Ampthill Town Cricket Club

Youth Section

WINTER COACHING

Our Winter nets are done via the Mid Beds Youth Cricket Cluster

These take place at either Alameda Middle School or Marston Vale Middle School in Stewartby

For details & application forms please go to the Cluster Web Site

http://midbedycc.play-cricket.com

Please get involved with the Cluster & help Colts & Bedfordshire Cricket

Letter From Graeme Presswell

Dear Parent 

Ampthill Town CC Youth Section 2003 

In order to field competitive representative sides at U11, U13 & U15 next year, we are going to need more manpower in 2003.  Many thanks are due to those who helped this season, in particular to Barbara Blundell and Graeme Presswell, without who little cricket would have been played.  Thanks are also due to the principle coaches, Karl Howson, John Wakely, James Sneath and James Potter. 

Individual players will have more opportunity to improve if they can have more personal coaching.  At present our coach/player ratios make this difficult and in some group coaching sessions the coach can spend more time managing the group than coaching.  Although as a club we have more qualified coaches than any other club in the county, coaches have had difficulty making themselves available for matches and training due to work and playing commitments.  

We intend to increase the level of individual coaching for next season and a considerable amount of technical work on batting, bowling and fielding will be carried out during the close season.  This will be refined and reinforced during the playing season.  Our senior coaches will be more available next year with reduced county commitments and we hope to coordinate training so that our younger coaches can continue to contribute.  

BUT more help with managing sides and basic coaching would improve the overall performance of our youth sides. 

Parents can get involved and contribute in several ways.  Managers for each age group are essential, their major role being to ensure that teams turn up for matches and training when required. No specific cricket skills are required, just a little time and lots of enthusiasm. 

Parental help at training/net sessions can be invaluable, even if it is just helping with time management.  

If you want to get more involved, then you can become a coach yourself.  ECB level 1 courses are run regularly and involve 2 weekends and an assessment.  The club is able to fund the costs of this training so again all that is needed is a little time and lots of enthusiasm. 

If you are unable to make that level of commitment, the club intends to run a basic cricket skills course over a day which will make you a more than useful member of the coaching team next season.  Coaching for the junior age groups starts in November, so if you would like to be involved then please contact us. Your Club needs you!  

Contact Graeme Presswell on 01462-731011 if you would like any further information. 

Thanks To Our Sponsor

The Youth Section at Ampthill Town Cricket Club is once again sponsored by  Derek and Chris Durrant of Durrant Consulting Limited.

They are investigative construction and materials consultants dealing with all aspects of defects in buildings.

Please contact them at 9a Shefford Road, Clophill, Beds, MK45 4BT

Telephone:- 01525 862366, Fax:- 01525 862335,  E-mail :- consulting@durrantconsulting.com

We sincerely thank Derek & Chris for their continued generous support

National Westminster Bank Sponsor Youth Bowling Machine

Just before the Club's AGM, Mike Ganderton from our local National Westminster Bank, 8 Church Street, Ampthill presented the Club with a sponsorship cheque.

This covers the Club's purchase of a tennis ball bowling machine, which is idea for young cricketers to practice with.

Mike Thomas and Peter Sayer thanked Mr. Ganderton for the Bank's generous support of local youth cricket. 

PRACTICE

Practice for the Youth Sections take place up Ampthill Park on Saturday mornings for the Under 11 section & on Sunday mornings for the Under 13 & Under 15 sections. These sessions are usually under the watchful eye  of Karl Howson.

Karl can be contacted on (01234) 768504 or by E-mail at karl.howson@btinternet.com

The Under 11 section is looked after by Barbara Blundell (01525) 405996

The Manager for both the Under 13 & 15 is Graeme Presswell (01462) 731011 , E-mail at henlow@howorthshoes.co.uk 

The Under 13 coach is James Potter (01234) 309914 ,E-mail at jimpots@hotmail.com & the Under 15 coach is Simon Morrall (01234) 768665 ,E-mail at s-morrall@supanet.com 

Back to the Cricket Page

FRONT PAGE / HISTORY / AMPTHILL TODAY / FUTURE EVENTS / NEWS / TOWN COUNCIL / LOCAL GOVERNMENT / SHOP & BUSINESS DIRECTORY / SCHOOLS / CHURCHES / CRICKET CLUB / CRICKET FIXTURES / FESTIVAL / MUSIC FESTIVAL  / PHOTO'S OF PRESENT DAY AMPTHILL / MORE PHOTO'S OF PRESENT DAY AMPTHILL / HISTORICAL PHOTO'S OF AMPTHILL / MORE HISTORICAL PHOTO'S OF AMPTHILL / AMPTHILL 2000 VIDEO PROJECT  / LINKS / YOUTH MATTERS / QUIZZES / MARK SMITH'S HOMEPAGE / LEUKAEMIA & HEALTH LINKS

Back to the top of the Page

© Mark Smith 2000

(see My Online C.V.)