In order to provide players and parents with further information on the make-up of the 2018 cricket season, our latest edition of the Warwickshire Player Pathway bulletin covers the following:
- TRIALS & FIXTURES – SUMMER 2018
- DISTRICT CRICKET (BOYS ONLY) – SUMMER 2018
- ECB REGIONAL AND COUNTY COMPETITION DATES 2018
- PARENTS FORUM – Saturday 10th February 2018
- PARENTS & SCORING
TRIALS & FIXTURES SUMMER 2018
Our County Age Group Management Team are working hard on fixtures and venues at the moment, and hope to provide a good picture of the season by the second week in February.
Towards the end of February most (if not all) of the boys, girls and womens fixtures will found at the following play-cricket sites online. Note that some fixtures are already added, but please do not consider this final until the fuller programmes appear in the second/third week of February.
- BOYS U10 to U17 – www.warwickshirecb.play-cricket.com
- ALL GIRLS & WOMEN – www.warwickshirewomen.play-cricket.com
- BOYS U19 & ACADEMY – www.warksacademy.play-cricket.com
Outdoor summer trials for specific age groups are as follows:
- U11 GIRLS
- Sunday 29th April King Edwards School, Birmingham (outdoor)
- U13 GIRLS
- Sunday 29th April King Edwards School, Birmingham (outdoor)
- U15 GIRLS
- Sunday 6th May King Edwards School, Birmingham (outdoor)
- U17 GIRLS
- SELECTED FROM THE WINTER PROGRAMME
- U10 BOYS
- TBC Edgbaston Cricket Centre (indoor)
- U11 BOYS
- Sunday 29th April Solihull School (outdoor)
- U12 BOYS
- Sunday 29th April Solihull School (outdoor)
- U13 BOYS
- Sunday 6th May Warwick School (outdoor)
- U14 BOYS
- Sunday 6th May Warwick School (outdoor)
- U15 BOYS
- Sunday 29th April & Monday 7th May Solihull School & Southam CC
- U17 DEV BOYS
- Sunday 22nd April Halesowen CC (outdoor)
- U17 BOYS
- SELECTED FROM THE WINTER PROGRAMME
- U19 BOYS
- SELECTED FROM THE WINTER PROGRAMME
DISTRICT CRICKET 2018 (BOYS)
The district programme for boys continues to run across four centres of the county, Birmingham, Warwick, Solihull and Coventry. From these squads, Warwickshire ‘B teams’ at U12, U14 and U16 level will be selected during May and June 2018, following the first round of District matches. The summer district programme is outlined below:
- U12
- Wednesday 30th May to Friday 1st June inclusive
- Monday 23rd July to Thursday 26th July inclusive
- U14
- Wednesday 30th May to Friday 1st June inclusive
- Monday 30th July to Thursday 2nd August inclusive
- U16
- Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th June inclusive
- Monday 6th August to Thursday 9th August inclusive
ECB FINALS & REGIONAL DATES
County age group players from boys and girls squads are scouted throughout the various winter and summer programmes and fixtures, and potentially then invited to trial or play for the regional representative squads.
- BOYS – ECB U15 County Age Group Finals
- Wednesday 15th August (1/4 Final)
- Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd August (Semi Finals and Final)
- BOYS – ECB U17 County Age Group Finals
- Sunday 1st July (One-day Semi-Finals)
- Sunday 8th July (One-day Final)
- Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th August (3-day Semi Finals)
- Tuesday 28th to Thursday 30th August (3-day Final)
- BOYS – ECB U15 Regional Bunbury Festival
- Sunday 5th August to Friday 10th August inclusive
- BOYS – ECB U17 Regional Super Fours Festival
- Monday 20th August to Friday 24th August inclusive
- GIRLS – ECB U15 County Age Group Finals
- Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd August (Semi-Finals and Final)
- GIRLS – ECB U17 County Age Group Finals
- Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th August (Semi-Finals and Final)
- GIRLS – Regional Development Centre (RDC) Festival
- Tuesday 17th July to Friday 20th July inclusive
- GIRLS – School Games (invited players from RDC’s)
- Thursday 30th August to Sunday 2nd September inclusive
PRE-SEASON RECEPTION & PHOTO SHOOT
This event takes place in the Banqueting Suite at Edgbaston and is for all summer squads (and coaches/managers) selected at the end of the winter programmes.
- Tuesday 8 May 2018
- 5pm, 6pm, 7pm (age group dependant)
WARWICKSHIRE CCC YOUTH DINNER & AWARDS
This event, which also takes place in the Edgbaston Banqueting Suite, is open to all summer squad members alongside friends and family who wish to attend to celebrate the 2018 season.
- Friday 7 September 2018
- 7pm for 7.45pm
PARENTS FORUM
The County Age Group Management Team will present and responding to any questions from parents on Saturday 10 February at 9.30am until 11am in the large meeting room in the Edgbaston Cricket Centre.
Please confirm attendance in advance by emailing paulgreetham@edgbaston.com.
PARENTS WHO WISH TO ASSIST WITH/LEARN ABOUT SCORING
Pending selection for the summer county programme, the club is hosting a session to help parents better understand the new electronic scoring applications developed by the ECB.
Simply contact paulgreetham@edgbaston.com for further information on this session.
