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Latest NewsMar 19, 2021, 6:42 pm 
This week's bulletin contains guidance from the ECB, a National Programmes Update and information about NatWest CricketForce.
We have been working closely with both the UK Government and the Welsh Government to provide clarity in what the easing of lockdown restrictions mean for recreational cricket across England and Wales. We know that our communities, players and volunteers will have missed the social, physical and health benefits of participating in our great game and we believe we have an important role to play in supporting the nations recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, we also know that we have a collective responsibility to ensure the safety of our communities by ensuring compliance with both the latest Government guidance. The aim of the accompanying documents is to share with you the information we currently know about what the return to cricket at the end of March will look like, in order to help your planning. This is based on our ongoing conversations with the Government and key partners to date and information published on Gov.uk.
For England, we have produced a Roadmap and accompanying documents in order to provide you with the headline information on what activities are permissible during each step of the Roadmap. We will continue to update this document and will share those updates with you over the course of the season.
For Wales, we have worked closely with Sport Wales and Cricket Wales to provide the accompanying guidance.
We will continue to update the relevant information as and when we receive more information on the latest position across both England and Wales.
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With the launch of the priority window for previous parents of All Stars and Dynamos Cricket on Tuesday we have seen an amazing response, with 13,000 sign-ups so far, which is an amazing response before we've even launched publicly. If you are yet to upload your courses to ClubSpark, then we'd encourage you to do this over the weekend to benefit from the surge of interest.
From Monday at 2pm we will be officially launching both National Programmes, with the start of our central paid media campaign and activity across both Communications and Digital, and we'd encourage you all to start your local promotion from Monday afternoon. Do visit the resource hub for lots of imagery and assets to help with your advertising.
We acknowledge that there are still some ongoing issues for certain clubs working through their Stripe verification, and we know that this is a difficult process. There are now over 1,500 clubs that are verified, and we'd encourage you to continue working through the step by step guide if you're having any issues.
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NatWest CricketForce Get Set Weekend
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For many years, NatWest CricketForce has been a focal point for clubs as you prepare your grounds and reconnect with your players and volunteers to get set for the season ahead.
Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, this year we will not be able to run NatWest CricketForce as a physical event. However, NatWest is running a new look virtual CricketForce with their Get Set Weekend.
We’d like to use this opportunity to invite everyone to join in and get involved on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th April. We’re asking you to gather together, reconnect and sign-up to the Get Set Weekend online; where you can register for the Big Quiz featuring legends and England stars, and a special Get Set Panel event, hosted by Michael Vaughan, to help prepare for the new season. There will also be Back Garden Training features for teams posted throughout the weekend.
For more information or to register click here.
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Mar 5, 2021, 2:34 pm
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This week's bulletin contains information an the ECB's response to the Government Announcement, International Women's Day and EWCT Loans.
Government Announcement - FAQs
We have been pleased with the recent Government announcements highlighting a return to cricket in England from the 29th March. We continue to work closely with DCMS and UK Government to ensure cricket plays it’s part in ensuring the safe opening up of society and that we continue to be highly respected thanks to the efforts of club volunteers up and down the country. As we finalise our guidance which will be shared with you all shortly we understand that some of you have asked questions on what activity is permissible at the moment.
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We have been pleased with the recent Government announcements highlighting a return to cricket in England from the 29th March. We continue to work closely with DCMS and UK Government to ensure cricket plays it’s part in ensuring the safe opening up of society and that we continue to be highly respected thanks to the efforts of club volunteers up and down the country. As we finalise our guidance which will be shared with you all shortly we understand that some of you have asked questions on what activity is permissible at the moment.
Q. Can I deliver 1:1 coaching sessions?
A. Not at this time. Sports venues (including cricket facilities) must remain closed as instructed by the government until at least 29/3/21 (subject to review) and you may currently only exercise in a public outdoor space with one other person. ECB is clear that the definition of exercise in a public space is not intended to include cricket activity. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home#exercising
Q. Can I meet with other club committee members to get the ground ready for the start of the season?
A. Not at this time. ‘Stay at Home where possible’ is still in force, so grounds maintenance should be limited to essential preparation tasks with essential staff only. Large working parties are not appropriate at this stage. Clubs should risk assess any lifting or lone working that would be an health and safety risk, and delay that until Step 1b (29/3/21) when the Rule of Six will apply and ‘Stay at Home’ will be replaced with ‘Stay Local’, then sub-grouped (max 6) working parties would be more appropriate. For more information please see the latest Sport England Guidance
Q. What does this mean for Cricket in Wales?
A. We continue to work closely with Sport Wales to ensure cricket can return as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding in keeping people safe this summer
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Cindy Butts has been appointed chair of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, which will examine issues relating to race and equity in the game.
Independant Commission for Equity in Cricket
As Chair, Ms Butts will work with the ECB Board to finalise the terms of reference for the Commission. She will lead the process to appoint a number of independent Commissioners who will bring further diversity of thought, background and experience to the Commission, providing constructive input and challenge to the ECB and the wider game.
The full announcement can be seen here.
International Womens Day
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International Women's Day is 8th March, and this year's theme is #ChoosetoChallenge.
The #IWD website explains...“A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. We can choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality."
Below is a guide that explains how the ECB is celebrating #IWD2021 and how you might like to get involved, celebrating women who work or volunteer in your County, local communities or clubs.
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International Women's Day is 8th March, and this year's theme is #ChoosetoChallenge.
The #IWD website explains...“A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. We can choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality."
Below is a guide that explains how the ECB is celebrating #IWD2021 and how you might like to get involved, celebrating women who work or volunteer in your County, local communities or clubs.
EWCT Loans
EWCT’s Trustees have approved an extension of the suspension of quarterly loan repayments for both the Interest Free Loan Scheme and the Emergency Loan Scheme until November 2021. If you have an EWCT loan, a communication will be sent to your Club or League. Please do not cancel any Direct Debit payments.
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Mar 2, 2021, 6:01 pmOur club is looking to have a inter club game on Sunday 11th April starting at approx 1pm playing around 30 overs.
We would have had it on the Saturday however the Rugby Club has a golf day booked and quite a few of our members are attending that day.
We are also looking at booking a personal trainer to limber us up ready for the season starting blowing away the cobwebs as they say.
We will be also looking at a number of outdoor nets before the season starts on 17th April. That is all depending on the COVID-19 position. Feb 28, 2021, 10:38 amFriday 26th February saw our groundsman give our cricket square its first cut of 2021 with a rotary mower.
Friday and Saturday both lovely sunny warm days we give our square a total of 8 cross over passes with our roller.
It is 7 weeks till the season starts. (fingers crossed)
Looking for Match Ball Sponsor Feb 22, 2021, 7:15 pmIn the 2021 season we are looking for match ball sponsors, it will cost £25 to sponsor a match ball. We are hoping to be able to get a sponsor for all 1st and 2nd team games. We have a total 44 league games.
We already have two members who have made a £25 donation to sponsor a ball.
Come on members sponsor a ball and support your club, you can choose which match you want to sponsor.
All of the income will benefit our club financially and go towards the costs of the cricket balls.
If you want to support our club please do not hesitate to contact your Chairman.
We have a winner in the Last Man Standing Feb 16, 2021, 9:38 pmAfter only 3 weeks Dan Hartshorn scooped the prize pot of £360.
There was only two left in Ricky Gibson selected Man Utd who drew at West Brom and Dan slected Chelsea who beat Newcastle in the midweek games.
Not bad for Dan he just joined 3 weeks ago.
We have a new round starting on the weekend if you want to join give Chris Harwood a ring.
ECB Weekly Update 5/2/2021 Feb 5, 2021, 3:44 pm
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Please see this week's bulletin for information about the National Programme Seminars and a message from the ECB Safeguarding Team regarding DBS.
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This is your last opportunity to sign up to the National Programme seminar on 9th February at 6pm. If you haven’t done so, make sure you register your attendance, and pass on the form to any relevant people within your club that will benefit from hearing the key All Stars and Dynamos Cricket updates for 2021. You will receive a zoom link to the event first thing on Monday morning.
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Lots of centres have started to upload their courses onto ClubSpark, thank you! If you haven’t done so yet, please do start the process of uploading your courses for both All Stars and Dynamos Cricket 2021, so that your sessions will be available to parents when we open participant recruitment later this month.
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Update from ECB Safeguarding Team regarding DBS
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We would encourage you to check that you have a valid DBS and if necessary, make an application as soon as possible. It’s important to start this process early in preparation for the new season and to avoid delays when cricket activities resume.
As a result of the Government’s current national lockdown restrictions and advice from theDisclosure and Barring Service, the ECB are continuing with Online ID verifications until further notice. This includes the initiation and verification of DBS applications.
Access is currently restricted to a limited group of Primary and Secondary users at County & ECB Level. Once you have submitted an application you will receive a link to use the Find a Verifier feature. After entering your postcode you will be asked to select 3 verifiers in order of preference. Once a verifier accepts your request you will be notified and advised to contact them to set up a Video ID meeting.
Links to some video conferencing / call software:
1. Zoom - https://zoom.us/
2. Microsoft Teams – https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads
3. Skype - https://www.skype.com/en/
4. iPhone Facetime - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204380
5. WhatsApp video call - https://www.whatsapp.com/download
Important steps for the ID verification meeting:
1. Ensure you have emailed over copies of your 3 ID documents prior to the verification meeting.
2. You will be asked to hold up to the screen the original documents used to compare likeness for any photo ID document.
3. Once the ID Verification has taken place, all emails with ID documents attached will be deleted.
4. If you incur any issues with the application process, then please seek support from dbs@ecb.co.uk
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England & Wales Cricket Board, Lord's Cricket Ground, London, NW8 8QZ
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Feb 5, 2021, 10:39 amOur clubs first five 2021 games are as follows;
1st Team Division 3 2nd Team Division 5 North
17th April Stobswood (H) Rock 1st (A)
24th April Benwell & Walbottle (A) Monkseaton 1st (H)
1st May Alnmouth & Lesbury 2nds (H) Ulgham 1st (A)
8th May GEMS (A) Warneford 1st (H)
15th May Blyth (H) Bedlington 2nds (A)
We will draft up our clubs fixtures sheet and send it out via email to all members.
Kitchen/Tea Room Equipment Grant Jan 22, 2021, 5:34 pmBig thank you to Wilkinson's of Ashington, who awarded our club a £40 voucher from their Helping Hands Community Fund.
We purchased a large 6 Ltr slow cooker and a 1.8 Ltr rice cooker and steamer, just what we needed to help with our tea's on a cold day.
Thank you Wilkinsons for your support.
Last Man Standing "We Have a Winner" Jan 22, 2021, 5:30 pmAfter two rollers we now have a winner that lucky person is Callum Milburn, walks away the prize pot of £630, not bad for a £10 entry, with a nice sum riased for our club.
Three people were left in, one had Wolves to beat West Brom and they lost 3 -2, the other had Leeds to win and they lost 1 -0 at home.
Callum had Spurs to win and they did 2 - 0 thus giving him the prize pot.
If you would like to join give Chris Harwood a ring.
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COVID 19 Risk Assessment
