Congratulations to our Head of DCB Richard Wood who has reached the incredible milestone of 10 Years working for the Board! Here is a photo of Richard from back in the day!!
#DCB
#GrowTheGame
#10years
#RetroKit
๐One club per day๐
Each day in June we're going to cover a different cricket club in Derbyshire. It will include something linked to your history or unique to the club.
Want your club to be a part of the campaign? Like this tweet or reply with your clubs name!
#ClubCricket
Well done Bess Heath!๐ช๐ผ
Weโre proud and delighted to see Bess earn her first international call up!๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
We first spotted Bess at a primary school comp aged 9! After playing in all our pathway teams, she now plays for Northern Diamonds ๐!
Good luck Bess from all at the DCF!๐
๐ฟ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐-๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ค ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐ค
@DerbyshireWomen
spinner, Sarah Glenn, and
@CricketDerbys
Pathway graduate, Bess Heath, have been named in the
@englandcricket
Vitality IT20 squad to face Sri Lanka ๐
Read โคต
Our Girls Bowling Clinic has just finished here at
@DerbyshireCCC
!
Lots of opportunity to work with the coaches on different aspects of their actions, with a competition at the end!
Next up is our batting clinic ๐
England International, Sarah Glenn, returns to her roots!
We welcome back Sarah to the Derbyshire Women's Team after a spell away at Worcestershire.
Hear more below or over on our website:
We are pleased to announce that Mark Barber will be starting with us 5th December as our new Community & Partnerships Manager!
Mark brings with him a wealth of experience & knowledge from working in cricket as well as in local authority roles.
We are excited for him to join us!
Sarah Glenn called up to the England Women's side!!
We spoke to a few of Sarah's coaches and managers from her time at Derbyshire about her successes and best moments! Take a look over on our website:
#womenscricket
#thisgirlcan
#homegrowntalent
Yesterday, Community Officer Charlotte was joined by
@DerbyshireCCC
players Billy Godleman and Nick Potts in helping Aspire Wrestling Alliance deliver food parcels through the
@DerbyCC
Community hub project!
Congratulations to Derbyshire players Oliver Flindall, Aaron Brown, Alex Ward, Tom Kent-Smith and Matt Myers who are representing England and have made it through to the Indoor Semi-Final World Cup in New Zealand.
#growthegame
#PTBD
Weโd like to welcome Marcus who joins us a our new Cricket Development Coach!
You will see him out and about in schools and as part of our Falcons Courses and 1-1 coaching going forward.
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dave Brittain.
Dave was a great man and a much loved coach who dedicated his time to support the development of many cricketers over many years!
Our thoughts are with his wife Francis and family at this difficult time
#CricketFamily
Calling all Derbyshire Clubs and Players...
@DominicCork95
,
@DerbyshireCCC
T20 Coach, wants to wish you all the best for the start of the cricket season!
You can watch Derbyshire in the
@VitalityBlast
this year with the Blast Passโฌ๏ธ
๐
What a day!
Thanks to all 20 teams that attended our end of season Womens Softball festival at
@DerbyshireCCC
!
Thanks goes to
@Chevin_homes
for their support of our softball cricket this summer ๐
Over the next couple of weeks Media Officer
@Laurentuff3
will be joined by
@DerbyshireCCC
@waynemadders77
in delivering a few of our volunteers of the month boxes from the summer!
A small thanks for all their hard work and dedication to recreational cricket ๐ across Derbyshire.
We spoke to our Disability Officer, Jess Bakewell, about her role and to tell us a little more about the projects that sheโs involved in!
Check it out ๐
@lordstaverners
#super1scricket
We are underway here at
@DerbyshireCCC
for our end of season womens softball festival!!
Huge thankyou to our sponsors
@Chevin_homes
for helping us make it possible ๐
The inaugural Manjeet Singh Riyat Cup, organised by The Derby Royal Hosptial Emergency department, took place on Saturday 7th August at
@TrentCollege
A day to honour Dr Manjeet Singh Riyat, who sadly passed away in 2020 from covid.
Read more here:
๐A Club Per Day In June
Today's club is
@DoveHolesCC
๐ Based in the High Peak, founding member of the Derbyshire/Cheshire League
๐2019: 2nd XI completed historic League & Cup Double!
๐The earliest record of match play: July 7th 1883!
๐Look out for more clubs this month!
We are delighted to announce that Chevin Homes will sponsor the Boys County Age Group (CAG) programme for the next two seasons. They will become the headline shirt sponsor of all of the Boys squads from U10s to U17s. Click the here for the full article
We'd like to say congratulation to our very own Club and Community Cricket Officer, James Colton, and his fiancรฉ Katie on the birth of their daughter, Martha, last week!!
Who is joining us on Monday 29th May?!
Family Day double-header at
@DerbyshireCCC
, with lots of activities around the ground all day including:
๐ฏCricket Darts
๐Batting Challenges
๐พ Speed Cage
and much more!
๐๏ธ
A solid win for our U15s today against
@WarwickshireCCC
U15โs. A strong fielding and bowling display restricting Warwickshire to 177-9 after 50 overs. Derbyshire then reached the total with 10 overs spare to win by 6 wickets. Mitch Wagstaff the pick of the batters with 68*
#DCB
๐ Congratulations to
@LongEatonCC
who are the Derbyshire winners in the National U15 Cup with 5 balls to spare! Well played to
@Ticknallcc
who pushed them all the way!
#DCB
#GrowTheGame
Over the past week, 6 of our
@DerbyshireWomen
Pathway players have represented the county at the Lightning Cricket Academy Observations!
Well Done to Megan, Lara, Eden, Harriet, Jess, and Zaara for showing all you can do and representing Derbyshire so well ๐๐๐
๐A Club Per Day In June
Today is
@Melbourne_Town
๐South Derbyshire club and founded in c1861
๐New sports complex built in 2016, includes new pitches/pavilion
๐First XI won 4 consecutive titles in the 90's. And won their league in 2012 and 2019.
More clubs this month!๐
The DCF are establishing a new Anti-Discrimination Support Panel to assist clubs and leagues across Derbyshire.
We are seeking to recruit volunteers with appropriate skills and experience as Panel members.
Read more here:
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay2020
To all the incredible women and girls involved in cricket across Derbyshire! You are all doing great stuff both on and off the field, and you are inspirations to everyone!
ECB East Midlands Coaching Conference is underway here at Derbyshire County Cricket Club!
We have a developing athletes workshop in the Elite Performance Centre and a working with parents workshop in the Legends Lounge ๐
#icoachcricket
#derbyshire
#AGameForEveryone
Yesterday saw staff members of the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation and
@DerbyshireCCC
take part in fasting before our joint community Iftar event in the evening!
We were joined by members of the local community and special guest Haider Ali
Read more hereโฌ๏ธ
We had a great day today at
@LongEatonCC
for our 4th Womenโs Softball Festival supported by
@LightningKSL
!! There was a BBQ, great weather โ๏ธ, music and lots of drinks! ๐ป๐ฅ....oh and there was some great cricket played, with some close matches ๐ฌ, Well done to all involved!!
โญ๏ธWeโve done it!!! โญ๏ธWeโve flown past our
@allstarscricket
participants from last year and already have 980 little stars signed up for 2018 ๐คฉ๐คฉ
Remember to sign up at
#BigMoments
Twinkle has made it!!!!! 7 hours 31 minutes!! What a great effort ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ All in support of โฆ
@CrickDerbyFound
โฉ ! Just in time for the start of the game
#NottsVsDerby
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
A great evening for our
#GrassrootsCricketAwards
Reward and Recognition day!
Congratulations to all of the nominees and award winners, cricket in Derbyshire wouldnโt be what it is without you all ๐๐ป๐๐ป
Hereโs just a small selection of winners from tonight
#AGameForEveryone
Lovely day here at
@DerbyshireCCC
. Our Reward and Recognition guest have all enjoyed a nice meal, and are now out watching the second innings before the presentation this evening!
#GrassrootsCricketAwards
At our Cricket Collective Rewards and Recognition evening we celebrated 13 different categories!
The winner of our Connecting Communities Award was the Kellogg Family from
@spondoncc
!
Here is a short video from members of the club telling us why their work is so important๐
Congratulations to U15 player/ Mini-Academy player Nafis Shaikh of on his award at the Gala Dinner last night! Academy Performance of the year!!!
Well done Nafis ๐๐ผ๐
Great to have
@DerbyshireCCC
's Alex Thomson and Harry Came come along to our
@LordsTaverners
Table Cricket Competition!
They had a go at some table cricket before handing out the medals to our winners
@StantonValeSch
and certificates to all our other amazing teams๐
What a day yesterday was!
A huge Thankyou to all the teams that attended our Womenโs Softball Festival, sponsored by
@Chevin_homes
, at
@DerbyshireCCC
!
Great to have womenโs recreational cricket on at the ground and showcase the opportunities for women & girls across the game ๐
โญ๏ธ Weโve done it again! Derbyshire has 1000 children signed up to
@allstarscricket
for the 2nd year running! ๐
With 64 centres across the county there is sure to be a one near you ๐
Sign up here ๐
#bigmoments
#funinthesun
#growthegame
And we are off!!
This year's T20 Walkathon, in partnership with Derbyshire Cricket Over 60s, 20 mile walk is well underway!
We are raising money for
@bobwillisfund
,
@ProstateUK
, and DCF community projects.
Show your support, please donate here:
Today, Charlotte, Lauren, and
@DerbyshireCCC
Billy Godleman dropped off some food for the Food 4 Thought Alliance at Aspire Wrestling Alliance
Thankyou to
@IRCCUpdates
Womenโs Softball team and
@scargill_school
for donating some food along with us!
Our Women and Girls County Pathway Season has now finished for 2021!!
What a great year itโs been for all involved and all the coaches are really proud of everything each team has achieved ๐
โญโญGOOD NEWS STORY!!!!! ๐
๐Everyone at the Cricket Board is delighted that
@Youlgravelodge
now have enough participants to run their All Stars Cricket programme!!! This is a huge moment for an extremely rural Derbyshire Club that previously had no junior section.
The
#DCFWalkathon21
participants are making good ground on their 20 mile walk so far!
We are looking forward to welcoming them back later on today for the
@DerbyshireCCC
T20 game ๐
Itโs
#GroundsWeek
, and weโre celebrating all the grounds staff across Derbyshire, that take the time to make sure we can play the sport we love!
Thank you for keeping sport thriving and working tirelessly to provide the best possible surfaces, whatever the weather.
@thegma_
Staff have been getting into the festive spirit today by celebrating
#ChristmasJumperDay
in the office ๐๐
Keep an eye out for some festive content starting in the next couple of days!
What an evening!
A massive Thankyou to everyone who attended our Diwali ๐ช celebrations last night at
@DerbyshireCCC
, everyone partied into the early hours ๐
Thankyou to everyone who donated raffle and auction prizes for the eventโฆ
Our Parkinson's Cricket sessions have been a great success on a Friday morning at St Nicholas Church!
Adrian tells us what enjoys about the sessions and why others should get involved.
Find out more about these sessions on our websiteโคต๏ธ
@ParkinsonsUK
A winning start in 2019 for the U13 boys yesterday. Thanks to
@BedfordSchool
for hosting at this lovely venue!
Special mention to Oli Brown for a Hattrick on debut ๐
Also to captain Oli Flindall who anchored the Derbyshire innings with 61* ๐
#DCB
#Sun
#Cricket
#Pathway
Excellent work by
@dgriffinpix
and all the volunteers involved in the oral history project! A great collection of stories from people involved in cricket in Derbyshire, keeping history alive ๐๐ป๐
@CrickDerbyFound
@DerbyshireCCC
๐Congratulations to
@Ticknallcc
who are the National U13โs Derbyshire champions. Good luck in the next round of the competition!! Well done to
@Mickleover_CC
for making it to the final. A big thank you to
@DenbyCC
for hosting!
#DCB
#GrowTheGame