Rugby Cricket Club Programme - 2022

RUGBY CRICKET CLUB

ABOUT THE CLUB

We were founded in 1844 and celebrated our 175th Anniversary two years ago. We’ve got a beautiful old wooden cricket pavilion and a great facility to provide cricket for the people of Rugby and the surrounding villages. We’ve got a great history and heritage having played host to county cricket, international cricket and numerous famous individuals and players. We still host a prestigious biennial fixture with the MCC.

TODAY

We’re a thriving modern club. We have seven senior sides, four on a Saturday, one on a Sunday and two playing in the midweek league.

We have three junior sides and a bustling kwik cricket section.

In 2022, we’re launching a ladies section to further increase our engagement and offering within the community.

ASPIRATIONS

As we enter the next ten year period for our club we’ve got a great foundation to build on and we are taking our club to the next level with the vision of being the best amateur cricket club in the country. We want to ensure that every child in Rugby has the opportunity to try our sport and, if they like it, take that passion as far as their own interest and skill level will go.

To do this, we’re developing our facilities, coaching programmes and community outreach to make sure that we can provide a fantastic introduction to the sport and reach people who would otherwise not get the opportunity to try our game. The first steps were launched last year with the recruitment of (Wes), our first full time Director of Cricket to promote and sustain the game in the local area.

We are proud of our club and look forward to welcoming you at Webb Ellis Road.

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I would like to offer a warm welcome and thank you for joining us on our continued journey and hope you will make the club your home. Our primary aim is a strongly community focused and financially sound facility which offers all players and their families the best playing, coaching and social experience in the area. We are getting there and continue to learn along the way and always welcome members, feedback and involvement.

I am sure you will have seen the fantastic new net facilities going up and I am excited to advise that this is now complete! I would like to express my profound gratitude to all those involved in the crowd funding project which helped make this possible and, of course, for all of the very many kind donations. This will have an enormous impact on the club’s provision of senior, junior, ladies & girls and disability cricket programs. It has been so heartening to see the nets already used for various holiday camps and training.

We plan to run a number of community events this summer so please do keep an eye out for those over the coming weeks. It should be a great summer!

Best of luck for the season and I look forward to seeing you all soon!

I would like to express my profound gratitude to all those involved in the crowd funding project which helped make this possible and, of course, for all of the very many kind

Scholarships now available with access to means-tested bursary funding up to 100% at both Bilton Grange and Rugby School

What an incredible journey it has been since my wife and I arrived in the U.K.!

Since our arrival, we have been well supported by members of Rugby Cricket Club and the local community and we are forever grateful. I have been exposed to different development structures through the Warwickshire and RDCL leagues, and I have learned how to better integrate development models within the cricket club. As a club, we enjoyed a successful 2021 summer across all age-groups and formats, and I am proud of our latest accomplishment to date - the first ladies hardball development team to represent the club in its 178 year history!

I am very fortunate in that sport has always played a positive role in my life, from kicking a football aged 8, to present. I feel extremely privileged to work with children and adults alike through the game

I love, cricket, and to add influence and experience to the sporting community around the world. My philosophy and longterm goal is to create a positive environment with a holistic development approach. It is my task, as a coach, to make any and all cricket opportunities as fun and interactive as possible at Rugby Cricket Club, Rugby Cricket Academy and Rugby School.

Finally, I would like to say thank you to the RCC committee for continuing to invest in me as a Director to further develop the game within the local Rugby community.

Yours in Cricket,

Wes

My philosophy and long-term goal is to create a positive environment with a holistic development approach.

COACHING TEAM

WESLEY LANDSDALE LEVEL 3 EQUIVALENT ECB COACH

Ex professional with a first-class double hundred to his name - we’ve identified Wes as the man to take the club forward as Director of Cricket. Wes has a wealth of coaching and playing experience working with some of the top youngsters in South Africa and helping to develop his club in South Africa into arguably the strongest club in Johannesburg with multiple premier title wins. They did this with a philosophy of developing from within and creating a culture which attracts top club and youth players to want to play at the club which fits fully with our plans for RCC.

NICK TESTER LEVEL 3 ECB COACH

Nick has huge coaching experience working in county setups in the UK and has helped with the development of many future professionals, including recent England international Dan Lawrence. Nick brings huge energy to his coaching, but more importantly than this, a desire to push boundaries and challenge players to reach their fullest potential – we’re excited to have him on board.

MICHAEL POWELL

Director of Cricket at Rugby School and Ex Warwickshire Captain. Mike will be familiar to many around the club, having started his cricketing journey at RCC in the 1990s and then returning as a current playing member after he retired from the professional game and moved back to the town. He brings a huge wealth of experience and is a phenomenal coach who will help our young players and older guys enormously. We firmly believe that with this team assembled that we have the best coaching team in the county and anyone who wants to can progress their game as far as possible. Whether that’s progressing from the youth sides into the 3rd team to start men’s cricket. Developing from the 3rds to the 2nds, breaking into the 1st team, dominating the league as one of the league’s best players or becoming a professional cricketer yourself!

PETER KIRSTEN LEVEL 4 EQUIVALENT ECB COACH

Peter Kirsten is a full time coach with Rugby Cricket Academy. His extensive playing career includes 12 Test Matches and 40 One Day International Matches for South Africa and a very successful stint playing for Derbyshire CCC in the 1980s. He holds the highest Cricket South Africa level 4 coaching credentials and has previously held a Head Coaching role with the Ugandan National Team.

SENIOR CRICKET

SENIOR CRICKET IS THRIVING AT RCC. OVER THE LAST DECADE THERE HAVE BEEN OVER FIVE PROMOTIONS FOR DIFFERENT SENIOR SIDES AND MULTIPLE LEAGUE AND CUP WINS.

In 2022, we’re looking to step this up again and key goals include, running four weekend teams every week, launching a 2nd midweek side and creating a better pathway for youth players into the senior teams.

The early indications are that as we come out of COVID availability will be good, and the strength of the youth system over the last ten years means that we have the positive challenge of creating opportunities for everyone, to get as much cricket as possible.

Our biggest step forward on the senior section this year, comes in the introduction of a coaching team to work with the senior sides. Wes Landsdale will be heading this up in his role as Director of Cricket, supported by Nick Tester, Michael Powell and ex-South African test

cricketer Peter Kirsten. So we’ve got a truly top-class coaching setup to support senior players and young players coming into the senior sides.

There’ll be opportunities to focus on specific skills and develop your game, so you can get as much enjoyment from the game as possible.

As we continue to grow and look to expand our senior offering even further into 2022 with the launch of the 4th team, there are exciting times ahead for the club!

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LADIES SOFTBALL

RCC are also hosting a girls (U13) and ladies cricket festival on Sunday 24th July. Girls (U13) 10am-1pm | Ladies 2pm-5pm

Please contact Director of Cricket, Wes Landsdale, if you would like to participate. wrlandsdale@gmail.com

YOUTH SETUP

The club enjoys a vibrant and ever growing youth section, playing a crucial role in the RCC community and day to day life at the club.

We run three junior age group teamsu11, u13 and u15 who play competitive fixtures in the Rugby & District League and who regularly feature as Cup and League Champions! The juniors train every Friday night up at the club and RCC are extremely lucky to have so many experienced and highly qualified coaches, admirably supported by so many parent volunteers. Look out for our junior social events and we hope to make good use of the new built in barbecue on Fridays! There is no need to worry once the summer is finished as we run a junior winter net program all the way from Oct to April indoors.

For the first time in our history RCC will be fielding a girls’ team in a competitive softball league and women’s team in a hardball development league, run in conjunction with the Warwickshire cricket board. We have numerous girls who already play a key

role in our existing junior teams, however, this does represent another development opportunity and pathway available.

Alongside competitive league cricket, the club also runs our very popular Kwik Cricket and ECB Allstars sessions on Sunday mornings, aimed at younger children looking for an introduction to the game. Parents are welcome to come and relax in the sun and enjoy a coffee and refreshments. This has played a crucial role in bringing youngsters right through the club all the way into senior cricket.

Via our partner, the Rugby Cricket Academy, various summer and holiday camps take place up at Webb Ellis Road, so the opportunities for youngsters to grow and develop their skills and importantly have fun are endless.

A big thank you must go out to all our coaches and parents for their continued support. We look forward to celebrating with you all at the Junior celebration party later in the year.

CROWD FUNDING 2022

CREATING A CRICKET CLUB FOR ALL

“We asked for your support to boost our junior and women’s game and improve and expand our training and playing facilities. And with your help we raised an amazing £35,486!

We can now give greater opportunities to more people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the sport we love.”

THANKS TO EVERYONE… HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS…

And thanks to all our individual supporters in Rugby and further afield including Australia, Canada and Sweden!

OUR SPONSORS

The club could not function and develop as we move forwards without the generous support of our sponsors. We are hugely grateful for what you do for the club.