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Saturday, July 04, 2009

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Mallen Trophy

The final tables and draw for the semi-finals and final are in the "Mallen Trophy" section of the "Results" menu, or click the link below.............

Spectator seats for free!

Thoresby Park CC have spare rows of WHITE seats, which were originally from Trent Bridge, which they cannot use on their ground for various reasons.

They are therefore on offer to all clubs free of charge if anyone would like them. They are WHITE so will stand out to the eye.

If interested, please contact their club chairman, Mick Cuthbert on: 01623 478167

Coach Education Courses 2009/10

All you need to know about Coaching Courses in our area:- dates, venues, content, fees, and even an application form, can be found by logging in and going to the "Coaching" section of the "Club Development" menu.

Caravan for sale

The League Secretary has a 1994 Elddis caravan for sale for £3,000. Click the "read more" link below to find out all about it...

Important news re. CRB clearance

The County Child Welfare Officer has issued a bulletin regarding CRB expiry reminders...........

Revised ECB Guidelines for Helmets

The ECB have issued an updated bulletin regarding the use of helmets by young players. Parental consent not to wear a helmet should now not be accepted in any form of cricket.

More funds available from Sport England

Sport England have announced a funding program for Rural Areas and more news about obtaining funds via "Sportsmatch". Log in and read all about these schemes in the "Finance" section of "Club Development. Good luck with your application.

The League Cricket Association

The League Cricketers’ Association (LCA) has been launched to help lift the general standard of the recreational game and to help ensure cricketers stay involved in the game in the face of an economic downturn. Membership is open to those who either play league cricket or are heavily involved in clubs across the UK and more information can be found in the "News" menu...

Latest news! Club membership now available - details in the "News" menu under "The League Cricketers Association".

Interested in any Sunday friendlies?

Mexborough CC are looking for Sunday friendlies - home or away - with clubs in the North of the Bassetlaw League within a 40 mile radius of Mexborough. For details contact their Secretary, Hugh Tingle, on 01709 587484 or e-mail to hugh_tingle@yahoo.co.uk

Sport England - Funding Sports in the Community

Sport England has announced the investment programmes that will be available to organisations delivering grassroots sports from April 2009. Read all about it in the "Finance" section of the "Club Development" menu.

Create your own club website!

Sportstation.co.uk specialises in providing websites to sports clubs. Their site helps clubs to create their own website quickly and easily through a do-it-yourself setup. There's a link to their website and a demo on their ad on the right.

About the maps

Here's a tip....If you click on the "view larger map" link in the lower left-hand corner you can get directions to the area where the ground is. Until we have postcodes for each ground these directions will be approximate, but they should get you close enough.

LTAD coaching - available now!

Nottinghamshire CCC coach Mark Dobb of Mansfield Hosiery Mills can advise you on the content and arrangement of LTAD sessions. Ring Mark on 07889 253551 or Hosiery Mills Club on 01623 552376 to find out more.

LTAD interest growing!

Several clubs have shown interest in the LTAD scheme and one has already taken up the offer to talk to one of our trainers. Don't miss out! Click the link below to read the article on LTAD to see if it suits your club's coaching set-up. It's a new and exciting way to develop your club's coaching profile and doesn't require cricket-specific coaching skills so anyone can learn the techniques fast!

HELP NEEDED!

If you are interested in becoming an administrator for the League website, we are looking for a person probably interested in IT and cricket, looking to gain experience in web site management. This person will be able to contribute to the content and design of this site.
E-mail Malcolm Daniels (malcolm.daniels@tiscali.co.uk) for further information.

Your own announcement here!

If you wish to place an announcement here regarding your club's news or events send a e-mail to the Announcements Officer, putting "Announcement" and your club's name in the subject box.

Sponsorship

This website is self-financing and we are looking for sponsors and advertisers to provide the necessary funds. if you would like to advertise, or know anyone who would like to, please contact the website Administrator here. Please put "Advertising on website" in the subject box.

p.s. If you have contacted any of our sponsors through this website, we'd like to hear from you as it will help us to attract more sponsors. E-mail us here, putting "Sponsor Contacted" in the subject box, please.

There is more on sponsorship at the bottom of this page.

Welcome To The Bassetlaw & District Cricket League

HOW TO USE THIS SITE

YOU MUST REGISTER!

IMPORTANT! Until you register you will only see just a small part of our website..........

Existing Members can Log In to see everything on this site or, if you are new to the site please Register using the button at the top of this page.

Registation only takes a few minutes and enables us to keep a track of the number of members. The more registrations we have the easier it will be to attract sponsors in order to keep the site alive and vibrant. You need only provide minimal details which will NOT be used for any other purpose.

Click on any menu button at the top (e.g. "News") to see the introduction to each section, or hover your cursor over it to see other items. Sometimes there are other sub-menus (look carefully as a small white arrow indicates a sub-menu) - hovering over a button will reveal these (e.g. "Bassetlaw AGM 2007").

New items are being added all the time, so keep coming back to see what's happening! (The "announcements" section will usually advise you of any important new additions).

500 and rising!!!!!!

We are now have nearly 600 registered members and many more visitors, and - now the season's under way - we're getting over 5,000 hits a week!

Our thanks to all our readers. We hope that you are finding something interesting or informative here, so keep coming back, we're still adding items during the close season (and, as you can see, they're proving extremely popular)!

Club website administrators - why not put a link to this site from your own website so your members can keep up to date with what's happening in the Bassetlaw League?

Overseas and Category B & C Registration

Would all clubs please note that any players from overseas or any Category B or C player must be registered with the League Secretary at least 10 days before they play. This means that if the player is required to play the first game of the season then we need to know in writing by the 15th April 09.

League Rule 5.2 (iii) refers.

Also, information regarding the Managed Migration policy and Tier 5 registration is being posted as soon as we receive it on the "Overseas Players" section of the "News" menu.

Important reminder from League Statistician

A reminder from Bev to save you all some time:-

Following the change to Rule 2.7 at the 2008 AGM, clubs no longer need to send in a match sheet, when 'NO PLAY HAS TAKEN PLACE'. However the telephone result is still required.

Websites for Cricket Clubs

Want your own club's dedicated website without incurring high charges for the design? This could be just what you're looking for!

Sportstation.co.uk specialises in providing websites to sports clubs, the site helps clubs to create their own website quickly and easily through a do-it-yourself setup. To give you an idea of how the sites look you can check out our demo site here: www.sportstation.co.uk/clubs/sportstation

Or click here to visit Sportstation’s homepage and start building your new club website: www.sportstation.co.uk

Mapperley Sports

Cricket Sales at Mapperley Sports
Buy cricket bats and equipment online from Nottinghamshire's longest established cricket specialist.

All the leading brands stocked including Gunn & Moore, Kookaburra, Gray-Nicolls, Slazenger, Puma, Readers and Dukes. Great deals on Bassetlaw League approved balls available. Specialist in club equipment including the best prices around on the full BOLA range of machines and accessories.

BOLA Bowling Machines

Continual development and refinement over a quarter of a century have made the BOLA Cricket Bowling Machine the indispensable coaching tool.

BOLA machines are currently in use at all the first class counties, the Lord’s Cricket School, the ECB National Academy and the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia.

The BOLA will tirelessly replicate any style of bowling at any speed and with complete accuracy. Batsmen of all ages and abilities can only improve while they are having fun!

Click the BOLA logo to go to their website.

Cuckney CC Facilities

Cuckney Cricket Club is a unique venue situated in the heart of the Sherwood Forest countryside, providing conference facilities, wedding receptions, dinner parties, exhibitions, corporate hospitality and much more.

And we also play cricket here!

The centre boasts three practice lanes offering full bowlers run-ups, a viewing room for spectators, male and female changing rooms with showers and lockers. Throughout the winter months we host indoor cricket leagues on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday evenings - new teams are always welcome.

CF Sports

CRICKET FIRST - For all your cricket gear - and Charlie French bats too!

CF Sports have been generous sponsors of the League's representative matches and Annual Dinner and have been working hard to bring you the best cricket gear at affordable prices. Check their sparkling and innovative new website out, you will like what you see!

Please mention to them that you saw them HERE on the Bassetlaw League website.

Wilkinson

Click on the firm's logo to go to their website

WILKINSON are proud to sponsor the Bassetlaw and District Cricket League.

COMPONENTS direct - Need a special tool, or doing some D-I-Y? Take a look at Components Direct for competitive prices. There's everything from screws and nails to pressure washers and power tools. They also have top quality Duracell Procell batteries at really good prices.

Painting & Decorating

Paul Aldread - ex Hosiery Mills opening bat/left-arm bowler and Bassetlaw League player for many years - is a painter and decorator with a wealth of experience, and has now opened his own business working in the Mansfield and surrounding areas. If you want a friendly, honest, and reliable service call Paul for a quote on 01623 478135 or 07986 892665.

No job is too small, and you can rely on Paul for a top-class professional job that won't cost you the earth..

Credit crunch beater! Paul tells us he will do an introductory offer of 10% discount to all OAP's and also will give special prices to anyone who mentions that you found him here on the Bassetlaw League website.

FIXTURES, RESULTS, STATISTICS

Visit our other website on play-cricket at http://bassetlawdcl.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp for all the latest news, fixtures and results as and when they happen.

It's encouraging to see that more and more clubs are using the play-cricket site for their results and scorecards which means that league tables and individual statistics - which are generated automatically - will be even more meaningful. Again, we encourage all our member clubs to utilise this fantastic facility for every Bassetlaw game. Don't know how? Contact us for more info, putting "I want to know more about the play-cricket results service" in the subject box.

SPONSORSHIP

Does your club attract as many sponsors as you would like?

Would you like to obtain more funds by attracting more sponsors?

Have you no sponsors at the moment?

The Development Committee are conducting a review of sponsorship within the Bassetlaw League and would like to hear from your club. Once we have the information, we intend to conduct a study of the situation in order to make proposals to the interested parties.

Simply send the Development Committee an e-mail with "sponsorship" in the subject heading, stating that you are interested and give us brief details of your current situation regarding sponsors.

Contribute to your website

Think you can participate in the growth of this website? Have you something constructive to say about Bassetlaw League cricket? We are actively looking for people who are willing to contribute to the future well-being of the Bassetlaw League, so if you are interested in local cricket and believe that you can spare a little time to help by working with the Club Development Committee, or would like to be a contributor to the content of this site, you can contact the Club Development Committee here.