CLUB AFFILIATION PACKS
Your nominated Club Member should now have received your Club Affiliation Pack, which includes proof of affiliation, helpful funding & grants information, your full affiliation benefits package, and information from our trusted partners. If you haven’t received yours, please contact the Clubs & Leagues team.
Club Secretaries can now claim your 10 x One Day Cup tickets from Somerset County Cricket Club. You will also get access to 2 x free tickets to the first Somerset Womens fixture on Sunday 27 April, and the Festival of Red Ball Cricket on Sunday 29 June. An email has been sent with links to claim. If you haven’t received this, please get in touch with Matthew Counsell.
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From the first steps of starting a girls section, to helping with coaching sessions, umpiring or scoring, we’ll help your volunteers to get involved!
This is free. There is no cost to the clubs.
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COUNTY GRANT FUNDING IS NOW LIVE 💥
Clubs can apply for funding between £1k to £10k for one of three categories:
🥇 Creating welcoming environments
🥈providing enhanced facilities & playing opportunities for Women’s & Girls’ or disability cricket
🥉 Tackling climate change
For other funding & grants that are currently available, please click here.
 DISABILITY CRICKET DAY AT LORDS – 25 JUNE
There is a fantastic day of Disability Cricket planned at Lords for the 25th of June, featuring a Blind Exhibition Match, MCC vs Middlesex and England vs India. There will also be the National Table Cricket Finals, run by our charity partners Lord Taverners, in the Nursery Pavilion.
Please see attached for the MCC’s complimentary ticket offer for all club’s with an affiliation to the disability game. Tickets must be applied for before Monday the 2nd of June
RSVP WITH: LEAD CLUB CONTACT NAME AND NUMBER OF TICKETS YOU’RE REQUESTING
CONTACT: LUISA .WEST@MCC.ORG.UK
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WALKING CRICKET HUB OPPORTUNITY
Want to offer your local community a way to access Walking Cricket at your Club? Encourage new members to enjoy the game at a slower pace? Join us at one of four workshops to hear how to set up a Walking Cricket Club Hub with support and training from Somerset Cricket Foundation!
CONTACT: Mus Shaikh
Huntspill & District CC
Wednesday 30 April
6-8PM
Clevedon CC
Wednesday 7 May
6-8PM
Lansdown CC
Monday 12 May
6-8PM
Ilton CC
Wednesday 14 May
6-8PM
Every Life Matters – Suicide Awareness:
This one-hour online training session is aimed at anyone in the local community who wants to understand more about suicide and what we can all do to make a difference. This course is FREE to affiliated Clubs and their members.
What does the session cover?
- Getting informed – learn common myths and key facts about suicide
- Being aware of the signs someone may be having thoughts of suicide
- The importance of asking directly about suicide
- Listening carefully and compassionately
- Building support around the person and understanding where they can access help.
- Looking after yourself
BOOK: Countdown Festivals
BOOK: CACG U11 Countdown Festival
BOOK: Womens Softball Festivals
BOOK: Womens Brown & Brown 100
BOOK: Girls Brown & Brown 100
BOOK: Girls Festivals
FIRST AID
Monday 28 April
6.00PM – 9.00PM
Bridgwater Cricket Club
£40.00
SAFE HANDS WORKSHOP
Tuesday 29 April
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Huntspill & District Cricket Club
£20
The updated regulations and new guidance have been introduced by the ECB to enhance the safety of those involved in recreational cricket and are now in force ahead of the 2025 season.
Major changes include:
- Male players aged under 18 MUST wear a groin protector (box) when also required to wear a helmet.
- Regulations apply to a player’s age, not their age group.
- Players aged 12 can play open age cricket.
- Written approval MUST be obtained from parents/guardians and the County Pathway Lead before a player aged 11 and who has started School Year 7 is eligible to play open age cricket.
- Clubs MUST have regard to certain considerations before playing a junior cricketer in open age cricket or in an age group above the player’s actual age group.
- Umpires, captains and team managers MUST take certain steps to enforce the new safety regulations in matches.
- Reduction in the number of overs per bowler, per spell and other additional regulations.
- Updated fielding regulations relating to ages and distances from striking batter.
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Last opportunity to get your Activators trained for the 2025 season. Book through your Club Spark account.
Thursday 17 April | Downside School
Wednesday 23 April | CACG
Thursday 8 May | Bedminster CC
6PM – 8PM
