Timperley
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and opportunities for local interschool competitions. The
Club is actively involved in the ECB All-stars programme
for boys and girls aged from five to eight and are running
junior teams in two local leagues and cups from U9 to
U15. We try to talent spot early to ensure that talented
players are recognised and developed but we also have a
drive to provide playing opportunities for players of all
abilities.
“Helping junior players transition to senior cricket
is an important aspect of building a sustainable club.
Timperley has always prided ourselves as being a
friendly and welcoming club for junior players
and their parents which has close links
between our junior and senior teams. We
were one of the first clubs in the area
to gain ECB Clubmark accreditation
which we have retained to this day
having gone through the most
recent reaccreditation in 2018.
Our selection policy is aimed
at developing junior players
and introducing them to senior
cricket when they are capable of
doing so.
“Running five senior teams
provides us with the opportunity
to ease junior players transition
into senior cricket at a level that
suits them best. The lower teams are
regarded as development teams providing
a pathway for junior players to reach their full
potential and ultimately play first team cricket or beyond.
“Our first team captain is also our junior organiser
so our juniors are well represented at our weekly
selection meetings. Captains provide feedback on how
junior players are progressing at the weekly selection
meetings ensuring junior players continue to play at the
most appropriate level as they develop and mature. A
significant proportion of our 1st XI started their cricketing
experience as Timperley Juniors.
“We are a community club. Timperley CC is part of
the wider multi-sports Timperley Sports Club. The Club
are currently in the process of converting Timperley
Sports Club into a Community Benefit Society the rules
of which state: -
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The objects of the Society shall be for the public
benefit:
a) The promotion of community participation in
healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of
Timperley and surrounding areas by the provision of
facilities for playing cricket, football, hockey, lacrosse
and other sports.
b) Without distinction of age, sex, sexual orientation,
race or of political, religious or other opinions to
provide facilities in the interests of social welfare
for recreation and leisure time occupation
with the objective of improving
the conditions of life, health and
wellbeing of the public.
“Retention
of
playing
strength is likely to be the biggest
challenge moving forward. We
have good numbers at present
but with the nature of work as
it is at the moment, we do not
know from year to year how
many lads will keep playing.
Providing effective pathways
to help our large junior section
transition into senior cricket will be
an important part of this
“We would hope that as we consolidate
our position in the Premiership, we would
become a club to which players chose to gravitate
towards if they wish to play at the highest club level or
are moving to this area.
“We would like to also restart Girls and Women’s
Cricket at Timperley drawing from the synergies with
the girls and ladies’ hockey Lacrosse and junior football
sections with the broader Timperley Sports Club. We
also aim to continue to develop our playing and off field
facilities to enhance the overall member experience and
provide a viable choice for the holding of more Finals
days and representative Cheshire junior and minor
Counties cricket matches.”