Bovey Tracey
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Bovey Tracey
CRICKET CLUB
B
ovey Tracey Cricket Club is thriving at the moment. With just
five league matches to play, the 1st XI isleading the Premier
Division of the Devon Cricket League by thirty five points. Our 2nd
XI is second in their respective League and both our 3rd & 4th XIs are
enjoying a successful season in their respective leagues.
The idea to create a 3rd XI a few seasons
ago and latterly a 4th XI has proved to
be a major success. This has enabled our
junior players to play senior cricket on
Saturdays and Sundays, thus improving
their techniques and also involving them
in longer games of cricket. In doing this
we are now seeing the emergence of
many of our junior players into the 2nd
XI of which three are regularly turning
out for the 1st XI.
The Club is pleased that the County
Club has noticed the ability of some of
our players and two have been chosen to
represent the County at Minor Counties
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level and three are regularly selected for
the Devon Lions, the pathway to the full
County side. Our young Sunday League
team is now performing in the top tier of
the South Devon League after winning
promotion last season. Understandably,
the standard is a little higher and the
team has found it more difficult this
season.
Our Ladies & Junior Teams are
performing well in their respective
leagues. Our Junior section is much
envied and again this has been built
up over a number of years by different
members overseeing this important
section of the Club. At present we
enter ten junior teams into the South
Devon Youth League at all age levels
from Under 10 to Under 15, plus Under
17 and Under 19s teams in different
competitions both local and nationally.
The Ladies team has a good mixture
with young girls and ladies.
This season, two new activities have been
introduced ‘All Stars Cricket’ and ‘Wine
& Wickets’ both English Cricket Board
(ECB) initiatives to encourage more
youngsters and ladies to participate.
Both initiatives have proved to be very