Junior Information

 

Walton runs a very successful junior section, which currently comprises around 200 playing juniors. The club offers a safe and friendly environment for children to have fun learning how to play cricket.

Coaching is delivered by ECB level 2 and level 3 qualified coaches for children of all ages. In 2010 Walton was awarded ClubMark status, recognising our ‘Safeguarding Children Policy’ and high standards of cricket coaching.

To contact individual age-group managers, please see the table below. For more information about our junior section in general, please contact our Head of Juniors, Gareth Maher-Edwards.

Junior Boys and Girls

We run coaching sessions for children aged between five and 15. Age groups from U5 to U11 train on a Sunday morning, where they are trained by a combination of professional coaches and junior volunteers; U12s to U15s train on weekday evenings.

The junior section is also effective in easing younger players into senior cricket. Our 4th XI has a proven track record of preparing juniors for higher levels of cricket, while our internal competition The Smash allows juniors to play alongside our senior cricketers.

We are also committed to further developing our girls’ section and we run a specialist girls’ session on a Sunday morning, older girls are encouraged to join our Senior Women’s team: the Pens, who train on Wednesday evenings.

Cygnets (girls and boys aged five to eight)

 

A fun and interactive cricket programme for our youngest budding cricketers. We welcome boys and girls aged 5 to 8 (school years: Reception – Year 3 inclusive) of all skill levels to come and see what cricket is all about in a safe and enjoyable environment.

Although membership payments are crucial to the running of our club, we appreciate that some prospective cricketers may wish to try it before committing to membership. Junior Girls & Cygnets can participate on a pay-as-you-go basis, £12 per session, we ask that Junior Boys sign up to the membership after 3 trial sessions.

Contact

For specific age-group information, please contact age group managers. For general enquiries about our junior section, please contact our Head of Juniors, George Cates.

Age group Manager/Admin Email
Head of Junior Coaching George Cates georgecates@btinternet.com
U19 Boys Paul Bainbridge pcbgardens@hotmail.co.uk
U17 Boys Gareth Maher-Edwards edwards_gareth@hotmail.com
U15 Boys Katie Brindley vaughankathryn@hotmail.com
U14 Boys Robert Hodges hodgesrj@gmail.com
U13 Boys David Fletcher fletchda49@gmail.com
U12 Boys Matt Haddow mphaddow@gmail.com
U11 Boys Ceri Bevan-Jones ceribevan_jones@hotmail.com
U10 Boys Dan Spalding danspalding1975@hotmail.com
U15 Girls Jo Cook jannacook26@gmail.com
U8 – U14 Girls Jo Cook jannacook26@gmail.com
Cygnets (U5-U7) Tom Cates Please contact Head of Juniors for further information

 

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