Stoke-on-trent sport and physical activity strategy 2009-2016

CricketOverview113. The supply / demand balance for cricket is harder to assess than for footballbecause a high proportion of the cricket demand is met from clubs operatingoutside the authority’s boundaries. About 40% of the sites used by <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent residents are outside the boundaries (9 sites from a total of 21 cricketpitches in and around the City).114. The following map (Figure 21) shows the distribution of cricket pitches insecure community use both within the City and on the City’s boundaries.Many of these sites are owned/managed by the cricket clubs, with only arelatively small number being under the control of the City Council.115. The clubs included within the assessment for cricket are as follows:Clubs within <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-TrentBurslem Cricket ClubCaverswall Cricket ClubFenton Cricket ClubHanford Cricket ClubHem HeathLongton Cricket ClubJ G Meakin Cricket ClubNorton Cricket ClubSandyford Cricket ClubSneyd Cricket ClubStaffordshire University Mens (<strong>Stoke</strong>)Staffordshire University Womens (<strong>Stoke</strong>)Clubs outside <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-TrentBagnall Cricket ClubBarlaston Cricket ClubBlythe Cricket ClubEndon Cricket ClubKidsgrove Cricket ClubKnypersley Cricket ClubMeir Heath Cricket ClubNortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 311Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009-2016October 2009