Cricket North West

Cricket North West Junior Pre-Season Meeting Notes:

Junior Cricket ‘Personas’ – this was discussed at length. Clubs are encouraged to keep this in mind that although a majority (if not all) of your volunteers and coaches are ‘traditionalists’ or ‘competitors’, the majority (80%) of junior participants are ‘socialisers’ or ‘samplers’. We will continue to educate others on this throughout coaching upskill sessions and bringing this more to life. Please reach out to Ryan with any questions.
Cricket Blast – With really strong numbers last season CT will be rolling out very similar plans this season. Clubs are strongly encouraged to get program online ASAP as Cricket Australia are doing a big push via social media and CT staff will be in schools promoting in the coming weeks. If you need any support or have questions relating to Blast please reach out to Claire Alexander.
Hurricanes Programs – discussed what programs Cricket Tasmania will be delivering this season. These programs aim to fill gaps or run alongside Blast and Junior cricket offerings from clubs so we can have participation become more of a ‘rectangle’. Clubs are strongly encouraged to support these programs to get their club badge in front of participants. If clubs have questions or further ideas on these programs please reach out to Josh Marshall.
- Hurricanes Holiday Cup – Cricket Tasmania is aiming to confirm sponsor and lock in details but feedback was extremely positive for this concept. Once dates and plans are fully locked in we will communicate these to clubs to pass onto their participants.
Junior Competitions – structures, rules, dates and times for competitions will remain generally the same for this season. Some minor changes to the rules which are noted in the slide-deck.
Funding, Upskill and Support – information about current funding opportunities and upcoming volunteer support + upskill opportunities was shared. We would encourage all clubs to share this information with those relevant at their clubs.
- In particular for Coach Support contact Ryan Kelly
- If you wish to be added to the CNW Clubs Update mailing list please contact Mitchell Jones.
High Performance Programs – Lengthy discussion regarding feedback on High Performance programs and selection processes in the region. As was mentioned throughout this feedback is better served being provided directly to our High Performance team as this sits outside of the scope of the Community Cricket team. Greg Hechter (Head of Talent and Development) contact details are outlined below and if there are further questions or feedback please send these to him and include the CNW Board (cricketnorthwest@outlook.com.au) as Garry Collins mentioned on the night.
Josh Marshall will be in touch directly with each JDO individually in the coming weeks to provide some more information about the junior team nomination process and some other key topics so if your club has had a change in JDO please let me know.

Please feel free to pass this information onto anyone from your club who this may be relevant to. If you have any questions about the above or the slides please reach out to our team or myself.

Cricket Tasmania relevant contact details:

Josh Marshall - Community Cricket Manager

Juniors and Women’s Cricket, Upskills, Funding opps + Infrastructure

0407 576 174

jmarshall@crickettas.com.au

Ryan Kelly - Quality Experiences and Retention Lead

Coach and Volunteer Support

0456 783 371

rkelly@crickettas.com.au

Mitch Jones - Community Competitions Officer

Clubs Updates, Competition Management and PlayHQ

0423 866 066