Toft
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Toft
CRICKET CLUB
Toft CC is a fine example of a club that is playing an important role in the
local community and they have some exciting plans in place for the future.
Cricket Club Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative Nigel
Muirhead to find out more about how they’ve been getting along lately.
Nigel told us, “The mood is very
positive at the club at the moment
both on and off the pitch. The
preparation ahead of the season
went very well and although it is
unlikely we can win the league we
are confident of a strong season at
first team level. We may be there or
there abouts for the second team and
the third team is a very young side
playing in the Third Team Premier
League with the objective of staying
up having been promoted last
season.”
“The atmosphere is very positive
not because we’re at the top of the
league winning every game but
because we have a good crop of
youngsters coming through and
have relaunched our academy so that
we have a number of good players
receiving structured training. We’ve
worked hard to provide players with
a clear pathway into the senior game
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and hope that what we provide now
helps them to make the transition.
“The junior section has nine
sides and another thing which has
been really brilliant is the success
of the All Stars with 110 people
signing up this year. There is a real
feel good factor about the club with
investment going into our facilities
having secured a grant from the
ECB World Cup initiative. It is very
much a family club at Toft and we