Bury CC achieve Clubmark

 

Bury Cricket Club have recently achieved the ECB and Sport England Clubmark Accreditation offering a Safe, Effective and Child Friendly environment at the club.

 

Report Season 2004

 

The junior teams have been consistently successful for a number of years and have gained recognition throughout the region for the quality of the players and teams. 2004, however, proved to be the most successful year ever both in terms of team and individual achievement.

 

U11     Bury and District League Winners

          Malcolm Grime Memorial Cup Runners Up

U12     Salford Youth League 8^th Place

U13     Central Lancashire League Runners Up

          Walshaw 6s Winners

U14     Salford Youth League Runners Up

          Salford Youth Cup Winners

U15     Central Lancashire League Winners

U16     Salford Youth League Winners

U18     Manchester Association SC Reakes Cup Winners

 

Individual Performances include:

• Mark Hague and Zeeshan Anwar 100s for U16s

• Arshad Khan Hat-Trick for U16s

• James McGahan (U18) 100 for 2^nd XI vs. South West Manchester and 5 wickets in JC Worthington 2^nd XI Cup Final.

• Zeeshan Anwar (U15) 5-10 for 2^nd XI vs. Swinton Moorside and 56 for 2^nd XI vs. Hindley St. Peters

• Ammar Baig (U15) 51 for 2^nd XI vs. Bolton

• James Bell (U16) 92* for 3^rd XI vs. Swinton Moorside

• Danny Pawson (U13) 50* for 3^rd XI vs. Bickershaw

• An U13 team undertook a ‘mini-tour’ to Nottingham, where they won a match against Wollaton CC. It is hoped that this is the first step towards building a successful relationship with Wollaton CC.

Representative Cricket

 

The number of players who were selected to play representative cricket continues to be a source of great pride.

 

Three players, Ammar Baig, Mark Hague and Danny Pawson, are members of their respective Lancashire County Squads. Ammar and Danny toured with the county during the season. Ammar played a leading part in securing the National U15 Championship for Lancashire at Oundle, Peterborough. Jonathan McGahan, Jonty Poward, Alistair Maxwell and Lewis Jarvis also took part in final trials for Lancashire.

 

Mark Hague represented Lancashire East in the Lancashire Festival and Ammar Baig made very significant contributions to the Lancashire U15s side that won this competition at Old Trafford.

 

A considerable number of players were selected to play representative cricket.

• Simon Belston, Mark Hague and James McGahan were chosen to represent the Manchester Association at U18 Level.

• U15 Central Lancashire League Ammar Baig and Kevin Tebay

• U15 Salford Youth League Zeeshan Anwar

• U11 Bury and District League Lewis Jarvis, Daniel Reiss, Alex Breckin and Abdullah Khan

 

Ammar Baig and Jonty Poward played for the Bury U15 Town Team. Jonathan McGahan, Nicholas Spruce, Alistair Maxwell, Joel Reiss, Craig Hickford and Danny Pawson were selected for the U13 town team that reached the semi-final of their competition.

 

The abilities of the management team continue to be recognised. Matthew Metcalfe is a member of the Management Committee of the Manchester Association and is the U18 team manager. Peter McGahan is the manager of the Bury and District U11 Representative Team and is the competition organiser. Les Horton is a member of the steering committee of the Bury Cricket Development Group.

 

Other Activities

 

During the winter, coaching sessions were held at the Indoor Sports Centre at Lancashire County Cricket Club. Outdoor practice nights were held during the Summer. Lancashire Coach Paul Taylor was hired for 12 weeks, and he also ran a Summer School, which proved popular, but was blighted by the weather. A specialist wicket-keeping coach, John Partington, was also brought in to work with the players.

 

Throughout the season advantage was taken of concessions given by Lancashire County Cricket Club to take groups of juniors to one day matches. This is another vehicle for building club spirit and more active volunteer participation.

 

For the third successive year a tournament was organised for local primary schools. This year’s Cole’s Trophy winners were Park View Primary School, who went on to represent the Borough at the regional final at Lancashire Cricket Club. The event was supported and sponsored by Bury Sports Development Unit.

 

Awards for All Grant

 

Thanks to the efforts of the junior section the club was able to secure an Awards for All Grant of £4000, to improve coaching facilities and aid player development. This has been of great benefit to the club and had been used to purchase the following:

 

• Bowling Machine

• Video Camera

• Coaching Courses for Volunteers

• Purchase of Miscellaneous Equipment

Club Mark Accreditation

 

We have recently received news that the club has achieved the nationally recognised, Sport England promoted, Club Mark. This award recognises that the club is following good practice in terms of child protection, equity and coaching. Bury is one of the first clubs in the region to achieve this prestigious award.

 

Future Developments

 

The club is committed to a progressive development programme, which aims to improve the quality of its provision for junior players. Proposed future developments include:

• Further development of coaching, making full utilisation of the net facility at the club, with emphasis on the development of higher order skills for those junior players who are making the transition to senior cricket.

• Support Bury Cricket Development Group in its appointment of a cricket coach for the Borough. This would help promote school-club links and the recruitment and development of more children to the sport.

• A review of the age groups of teams to enhance the cricket development of individual players.

The club can be contacted on-

 

E-Mail- burycricket@btinternet.com

Website- www.bury.cricket.btinternet.co.uk