A Message from our Chairman

 

At Newhaven Cricket Club we pride ourselves on our youth policy. The aim of the club is to provide an outlet for those boys and girls in the area who wish to play cricket. If just two players per year take up the game on a long-term basis, this is all the club needs to have a healthy supply of keen cricketers to take the place of the older players as they come to the end of their cricketing careers. Obviously, we hope more than two continue to play after the age of 16, but the club takes nobody for granted.

We take the issue of safety extremely seriously as a hard cricket ball can be dangerous if players are larking around or not concentrating. I instruct Gary Dove, as the Youth Development Officer and his team of Managers and Coaches, to instil in the boys and girls simple safety rules. For example, at the Indoor Net coaching sessions, the children must at all times be facing forward watching the ball to ensure that if it is hit hard they can take evasive action.

The other issue that has come to the fore more recently is that of Child Protection. We cannot be too careful in this area. Therefore, I would ask that you don’t ask/expect Team Managers to pick-up and take home your offspring to and from practice sessions and matches. Also, please don’t be late in collecting them afterwards, as again we do not want to see individual children being left on their own with an adult and no one else around. This is clearly inappropriate. However, I would reassure you that our Team Managers and Coaches have either been on Child Protection courses or are about to and they will all, in due course, have a Criminal Records Bureau check made although most, including Gary Dove, have already been checked.

I hope your boys and girls enjoy their cricket and if any of you have ideas on how to improve our club, I will be more than happy to hear from you.

 

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Mick Pooley
Chairman
Newhaven Cricket Club