SURREY CRICKET FOUNDATION

2016 ANNUAL REVIEW

Director of Cricket Development Paul Taylor looks back on a year of

effort and achievement right across the county.

2016 has been another incredibly busy year for the Surrey Cricket Foundation (SCF) and

whilst there are always continual challenges for us, we have enjoyed some incredible

successes.

Nationally, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have undergone significant changes to

their structure. The new Participation and Growth team, led by Matt Dwyer, has been created

following the restructure, with the recruitment of key leads across participation, growth,

customer marketing & systems and regional operations. The latter role leads a new regional

team network across seven newly created geographical regions. London region (Surrey,

Middlesex, Kent and the London boroughs of Essex) will see a team of six ECB staff deployed

to support us as a county.

Participation in the game has grown, however the trend of adult cricketers leaving the game

is a continuing concern. Our numbers are balanced by the growth in junior numbers,

particularly amongst girls.

The introduction of the new Women’s Kia Super League and Surrey securing the Surrey Stars

franchise, has played a key part in the growth of interest in the women and girls game. With

England players now able to secure central contracts, there is now a clear pathway for any

girls wanting to play at the highest level.

Our School’s programme, supported by Chance to Shine, has seen the game introduced to

over 13,500 children in 2016. Across the Street programmes we again excelled in terms of

delivery and the number of attendees across our projects. An achievement that has been

highlighted by Chance to Shine across the country.

Our Disabilities programme, with the fantastic support of our sponsor, First State

Investments, continues to go from strength to strength. The programme is expanding and

whilst there will always be challenges in certain areas of the programme, the highlights have

seen our County Visually Impaired team go unbeaten all year and win an unprecedented

three trophies during the season. Whilst our annual SCF’s Disabilities Day saw over 400

children enjoy the Kia Oval experience.

Our education programmes delivered by our tutoring team and supported by the coaches,

officials and groundsman’s associations continue to be well attended with over 900 attendees

across the various programmes.

Our facility development programme, once again, allocated over £100,000 of funding into the

club network as part of the ECB small grants scheme. The ECB contribution was topped up

by the SCF and we managed to support 46 clubs.

Within the Cricket Development team, I am pleased to announce that Chevy Green has been

promoted into the role of Cricket Development Officer and we have recruited three new

community coaches during 2016 with George Sims, Chris Morris and John Monday joining

the team. They are all excellent additions to the team.

I would like to thank Surrey County Cricket Club for the support that we receive as a

Foundation. We are truly blessed and lead the way in terms of cooperative working and

integration across the county cricket board network.

I would also like to thank SCF Trustees, especially our Chairman, Simon Dyson, for their

commitment and support in helping shape our operation and ensuring we continue to drive

the development of our programmes.

In addition, a huge thank you to all the volunteers across the County for all that you do, the

game wouldn’t happen without you. Thanks also to the members of our working group

structure who help shape our decision making.

Lastly, I would like to thank my team for their hard work, support, passion and dedication

throughout the year. They are constantly challenged in terms of capacity to deliver all that is

expected and without them the successes achieved would not have been possible.

2017 will bring us some fresh challenges with new contracts being negotiated with the ECB,

Chance to Shine and Sport England, however our mission to continue to support and improve

recreational cricket in the County will not diminish.

SCHOOLS

This programme forms part of our Chance to Shine schools project and is funded by Chance

to Shine. The schools (primary, secondary and special needs) involved have access to

curriculum and extra curriculum coaching, assembly visits, teacher training, resources and

equipment. The programme also links children to their local cricket club.

School’s Programme

2016 has been a successful year for the school’s programme. The figures below show some

significant improvement in some areas compared to 2015, most notably, number of schools

involved, coaching hours and children receiving regular coaching.

2015 2016

Schools Involved 111

123

(75 Primary, 2 Middle, 37

Secondary & 9 Special

Schools)

Coaching Hours 2,435 3,490

No. Children receiving

regular coaching 6,193

13,595

(51% Male & 49% Female)

No. Schools who

Participated in National

Cricket Week

80 143

No. of inter school matches 1,093 2,112

The program also saw 40 teachers receive Informal Teacher Training and 29 teachers receive 1 to

1 mentoring from SCF coaches.

Satellite & Mini Satellite Clubs

Fifteen extra-curricular satellite clubs had achieved the following headline figures when the

Sport England funding ceased at the end of March 2016:

• 425 regular playing members

• 78 regular committee members

• 288 occasional players

• 151 intra-school matches

• 118 inter-school matches.

As in previous years, satellite club pupils have assisted with the running of both local and

county Kwik Cricket competitions. By using young leaders at these events, we are providing

them with the opportunity to learn important life skills and the chance to put into practice the

skills learnt during their Cricket Activators training.

School Competitions

A total of 1012 (593 primary and 419 secondary) teams entered our competitions in 2016.

School Competitions Roll of Honour 2016

Hobbs Trophy

SCF again supported the annual Hobbs Trophy match in 2016. This is a 40 over match between

U15 players from State schools in Surrey and South London. London Schools, were asked to

bat first and were bowled out for 190. In reply, Surrey Schools cruised to victory, reaching the

target of 191 with 6 overs to spare.

Cup Age Group Winner

ESCA NatWest County Cup U15 Whitgift

SSCA U15 T20 Vase U15 Howard of Effingham

Anderson Cup U14 St John’s

U15 Girls Competition U15 St George’s

U13 Girls Competition U13 Kingston GS

Watcyn Evans Trophy U13 Whitgift School

U14 Plate Competition U14 Wallington CGS

U13 Plate Competition U13 Rutlish/Wallington

U12 Plate Competition U12 TBC in April 2017

Bunbury Jubilee Trophy U12 Trinity School

Verney Cup U11 Shrewsbury House

Geoff Richards Trophy U11 KCJS

Connellan Trophy U11 St Martins

Kwik Cricket Year 6 Open U11 Reigate Priory (Reigate &

Banstead

Kwik Cricket Girls U11 Bishop Gilpin (Merton)

Kwik Cricket Year 5 U10 Pirbright Primary School

Lady Taverners Indoor U13 Oakwood

Lady Taverners Indoor U15 The Charter School

Year 7/8 Boys Indoor U13 Reigate

Year 9/10 Boys Indoor U15 Ernest Bevin

Year 7/8 Boys Inter Outdoor U13 Greenshaw

Year 9/10 Boys Inter Outdoor U15 Hollyfield

Year 7/8 Girls Inter Outdoor U13 Salesian

Year 9/10 Girls Inter Outdoor U15 Wallington

Pinsent Masons Scholarship Programme

12 children were selected in 2016 for the Pinsent Masons scholarship which entitles the

individual to a free place at an SCF development course of their choice.

The successful participants were invited to attend an on-pitch presentation at the Kia Oval

during the innings interval of the Royal London One Day Cup match between Surrey and

Glamorgan. Sadly, the weather prevented the presentation taking place on the outfield but it

went ahead in the Ken Barrington Cricket Centre, where the awards were presented to the

scholars by Pinsent Masons representative, Martin Roberts, and Surrey CCC fast bowler,

Matthew Dunn.

The 2016 Pinsent Masons Scholars were; Adam Burnham, Archie Legg, Kobi Fordyce, Thomas

Sullivan-Ferrarin, Anthony Whitehouse-Brown, Jamie Lowery, Leo McLean, Oliver Bennett,

Daniel Bradshaw, George Dennis, Arjun Jnr. Bhinda and Lauren Streeting.

Woking Bedser Schools Cricket Scholarship Programme

SCF, in partnership with local businesses, runs a school’s cricket programme in Woking, in

honour of Sir Alec and Eric Bedser. The Bedser brothers grew up and were educated in

Woking. Both Alec and Eric represented Surrey CCC and Alec went on to play for England.

This programme aims to identify six children that are not currently in the Surrey CCC player

pathway who have the potential to become performance cricketers. The scholarship includes

cricket equipment vouchers, club subscription for 2017, one-to-one coaching, a bespoke five-

week group coaching course, a bespoke cricket shirt and tickets to attend a match at the Kia

Oval.

The 2016 Bedser Scholars were; Ollie Bell, Tilley Harries, Charlotte Lambert, Ramish Malik,

Alex McPherson and Jude Silverton.

Our thanks go to the Bedser Scholarship Working group for all their support in making this

programme a success.

School’s Day

Working with Surrey CCC, the SCF once again helped to deliver a successful School’s Day at

the Kia Oval in 2016. The day saw over 5,000 children from around 90 primary and secondary

schools at the Kia Oval to watch the Specsavers County Championship Match between Surrey

and Middlesex, as well as enjoy a day of activities and other attractions around the ground.

The day aims to enthuse children and create a new generation of cricket fans.

COMMUNITIES

The SCF communities programme offers different formats that are outside the traditional

cricketing environments. Activity includes a range of different opportunities such as the

Chance to Shine Street Programme, Urban cricket, Informal cricket, Last Man Stands and

activity in local Colleges and Universities.

Chance to Shine – Street Youth & Young Adult Programmes

This programme aims to increase aspiration, promote mutual respect and enhance

relationships with others, including schools, police and local communities, by providing

structured coaching and competitive opportunities for young people. We have run 10 projects

over 2016, 6 Street Youth (8-14 year olds) and 4 Young Adult (16-24 year olds) projects. The

Youth projects have taken place in the London boroughs of Lambeth (2 Projects), Kingston,

Sutton, Croydon and Merton. The Young Adult projects have taken place in the boroughs of

Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth and Merton.

The SCF have achieved an average attendance of 30 participants at each project in 2016. From

the 314 participants, around 20% are now linked to clubs.

Using the Inspired Fund, we will be expanding our offer in 2017 for both programmes, with

3 new locations outside of the London boroughs. The new locations are Horley, Sheerwater

(Woking) and Park Barn (Guildford).

ECB City Cup

The ECB City Cup league ran for 6 weeks over July and August and saw borough sides from

Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth play a series of T20 matches against each

other. Wandsworth ran out winners and were also undefeated.

A select XI from the boroughs were then chosen to represent South London in the national

competition. South London were triumphant over North London and Leicester on their way

to the final, held at Grace Road, home of Leicestershire CCC, where they lost to Manchester

in the final.

The players engaged in this competition come mainly from our South Asian & African-

Caribbean networks and is pivotal in providing an exit route for our Street Young Adults

participants.

CLUBS AND LEAGUES

The SCF provides support to Clubs and Leagues in several different areas such as; affiliation

benefits, junior section development, player retention, coach education and development,

umpires and scorers training, volunteers, facility development and groundsmanship training

and support.

Junior Leagues

SCF would like to thank all the volunteers who have worked tirelessly throughout the year to

ensure there is a wide variety of formats of cricket for our junior club cricketers.

Junior Leagues Roll of Honour 2016

League Age Group /

League Champions Age Group / League Champions

West Surrey

Cricket League

U9 East Stoke D'Abernon CC U12 South Churt CC

U9 South Farnham CC U13 East East Molesey CC

U9 North Royal Ascot CC U13 North Pyrford CC

U10 East Ashtead CC U13 South Blackheath CC

U10 North Chobham CC U14 East Esher CC

U10 South Horsley & Send CC U14 North Weybridge CC

U11 East Esher CC U14 South Horsley & Send CC

U11 North Frimley CC U15 North Valley End CC

U11 South Farnham CC U15 South Horsley & Send CC

U12 East Sunbury CC U17 East Maori Oxshott CC

U12 North Pyrford CC U17 West Bagshott CC

North East &

Central Surrey

Colts League

U8 Zone A Esher CC U11 Division 1 Pairs Dulwich CC

U8 Zone B Old Whitgiftians CC U11 Division 2 Pairs Trinity Mid-Whitgiftian CC

U9 Zone A Spencer CC U12 Zone A Spencer CC

U9 Zone B Trinity Mid-Whitgiftian CC U12 Zone B Old Whitgiftians CC

U9 Softball Trinity Mid-Whitgiftian CC U12 B Team Dulwich CC

U9 B Team Cheam CC U13 Division 1 Cheam CC

U10 Division 1 Spencer CC U13 Division 2 Outwood CC

U10 Division 2 Cheam CC U14 Zone A Sutton CC

U10 B Team Wimbledon CC U14 Zone B Oxted & Limpsfield CC

U11 Division 1 Spencer CC U15 Banstead CC

U11 Division 2 Spencer CC U16 Sutton CC

Mid-Surrey

Colts League

U10 Pairs Wimbledon CC U14 Division 1 Esher CC

U11 Division 1 Esher CC U14 Mixed August

League Group A Cheam CC

U11 Division 2 Spencer CC U14 Mixed August

League Group B East Molesey CC

U12 Division 1 Wimbledon CC U15 Division 1 Esher CC

U12 Division 2B Spencer CC U15 Division 2 Hampton Wick Royal CC

U13 Division 1 Spencer CC U17 Richmond CC

U13 Division 2 Bank of England CC

Two Counties

League

U8 Fernhurst CC - Falcons U13 Division 1 Guildford CC

U9 Division 1 Grayshott CC - Tigers U13 Division 2 Elstead CC

U9 Division 2 Frensham CC U13 8s Cup Elstead CC

U10 Division 1 Brook CC U15 Division 1 Guildford CC

U10 Division 2 Chobham CC U15 Division 2 Wood Street Village CC

U11 Division 1 Finchampstead CC U15 8s Cup Grayshott CC

U11 Division 2 Chiddingfold CC U17 8s Cup Wood Street Village CC

U12 Division 1 Guildford CC U19 Grayshott CC

U12 Division 2 Churt CC - Blues

East Surrey

Colts League

U8 Oxted & Limpsfield CC U13 Horley CC

U9 Oxted & Limpsfield CC U14 Lingfield CC

U10 Newdigate CC U15 Oxted & Limpsfield CC

U11 Lingfield CC U16 Reigate Priory CC

U12 Merstham CC U17 Ifield CC

Following a review by the Junior Leagues Working Group, 2017 will see the introduction of

the Surrey Invitation League at the U13 and U15 age groups. This will be a T20 format and

the best club teams from the junior leagues set up will be invited to take part in this league. It

is hoped that this new structure for Junior cricket will provide 'Better cricket for more players

NOT more cricket for better players', whilst also reducing the number of one sided matches

that can occur in junior cricket.

NatWest U19 T20

The NatWest U19 T20 aims to improve retention rates for teenage players in club cricket. The

Surrey Trust League took on the administration of the competition and our thanks go to them

and Eric Sands for administering such a well-run event.

This year’s competition saw 29 teams from across Surrey participate in the competition with

a finals day kindly hosted by Epsom CC in August. The semi-finals were contested between

Spencer CC, Guildford CC, Ashtead CC and Normandy CC with Guildford CC the eventual

winners in a close final against Normandy CC.

Surrey Senior Cricketers Association (SSCA)

Rain decimated the early season programme for the SSCA 50+ section. However, despite the

weather, the 1st XI finished third in the South-East Group and then remarkably reached the

quarter-finals of the National Knock-Out competition before losing to a strong Essex side.

The Home Counties 2nd XI won the group and the Wasim Raja Shield and reached the play-

off final of the competition, losing to Essex in the final. The Southern Counties 2nd XI finished

third in the East group.

The 60+/70+ Sections of SSCA enjoyed a successful year. The 1st XI were top of the Seevent

National County Championship South Division and reached the semi-final of the national

play offs, only to be beaten by Cheshire. The 2nd XI achieved some fine wins but losing 4 games

resulted in them coming 4th in the South Division of the Seevent Championship. However,

they won the Bowl Competition, beating Somerset in the final. The 3rd XI came 2nd in their

Seevent Division and played positive cricket throughout. The 4th XI, in their inaugural year,

played several friendlies against other counties and won 3 games. The 70+ XI came 2nd in their

East/South Division and they reached the play offs, losing in the semi-final to Worcestershire.

Brian Aspital and Bill Early need special mention for their endless support in arranging over

120 fixtures and re-arranging many of them due to the early season weather.

South Asian Engagement

The South Asian Working Group has been using the Kia Oval as a hub over 2016. The group

and SCF have started several initiatives with the goal of improving participation in the South

Asian community. This has been done by supporting leagues with facilities, up-skilling the

volunteer workforce through umpiring, scoring and coaching courses and developing

community cricket clubs.

The SCF continue to support Sutton Challengers CC who currently have three senior sides

and an expanding junior section. We provide support for facility hire and coaching

equipment. Playing as ‘Bec Old Boys B’, they won Division 3 of the Surrey Cricket League in

2016 and were also undefeated. They will play under their own name next season with the 1st

XI playing in the Premier Division and 2nd XI in Division 3.

The African Caribbean Cricket Association

The African Caribbean Cricket Association use the Kia Oval as a hub to host monthly pan-

London meetings to help develop their needs as a group, with the SCF, Club Cricket

Conference and ECB all offering advice.

Clubmark

Due to Clubmark taking a year out due to the program being reviewed by the ECB, there were

no new Clubmark accreditations in 2016 and clubs were only asked to complete online health

checks.

In lieu of the Clubmark site visits, the SCF took the opportunity to undertake several informal

club development visits over the Summer which was widely viewed as a positive initiative.

16 Surrey Clubs were involved in the testing of the ECB’s new online system, ‘My Club’, which

has now gone live and is beginning to be rolled out to clubs.

SCF Clubs Conference

The SCF Clubs Conference, this year sponsored by Dataquest, was held at the Kia Oval in

March. Over 120 delegates from 78 Surrey clubs attended workshops and presentations

throughout the day that covered key development areas. Feedback from the event was once

again strong.

Coach Education

Coach Support Workers

The number of Coach Support Workers (CSW) trained nearly doubled in 2016, with 214 being

trained (108 in 2015). This significant increase was aided by the SCF running several club

based CSW courses, with Newdigate CC, East Moseley CC, Walton-on-Thames CC, Battersea

Ironsides CC & Spencer CC all hosting a club CSW. We are planning to deliver more next

season.

Level 2

2016 saw 164 newly qualified Level 2 coaches trained (106 in 2015) – a new record for the SCF.

This included a bespoke course held for the Surrey CCC Academy and members of the South

Asian community. This year also saw some candidates from Surrey attend the new Level 2

Diploma.

ECB Coaches Association – Surrey

As in previous years, we hosted the annual Coach of the Year awards at the Outstanding

Services to Cricket Awards.

Our winners for 2016 were:

Young coach of the Year – Harry Pearce, Chessington CC

Outstanding Coaching Achievement – Jack Goodman, Wallington CC

Outstanding Services to Cricket Coaching Sponsored by I-View London – John Blackburn,

Chipstead, Coulsdon & Walcountians CC

2016 saw the launch of a new range of Coach Development Workshops that were supported

by the Surrey CA and SCF. These courses have been designed to cover areas of development

that are not covered in detail within the ECB Coach Education syllabus. So far, three modules

have been run covering areas such as ‘Using visualisation to improve player performance’,

‘Strength & Conditioning for Players’ and ‘Methods for Introducing Technical Changes’.

OSCAs (The Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards)

The Surrey OSCAs were held in August during the rain-affected Royal London Cup match

between Surrey and Glamorgan.

The OSCAs aim to recognise and reward the voluntary hours that people put into recreational

cricket around the country, enabling our great game to thrive and survive at grassroots level.

In 2016, we received a record number of nominations, with 109 nominations (73 in 2015). This

year the nominees and guests were treated to a Q&A with Monty Panesar, courtesy of Lashing

All-Stars, and Monty was also on hand to present the awards.

OSCAs Winners 2016

Young Volunteer Sponsored by Dennis (UK) – Ryan Somes, Worcester Park CC

David Edwards Officiating Award – Jennifer Bowman, I’Anson Cricket League

Heartbeat of the Club Sponsored by Alphyn Education – Craig Stevenson, Tadworth CC

Getting the Game On Sponsored by Pitchero – Simon Rider, Weybridge CC

NatWest Cricket Force – Leighton Jones & Jim Paulett, South Nutfield CC

Leagues & Boards Sponsored by Fidelity Energy – Gill Rooney, I’Anson League

Lifetime Achievement - Sponsored by Lashings All-Stars – Mick Martin, Surrey Championship

We would like to congratulate all the winners and nominees in every category for the amazing

work they do. Without them there would be no recreational cricket in Surrey!

Officials Development (Surrey Association of Cricket Officials)

Our training teams continued their excellent work in 2016. They provided a variety of courses,

from introductory courses up to Level 2 courses, to develop Umpires and Scorers. The number

of attendees at each course can be seen below:

• 80 on Introduction to Umpiring Courses

• 60 on Level 1 Umpiring Courses

• 30 on Level 1a Umpiring Courses

• 45 on Level 1 Scoring Courses

Thank you to all the tutor teams, who help encourage, train and attract new officials.

Compliance & Welfare

Compliance and Welfare is headed up by County Welfare Officer, Heidi Langrish, and her

deputy, Nigel Legg, who volunteer countless hours to work towards ensuring the safety and

welfare of our young cricketers. The SCF is extremely grateful for their continued commitment

to Surrey.

In 2016, Surrey trained 44 welfare officers on the Safe Hands Course and delivered a

programme of county wide roadshows for Club Welfare Officers. These seminars covered a

range of subject areas and included presentations from the Surrey and Metropolitan Police.

FACILITIES

Facility Development

One of the biggest successes of 2016 for the Facilities Working Group was the delivery of the

ECB Small Grants Scheme. Once again, the SCF contributed an additional 40k to the ECB

Small Grants pot of 60k, resulting in £136k worth of projects being delivered by 46 clubs across

Surrey.

The Facilities Working Group also began working with several clubs across the county who

have facility development projects in progress. This support included a workshop in June

where clubs were given bespoke support to help move their plans forward. Projects range

from small purchases to pavilion refurbishments and rebuilds.

NatWest CricketForce

85 Surrey clubs registered for NatWest CricketForce in 2016 with 74 of these clubs also signing

up for the Jewson Privilege Card offer from the ECB which saw them receive a £300 ‘micro

grant’ to help them prepare for the season.

South Nutfield CC was our showcase club for NatWest CricketForce ‘Project Warm Welcome’

this year. ‘Project Warm Welcome’ aims to identify a club which could be transformed in a

day to make it more welcoming to its members, guests and future members.

Several projects were identified by the club and around 50 club members were joined by an

additional 50 members of the SCF and ECB, including former England Opening batsman and

ECB Director of England Cricket, Andrew Strauss, to completely transform the club in April.

The projects included full internal and external decoration of the pavilion and machinery

garage, landscaping the ground and the monumental task of relaying the drive with 100

tonnes of shingle.

The project was made possible thanks to several contributions from various organisations

including Caterham School and A.N.D Projects. In addition, funding contributions were

provided by Jewson through the NatWest CricketForce Privilege Card Scheme, SCF and the

ECB via the Small Grants Scheme.

Kennington Park Extension

Funding was secured from the ECB which was topped up by Surrey CCC and the SCF for the

Kennington Park Extension match pitch and net refurbishment. The £40k project was

complete in June and is being well used by the local community to facilitate both formal and

informal cricket opportunities.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

The SCF’s special projects covers a variety of different areas. The special projects offer consists

of programs and activities such as Women and Girl’s Cricket, Disabilities Cricket, multi-

cultural communities cricket, Junior Coaching Courses and Player retention (especially 14+).

Women & Girls Cricket

With the launch of the Women’s Kia Super League, 2016 provided a great opportunity to raise

the awareness of the Women and Girls game. The SCF have capitalised on this and it was a

highly successful year for the Women and Girls game with several activities taking place.

We now have 14 Women’s specific clubs and 49 clubs offering Girls cricket activity. In 2016,

13 teams entered the Surrey Women’s Trust League where fixtures were played on a weekly

basis and 7 Surrey teams entered the regional Women’s Cricket Southern League. 16 Clubs

also participated in the U9, U11 and U13 girl’s leagues this year.

Through funding from the ECB and Chance to Shine, the SCF, with the support of the Surrey

Stars, led numerous club based activities around the county. Activities included 5 Surrey Stars

roadshows, 2 Super Camps, 3 fielding masterclasses and a tactical awareness session.

Women & Girls Day

Women and Girls Day saw a record number of attendees with over 1,200 people (300 in 2015)

at the Kia Oval over the course of the day for both the activities during the day and Pemberton

Greenish London Cup between Middlesex & Surrey in the evening.

18 schools took part in a range of cricket activities on the outfield and in the KBCC. The

feedback for the event has improved significantly in comparison to previous years and we

exceeded all targets that we set prior to the event.

We want to say thank you to the Women and Girls working group who provide an enormous

amount of experience and innovation to the game within Surrey.

Disability Cricket

Learning Difficulty/Physical Disability (LD/PD) County Cricket

Unfortunately, due to the weather, the LD/PD squad’s season was severely affected. The team

struggled when they managed to get onto the pitch in 2016 but did enjoy 3 end of season

friendlies which helped to finish the season on a high. The squad are hoping to bounce back

positively in 2017.

Visually–Impaired (VI) County Cricket

The Surrey VI team completed an unprecedented treble and were unbeaten throughout 2016.

The team won the BCEW Regional League South & East league comfortably by 23 points. A

few weeks later, they beat Gloucestershire at Frimley CC to win the BCEW Regional South &

West T20 Cup and finally to complete the treble, they won the Brian Johnston Memorial Trust

blind cricket tournament in Leicester.

To achieve this in just their second season competing in competitive cricket, was a truly

remarkable achievement for the VI squad.

Deaf County Cricket

Coming into the last round of matches, Surrey Deaf CCC were top of the mainstream (hearing)

Thameside Sunday Cricket League but needed results to go their way to win. Sadly, this was

not to be, and the side ended up finishing in 3rd place in their first season in Division 1.

Throughout the season, 24 different players were used, displaying the strength of Deaf cricket

in Surrey. The team has also been nominated for ‘Team of the year’ at the 2016 Deaf Sports

Personality of the Year awards.

Disabilities Community Activities

Across our disability community programmes this year, we have engaged with 1,572

participants, 35 schools/colleges and run 4 community hubs and 6 regular Lord’s Taverners

Disability Cricket Championship (LTDCC) hub sites in Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth,

Southwark, Merton and Wandsworth.

The Kingston “Hub” team has been part of the LTDCC project for almost 3 years now, and

built on their last finals day earlier in 2016, to beat Westminster in the final to lift the trophy

for the first time.

Disabilities Day

SCF’s annual Disabilities Day was a great success in 2016 with over 400 disabled children from

29 SEN schools across Surrey and South London coming to the Kia Oval to take part in a wide

variety of fully inclusive cricket activities that were delivered by SCF coaches with the support

of 40 First State Investment Volunteers.

Activities included batting, bowling, fielding stations on the outfield, Cricket Factory on the

pavilion forecourt and table cricket inside the Bedser stand. The children also had the

opportunity to try VI cricket which was run by our Surrey VI squad and coaches. The VI

station even saw England spinner & Surrey CCC captain, Gareth Batty, come and join in

which was great to see!

Meanwhile on the other half of the outfield, there was a Deaf game between Surrey CCC Deaf

squad and an invitational Deaf XI, giving the players a unique opportunity to play at the Kia

Oval.

Pride of Lions Junior coaching courses

In 2016, the Pride of Lions Junior Coaching courses covered children from age 3 to age 16.

2016 saw 1,725 children attend and participate in the Pride of Lions Junior Coaching Courses

(1,605 in 2015). The 2016 programme culminated in a fantastic Train like the Pros session at the

Kia Oval, with former Surrey stalwart, Tim Linley, putting a crop of young players through their

paces during his Bowling Masterclass.

An increase in venues means the we are aiming to hit 2,000 places at these courses in 2017.