by Matt Wilkie | May 14, 2021 | Club Development, General
UMPIRES Yvonne Dolphin-Cooper (pictured left) and Anna Harris are hoping their time in the spotlight will help inspire more girls and women to become involved with cricket, on and off the pitch. The pair are set to make history when they stand together on Saturday in...
by Matt Wilkie | May 12, 2021 | Club Development, Community
Tetbury are once again looking to the future with plenty of hope after surviving one of the toughest seasons in their 171-year history. Officials reckon the covid crisis last year led to a drop in income close to £20,000 – a staggering amount of money for a club that...
by Matt Wilkie | May 6, 2021 | Club Development, General
Gareth Dawson starts his role with the clear aim of growing the number of volunteers in the game and providing a support package to further help and develop them. The Inspiring Gloucestershire Strategy (2020-2024) has a clear ambition to grow the number of volunteers...
by Matt Wilkie | Apr 27, 2021 | Club Development, General
GLOUCESTERSHIRE are setting an example for the rest of the country over the way new umpires and scorers are being recruited, trained and – most important of all – retained thanks to a new mentoring initiative. That’s the verdict of Clive Poulton, the joint chairman of...
by Matt Wilkie | Apr 16, 2021 | Club Development
THORNBURY are aiming to celebrate their 150th anniversary with the first XI of this vibrant community club securing promotion back to the top division in the West of England Premier League. The South Gloucestershire outfit slipped out of Premier One in 2011, but the...
by Matt Wilkie | Apr 12, 2021 | Club Development
HARESFIELD Gladiators have unveiled an impressive new tea room, replacing an ageing wooden facility that suffered winter flood damage. Second team captain Andy Malpas takes up the story. He said: “The bottom half of the old building suffered terrible rot damage...