Player Recruitment - New Zealand Cricket

elevens into the MILO national primary schools’ cricket competitions – theMILO CUP [boys] and MILO SHIELD [girls]. These attract well over 300school entries per year and provide the main reason for many schools toset up a team. They play the preliminary rounds within their local cricketassociation and if they are successful have the chance to advance to anational finals tournament. The MILO Cup and Shield are now consideredan integral part of the development pathway for young cricketers.These two national contests have spawned a series of similar localcompetitions. They are often played in regional clusters with participatingschools located within close proximity to each another [eg. MILO Trophyand MILO League in Christchurch].All these contests have assisted raise the PROFILE of the game inprimary and intermediate schools and given their students the chance torepresent their school in cricket against other schools in their localcommunity, and in many cases beyond.8. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTYoung players need to beacknowledged for theirefforts. The PLAYERGIVEAWAYS that form partof the MILO Have-A-GoCricket and MILO KiwiCricket programmes havebeen designed with this inmind as well as to encouragetheir ongoing participation.The contribution of juniorplayers can beacknowledged throughnewsletters,localnewspapers, participation certificates, player-of-the-day awards, andletters of congratulations. In schools,team results and player performancescan also be read in assemblies.Schools and cricket clubs should beproud of the achievements of theirteams and players and these shouldbe used to advertise and promote thequality of the game and itsparticipants within your school or club.Affiliation to cricket within a school orclub can be reinforced by providing,20