GIRLS' CRICKET
We run three age group teams for our young girls as well as our Women's team which girls can be invited to play for. Further to our girls age group teams, girls are more than welcome to join in with our mixed age group teams, details are on the Junior Section page.
JUNIOR CRICKET SPONSORS
AGE GROUPS/TEAMS
AGES 5-6
Reception and Year 1 at school.​
Simple softball cricket for our youngest girls. Lots of fun games with a cricket theme.
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Training: Friday 5-6pm
AGE 7
Years 2 at school.
Fun softball cricket with a little bit of skills, drills and techniques. Older girls may be invited to play matches with our U9 Girls softball team.
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Training: Friday 6-7pm
AGES 8-9
Years 3 and 4 at school.
Training: Fridays, 5:30-7pm
Matches: Sussex Cricket Foundation U9 Softball Festivals - occasional round robin festival afternoons. Some players may also be invited to play in U11 Softball League matches on Wednesday evenings.​
AGES 10-11
Years 5 and 6 at school.
Training: Fridays, 5:30-7pm
Matches: Sussex Cricket Foundation U11 Softball Pairs - Wednesday evenings. Some girls may also be invited to train with our hardball group on Mondays and play in hardball matches.​
AGES 12-13
Years 7 and 8 at school.
(plus younger girls who have shown an aptitude and confidence with hardball cricket)
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Training: Mondays 6:30-8pm.
Matches: Our U12s will play in the Sussex Cricket Foundation U12 Girls 8 a-side pairs hard ball League. - Matches are on Thursday evenings. Our U13s, supported by U12 players, will play in the Sussex Cricket Foundation U13 Girls 9 a-side standard rules hard ball League. Matches are on Tuesday evenings.
Older girls in our U13 section are also eligible to play in the Women’s matches.
AGES 14-15
Years 9 and 10 at school.
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Training: Mondays 6:30-8pm.
Matches: Our U15s will play in the Sussex Cricket Foundation U15 Girls 9 a-side hard ball League. Matches are on Thursday evenings. Standard rules T20 cricket.
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Girls are also eligible to play in the Women’s matches.
AGES 16+
Year 11 upwards
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Girls aged 16+ are invited to join our women’s section. We have a very young women’s team and are keen to welcome all 16+ players to help us build the future of women’s cricket at West Chiltington. We play in the Aldridge@BACA Women’s League Division 2, and in both the Sussex Slam Cup and Slam Shield as well as in the Women’s Softball League.
16+ players have the option of training with the U15 team players (most of whom also play for the women) or of joining women’s hard ball or softball training.
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Training: Mondays 6:30-8pm.
Matches: Most women’s matches are on Sunday but we do have some Slam Cup and some Softball fixtures on Monday evenings.
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Our focus is to create an environment where the Junior section grows in both numbers and sporting ability. To achieve this we encourage Juniors to continue as active members of the club and play competitive cricket for the senior teams, both Women’s and Mixed.