank all our Focus Clubs, 122 of them, who have provided and
ratified this information. Although they do benefit from officer time, direct
funding and in a lot of cases, new facilities, it is a rigorous process to go
through during a busy cricket season and we are always grateful for that.”
The measurement of Participation, Club Accreditation, Club Membership, Coaching
and Volunteer roles is an ongoing process which has produced the following
results:
2011
2012
Difference
Variance (%)
Points
Participation
49,117
51,399
2,282
+5
1
Club Accreditation
119
122
3
+3
1
Club Membership
17,320
17,559
239
+1
1
Coaching Roles
3,146
3,244
98
+3
1
Volunteer Roles
7,234
7,364
130
+2
1
This means that within the 122 Focus Club clusters involved in this process,
over 50,000 people play cricket and there have been increases in qualified
coaches, members and those prepared to volunteer. Set against the fact that
there are nearly another 300 clubs affiliated that actively participated in
cricket during the 2012 season, it is safe to say that over 60,000 are heavily
involved. Over 15,000 of these are girls.
This does not happen by accident and since 2006, participation has risen by over
35,000 and there are now more than 6,000 extra club members. This is due to the
work of the staff recruited over this period.
Added to this, £3.4 million in direct grants has been invested via the LCB into
Focus Clubs for facilities. This is a remarkable achievement and has provided
clubs with new pavilions, changing rooms, net areas and pitches. Total project
costs here exceed £5.5 million.
The bottom line is quite simple. Without this work, the LCB would not be
sufficiently funded to carry out any of its main development activity and it is
worth, with match funding, over £1.2m.