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JUNIOR and YOUTH SECTION
2008 2008 was a good year for the youth cricket in Wollaston, with a number of good things to report. Five club members attended Coach Education training at Northants County Cricket Club. Nick Broome and Mark Ralph gained their Level 2 qualification, whilst Jamie Perry, John Pike and Andrew Silsby gained Level 1 qualifications. Winter practice sessions were well supported at Wollaston School during November, December and January, as were nets at NCCC. Practice nights at the ground during the summer were also well attended by the three age group squads and we had very good numbers for Friday night Under 9’s fun sessions. However we need to make sure that we have enough coaches available to ensure we have a reasonable coach to player ratio in 2009. With this in mind, Liam Bates and Jamie Perry are going to undertake a Level 2 coaching course early in 2009. ___________ Under 11’s – Coach Nick Broome It was good to see this team develop as the season progressed and the hard work undertaken by Nick Broome cannot be under estimated. The boys were really competitive and have started to show some good skills and application. Nick was helped by Dave Mercer as well as parents Jason Bright and Graham Richards, however all the parents were very supportive and the friendly atmosphere made the experience of watching this team all the more enjoyable. Charlie Elderton and Nathan Richards both played for Wellingborough District. see the Under 11 full report below___________________ Under 13’s – Coach Neal Perry The boys tried hard, but sometimes they lost concentration when fielding and consequently teams scored more runs than they should have done against us. However there were some good performances and we won a few games. I would like to thank Karl Yeo for helping with the scoring and Jamie, Chris and Mark for their coaching assistance. Harry Matthews and Liam Yeo were both invited to the District trials, but were unable to attend due to holiday commitments. ___________________________________ Under 15’s – Coach Andrew Silsby Results did not go to well for the Under 15’s who tried hard in all their games but without to much success. They seemed to be a bit overawed and sometimes overpowered by the opening batsmen or opening bowlers for some of the teams they played against. Andrew worked hard with a generally keen group of lads and was supported by Paul Clarkson, John, Jamie and Chris. _________________________ Chance to Shine and School Cricket The club successfully ran the ‘Chance to Shine’ scheme within the Wollaston Schools cluster for the third year running. Chris Perry was responsible for delivering the majority of coaching in Seven Primary schools and the Secondary school and also organized the very successful Kwik Cricket Festival which was held at the club in July. Mark, Jamie and I also undertook some coaching on the scheme to supports Chris’ efforts. ________________________________________ Wham Bam thank you Cam! July
29th Under Thirteens Mon 14th July – Oundle (Away)
July 20th UNDER ELEVENS MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW ! Town Trumped by Charlie's Trio! ________________________________________________________________________ July 13th UNDER ELEVENS' BEAT EARLS BARTON You're once, twice, 3 times a Steglegs! Wollaston U11's
romped to their 3rd win on the trot to make it 6 wins out of 10 by beating Earls
Barton by 56 runs. The win saw yet another great team performance with Joshua "Steglegs"
Steggles leading the way with 3 boundaries in an undefeated top score of 16. He
also performed well with the ball and took 1-4 from his 2 accurate overs. Under Eleven's 2008
Nick Broome (Mgr) Joseph Harris Charlie Elderton Nathan Richards Joshua Steggles Cameron Wiseman William Holley George Roche Harry Broome Laurence Edmunds Patrick Bright Ellis Attwell
July 6th
The Under Eleven's prepare for the Finedon game The U11's won for the 2nd consecutive Sunday with a 29 run
win over Finedon Dolben to make it a double victory over our rival neighbours.
Having won at Finedon last weekend by 51 runs, today's game was a much closer
encounter. Both teams should be congratulated for completing the game under dark
skies and in the rain. Special praise for Bradley Morris who was happy to allow
his team to remain on the pitch when we offered him the chance to go off. This
was particularly sporting as Wollaston were winning by a comfortable margin at
the time.
JULY 1st The Under 13’s beat Raunds by 30 runs. ____________________________________________________________________________ JUNE 30th UNDER ELEVEN'S BEAT FINEDON Report by Nick Broome
With the 1st XI achieving their fantastic win yesterday on a
day when the 2nds won as well, there was huge pressure and expectation on the
U11's! Well, I am delighted to say that the boys didn't disappoint and
returned a terrific team performance by beating Finedon by 51 runs to make the
weekend's results 3 out of 3.
Batting first, the boys scored a massive 315 for 7 which was
a net 280 - their highest score of the season so far. Star performers with the
bat were Charlie Elderton 26 not out and Laurence Edmunds 21. Both boys
achieving their highest scores of the season so far and arguably the best 2
batting performances of 2008. Between them they struck 10 4's! Wollaston then
restricted the home side to 264 for 7 which netted down to 229. A great
all-round fielding performance with some great stops in the deep by
debutant Max Halliday and a brilliant run out by Patrick "Paul Collingwood"
Bright who had a direct hit at the stumps from well over 20 yards to leave the
batter well short and his Dad reaching for his wallet! The pick of the bowlers
was Harry Broome who returned season best figures of 4 for 7 from 3 overs.
This included a caught and bowled and then an amazing last over which saw 3
wickets for only 1 run and remarkably all 3 were clean bowled! His Dad's
wallet is also now empty!
A great confidence boosting win as the boys move into their
last 4 league games of the season, all of which are at home, starting next
Sunday (6th) with the return game against Finedon who will be keen to overturn
today's result. Why not come down to the ground on Sunday morning at 10 to see
the boys in action and there may also be some bacon butties available!
__________________________________________________________________________ Game v Finedon at home, re-scheduled from 22nd June to July 6th UNDER ELEVENS' MID-SEASON UPDATE A report from manager Nick Broome Since the last update the boys have had a convincing win against Old Grammarians which was a great result. They won by a massive 63 runs which was a tremendous boost for them. Unfortunately, we lost the next game to Irthlingborough by only 8 runs - a fantastic game enjoyed by a big crowd of mums and dads and families. So far this season we have played 7, lost 4
and won 3. The boys are confident as we move into the 2nd half of the season as
they look to overturn the 1st game defeat against Oundle but also play against
those teams we have already beaten once this season. I am confident that we will
end the season with more wins than defeats and have set the boys the target of
winning the cup! Our unsung hero is Ellis Attwell who has
the dubious pleasure of keeping wicket - off-side, leg-side, too wide, too low,
too high - he's like a jack in the box jumping around all over the place trying
to stop the ball. He is doing a great job behind the stumps. Apologies to the parents as time keeping was never one of my strengths - when I say the practice will finish at 8.00 it actually means about 8.45!!
JUNE 12th CHANCE to SHINE - PROVES A SUCCESS 'Chance to Shine' is now half way through its third year and has attracted another four new players to the club at Under 11's. The festival is on July 14th at Wollaston where the players get to show skills learnt in the 12 week coaching block. They will get to demonstrate their proficiency against the rest of the schools in the Wollaston Secondary cluster area. Its a 9am start. June 4th Under 11's Under 11's fixtures against Earls Barton are reversed and the Irthlingborough game, originally scheduled for 25th May, will now be played on June 13th. See amended fixtures below and results so far. Two victories put them in the right mood for the tough game against Old Grammarians on June 8th. ___________________________________________________ May 13th - Under 15s' beat Earls Barton in the Cup with one ball to spare ! Lewis Hanson 34 _________________________________________________________ FOR JUNIOR ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS click here FOR A REPORT OF THE 2007 SEASON click here What's on: Squad Practice Nights Under 13's and Under 15's start on Thursday 3rd April- 6.30pm to 8pm Under 11's start on Friday 4th April - 6.30pm to 8pm General practice nights for 6 to 11 year olds will start on Friday May 2nd 6.30pm to 8pm JUNIOR FIXTURES 2008 Under 11, 13 and 15 Scroll down for Under 13 and 15 Higham & District Youth Cricket League 2008 Under Eleven (Section B)
Under Thirteen (Section B)
Under Fifteen
CONTACT: Neal or Chris for further details. Tel: 01933 663735
Welcome to the Wollaston Cricket Club Junior and Youth
section of this website. We run three age group teams competing in the Higham
and Rushden Youth League. The three age groups are Under 11’s Under
13’s and Under 15’s. All home games will be played on a newly laid
artificial wicket. We are also proud of our younger
members of the age of 6- 9, who practice and have “FUN” on a Friday night
from 6.30pm – 7.45pm, training on the outfield at the same time as our First
and Second Eleven squads. We
have a wealth of committed and highly qualified coaches some of whom play for
the First and Second Elevens on a Saturday. The age groups are run by the following: Under
11’s – Coaches – Neal Perry –
Wollaston CC Head Coach – ECB Level 2 the Under 11’s play on a Sunday
morning. Under 13’s
– Coaches – Chris Perry – Community Sports Coach, ECB Level 2 also plays
for our first eleven, John Pike – CRB Checked and 1st Eleven
Opening Bowler and Matt Jones – 1st Team Vice captain and Opening
Batsmen. The Under 13’s Play on a
Monday night. Under 15’s
– Coaches – Andrew Silsby – CRB Checked, Club Chairman and Second Eleven
Batsmen, Simon Driver- PE Teacher, ECB Level 1, 1st Team All Rounder.
Tim Hudson – PE Teacher, ECB Level 2, 2006
– Second Eleven Batsmen of the Year. The Under 15’s Play on a Tuesday night. Age
group training from Under 11’s right through to Under 15’s, will be on a
Thursday night from 6.30pm – 8pm, all age groups will share the Outfield and
our newly built 2 lane all weather cricket surfaced net facility. If
you have a player that is interested in playing or if you are available to help
on a training night or match night then please contact the Club. Three teams were entered in the Higham Youth League last season and
although the results were disappointing, there were some encouraging signs for
the future. Nick Dawson and son Nathan did a great job of running the Under 15's and should have won a few more games than they did - losing matches when they were in winning positions. Tim Hudson was able to provide Nick with some support when work allowed. Nathan and Jamie progressed to playing adult cricket, with Nathan performing well in the Sunday Challenge winning side. The Under 13's only had one regular player who was the correct age and some of the rest were playing their first season of cricket, so it wasn’t surprising that we struggled so much. But their enthusiasm was infectious and they wanted to practice every week. I was able to run some sessions at Wollaston School in April and May and then we carried on with practice down the field on Friday evenings. Steve Solomon was a very big help and his efforts were gratefully appreciated. Simon Driver and Chris Perry were not able to give as much time as we had hoped, due to work and other commitments. The Under 11's faired better winning a few games and were generally competitive in most of their matches. Friday night practices went very well and I must say a big thank you to Mike Brown who was a massive help along with the parents who were all very supportive. We also had a group of 7, 8 and 9 year olds who also came to practice and whom I hope will form the basis of the Under 11 team over the next few years.
2006 We
are now using the principles of 'Club Mark' and I have also attended a Welfare
Offices Course run by the Northants Cricket Board. We
hosted a number of Northants Youth matches at Wollaston during the season and
thanks should be extended to John Hodges for preparing the wickets and
to club members who gave up their time to help get things ready. I know
the Cricket Board were very pleased that they could hold matches at Wollaston. On the playing front only Chris Perry and Liam Bates played for the NYC, both in the ECB Under 17 competition. Chris captained the side that contained three Young England players, all of whom also played for the Northants 2nd Eleven during the season. Going into the last round of games Northants were lying second out of the seven teams, behind Warwickshire who had finished their games but in front of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Unfortunately the game against Yorkshire was rained off without a ball being bowled and Warwickshire qualified for the County Final, which they won. Chris and Liam are hoping to be selected for the Under 19's next season. We also had four boys selected in the Wellingborough District squads and congratulations should be extended to the following players. Ben Brown - Under 11 Josh Linnel - Under 11 Nathan Dawson - Under 15 Jamie Perry - Under 15
2005 THE ERNIE BRYAN MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR BEST JUNIOR PLAYERDavid Clarkson became the first recipient of this Trophy when it was presented by President Colin Barber at the Club Dinner at the end of the season. David, who lives in Northampton, had an outstanding season at Under Thirteen level and is a worthy winner. He is presently representing Northamptonshire in his age group and we are hoping he will progress to representing Wollaston at senior level in the future.
2003 We
entered two sides in the Higham Youth League last summer at Under Eleven and
Under Fifteen age groups. I coached the former and Nick Dawson the latter. A
large number of the players in both squads were a year younger than the
designated squad
age, so for most of games we played against stronger and more experienced
teams. As such, results were not great but both sides managed a few wins, showed
a lot of enthusiasm and put up some credible performances. Under
Elevens’ It
has been a number of years since we have had an U11's team and it was quite
enjoyable to coach players of this age again. The naivety of the young players
made me want to both laugh and cry on a number of occasions during the season,
but that's part of the job in trying to make them better players and getting
them to enjoy playing cricket. Here
are a couple of examples that illustrate what I mean:- 1.
Away to Wellingborough - I was umpiring at the bowlers end and reminded the
Wollaston batsman to back-up. He does so -about a metre - as the ball is played
back down the pitch. A fielder runs in and throws the ball at the stumps at the non-strikers
end, but misses the stumps. I motion to the batsman to get back in his crease,
but he stays put as the bowler, who is backing up, takes aim and has a go, which
again misses. I then tell him to get back in his crease, but to no avail and he
stayed where he was as another
fielder picked up the ball and walked to the stumps, took the bails off
and ran him out.
2.
Away to Irthlingborough - The Irthlingborough umpire had a white coat on and
while I was standing at square leg a young Wollaston fielder came up to me
during the over and said, ” Why has that man got a butchers coat on?” But
the players’ were keen and turned up every week for practice, and although
they were very often beaten they did achieve a couple of wins against Finedon A
and Finedon B. Under
Fifteens’ Nick
had to work hard on occasions to get a side together, but generally the U15's
were quite competitive. They achieved a few good wins, notably against the
O.G.s and Oundle. A number of players put in consistent performances during the season and a few of them would benefit from playing Senior Sunday friendly cricket next season. Nick
and I would like to thank the parents for their support and
Lynn for her help. Indoor
Cricket We have entered both sides in the indoor league, which runs between October and December. This maintains the lads’ interest in cricket, whilst hopefully helping them to improve their techniques. New
Coaches Congratulations
to Simon Driver, Tim Hudson and Christopher Perry who have qualified as Level 1
coaches.
Neal Perry
1998 Under
11’s At The Double ! The
Under 11’s had another great season, following on from last year’s shared
Higham League title and County Runners Up spot. The
1998 season started with rain and our first game against Finedon ‘A’ being
cancelled with no prospect of it being re-arranged, I wonder why? The
rest of the league games were all played and won, so we reached our last game
against Oundle knowing that the winner of the match would win the league.
The team played very well and we won the game comfortably by 50 runs and
without losing a wicket. We
used ten boys throughout the season and they all made vital contributions to the
league title win. The
team reached the KO Cup finals day which was held at Finedon and were drawn
against Isham in the second semi final, with the victors playing the winners of
the other semi between Finedon ‘A’ and ‘B’ In
a close semi final it was our bowling and fielding that saw us through as we
took ten Isham wickets to restrict them to 204. We made a tentative reply with some tight bowling from Isham,
however despite our last pair losing a wicket in the 15th over we
were still able to win by 8 runs. With
only a twenty minute break the final against Finedon ‘B’ started and after
losing the toss we were asked to bat. We
batted very positively and lost three wickets in reaching 250. When
Finedon began their reply it was our superior bowling and fielding that put us
in charge and by the end of the 12th over the game was effectively
won as we took eleven wickets in those dozen overs, which gave their last pair
an impossible task. However this
did not prevent every run this pair scored being loudly cheered, which made the
Wollaston boys nervous and a number of over throws were given away which made
the crowd cheer even louder. The
skipper than got the fielding back on track and having a comfortable cushion of
runs, moved the field back to give the batsmen a single and ensured a
comfortable return throw to the bowler or wicket keeper.
The game finished with a comfortable win by 40 runs for Wollaston and the
double achieved. After the game the team were presented with the league Shield and KO Cup by Mr. Carvell and Mr. Coleman on behalf of the Higham League.
Neal Perry – Under 11 Manager
Nick Broome (Mgr) Joseph Harris Charlie Elderton Nathan Richards Joshua Steggles Cameron Wiseman William Holley George Roche Harry Broome Laurence Edmonds Patrick Bright Ellis Attwell
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