For the 2020 season Burgess Hill CC girls and ladies cricket will again be entering teams across all the available County age groups. The Club will again be staging its Girls and Ladies Cricket Day to celebrate girls cricket and to encourage even more girls and ladies to take up the game. It will be held in early July in St John’s Park and there will be a full day of events. Watch this space!!
Our Under 11 squad won the Lady Taverners County Trophy in 2016 and finished joint winners of their league having gone through the season unbeaten. Our U11’s this season will be captained by Molly Hepburn with Millie Gwynn as her vice-captain.
Our Under 13 squad also won their league in 2016 during a season which saw their first venture into hardball cricket. Additionally, they finished the season as runners up in the County final. Katie Read takes over the U13’s captaincy for 2017 and will have two vice-captains, Issy Cooper and Hannah Johanson.
Our U15 squad will again be entering competitive cricket .
2020 will again see the club putting out a Women’s squad, under the management of Andrew Davies and captained by Charley Hepburn with Izzy Deamer as vice-captain. While it will be a young side, the team has a lot of experience of age-group cricket that we now take forward into the women’s game. For Development Cup matches, Izzy will captain the side.
We continue to strengthen our partnerships with local primary schools, in particular Birchwood Grove, Manor Field, London Meed and St Wilfrids and The Burgess Hill Academy, formerly Oakmeeds, where girls from Years 3 to Years 10 are regularly involved in training sessions and competitions. Recently schools have been remarkably successful taking part in many tournaments at county, regional and national level.
In 2014, Charley Hepburn was part of the victorious Oathall U15 team that travelled to Lords in the Lady Taverners National Finals and finished 2nd in the country: http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/sport/oathall-s-cricketing-girls-book-place-at-lord-s-1-6038902 as well as winning the 2014 Chance to Compete National competition: http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/sport/oathall-girls-are-cricketing-national-champions-1-6310083
In 2015 Oakmeeds U15 Girls (including Emily Goss, Izzy Deamer, Ella Ward and Adeline Preston) won both county and regional indoor finals and travelled to Lords to compete in the National finals and finished 3rd out of 726 schools across the whole country: http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/scb-news-feed/girls-cricket-oakmeeds-win-lady-taveners-regionals-amp-head-to-lords?A=WebApp&CCID=19758&Page=3&Items=2 and
http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/sport/oakmeeds-cricket-girls-come-third-out-of-726-schools-in-lady-taverners-national-finals-1-6754183
Adult Women’s Beginners Sessions
In addition, we are heavily involved in the inception of Power Play Cricket which is aimed at adult female beginners. Inclusive, adaptable and fast-moving, this format has been set up in a bid to increase participation without placing too much emphasis of the competitive side of the game, encouraging players to come and try it out without worrying about how good they might be. Supported by some of our excellent younger players/coaches there are also plans for the game to be rolled out across the county. There is a Facebook page set up for Power Play Cricket that can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Power-Play-Cricket-1847514695485029/
Our girls and women’s coaching team are enthusiastic with several years successful experience at club level, aiming to provide a safe, welcoming environment where girls and women of all abilities can take part and enjoy cricket with the support and encouragement from all at the club.
County Age-Group Representatives
In 2020 there will be numerous age-group county representative players taking to the field for Burgess Hill along with other players with county age-group experience. Many of the girls have already shown an interest in playing both boys and men’s cricket and everyone at the club is looking forward to supporting all of the girls in achieving their ambitions. Outdoor training will commence in St John’s Park from Friday April 17th starting at 4.15 pm.
Winter Training
Winter training will take place at Hurst College from Sunday February 9th 2020 until Sunday April 5th