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Egerton Cricket Club Newsletter

April 2021

Welcome to the 2021 Cricket Season
at Blackburn Road

Junior Training

Your child’s safety at their cricket sessions is our absolute priority, and Egerton Cricket Club will be adhering to the Government and ECB COVID-19 guidelines current to the current calendar day

ECB All Stars 5-8 year olds

All Stars Cricket provides a fantastic first experience for all children aged 5-8 years old where they’re guaranteed 8 weeks of jam-packed fun, activity and skills development. The programme is designed to introduce children to the sport, teaching them new skills, helping them make new friends and have a great time doing so.

Fridays 6-8pm from 30th April

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ECB Dynamos

8-11 year olds

Dynamos Cricket provides a fantastic next step for all those graduating from All Stars Cricket and the perfect introduction for all 8-11 year-olds new to the sport!

Fridays 6-8pm from 30th April

GMCL Juniors

U11's and U13's training every FRIDAY during the season
Fridays 6-8pm 2nd April and 9th April -
BY INVITATION ONLY DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS

OPEN TO ALL FROM FRIDAY 16TH APRIL

U15's and U17's training every THURSDAY during the season
Thursdays 6-8pm 1st April and 8th April
BY INVITATION ONLY DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS

OPEN TO ALL FROM FRIDAY 16TH APRIL

Senior Training

Senior training every Tuesday during the season
6-8pm from 30th March -
BY INVITATION ONLY DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS

OPEN TO ALL FROM FRIDAY 16TH APRIL

Weather

Unfortunately, it has been known to rain occasionally on training nights and match days.
Coaches, managers and umpires will always try to make sure training and matches go ahead, but it has to be safe to do so. If an event has to be called off, notifications will be made on squad WhatsApp groups, as well as social media channels.
Please keep an eye out closer to start times.
Please also remember, that once restrictions are lifted, on training nights even in poor weather, the bar in the Clubhouse will be open, so don't cancel your plans completely, a warm welcome is waiting for you!

Senior Cricket Fixtures April 2021

Meet the Playing Team

Janith Liyanage

Club Pro

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Sri Lankan born Janith retuns to Blackburn Road after missing last season due to Covid travel restrictions. He brings a wealth of experince and is a very popular member of the Club.

Janith’s home teams include Ragama Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Emerging Team, Sri Lanka Under-19s, St. Peters College

For more information on Janith’s career, his stats can be found here

Deon Fernando

Overseas Amateur

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style

Joining Janith at Blackburn Road this season, Deon is a fantastic young player who is coming to the UK to hone his skill set in conditions far different to those of his home country of Sri Lanka.
For those cricket badgers out there, his career so far includes
Attended S. Thomas college MT. Lavinia, Sri Lanka
Was a member of the 140th battle of the blues.
Was a member of the 141st battle of the blues.
Scored 800+ runs in the 18/19 1st eleven season
Scored 500+ runs in the 19/20 1st eleven season
Currently playing in the Sebastianites premier team
Was a member of the OTCC (Old Thomian Cricket Club DIVISION 2).
Was a playing member of the champion team U20 All island T20 league both 2019 and 2020.

Backroom Team

Amal Dalugoda

Club Coach

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Left arm orthodox

After a couple of years working at other Clubs, ECC are pleased to announce the return of Amal back to Blackburn Road.

Born in Sri Lanka and learning his trade in his home country, Amal moved to the UK in 2000 to further his carrer and became resident in 2006. He is a well known and respected player and coach.

Amal will be coaching our Junior players on Thursdays and Fridays during the season, as well as supporting the Senior Teams.

He will also be visiting our local schools to showcase the benefits of cricket to our young people as soon as restrictions are lifted. If you would like to arrange for Amal to visit your school, please let us know at howzat@egertoncc.co.uk

Amal will also be hosting two Summer Camps for Juniors at ECC, please keep an eye out for details nearer the time!

Junior Cricket

How they finished in 2020

U15's

Due to Covid-19, it was decided that as a Club, we wouldn’t enter an U15s team into the League for the 2020 season. However, many of these very able young cricketers still manged to get plenty of time pitch side, ‘playing up’ in the U17s, 2nds/3rds, 1st XI and the T20 teams. We also manage to arrange some friendlies with local teams, giving the opportunity for a few a the U15 fringe players a chance to shine, with them opening both the batting and bowling - and shine they did, with some very memorable performances, but most importantly smiles and laughter from both players and parents. Many thanks to Eagley CC and Farnworth Social Club CC for taking the time to come along and give us some great cricket!

Four of the U15s also managed to spend a week at Neston CC on the Wirral in July, in a tournament organised by Pro Cricket Academies. The standard of cricket was very high, with most of the players at District cricket standard or above. Our players did themselves and the Club proud, winning three Man of Match trophies over the course of the 5 days, and praise from the tournament organisers regarding both their ability and their conduct. Neston CC has some of the best cricket facilities in North West, and it was a great to watch all of our lads grow into the tournament and come away from the experience as much better players.

U17's

The U17s League struggled to gain any momentum due to a mixture of the weather and also cancelled matches due to cases of Covid-19 in other teams. As with the U15s, our U17s ‘played up’ and showed themselves to be very capable, they are the future of our Club and will been given every opportunity to show their talent in the Senior teams.

Club Community Events

Egerton Cricket Club prides itself as being at the ‘heart of the community’, and the Clubhouse hosts many regular events and meetings unrelated to cricket. Here are just a few of the different groups meeting at the Club.

Strikerz FC HQ
Over 60’s Club
Pink Ladies Rounders team
TBC
TBC

If you would like to find out more about the Club and if it would be suitable for your Group, then please get in touch at howzat@egertoncc.co.uk

Club Opening Hours - April 2021

We will be following government and ECB rules regarding opening the club back up for the 2021 cricket season
Training will follow the dates outlined in the Training Section contained within this newsletter
From 29th March you will be allowed to meet outside in groups of up to 6 people or 2 households.

The Club will not be open during this initial opening, apart from the toilet and first aid facilities for teams.

From 12th April the club will be allowed to serve drinks, but outside only!

The Bar will be open

Friday 17:30 - 23:00

Sat / Sun 12:30 - 23:00 (matchdays only)

Tuesday 19:30 -22:00

Please note: the above times will be dependant on current COVID regulations in force on that day.

After the success of last year's use of the 'Round' App, we will be continuing to take orders for drinks and snacks using this really smart App, and the feedback from you all last year was really positive - so much easier not having to miss a ball of play and have your drinks brought to the table or collect from the outside collection point!

round app logo

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Get Involved

So much goes on in the background to make Egerton Cricket Club run as smoothly as it does.
When you turn up at the Club to watch a match, the wicket has been prepared, the outfield has had a final cut, the bar is open, the Clubhouse is clean and well presented, the ouside areas have had the bins emptied and a freshcoat of paint has been applied to those areas that need it. There are a core of dedicated people working to keep our Club facilities in great condition, but they can’t do it all on their own!

You don’t need a skill or a talent to help out, just a few hours a week, or even from time to time would make a massive difference to those volunteers already giving up a bit of their time; if you think you would like to get involved, please let us know by sending an email howzat@ergertoncc.co.uk and we will forward on your details to the Grounds Team. Or just turn up on the off chance someone is on the Ground and go and introduce yourself - you will be made more than welcome, and you will be put to good use!