Sport Northern Ireland Project Re-Boot: Activate has provided £5,000 of match funding
Bready CC Developing New U11 / U15 Girls Teams
Londonderry, Derry and Strabane, United Kingdom
Aim
We want to make Cricket accessible to as many girls as possible in the community by providing excellent youth programmes at the club
- We are a family oriented cricket club with existing teams at under U11,13, 15 Boys and U13 Girls teams
- We have five senior men's teams
- We have 2 Senior Women's teams
- Our Women's 1st XI are the current NWCU Premier League Champions
- We are a Sport NI 'Club Mark' Accredited Club.
- Awarded the 2021 Cricket Ireland Club of The a Year
- We run softball, SMASH IT & It's Wicket Cricket programme for 150 children aged from 5-11.
- We provide in school programmes for local Primary Schools
- We are a family and community club open to all with a great 'How Can We Help' Culture
- We have great Indoor & Outdoor facilities for people to come and learn and play the game in a fun and safe environment.
Club / Community and your support....
Bready CC have been part of the local community since 1938. Our last 2/3 years have been the most difficult phase in the clubs existence, as Covid-19 has impacted adversely on the services we provide foremost. During the this the clubs has worked to support the elderly and vulnerable in the local and wider community via it's Sunday Dinner Programme, when our 'Cricketing Cooks' provided 4500 meals throughout the community. We want to continue supporting all of our members and the community recovering from challenges which Covid has thrown-up such as lost financial revenue streams etc. We are a Clubmark accredited (best practice) club and have a volunteer team who are dedicated and skilled to improve every aspect of the club.
How Covid effected the Club.......
- Through Covid we had to cancel sessions, we lost junior and girls memberships.
- A number of volunteers and coaches have drifted away and we've had to and continue to work to increasing the number of volunteers to help at the club.This project.....
In 2022 thank to Sport NI and your kind donations via Crowdfunder we started a new programme called 'Back in the Game' which was aimed at getting the youth at the club back playing cricket, but in 2023 we want to add new a new aspect to the club and create NEW Girls Teams at the club at U11 and U15 Level.
The programme will include:
- New coaching sessions during the week for girls, which will include fun cricket session and fun physical sessions on catching/batting/running/ building confidence and knowledge etc
- Attending local schools to run after school sessions
- Outdoor fun fitness sessions
- Use the clubs NW Warriors male & female players to help support the programme
- Starting a girls only U11 & Under 15 section who will play matches in new competitions arranged by the North West Cricket Union
- We are going to work with the NWCU and the NW warriors to help promote the game and develop new coaches
Bready CC require support to develop this project which will provide Cricket opportunities for girls in our community with our coaches attending Bready Jubilee Primary School for After Schools sessions for U11's and club sessions for both U11 & U15 Girls, utilising best practice coaching and equipment eg Bowling Machines, protective equipment, Coach Education Courses, for our Youth and Ladies section. These items will allow our best practice coaches to work to develop each child in a safe, fun environment.
How you can play your part
There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.
1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!
2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.
3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!
4. If you want to run your own fundraiser to support us, maybe a sponsored activity or similar, use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!
This project successfully funded on 31st March 2023