Download - The Grassroot Magazine July 2013
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Contents 2 Grassroot Teamwear
Cheap training bibs
4 MD’s Letter
5 Club Scarves
Use clubscarves.com to make your club money by selling your very own personalised club scarves
6-7 Grassroot Teamwear
If your cricket club is looking for new playing shirts you probably won’t be able to find them this cheap anywhere else
8 RAM Balls
Discounted footballs
9-11 Sports Psychology with David Harrison
Get some tips to change the way you think about the game
12 RAM Cricket
Discounted cricket team training equipment
13-16 Player fitness with Isaiah Barratt
This month.. Warm ups & stretches
17 The Mug Shop
Make money for your club by selling club mugs to your players, members & fans
18 Mindset Matters with Bernard Baines
The most positive man I’ve ever met passes on some of thoughts to you
19 It’s Just Cricket
Paul Cole talks about a 'pressing issue’!
20-23 ESU Scoreboards
What’s on the board, Miss Ford!
Grassroot Media Contacts Twitter @grassrootmedia Facebook.com/grassrootmedia
LinkedIn search for Matthew Court
Office telephone number 0800 8 20 21 22
Mathew Court’s email address [email protected]
24-25 easyfundraising.org
Easy & cost-free way to raise club funds
26 Club News
Liam’s off to Rwanda
27 Twitter Directory
See which clubs are where on Twitter
28 Club Classifieds
Items for sale from other member clubs
29 Cricket Club Corner
Q&A with this month’s club of the month
30-31 KB Cricket
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under £350!
32 Drill Board
Use technology to make your football training
sessions more effective
33 Grassroot Media Guide to...
Celebrating an Anniversary
Andrew Shields from South Loughton talks
about their 75th plans...
34 Competition Winners!!
Details of last month’s competition winners
35 Michael’s Trophies
Great offers on trophies from Michael’s
36 Meadons Insurance
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Hello and welcome to July’s magazine. Sorry about last month’s printing issues, they’ve been
resolved and hopefully you’ll find this month’s a little more colourful if you had one of the black
and white ones, and a little bit more on time!
Anyway, the magazine continues to grow as does the number of clubs involved in the business
which is all great news. But the biggest news coming out of this month is that we’re moving. Not
far, but moving nonetheless so please keep an eye out for an email from me detailing the new
postal address, I’ll also get together an advert or something similar for next month’s magazine for
you to tear out and keep handy if you need it. Emails and phone numbers stay the same so it won’t
really affect the majority of you, and the registered address stays the same too.
As some of you would have read in the e-newsletter we didn’t win either of the business awards
that we made the finals for, always next year I guess.
This month sees the addition of a new partner - ESU Scoreboards. One of the most frustrating
things from my time involved in helping to run a cricket club was when I put my hand up to find
the club a new digital scoreboard. At the time I thought “how hard can this be?”. How wrong I
was. I picked the wrong company (I’m not going to say who it is) and the problems started from
there but this time I’ve done my research, met the people who run the business and been wishing
I talked to them when I was in the market for a scoreboard ever since! Anyway you can see their
feature and details of the 10% discount we’ve negotiated for you later on in the magazine.
A quick reminder to football clubs that haven’t got their fixture numbers in yet - we need them as
soon as you can get them to us now.
Lastly, I think we’re there on the teamwear side of things so if your cricket club wants some cheap
playing shirts or if your football clubs wants a cheap kit then drop me a line. We have got our own
brand of budget playing gear, Grassroot Teamwear and have also started working with Umbro to
give football clubs a chance to get kitted out for less, and pay it off in instalments rather than one
lump sum up front.
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Sports
psychology
Confidence and its
links to belief "Confidence is contagious” -
Vince Lombardi.
This month’s article builds on last
month and is written in the context of
football. If football is not your sport
then simply substitute footballer for
cricketer or athlete, the concepts are
the same and transferrable. I am a
BASES Accredited Sport Scientist in
sport psychology and I am based in
Sheffield, South Yorkshire and my
company is Pinnacle Performance
(www.pinnacleperformance.co.uk). I
work with a number of different sports
and believe self-belief is the most
important aspect of the mind and I
work extensively on this with my
athletes. If you have a strong self-
belief then you can build everything
from there. This reminds me of the
story I was told at primary school
where one man built his house on
sand and another built his on strong
stone. The house built on stone
survived the storm the other house
was washed away.
This is exactly the same with self-
belief.
Your beliefs are based on your
personality, experiences and
relationships you have had throughout
your life. These have shaped you and
beliefs. Beliefs are deep rooted in
your inner core and so are difficult to
change but can be changed with hard
work. Beliefs are fed by reference
points. Think about your kitchen
table with the belief the table top and
your reference points the table legs.
A footballer needs an awareness of the
reference points that have so much
influence over them and look to
develop positive reference points and
remove negative and self-inhibiting
ones (You can check more on this on
my blog on my website).
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it in their competitive first team debut.
The confidence that a player has can
be managed and improved and is
influenced by belief.
There several strategies to improve
confidence. The first and the most
important is to get experience and
learn from the experiences; look to
extend your comfort zone - "Get
Comfortable being uncomfortable".
When gaining experience work on the
following strategies:
1. Act confident. If you act like you
are confident then you become
confident. Your body can’t tell the
difference if your brain tells it a white
lie and makes something up and as
you decide the instructions that the
brain gives then you can tell your
body to act confident even you may
not be! Concentrate on giving out
confident body language on the
football pitch.
Reference points are something which
we can control so we, as footballers
should focus on this.
Reference points that are out of our
control or ones that we can only
influence (e.g winning!) should be
avoided for belief and confidence.
One way to develop belief is to work
on your confidence. Confidence is
linked to your beliefs by your positive
references points and for a football
player is subjective and can increase
and decrease quickly but importantly
you control it. You can be confident in
one situation but not others; this is
contagious so it must be managed.
This management can be improved by
gaining more experience in a football
environment and then using positive
reference points that are gained from
these experiences.
There are two types of confidence;
Training Confidence and Match
Confidence. The first is being
confident in training. Training is a
safe and comfortable environment
where there is less pressure and more
freedom to play. Match confidence is
confidence to get the job done in a
competitive environment.
There is uncertainty in matches due to
the influences that are out of the
control of the footballers so there is
more pressure and it is less
comfortable (we are creatures that
like comfort). A footballer can be
confident in one but not the other and
needs to get experience in both.
However confidence from one can be
taken from one and used in the other if
you have limited experience.
For example a youth footballer could
use their training confidence and use
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You have complete confidence in your
ability to be successfully and you also
know it’s better to attempt it because
you have assigned a higher value in
'confidence money’ than is lost from
being unsuccessful. This will develop
confidence as a football player.
Become optimistic about your
strengths and preparations. This will
allow you to be confident and not to
fear failure.
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in
every opportunity; an optimist sees
the opportunity in every difficult.” –
Winston Churchill.
Please contact me through my
website
(www.pinnacleperformance.co.uk)
if you have any comments or sport
psychology questions. Next month
we will look at another aspect of
belief and building from our strong
base!
2. Watch and observe role models.
Watch the players who you to
perceive to be confident players and
take on some of their mannerisms and
what they do.
So remember - “Man becomes what
he believes himself to be” – Mahatma
Ghandi.
So act like you are confident and you
will become a more confident football
player.
3. Use a Confidence bank. The
analogy of a ‘confidence bank’ is
where you can see what you are doing
to improve your confidence. This is
like a normal bank account you want
to put more in than you take out. To
do this there are some things that can
be done. Being aware of your own
strengths and your areas to improve is
good place to start (awareness
again!). Assign more ‘confidence
money’ to your strengths than your
weaknesses so every time you do
something well you can make a
deposit into the confidence bank. By
doing this you will always put more in
than you take out and so your
confidence will improve.
4. Don’t fear failure. In pressured
situations don’t fear failure. Embrace
these feelings as a signal from your
body that it is in a state of readiness
and demand to make key decisions
when ‘the game is on the line’
because you KNOW you are ready,
prepared and have enough in the
confidence bank.
Here’s a selection of some of the great training equipment available at www.ramcricket.co.uk
or in our catalogue which you can order for free by calling the number below
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Player Fitness
Isaiah Barratt
This month I am going to talk about
team warm ups and also recap
stretching and provide some routines
for you to follow.
A warm up is a necessity and is the
most important part of any physical
activity. If the body is not warmed up
and prepared properly then this can
cause any manner of injuries and will
affect your individual performances.
Benefits from warming up include an
increase movement of blood through
your muscle tissues making them
more pliable, and an increased
oxygen supply & nutrients to your
muscle fibres both of which will
prevent you from getting out of
breathe easily.
This also prepares you for pre-
stretching so that you can get full
range of movement without any
injures or tears to your ligaments or
joints.
Preparing your heart for your activity
is the main part of a warm up. We do it
so that it reduces the rapid increase in
blood pressure and gives the vessels
in the heart time to dilate so that they
can with stand the pressure.
As I am new to working with
footballers or cricketers I can not tell
you about what you should and
shouldn’t be doing to improve your
performances for these specific
sports; I can only advise you on what I
have learnt from my own profession as
a personal trainer and the
experiences that I’ve learned
throughout my fitness career over the
last 8 years.
On the next few pages is what I think
you & your teams could do before
your next game.
Good luck and if you have any
questions please drop me a line.
In his player fitness column this month, Isaiah Barratt looks at warm up and stretching routines for
your footballers & cricketers.
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5 min warm up drill sure to increase your heart
and get the blood pumping to the muscles. All exercises usually want to last for around 30 seconds with no rest between.
1. High knees
2. Switch kicks
3. Butt kicks
4. Walk out planks
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5. Tiger walks
6. Squat jacks
7. Burpees
8. Mountain
climbers
9. Shuttle runs
Have a go for your self and see how you feel afterwards….
You should be warmed up and ready to go even though you may feel slightly tired
but might I add the benefits from performing these bodyweight movements will not
only warm you up but will physically make you stronger at the same time.
Arm Swings – chest, shoulders
Scorpion – low back, hip flexors
Front to Back Leg Swing - hamstrings,
glutes, quads
Sideways Leg Swing – abductors,
adductors
Lunge with Rotation – glutes, hip
flexors, calves
Handwalks- shoulders, core, hamstrings
Power Skip – preparing for explosive
movements
Dynamic stretching routines to try:
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Here’s a quick Q&A with Brinley, the owner of The Mug Shop: Q. Can you give us a step by step guide as to how we get our football or cricket club logo & name on to a batch of mugs? A: Firstly compile good quality digital copy/s of the image/s you want to use on your mug design. If you are familiar with Photoshop visit the "Design your own mug" section of the Mug-shop.co.uk website and download the relevant PSD template and create your design. Alternatively, if you need assistance creating your design then email your images to [email protected] along with a design brief of your requirements and they will create it for you. Once your design has been created you can go online and upload your design when placing your order using the "Design your own mug" section of the website, remembering to enter the 10% discount code GRASS during the checkout process. Q. If we have a sponsor can we add their logo on to our mugs? A: Yes! Designs can incorporate any image combinations so for example you could have your logo on one side and a sponsors on the other. Q. How long does the process take from start to finish? A: If you already have a completed design the turnaround is usually 5 days. Q. How long have you been making mugs? A: Since 2002 Q. How is the best way to get in touch? A: Email is our preferred method of communication using the address: [email protected]
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Mindset Matters with
Bernard Baines
The 10% myth... I’ll bet you’ve heard it said that we only use 10% of our brain and that we have available to us 90% of untapped potential if only we could learn how to access it. It’s a nice thought but it’s simply not true. It’s one of a number of myths about the brain debunked by a recent Radio 4 documentary that brought together leading neuro-scientists from around the world.
Scans now confirm that all areas of the brain work as and when required in concert with other areas of the brain to perform tasks. Simple motor functions like moving your hands involve enormous amounts of brain usage.
The downside of exploding the 10% myth is that you are never going to suddenly break into some mysterious unused areas of your brain to revolutionise your life.
But there’s good news. Neuro-science also confirms that, through thinking, you can grow new connections in your brain at any time - even into old age. There may be a limit on the amount of grey matter available to you, but in terms of your capacity to re-configure and grow new connections, to create new patterns and to generate new ideas, new habits, new perspectives and new options, you remain – quite literally - limitless.
What are you doing with your brain today? ©Bernard Baines 2013
As a trainer and life coach Bernard Baines helps individuals and teams achieve what they want to achieve by developing a positive mindset.
[email protected] www.mindsetmatters.co.uk
Bernard Baines looks at what can put and keep you in the right mindset to be more effective in
whatever you’re doing, whether it be at work, in the clubhouse or on the pitch. Mindset Matters...
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It’s Just
Cricket...
Many of you will be familiar with cricket
bats that take a while to reach their peak
performance level – maybe as long as a
year or two to “break in” – and from our
experience at It’s Just Cricket Ltd, it has
proven to be a cause for frustration
amongst some customers. Why do bats
behave this way, though? If you’ve shelled
out over £300 on a brand new stick, you
could be forgiven for thinking that it
should be a “gun” straight out of the
packet. However, the reality is that all
bats perform differently, and the main
reason is not really down to the
manufacturing, but rather, the pressing.
With pressing, there are two schools of
thought: do you press softly (for
performance), or press hard (for
durability). Having knocked in (by hand)
numerous bats of each type as part of our
knocking-in service, we at It’s Just Cricket
Ltd have noticed that the hard pressed
bats are becoming prevalent amongst the
major brands’ offerings, like Gray-Nicolls,
Kookaburra and Gunn & Moore, whilst the
softly pressed bats are more common
amongst the smaller, niche brands such as
Salix, Millichamp & Hall and Hell4Leather.
Which is better though?
Paul Cole, owner of It’s Just Cricket starts his new monthly column about personal cricket equipment with a
handy chat about the different types of bat pressing. Feel free to rip this out and display on your club
noticeboard for all of your players to see.
Well, purely from my own experience of
knocking in these bats, I prefer the lower
pitched sound and response of a softly
pressed bat, and I’m certainly not
surprised that these are generally
considered to be the better performing
bats, especially in their early life. The
ones that take longer to break in are the
harder pressed bats, but despite the extra
patience needed, there is one major
benefit of such a bat: as they are pressed
hard, they are pressed for durability, so
they’re likely to last longer. Softly
pressed bats, on the other hand, are
pressed for performance, so although
they perform better earlier in their life,
they don’t tend to last as long.
So, before you come to fork out for your
new weapon of choice, ask yourself the
question: “am I more interested in
durability or instant performance?” and
then buy accordingly. Just another very
important consideration when buying a
new cricket bat, and often overlooked…
It’s Just Cricket is based in London but sells
online across the UK & the world at
www.itsjustcricket.co.uk - call Paul on 020
7701 7726 with any equipment related
questions you have.
Hard vs. Soft: Pressed for performance or durability?
www.itsjustcricket.co.uk
What’s on the
board... Scoreboards are one of the biggest
investments a club will make. I know from
experience just how much of a minefield
the whole industry is; while at my
previous cricket club I was responsible
for sourcing a new digital scoreboard. It’s
always been a goal of mine since we
started this magazine for you that we find
a suitably trustworthy partner that can
offer scoreboards alongside a great
service. While we have negotiated a great
offer for you price-wise I don’t think the
price is really the biggest factor when it
comes to a club buying a scoreboard. I
learned during my time that it’s the
service, compatibility and ease of use that
I believe have equal standing alongside
price. That said, me being me when I
bought my previous club’s board I just
went with the cheapest price but I don’t
think that was really the wrong thing to do
at the time. I had never bought a
scoreboard before and thought they were
pretty much all the same. The lack of
resource out there is plain for all to see, or
more accurately not see. When you are
buying a scoreboard the person who is
making the decision is pretty much on
their own and doesn’t really have much
access to reviews, other clubs’
experiences and any real idea on the
level of service a prospective supplier
may provide him/her. So, you can kind of
see now why I was so keen to get a
scoreboard partner on board for you...
This month we have an extended feature on our newest member offer partner ESU Scoreboards who, funnily
enough, make scoreboards for cricket, rugby and football clubs as well as other sports.
And that partner I am happy to say isn’t
the firm that did my install, funnily enough
I didn’t even approach them. This is the
firm I should have bought our scoreboard
from - ESU Scoreboards in Braintree,
Essex. After meeting Julian from ESU I
really got the feeling he and the company
share the Grassroot Media values of
helping clubs and then it was just the
small matter of negotiating a discount that
we can offer you guys. I think the discount
is good at 10% especially seeing as their
prices are pretty competitive already but
most of all I think you’ve got a partner who
will deliver what they say when they
promise it, something I never got from the
company I used.
So let’s take a look at their history... In the
late 1960’s cricket scores were displayed
by means of simple mechanical
arrangements or just numbered tiles hung
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on a board. Andrew Seeley, Cricket
Master at Wymondham College, Norfolk
asked one of his students what he wanted
to do for an A-level project and he replied
that he wanted to design an electronic
cricket scoreboard. I think someone was
on to something here eh? Andrew
arranged a visit to Trent Bridge which was
the first ground in the country to have an
electronic scoreboard and with advice
from a local firm his student designed and
built two units fitted with pygmy bulbs.
Another 12 units were made following the
same design by boys in the radio club.
Other students and teachers helped with
the construction of the structure which
was to house the units, and was some 9
meters wide by 4.5 meters high:
The impressive structure soon attracted
interest from local clubs, resulting in the
first installation at Swardestone CC. This
led to enquiries from other counties and
installations in Worcestershire and South
Wales. John Edwards was the electrical
expert and together with Andrew‘s
passion for cricket and his contacts as ex-
chairman of Norfolk County Cricket Club
the business flourished with up to 200
pygmy lamp scoreboards being installed
in clubs across the country and Electronic
Scoreboard Units was born.
In 1989 ESU installed their first scoreboard
using electro-mechanical digits at
Shepherd’s Bush CC. Over 150
subsequent installations were made using
these digits, some of which are still in use
today.
Technology has moved on again and the
majority of new scoreboards are fitted
with LED digits which as they have no
moving parts have a much longer life
Andrew retired from the business
although still takes an interest in projects.
He continues to watch cricket at his local
club Great Melton CC, where he is
president, and last year ESU replaced his
original scoreboard with a 21st century
LED system. Then again I guess he wasn’t
going to go to another firm for the job!
You can see who’s had an ESU install on
their website and this map:
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And one of those past customers was
Belhus Cricket Club, one of the first
cricket clubs to become part of the
Grassroot Media network, here’s one of
their boards:
Club Captain Richard Day says: “In
dealing with ESU I found them to be far
more helpful than another big company in
the early stages of planning our
scoreboard design. In deciding to then
purchase through ESU everything went
well thereafter. The service provided by
Julian Spinks at installation was excellent
and his response to the one problem we
had during our 4 years of ownership was
resolved within a day. We were that
impressed with ESU that we didn't hesitate
to buy one of their pre built smaller
scoreboards when one was required for
our second ground. The mobile scoring
control has been very robust and is very
easy to master.”
And another is Brentwood Cricket Club.
Paul Webb, Chairman at Brentwood said
“I am really pleased with everything that
ESU have done for us. They were really
helpful from start to finish (and continue to
be so when we ask for extra equipment)
and they were flexible in terms of
payment options. I highly recommend
them.”
Rob Wilkinson, Director of Cricket at
Hailsham Cricket Club said “The guys at
ESU Scoreboards are absolutely superb,
especially Julian. Their support before
and after completion is exceptional, they
have made the whole process easy.”
Here’s the Hailsham box:
For clubs that haven’t got an existing
scorebox nor wish to build one ESU are
able to offer a range of complete boxed
scoreboards which can be hung on a wall
or mounted on posts:
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These are the boxed models member clubs can get the 10% discount on:
LED BOXED SCOREBOARDS
GRASSROOT MEDIA MEMBER CLUB OFFERS
With the exception of the smaller board (which can be upgraded) these are supplied
with the ESU radio remote console. User friendly, compact, lightweight with
rechargeable batteries and a range of up to 250m it can be used from almost anywhere
on the ground. The scoreboards can be controlled from Total Cricket Scorer with the
optional TCS facilities kit.
To qualify for these offers you only have to be a Grassroot Media Member Club, which if
you’re reading this, you are! And you can pick the boards up yourselves to save on the
delivery charges
Call Julian at ESU on 01376 322 030 to get the ball rolling and quote the code “GRM1” to
get your 10% discount.
Next month we’ll give you more details on the custom scoreboards and we’re also
planning to cover ESU’s upcoming refit of the scoreboard at Durham County Cricket
Ground to give you an idea of what goes in to a first class scoreboard.
Model: ESU9CL12
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Club news -
Liam’s off to Rwanda
Hello all!
My name is Liam Burnell and Mat has
kindly given me some space for a few
words in this months magazine. I've
been a member of Steeple Langford
Cricket Club in Wiltshire for the past 8
years, and would love to hold your
attention for just a couple of minutes
whilst you read this!
In September I will be heading out,
with 8 other volunteers, to Rwanda for
2 weeks with a national charity called
Cricket Without Boundaries
(www.cricketwithoutboundaries.com),
whom some of you may have heard of.
Their main objectives are to raise
awareness of HIV whilst working with
the ICC and relevant cricket boards to
enable cricket development through
coaching, and also coach
development. Whilst out there
coaching the game of cricket, we will
use the ABCs throughout our coaching
to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS to
make as big an impact as possible!
In order to make a lasting impact, we
have all been asked to raise £750 for
the charity, all of which will go
towards the equipment we take out to
Rwanda, and subsequently leave
there, and this is where I need your
help! I am currently looking for
possible fundraising ideas that I could
pursue to meet this target, and am
also looking for any kind donations,
however small, in order to creep
closer towards my target! Any
donation, be it 50p or £5, can be made
on JustGiving at the following address:
http://www.justgiving.com/LiamBurn
ell-CWB
Alternatively, you could purchase a
wristband from me for the great price
of £2. I'm happy to post these out to
people, but it'd be great if you could
also cover the price of a postage
stamp as I'm on a students budget!
Every penny will go towards the
charity, and will help to make a lasting
impact on the communities of Rwanda
and any help is greatly appreciated,
however small. If you want to find out
more or have any ideas, please
contact me either by email
([email protected]) or drop
me a text (07447927430) and I'll get
back to you as soon as possible!
Help us to Bowl AIDS out of Rwanda!
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Clifton CC: @cliftoncricket
Clifton CC ground: @cliftonccdevt
Crawley Down Gatwick Football Club:
@OfficialCDGFC
Epping CC: @EppingCC
Gateshead Fell CC: @gatesheadfellcc
Hailsham Cricket Club: @hailshamcc1871
Marsden CC: @cuckooscricket
Old Parkonians Association: @oldparks
Old Parkonians FC: @oldparksfc
Parkfield Amateur AFC: @parkfieldafc
South Loughton CC: @southloughtoncc
Southgate Compton CC: @sccricketclub
Stapleton CC: @stapletoncc
Steeple Langford CC: @steeplelangford
Sussex County FA: @sussexcountyfa
Tynedale CC:@tynedalecc
Westinghouse CC: @westinghousecc
Whickham CC: @whickhamcc
Winterbourne CC: @winterbournecc
Worlington CC: @worlingtoncc
List your club’s Twitter account in here so everyone else can get following you. Only those clubs that are members of the network like yours are allowed on this list. To get listed just drop Mat a note at [email protected] or on Twitter @grassrootmedia Grassroot Media recommends: @fvhtweets @michaelsengrave @sussexcountyfa @meadonscricket @4grants @chance2shine
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Classifieds Network member club Apperley CC are
looking to sell three 11 blade Ransome
triplex mower units in excellent
condition. Looking for offers around
£600 mark. Contact Brian Leeke, Club
Chairman on 01684 292092.
Woodpeckers CC have these
covers for sale, three solid &
complete covers (with the
coverings, not pictured here).
£2,500 ono.
For more information please
contact Andy Watts on 07890
843667.
Spare Brother inkjet cartridges available
We’ve got loads of Brother inkjet cartridges available in the
office. We replaced our printer and the old cartridges don’t fit
the new machine. They are for an MFC-J6510DW but will fit a
few other Brother machines. Drop Mat Court a note on
[email protected] if you want them.
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Cricket
Club Corner Tell us a bit about your club... what do you do, where are you, which leagues, how many members etc...
We are Macknade CC - The Alternative MCC. Based in Faversham Kent. We Play our Home games at The Selling Road MCG in Faversham, just off the A2. Macknade CC is a Community Amateur Sports Club, we have never paid anyone to play for the club. We currently have 180 members from age 5 to 90. 60 Adults, 120 under 18s. We currently have 2 teams on a Saturday both playing in the Kent League, and 2 Sunday teams, 1 playing in the East Kent League and 1 friendly XI. We currently run teams in local development leagues in the following age groups; under 7s, under 9s, under 11s, under 13's and under 15's. Macknade CC was originally
Ben J Martin of Macknade Cricket Club in Faversham, Kent
formed as a farm workers social Club by the Neame Family (owners of Shepherd Neame Brewery) in October
1935. Prior to the Second World War, the club played its cricket just off Salters Lane in Faversham (on the
land now occupied by Faversham Town Football club) and football on what is now the cricket ground.
Tell us something interesting about your club...
We were and ECB NatWest CricketForce Showcase club in 2007, and with the help of a local building firm
have spent the last several years improving our facilities. Right now We're trying to set up a local cup
competition for 2014. We have 4 other teams in the Town & surrounding district, as well as several pub teams,
all of whom we want to engage with to try and develop a fun cup competition that shows off exactly what
cricket in Faversham is about.
Who does what at the club to do with revenue generation/sponsorship?
The Club Membership voted the Treasurer, Andrew Perkin to fulfil the role of Marketing Manager at the last
AGM, as a result he is the primary contact for all sponsorship, however revenue generation is shared out
between several members, with a social secretary and bar manager also brining in much needed revenue.
Have you got any advice for other clubs in our network looking to be more successful when it comes to
generating funds?
One of the most important things for clubs to remember is that sometimes spending money helps you gain
more money, by spending a small amount on posters, and speaking to local schools and gyms and asking
them if they will display the posters, you can develop interest in the local community, gaining members and
supporters.
What do you find is the best approach to getting advertisers and sponsors in and around the club?
If you want sponsors, don't just write to them. Start by speaking to them, invite them to a club open day, show
them the facilities you have, what you do, if you have a club house with bar & kitchen, perhaps suggest that
they could use it for their christmas party, then ask them for sponsorship, remembering that sometimes its
better to accept good or services instead of cash. We've had over £100,000 worth of work done by asking for
help with materials and specialist labour instead of cash!
Which brand would be your perfect sponsor and why?
If I asked the Chairman who our perfect brand sponsor would be, he'd probably say "whoever offers the
biggest cheque." but to be honest I'd say with the size of our colts section a soft drinks firm, like either
Lucozade Sport, Coca-Cola or Red Bull would be a pretty good fit, but I think any sponsor would be
welcomed, we've previously been sponsored by Pukka Pies and Stag Chilli.
Have you got a Twitter page our other clubs can make contact with you on?
You'll Find Macknade on both Facebook (Macknade CC) and Twitter (@MacknadeCC).
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Guide to... Celebrating
an anniversary!
In last month’s issue, Marsden CC asked for ideas about how to mark an anniversary – in their case, 150 years. We at South Loughton CC in Essex are celebrating our 75th anniversary this year, and hope our ideas will be of use to others.
1. Set up a sub-committee. Ideally with people who aren’t overloaded with other tasks. Let them develop ideas to be presented to the club management committee.
2. One big event or lots of small ones? Having one event to focus on is easier in terms of planning and logistics, especially as there are regular club activities to keep going as well. In our case, we are holding an anniversary dinner in October. We have secured our most famous former player, Barry Hearn, as guest speaker, and are holding the event at Leyton Orient Football Club, of which Barry is chairman. It is a large venue with good facilities and is somewhere new for most guests, making ticket sales easier.
3. Cricket Week. We last held a Cricket Week in the 1990s, so this is the perfect time to resuscitate it. Two games are against representative XIs from the leagues we play in; one is against our ‘partner club’, Mathews CC, with whom we run a team that offers a first step into senior cricket for our older juniors; and a fourth is against a Barry Hearn XI at the ground in his garden – we’re taking a minibus of spectators to that one! The fifth day is devoted to disability cricket – we are a pioneer in this area and are staging a competition for local special schools – and the juniors. Our friends at Wanstead CC are joining us to play the world’s first ever (?) 26-a-side match: successive fast-moving, small-sided games between under-9, 11, 13 and 15 teams from each club, with cumulative scoring to arrive at an eventual winner. There will be a barbecue at most games, which is always a good earner.
4. Write a club history. The story of South Loughton was first documented in 1988, for our 50th, and this formed the basis of 2013’s revised and expanded edition. If you can’t find someone to produce a chronological account, how about several people making thematic contributions? Older, retired members will have tales to tell, and a delve through the archives of the local newspaper will undoubtedly turn up material. The aim is not necessarily to produce a detailed account of matches and statistics (unless you have these available) but to capture the spirit of the club as it has evolved over the years. We found a friendly printer who produced 200 copies of a 140-page perfect-bound book for £3 each. We sell them at the club and a local bookshop for £5 each, and on Amazon for £7.99 (a great way to sell easily to former members who may have moved away, and not difficult to set up). If you want to see – or even buy – our history, search for South Loughton Cricket Club under Books.
5. Souvenirs. Mugs and calendars can now be produced easily and cheaply, and are a good fund-raiser. Just do some research online, there are plenty of options.
6. And finally, don’t be over-ambitious unless you have the personnel and time to aim for the stars. Better to do a few things well and leave everyone with good memories.
Contributors: Andrew Shields from South Loughton Cricket Club (www.southloughton.org.uk)
talks about what goes in to marking an important club anniversary...
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