GreenacreSSP

Kent Under 11 Girls Cricket Assessment
For County Squad Selection for 2011 season

Venue: Kings Hill Cricket Club, Tiffen Way, Kings Hill, West Malling Kent

Date: Saturday 18th September 2010
Time: 1.30pm-6.00pm (approx. finish)

Kent Cricket Board would like to invite primary aged girls, (you must not have reached your 11th birthday by
midnight on 31st August 2010) to a cricket assessment day in order to select a Kent girls Under 11 squad for
winter training and summer matches for the 2011 season.

The trials can sometimes been misunderstood. The term ‘trials’ for young girls is a different process compared with boys. Although we are trying to select the best primary aged girls to represent Kent, the actual day consists of a relatively informal pairs kwik cricket festival.

Girls may be nominated direct to the trials by schools and clubs. All the girls attending are divided into teams of 6 or 8, depending on how many there are. Everyone does their best while batting, bowling and fielding, and we just observe them playing. It’s a good day of cricket for everyone, and there is no pressure put on anyone to perform.

There is a further ‘sweep up’ assessment session indoors in November before a squad of about 20 girls is selected in early December. Girls are introduced to hard ball cricket during indoor and outdoor coaching sessions from January to May.

During trials, we will be looking for girls that: -

• have some idea of how to play cricket
• always like to be involved in the game
• have hand eye coordination
• are athletic
• appear to get on with other girls

Please get across the message that we would like to see lots of girls having a go and playing cricket, no matter how inexperienced they might be. The more girls that come along, the better.

Many thanks for your assistance, but should you have any queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with David Sear: -

David Sear
Kent Under 11 Girls Manager/Coach
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01227 767376
07710 742439