From September 2021, Hertfordshire Cricket will run a completely linked performance pathway for Girls from U11 to the Women's 1st XI.
The following has been formulated after lengthy discussion and agreement with the ECB.
HERTFORDSHIRE JETS
An all inclusive Hard Ball programme with winter training, summer matches and Festivals. This is the entry point of the Hertfordshire County Cricket Performance Pathway for School Years 4 & 5.
U11 TO U15 - COUNTY AGE GROUP (CAG) AND COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
At U11 - U15 (School Years 6 - 10) Hertfordshire are running CAG and Development Programmes. The Development squad is the sole feeder to the CAG squads. Girls develop physically and mentally at very different rates. Therefore, Hertfordshire young cricketers will be moved between the Development and CAG squads dependant on what suits each individual at that time. Our remit is the development of each child and helping them become the best adult cricketer they can be.
Winter indoor training takes place between September and March. In the summer for both CAG and Development players there will be a mixture of training days involving match play scenarios, official CAG and County B matches and also intra squad festival days. All matches and training will be hard ball.
U18 COUNTY AGE GROUP
At U18 (School Years 11 - 13) Hertfordshire will be running Winter indoor training between September and March and will include strength and conditioning provision. In the summer there will be official ECB 40 Over and T20 competition matches as well as friendlies.
EMERGING PLAYERS PROGRAMME (EPP)
Hertfordshire will be running an EPP Programme from U14s through to the U18s. These are invite only and run separately to the main winter programmes and as per ECB instructions and are for the very best young players in Hertfordshire.
WOMEN'S 1ST XI
The full representative side of Hertfordshire County Cricket Club.
Winter indoor training takes place between September and March. In the summer there will be official ECB T20 fixtures and East of England Women's County Championship fixtures and friendlies v's other counties.
SUNRISERS
(ACADEMY, EMERGING PLAYERS AND SENIORS)
Those who excel through U15, U18 or even Hertfordshire Women may progress to the Sunrisers.
The Sunrisers was formed as one of eight regional hubs competing in the new Women’s Elite Domestic Structure, which covers the region of the three first-class counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and the national counties of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.
The Sunrisers Senior team compete in the ECB Women’s Elite Domestic Competition, and are a team featuring the best players from across the region and country. In addition, the Sunrisers structure will deliver a performance programme at Academy and Emerging Player level, aimed at developing the breadth of talent across the region.
The Lead Coaches for the squads will be:
- Hertfordshire Jets - Greg Mackett
- Hertfordshire U11 - Kezia Hassall
- Hertfordshire U13 - Rebecca Kelly
- Hertfordshire U15 - Greg Mackett
- Hertfordshire U18 - Luke Heskett
- Hertfordshire Women - Luke Heskett
For fixture details, squad lists and match reports for all Hertfordshire Girls County Age Group Squads please go to our dedicated Performance website www.hertfordshirecricket.com
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