Mitcham Cricket Club’s junior section (the Colts) returns for the 2017 season on Sunday 30th April at 10am and will continue every Sunday until September.

The Mitcham Colts membership is open to boys and girls of all abilities. Our aim is to provide a safe, fun and encouraging environment for the children to learn about cricket, develop their skills, make new friends and keep fit.

On the first Sunday, we will have a short training session followed by a Meet the Coaches session starting around 11am. We would ask all parents to come along to meet the coaches and hear about this year’s plans.

All Stars Cricket
This year we are piloting All Stars Cricket, the new ECB initiative for 5 to 8 year olds. All Stars Cricket provides 8 one-hour sessions for budding cricketers. At Mitcham, the sessions start on 21st May (at 10am). To sign up go to https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars.

Membership
The Colts membership subscription has been held at just £40 for the season. Membership forms for the new season are attached.

Website and social media
Mitcham CC’s new website is up and running. Payment of subs can be made through the website. And please do follow us on twitter @mitchamcc to stay up to date with news from the club. If any sessions are postponed due to bad weather you can stay informed via twitter.

Representative teams
This year we will again enter three teams in the Surrey (North East & Central) Colts League:
- Under-12s (for players in school years 6 and 7),
- Under-14s (for players in school years 8 and 9), and
- Under-16s (for players in school years 10 and 11).
To be able to run these teams we always need lots of support from parents. Any help you can give to manage the team, organise the ground for home matches and especially to provide transport for away games would be gratefully received.

Mitcham CC is happy to support parents or older colts interested in umpiring or scoring, or who wish to join our band of coaches or who just want to help out on a Sunday morning. If you’re interested in becoming a Coach Support Worker or just wish to help out from time to time let me know. Any help to provide catering for matches is always welcome too.

If you or your employer would be interested in sponsoring a team please let us know. We have opportunities for shirt sponsorship, pavilion advertising and headline sponsorship for the colts section.

Our 2017 Colts Festival will take place on Bank Holiday Monday 29th May. Mixed age 6-a-side teams will battle it out for the trophy. The event always has a great atmosphere. Spectators are very welcome, so please bring the whole family and spend the day with us. Helpers, donations of food and sponsors are always needed to support this special day.

Dates for your diary

Sunday 30th April New season starts at 10am on the Green.

Friday 12th May The under-12 team will start their league season at home to Beddington at 6pm. The under-14s will start away at Alleyn.

Sunday 14th May Bring-A-Friend Day: Introduce cricket to a sister, cousin, neighbour, school-mate, or whoever you know who enjoys cricket.

Sunday 14th May Watch Surrey v Hampshire at The Oval in the Royal London One Day Cup and raise money for Mitcham CC. Discounted tickets available from Mitcham CC: Adults £5, children FREE

Sunday 21st May All-Stars Cricket comes to Mitcham. Sign up your 5-to-8 year olds on the ECB website.

Monday 29th May Colts 6-a-side Festival. Registration from 10.30am. Grand Final to take place around 3.00pm

Thursday 15th June The under-16 team will start their league season at home to Roehampton.

Sunday 9th July Watch Surrey v Somerset at The Oval in the NatWest T20 Blast and raise money for Mitcham CC. Discounted tickets available from Mitcham CC: Adults £15, children £1.

Saturday 9th Sept. Mitcham Heritage Day. To celebrate the world’s oldest continuously played on cricket green, we’re giving our Colts the chance to play in a special match on the Green in front of a large crowd. Players who’ve excelled through the season will be selected to represent the club at this one-off match.

Sunday 10th Sept. It’s our traditional end-of-season Parents vs Colts game. All players and spectators are welcome.

Friday 15th Sept. Don’t miss our end-of-season Colts awards night to celebrate a successful season.

Colts information
The Club is required to hold information on how to contact colt’s parents/guardians in case of an emergency and to be aware of any medical issue that may affect the colt during training sessions. Please complete the attached form even if you have completed one last year, this allows us to ensure we have up to date health information, mobile numbers and school details etc.

If you need any further information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Finally, the Club would like to wish you all the best for the coming season and look forward to seeing you on 30th April.

David Bell
Colts Administrator