Sport Northern Ireland Project Re-Boot: Activate has provided £5,000 of match funding
Bready CC Supporting Girls/Boys Youth Cricket
Londonderry, Derry and Strabane, United Kingdom
Aim
We want to make Cricket accessible to as many boys and girls as possible by providing excellent youth programmes at the club
Who are Bready Cricket Club?
- We are a cricket club with under U9,11,13 (boys and girls) U15 teams
- We have five senior men's teams
- We have 2 Senior Women's teams
- Both our Men's 1st XI and Women's 1st XI are the current NWCU Premier League Champions
- We are a Sport NI 'Club Mark' Accredited Club.
- Award the 2021 Cricket Ireland Club of The a
- 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 18 months 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 have 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 with club life.
This project.....
In order to address this we are starting a new cricket programme- Bready CC ‘Back in the Game’
The programme will include:
- New coaching sessions during the week for girls and boys, which will include fun cricket session and fun physical literacy sessions on catching/batting/running/ building confidence and knowledge etc
- Outdoor fun fitness sessions
- Use the clubs NW Warriors male & female players to help support the programme
- Starting a girls only Under 16 section and team
- 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 boys & girls in our community utilising best practice coaching and equipment eg portable cricket nets, protective equipment, Coach Education Courses, Portable Bowling Machines, 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.
This project successfully funded on 25th March 2022