They’ve put together a full report, with photos, of the work that’s been done so far, and in just 4 weeks.  As a case study in how to go through the process of applying for a grant and so on, it’s well worth reading and can be downloaded from this link.

The Club’s Development Officer, Ian Game, said the report shows what a fantastic transformation has occured and the club membership are very eager to get out there in the spring and try it out.  We offer our profound thanks to Andy Griffiths, Cricket Development Manager at KCB and to everyone there for the huge amount of help and support with our grant application that has allowed this project to come to fruition.

Orpington hope to officially open the nets in early Spring 2012.

Following on from the recent announcement of the 4-year partnership and worth £500,000 between Kent Cricket Board and ‘Chance to Shine’ we are now inviting applications for three posts, each part of the new delivery programme in Kent.

The first post of Cricket Development Officer is part time and is expected to average 17.5 hours per week. The main focus will be the delivery of ‘Chance to Shine’ Schools Cricket, initially in the East of Kent.  The full job description is available for download from here.   The Candidate Brief for this job is also available for download from here.

Interviews will be in Canterbury during week beginning 20th February 2012.

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The second post, of Cricket Development Officer, Women and Girls, is a full time, field-based post, with responsibility for the delivery of a strategic plan with focus on ‘Chance to Shine’ coaching development in Schools.  The full job description is available for download from here.  The Candidate Brief for this job is also available for download from here.

Interviews for this post will be in Canterbury on 22nd and 24th February 2012.

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The third post of Cricket Development Officer - Inclusive - is also a full time, field-based post, with responsibility for the delivery of a strategic plan for Disability and Inclusive cricket with focus on ‘Chance to Shine’ coaching development in Schools.  The full job description is available for download from here.  The Candidate Brief for this post is also available for download from here.

Interviews for this post will be Canterbury on 22nd and 23rd February 2012.

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The deadline for receipt of applications for all posts is
12 noon, Friday 17th February 2012

Kent Cricket Board is delighted to announce that the Cricket Foundation, through ‘Chance to Shine’, has invested £500,000 in the game to support cricket coaching in Schools in the County.

Kent Cricket Board will continue to deliver high quality Spring and Summer Term coaching and competition programmes within existing schools and to other Primary and Secondary schools in Kent.

This investment will lead to an extended programme covering the next four years.

Hugh Robertson, Minister of Sport and the Olympics said ‘Chance to Shine is one of the most successful grass roots sports schemes across sport and I am delighted that it is investing an extra £0.5m in Kent. Cricket is a key part of county life and I hope that this will help many more young people get started in the game.’

You can dowload the full press release here.

Fundraising Sports Programmes (FSP) look at ways of helping clubs to fundraise more effectively. To introduce you and your clubs to FSP ECB have produced a 2012 Club Cricket calendar and the first 750 clubs to apply will receive 10 absolutely free. Club members may then choose to donate a small amount to the club in exchange for one of these exclusive calendars!

 You may also be interested in the services FSP can provide and this letter of introduction will help.

Chris Wood is the ECB’s Pitch Advisor and has been since 1997 and now he has taken on an additional role, the Pitch Doctor! Working with NatWest, Chris has used his knowledge and experience to produce a series of videos to assist cricket club Groundsmen with various pitch care issues. These Pitch Doctor videos are a fantastic, invaluable resource for cricket clubs and are accessible through the Places website, click here to view.

Over the coming weeks and months there will be more from the Places Team.  In the meantime you can catch up with their page on the ECB website here.

A number of Kent’s Groundsmen have already committed to attend what should be an interesting conference and if you or someone from your Club would like to attend, you can download the details of times etc. from here.

The courses are “Find a Fast Bowler” which will be headed by ex-Kent and England quickie -  and current first class umpire - Martin Saggers, “Search for a Spinner” with Kent’s own Min Patel and “Catch a Keeper” with England’s 2005 Ashes hero Geraint Jones MBE.

(Please note that “Catch a Keeper” will only be held on one day at Canterbury).

All courses are open to anyone and details of costs, location and so on are included in the attached PDF.  

An application and booking form is attached, which will need completing, as will the photography and video consent form.

We would urge early booking because these courses will definitely be very popular.  We look forward to hearing from you soo.

On Monday 23rd January 2012 they are holding a First Aid course and all details, including the application form, can be found here.

On Monday 27th February 2012 there is a Safeguarding and Protecting Children Course and again, all details can be found here.

Please do note that all applicants for these courses should contact the Bromley District Office and not KCB’s office at Canterbury

The Courses will be held at:

All Safe Hands workshops last 3 hours.

An application form is attached and if you or someone at your Club needs to make sure they are correctly qualified for Clubmark Accreditation or re-Accreditation in 2012, attendance at this course is a must.

You can download the application form here.

For anyone with an interest in Safeguarding and child protection, the “Geese” performance of “Crossing the Line” is not to be missed.

Geese (a Birmingham Theatre Company with an international reputation) use drama, humour and audience interaction to bring many aspects of safeguarding to life, and help put this work in a real-world sports context.

If you or anyone at your Club are interested all the details are available in the attached flyer.

Please click here to download the Press Release