Cricket in schools

We are very proud of the delivery our coaches do across primary, secondary and special schools around the county throughout the year.

At the heart of our mission in Gloucestershire is a commitment to engaging children at a young age. We firmly believe that creating positive early experiences with cricket significantly increases the likelihood that young people will continue to play and enjoy the game as they grow older.

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Engagement

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Healthy Competition

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Teamwork

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Inclusion

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Fair play

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Discipline

We are incredibly proud to work with a number of partners on a variety of schools programmes throughout schools delivery.

Coaching

We offer coaching in schools throughout the year. Below are the options available to schools:

Schools Competitions

Alongside our delivery, we also provide a range of competitions and festivals for schools to be involved in:

Graphic showing all of the primary school competitions available
Graphic showing the dates of the various competitions played by secondary schools in Gloucestershire
Graphic showing the dates of the various competitions played by secondary schools in Gloucestershire
Chris Munden / Cricket Operations Manager

Chris Munden / Cricket Operations Manager

Chris is the longest standing member of the team, having joined the GCB in 2008 as a Community Coach. Since then, Chris has developed greatly moving on to become a Development Officer, a National Programmes and Project lead and now the manager of the entire delivery team across educational and national programmes.

His role covers a wide range of areas including overseeing all schools cricket, the incredible National Programmes of All Stars and Dynamos, Chance To Shine Schools and Street programmes along with being the key lead for Adult league Cricket. Chris also manages the Workforce Development Officer, as a highly competent coaching workforce is so integral to the work areas that he leads on. In his time the GCB have won awards that he had led on, including Chance to Shine County of the Year and Street Chance Project of the Year.

As a local Bristolian, Chris is a Bristol City fan, who enjoys all sports. Chris is married, has two beautiful daughters, plays local cricket and enjoys a good hack at golf.