Roehampton CC - COVID 19 Recovery

Aim

We're aiming to raise money to offset the income and funding opportunities lost due to the Coronavirus pandemic. REWARDS LISTED BELOW!

ROEHAMPTON CRICKET CLUB

BACKGROUND

Roehampton Cricket Club is an English Cricket Board (ECB) / Clubmark accredited
club and a registered Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC). We are a sporting hub in the local community and home to a growing juniors cricket section boasting over 300 girls and boys aged 2-15. Our cricket coaches are all accredited and play a key role in local children’s development through sport. The club works with several schools in the London boroughs of Wandsworth and Hammersmith & Fulham to deliver cricket and general sport coaching.

We have three Saturday League and two Sunday adult cricket teams, with over 60 senior playing members. Our 1st and 2nd XI compete in the Fullers Brewery Surrey County League, whilst the 3rd XI compete in the AJFordham Surrey Championship.

We strive to ‘connect communities and improve lives’ through cricket, increasing the relevance of cricket locally and growing long-term engagement with the game in these communities and are proud of the diverse range of backgrounds and ethnicities of our members and always welcome new members of all standards and abilities. Everyone that wants a game of cricket should get one!

Last year we began the steps to forming our first women's cricket team, with some free taster sessions, building on the growth of girl's cricket at the club.  We hope to continue that work this year with our better facilities.

IN THE COMMUNITY

The club benefits it's members and the wider community through a range of initiatives, including...

Professionally led cricket and multisport coaching and competitive matches for hundreds of juniors age 3 and up:

• 100+ in-term cricket courses running all year round (indoors during the Winter months)
• 100+ competitive league and friendly matches a season for 9 age groups starting at U8s
• Cricket and Multisport (cricket, football and rugby) camps during all school holiday periods
• access to the performance programs of our affiliated counties (Surrey and Middlesex)
• providing a managed pathway to playing senior cricket
• 700+ 1:1, 800+ group and 2100+ cricket camp and 750+ multisport camp sessions delivered to over 600 children during 2020

Community benefits:

• Hosting of local school cricket teams matches
• Taster sessions to introduce cricket to children in local schools
• Hosting of local school after school cricket clubs
• Taster sessions to introduce women to cricket
• Hosting of local school PE sessions
• Space for exercise, dog walking and relaxation
• Allows local personal trainers and small community sporting groups to conduct training in a covid safe manner 

Social events:

• Regular opening of bar for local residents groups
  
• Quiz nights
• Post match and taster sessions BBQs
• Annual Reverse Lottery and T20 Fun Day
• Annual Club Day and BBQ
• Annual Club Presentation Dinner
• Clubhouse hire for parties/functions/AGMs

WHY WE'RE FUNDRAISING

THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS

Whilst we were able to modify junior training sessions to be Covid compliant, the adult cricket season was significantly reduced and our clubhouse and bar were closed for most of 2020 and so far in 2021.  This meant lost revenue due to reductions in membership subscriptions and takings over the bar, and being unable to hold our normal in and post season fundraising events such as the reverse lottery and annual club dinner.

While we've been fortunate to receive grants from the ECB and Wandsworth Council that have helped pay the bills, this hasn't made up for the loss of fundraising.

WHAT THIS MEANS TO US

Last year the proceeds of our standard fundraising activities were earmarked to help improve some of the club's facilities in 2021.  Due to the coronavirus situation, we were unable to run these activities and thus are short of the funds for vital projects needed to support the continued growth of the club.

New two-lane nets facility: The club now has planning permission for this project which will cost just over £40k.  Whilst we will attempt to get other external funding, the club will be required to fund a significant portion of this through partnership funding.  The majority of this crowdfunder will go towards partnership funding of the nets facility.  The club intends to pledge £5k towards this crowdfunder.

Other projects:  Replacement Sightscreens, additional equipment storage on the ground and our partnership facility fund will also benefit from funds raised in this crowdfunder as we approach our stretch target.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Please make a donation or "buy" any of our rewards on offer.  Sport England have pledged 40% matched funding (£8k!) in order to help us bounce back from COVID-19 and continue the growth of the club - we just need to make sure we raise the rest from at least 100 people.  With your help we can continue to ensure that Roehampton CC offers high quality cricket facilities to the community.Thank you for your support!  Max will be soooo happy not to have to put temporary nets up all the time!

This project successfully funded on 29th March 2021