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Junior Cricket ers playing in Adult Matches
Introduction
The ECB has issued the following guidance covering the
participation of young cricketers in adult matches. This
guidance applies to boys and girls and any reference to
he/his should be interpreted to include she/her. Age
groups are based on the age of the player at midnight on
31st August in the year preceding the current season.
Guidance for Clubs and Leagues
All clubs must recognise that they have a duty of care
towards all young players who are representing the club.
This duty of care also extends to Leagues that allow the
participation of young players in adult teams in their League. The duty of care should be interpreted in two ways:
• Not to place a young player in a position that involves
an unreasonable risk to that young player, taking account of the circumstances of the match and the relative skills of the player.
• Not to create a situation that places members of the opposing side in a position whereby they cannot
play cricket as they would normally do against
adult players.
In addition the following specific requirements apply to
young players in adult matches:
• All young players who have not reached their 18th
birthday must wear a helmet with a faceguard when
batting and when standing up to the stumps when
keeping wicket. Parental consent not to wear a helmet
should not be accepted in adult matches. A young
player acting as a runner must also wear a helmet
even if the player he is running for is not doing so. Focus clubs - Groundsmen please read
" Please ensure that you, or a deputy, attends the next Worcestershire
Association of Groundsmen's meeting to be held at Old Elizabethans CC in
Worcester at 8pm on Thursday 3rd April. The main purpose of this meeting
will be for Roy Maclaren, the WCB's Pitch advisor, to explain the
process behind a Free Facilities Audit that will be carried out for each
Focus Club during May 2008 as a pre-cursor to the Pitch Quality Standard
exercise that 10 clubs who are planned to be a part of during the
Summer"
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"Time to Listen " Courses for Welfare officers - details under Child Welfare
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ LADY TAVERNERS U15 COMPETITION - PHOTOGRAPHS HERE ________________________________________________________________________________________
SCORERS REQUIRED
We urgently need scorers for County and District Age group matches this summer. If you are able to volunteer for this role please contact either Chris Marsh on 01905 337946 or 07734 247076 OR Richard Wood 01905 427608.
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Coach Development Workshop to be delivered by Richard Hadley on behalf of WCB.This is an extra course arranged specifically for coaches of East Worcestershire clubs as requested at the Development Group meeting. More details here
Please remember to book through richard.hadley@wccc.co.uk or contact him direct on 07828 535741
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FIXTURES - Any Worcestershire club wanting late fixtures, please contact Sheila Price on 0121 -550-3884 who will put you in touch with any other local or Touring clubs looking for matches __________________________________________________________________________________________________
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WCB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday 20 th February 2008 at 7.30pm - Agenda, Letter informing clubs of AGM and WCB Constitution amendments. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Download the ECB AO Application form here ______________________________________________________________________________________________ |
New rules for County Junior Club pairs and 11-a-side here ________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Flood relief - details from ECB ________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Umpires - ECB OA Training sessions - more details here ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Worcestershire Cricket Coaches Association Coach Education Programme and application form now available on WCCA page here... _______________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Annual affliation fees & details of affliated packages - click here ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Further news on the issue of young players is that from 2007 any player under 18 years of age batting or standing up when wicket keeping MUST wear a helmet and the ECB has now come out and said that the parental consents previously used are NO LONGER to be accepted by clubs. Also, if a young player acts as a runner, he must wear a helmet even if the adult player he is acting for is NOT wearing one. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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NatWest Cricket Force 2007 was a great successs -For news and pictures click here ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Register of Worcestershire scorers - the WCUSA is seeking to compile a list of scorers in the Worcestershire area. For more details please click here ________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
The England and Wales Cricket Trust welcomes eligible ECB affiliated cricket clubs with junior sections to consider an interest-free loan to assist in the development of facilities on their ground Click here to visit their site ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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