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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

..:: Welcome ::..

ECB Guidelines for Junior Players

The Bassetlaw & District Cricket League are in receipt of this new directive from the governing body of cricket regarding the age groups of young players who are allowed to play in adult cricket, now referred to as 'OPEN AGE CRICKET'.

Clearly the BDCL has no option but to adopt this development for the 2010 season and will consider integrating these matters into the 2010 League Handbook and its league rules.

The purpose of this notice is to give all clubs an early sight of this document and to enable plans to be formulated for any young players falling within the age groups referred to.

To read the document click here.

Announcements

ECB Young Leaders Award

The Sports Development Unit of Newark & Sherwood District Council are holding an award course for young leaders in cricket at Newark on Thursday 8th April 2010. More details and an application form can be found here.

French Cricket anyone?

If any clubs are thinking of touring France this season or next, this may be of interest:

Standard Athletic CC of Meudon have a few free weekends this coming season. If any club would like to play a few games in the Paris region against SAC, Chantilly or Thoiry, I will gladly organize the matches and help with information on travel and hotels.

David Rhodes
mailto:david.rhodes@orange.fr

Balls for 2010

Our friends at Mapperley Sports have made life easier regarding ball selection for 2010 by producing a price list for all their Bassetlaw League approved balls from selected manufacturers. Find these and an order form here.

Also, by clicking on their logo you can go on-line to see their huge range of other cricket equipment.

Business Rates 2010

If your club is facing a review of business rates, the ECB have sent a notice which may help. Read it here

Betty Wilson

Brian Wilson wishes to sincerely thank all his friends and colleagues from the Bassetlaw League who attended Betty's funeral, and wishes everyone to know that donations to her memory totalled the magnificent sum of £1,200 which will divided equally between the nominated charities:- The Sir John Eastwood Hospice, MacMillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Institute of Groundsmanship

The IOG's short programme of courses in 2010 is now under way. Read all about them and the IOG itself in the "News" menu or click "read more" below.

Fixtures 2010

There is now a week-by-week list of all fixtures throughout the 2010 season. See them in the "Fixtures" menu.

CricketForce 2010

It's time to start thinking about how to improve your facilities and NatWest CricketForce 2010 provides a superb means of doing this. So, get your members organised and join in to help your club move forward without it costing the earth.

Whether you've participated in CricketForce before - or are new to the scheme - you can pick up loads of info using the links in the article in the "News" menu. As it says - DON'T MISS OUT! Last year, NatWest CricketForce 2009 attracted 85,000 volunteers from 1514 ECB affiliated clubs!

AGM 2009

A full review of the 2009 AGM including a summary of proceedings, the League Secretary's report and list of amendments to the rules can be found in the "News" menu or by clicking the link below....

Autumn clean-up

All the Results, Reports and League Tables from 2009 have been moved to the "Links" menu.

Nottinghamshire Sports Review of the Year

Nominations are being requested for the Nottinghamshire Sports Review of the Year. Have you thought about nominating your coach, club or club volunteers? Click the link for details.

BBC Unsung Hero Award

Do you know someone who helps others participate in sport and deserves to be nationally recognised for their efforts? Then why not enter them in the BBC Unsung Hero Award. Click "read more" for further info.

Bassetlaw League ties

Richard Martin has a few Bassetlaw League ties for sale at £6.00 each on a first come, first served basis. Get yours now before they're all gone! Phone Richard on 01636 821615.

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.

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.

Important news re. CRB clearance

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

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.

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.

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.daniels1@talktalk.net) 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

IMPORTANT! You don't have to register, but until you do, you will only see some of our website. Some items are only available to registered members.

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 other than the weekly updates such as results and tables).

650 and rising!!!!!!

We are now over 650 registered members and many more casual visitors, and - now the season's under way - we're getting over 6,000 hits a week! Stop press! We actually received over 7,000 hits in the first week of September 2009!!

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)!

Tip - Having trouble reading the text or want to see more of the page because it doesn't fit your screen perfectly? Simply hold down your "Ctrl" key and rotate your mouse's scroll wheel away from you for larger text, and - if necessary - towards you for smaller text.

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?

Umpire Training Courses 2009/2010

Details of the next sessions of Umpire Training Courses in this area for Autumn and Winter can be found on the Bassetlaw & District Umpires Association website at http://www.bdua.co.uk/training.html

Coach Education Courses

Any one thinking of taking a coaches course? Then take a look at the following opportunities in our area as there are places available currently on the following courses:

UKCC1 @ Welbeck CC on Wednesdays Jan 6/13/20/27 Feb 3 6.00pm - 9.00pm

UKCC2 @ Welbeck CC on Sundays Jan 10/17/24/31 9.00am - 4.00pm

Don't miss out!

More details if required from by phone from Stewart Burrows on 0115 982 3000 ext 215 or 07768 558124, or e-mail Stewart.Burrows@nottsccc.co.uk

Scorer's Training Course

The Scorer's Training Course due to be held at Cuckney (see details below) may be cancelled owing to lack of attendance so here is reminder to clubs if they wish to avail themselves of the offer.........

Scorers’ Course at Cuckney CC 4 weeks from

Tuesday 9 February 2010, 7:30pm

Lead instructor: Ian Batty

A scorebook entry course aimed largely at scorers without a previous qualification.. This course will not lead to a formal examination but will be continuously assessed throughout the four weeks. Pre-booking essential

Minimum of six course members required

£1 PER SESSION FOR ALL COURSES AT TRENT BRIDGE AND CUCKNEY. SCHOOL-AGE PARTICIPANTS FREE.

Contact Peter McKenzie at pemck@aol.com to book a place.

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.

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.

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.