NEW GIRLS CRICKET TEAM IN BINGHAM

Members of Bingham Cricket Club have returned to winter nets at a new location with plenty of enthusiasm for the 2010 campaign. The club have also announced plans for a new girls cricket team. After striking a partnership with Parkwood Leisure, the company who run Bingham Leisure Centre, a new three-lane net bay has been installed in the main hall at the complex, which will allow the club to run senior nets. These sessions will run from 8.05-10.00pm on a Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, a junior net will run between 8am and 12noon on a Saturday morning.
In addition, 2010 will see the introduction of a new girls hardball team which will compete in the Nottingham Junior League. The club has been running after-school sessions at Toot Hill School, with around 15 girls aged 11 to 15 taking part. They are now welcoming girls in school years 7 to 11 who might be interested in joining regular training sessions over the winter and spring.
Club development officer, Paul Maylard-Mason, said: “Junior cricket at the club has developed massively at Bingham over recent years with the addition of so many young players and coaches. Our Under-13 side collected our first junior trophy last year and we are hoping to become a ‘Clubmark’ club by the end of this season.
“It has been noticeable that more girls have got involved with our Kwik Cricket programme, so the decision to start a girls team was a natural extension of that. We were helped by some funding from Sports Unlimited and now we hope to give girls the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of England’s successful World Cup and Ashes-winning ladies team.”
Coaching is organised by ECB-qualified and CRB-checked coaches. For more information call Paul on 07817 983 285, email mayliem@aol.com or visit the website bingham.play-cricket.com