Welcome to another Summer of Cricket
I want to start by welcoming all new players who joined
us mid way through last season, Winter Nets and at the
start of this season. Also I would like to welcome our new
coaches, Paul Ridler supporting the U11’s and Aaron Lee
and Nathan Harris who are leading the All Stars/Dynamos
this year. All three of them are regular players in our Senior
Teams and have been part of the Club for many years.
Keeping with the Allstars and Dynamos, we have given it
some thought over the off season and this year we are
going get the Dynamos playing some matches and we
aim to have a girls team as well. We are also moving their
training night to Fridays and get the bar open to make it
more of a social evening.
We have entered a range of tournaments for our Youth
Teams this summer and this will keep our players busy
with matches scheduled from the end of April through
to late August. We have also entered a team into a new
U17 Tournament that will take place in the second half of
the summer and like the U19 tournament the timing is
intended to start after the exam season is finished.
At MLCC we continue to look for the best balance between
keeping the game affordable to all players and making
sure that we maintain the clubs financial security. This year
our membership fees will rise by a small amount but match
fees will be held at £3.
Our club offers cricket to suit all abilities, it allows all
players the opportunity to improve their skills, make
friendships and enjoy being outside playing a team sport.
Word-of-mouth is our recruitment tool, we look to our
players and parents to spread the word.
So whether it’s playing with plastic bats and balls, or
through to the high energy of a U19’s match we wish all
of our Allstars, Dynamos and Youth Cricketers a highly
enjoyable summer.
Chris Jones
MLCC Youth Cricket Co-ordinator