Trent Bridge Annual Report 2018

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 18 must be grasped to ensure the growth of cricket in Nottinghamshire. Elite Pathway Matt Wood reported that 2017 had been another successful year for County Age Group teams, with a number of players progressing to play cricket at higher levels. The U15 boys’ team finished second in the ECB Royal London One-Day County Cup - one place better than the 2016 performance - losing to Yorkshire in the final. Two of the U15 players, Joey Evison and Raheem Ahmed, went on to represent the Midlands at the Bunbury Festival and were selected for the North in the Best of Bunbury game. Meanwhile, Jordan Cook and Nick Kimber were selected for the Midlands and took part in the Young Lions’ Super Fours competition, winning the T20. Over 150 male and female cricketers represented Nottinghamshire in 2017 across the 11 Pathway teams. The women’s side enjoyed a successful year winning the NatWest T20 Division Two, gaining promotion back to Division One and remaining unbeaten all season. Georgie Boyce was selected for the England Women’s Academy and was one of four Nottinghamshire players selected for the Kia Super League, including Jodie Dibble, who represented Western Storm, the winners of the competition. Mr Wood expressed his thanks to all the clubs across Nottinghamshire who supported age group cricket through the use of their facilities. 2017 had been the final summer of the Academy team playing in the Nottinghamshire Premier League. The young Academy, with an average age of 17, finished a credible eighth in the league, and provided a stepping-stone for a number of players into Second Team cricket. From 2018, the Academy fixture programme would look to replace the professional game with white ball 50 over and T20 cricket, alongside three-day games. Mr Wood’s thanks went to the Premier League for their support over the past eight years. Community Projects Mark Clifford explained that Positive Futures was a social inclusion project aimed at reducing Anti-Social Behaviour exclusions in the community and schools across the key Rushcliffe locations, Radcliffe, Cotgrave, Keyworth, Bingham and East Leake. In 2017 Positive Futures engaged with 334 young people, with 58 of them receiving one-to-one mentoring to reduce the risk of exclusion from school. During school holidays, 240 took part in free sports programmes. In addition to that, the programme engaged over 800 young people at various events across Rushcliffe, including the annual scout camp and the Cotgrave Festival, as well as delivering three Community Pride projects. Thirty of the most vulnerable cohort members had accessed workshops on; • Mental health and wellbeing • Behaviour and its impacts • Re-engaging Year 10 girls in PE • Image and healthy relationships Eight Peer Mentors had been trained and were currently using their new skills to support other young people engaged in the project. The programme also delivered Prince’s Trust and ASDAN accreditations to 75 young people. In total nearly 1,000 hours through 549 sessions were delivered across Rushcliffe. Mr Clifford reported that YouNG was a project initially developed by Rushcliffe Borough Council to support young people to gain experience in the workplace, raise aspirations and re-focus students at risk of exclusion. In 2018 the Club would be involved in a unique model with the following key elements of delivery. Work experience: • Traditional – a one-week work placement. • Snapshot – a visit, for example, to Trent Bridge with time spent in each department to understand the depth of possibilities. • Long term – ensuring some of the more challenging young people who may have only been in school part-time, would be given opportunities in the work place, preparing them for working life after school. U15 WOMEN ACADEMY RUNNER-UP ROYAL LONDON ONE-DAY COUNTY CUP WINNER NATWEST T20 DIVISION TWO 8 TH PLACE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PREMIER LEAGUE