The
numbers of children attending on fridays grew steadily and by the
summer of 2007 there were 148 members of our Colts section ranging in
age from 5 to 13. We encourage children to enjoy their cricket and to
play the game in the right spirit, being competitive as well as fair
and sporting.
Coaches
give up their time voluntarily, have taken ECB coaching courses and are
CRB checked as required by the ECB. As a club we have adopted the ECB
"Safe Hands" policy for safeguarding children www.ecb.co.uk/safehands.
It helps the coaches if the children arrive promptly are are wearing
whites if possible. At the beginning of the season the Colts can purchase kit bearing the club logo.
As
some of the children grew older we began to introduce them to hardball
cricket with separate coaching on saturday mornings to allow them to
develop their skills without endangering the younger children. In 2005
we took a major step by entering an U11 team in the Bucks League.
In
the summer of 2009 we have four league teams as we continue our aim of
developing children from softball cricket to hardball cricket and all
the way to our adult teams. In 2007 our U11's won the Bucks County
Knock-Out Cup which was a wonderful achievement for our club and one
which will live long in the memory of everyone associated with the Lee
CC. It is also pleasing to note that some of our children will be
representing the club in County teams this summer.