Corsham
Cricket CLUB
Youth
“We’ve always had a very healthy
youth section which is now known as
the Corsham Academy. At the end of last
season we had more than 100 members
with around 25 girls involved. We are
always keen to welcome youngsters and
look to give them plenty of opportunities
to play cricket.
The U13 girls’ team had a superb season
last year and went to the National Finals.
They finished fourth but did superbly to
get there. Lilly Day was outstanding for
them and was playing 4th XI cricket as
well and showed the potential that she
has. Lilly play’s beautifully straight and
hits the ball very hard and was part of a
squad that we are very proud of.”
2016
“The first objective for the club in
2016 is to retain our West of England
Premier League status. I sense that we
are in a period of change at the club at
the moment with the loss of players from
last year. We’re looking to bring in some
extra players to boost our depth in the 2nd
XI. Our 3rd and 4th teams have plenty of
Academy players involved and have been
performing very well.”
Ambitions
“Over the coming years we would
like to see the first XI retain their Premier
Division status. We’re lucky at Corsham in
that the location of the ground is more or
less in the centre of the town so we’ve got
a very healthy non playing membership
(over 400) so we get good support for our
matches. Although the ground is a little
on the small side it is very picturesque and
is a great setting for cricket and we hope
to see the exciting group of youngsters we
have here progressing on to play for the
first team. ”
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