Hitting the Seam - Ecb

. Shropshire UKCC1 courses torun at Wrekin College (November2011) and Ellesmere College(February 2012) plus a UKCC2and Working in Schools moduleat BRJ College in March 2012 tosupport club workforces after thecompletion of the 34 onlinedevelopment plans.84 coaches attended 45UKCC1 and 39 UKCC2 coursesduring 2010/11 Coach Educationseason. There are now more than270 CA members.At the OSCAs/CA Awardsevening in May, the Sky SportsCoach Award nominees wereBridgnorth CC’s Rob Hughes:Young Coach, SCB EPP headcoach David Nock: OutstandingCoaching Achievement, andWellington CC’s Norman Ross:Outstanding Services andContribution to Cricket.The SCB CA now has its ownsection of the new SCB website(shropshirecricketboard.co.uk),regular updates in the SCBNewsletter and a new ‘CoachesCorner’ section in the newsletter,where coaches give advice, tipsand drills (using ‘Howzat’).The ‘Howzat’ rollout evening,planned for July, is to be rescheduledfor the winter.Ian Gregory attended theNational Tutor & AssessorTraining at Cardiff and willsupport up-and-coming coursesdelivered in the county with aview to becoming a fullyaccredited ECB tutor.Women’s & Girl’s go fromstrength to strength, over 150girls took part in festivals andtournaments this summer. QuattCC was host to Shropshire’s firstgirls-only Young Leaders coursewith 10 youngsters from clubsand schools across the county,tutored by Shropshire Women’sLouise Pugh.The SCB have completed anaudit of disability cricket forfuture planning.. Staffordshire are running 4UKCC1, 3 UKCC2 courses and aClub Coach course. 6 CDWsover 3 weekends (November,December and January).Ongoing ‘Howzat’ Orientationsessions to the CountyDevelopment Groups.An executive team made upof: Women and Girls, CoachEducation, EPP Head Coach(Academy) and District has beenestablished.A programme of interactiveevents for CA members is inplace. 2 sessions have takenplace with positive feedback.Sessions on a variety ofsubjects will be delivered toClub Coaches, for help theirongoing development.The CA monthly magazine(Knot Out) has articles providinginformation to assist memberswith their coaching.Women’s and Girls’ cricket isnow represented on theManagement Board.There will be a school-basedKwik Cricket competition givinggirls the chance to play cricketand as a result a playerdevelopment programme hasbeen designed. Each cricketdevelopment group will berunning a six week programmeof activity in the summer and atwelve week programmethrough the winter.Staffordshire enters threeteams into the national ECBcompetitions (U13, U15 andU17) with a development squadat the U11 age group.The senior Women’s Countysquad relies on a strong countyage-group structure to becomesuccessful in the CountyChampionship. StaffordshireCricket Limited has committedfunding for the development ofa high quality playerdevelopment programmemanaged by a minimum Level 3coach.. Wales are planning 11UKCC1 and 5 UKCC2 coursesthis Winter, plus about 20CDWs before May 2012.. Warwickshire have scheduled3 UKCC1, 2 UKCC2, 6 CDWs, 1Club Coach Award, 4 Cricketfor Teachers Courses, 2Secondary School Insets and 4ECB Young Leaders Courses.At the recent AGM, DavidEagle was re-elected asChairman and Gary Steer asSecretary. Alan Hyatt (KingsHeath CC) appointed Treasurer,Richard Daniels (Four OaksSaints CC) is the new ECB CAregional representative, MarkEvenson (S&C), Darren Franklin(South Birmingham), MalcolmHandy (North Birmingham),Andy Wyles (Solihull), KarlBowes (Coventry) and DennisOakes (N&E) are joining thecommittee as arearepresentatives.The WCB CA rewardedcounty, district and communitycoaches by inviting them to theClydesdale Bank Pro40 matchversus Surrey.There will be a three hourworkshop on coaching 7-11 yearolds. Aimed at club coaches itwill cover batting, bowling andgames.. Worcestershire - will run 2UKCC1, 2 UKCC2 courses andall CDWs. Tom Hill (CDO) hasattended Tutor Training and joinsthe workforce of Tutors.Neville Mason (Redditch CC)and Jon Roe have taken over asCA Chairman and Secretaryrespectively until the AGM.All 4 District Development Groupmeetings have been attended,and the groups have beeninvited to inform the CA whatservices they would like.Sky Sports Coach Awards:Les Bishop has been nominatedfor Services to Cricket Award,Gavin Haynes for OutstandingCoaching and Derek Russell forOutstanding Services to Cricket.Retiring President: BobCarter, Chairman: Dennis Duffy,Secretary: Bob Bradley, and SkySports Award nominees weretreated to a day at the Worcs vLancs LV County Championshipmatch, with their partners.Lunch in the marquee, and apresentation made to each.A Workshop / Social eveningwas held at Stourbridge CricketClub on the 13th October, whenBen Smith, Worcs CCC FieldingCoach, talked about his career inthe first class game and alsomodern fielding practices.Ben SmithThe CA’s AGM will be held at theOld Elizabethans CC on the 1stDecember at 7.30pm, includinga demonstration of ‘Howzat’.ECB CA Membership:SOUTH WEST. Cornwall will run 2 UKCC2s,1 either side of Christmas 2011.UKCC4 Coach and UKCC3Tutor, Sean Hooper, delivered 6well attended CDWs.. Devon will run 2 UKCC1, 2UKCC2 courses plus all theCDWs. Scott Chappell hasreturned from Gloucestershireand joins the Coach Educationteam, and Matt Hunt has donehis tutor training / assessing.The Devon Youth CricketFoundation are again offeringsupport to applicants attendingCDWs.Tim Ward, Adam Parker, PatSteward and Trevor Griffin are inthe process of completing theirUKCC3 courses. District wintercoaching programmes areplanned or have already started.District CoachingAssociations were asked, viaDistrict Development Groups, toget clubs to nominatecandidates for the SSCAs, andafter vetting, should make theirnominations to the CA.The CA Chair has attendedand is to attend the remainingDistrict Coaches’ Associationmeetings. The CA met with therepresentatives of the 4Districts, and with Women’s andDisabilities Coaches. An E-newsletter will be publishedbefore Christmas, and thewebsite will continue to beupdated.There will be a 3-6 hourmodule, just before the newcricket season for Club15