WOMEN'S CRICKET
Our vision is to become a local centre for women's and girls' cricket; to be the go-to place for women and girls to learn, participate in, compete in and enjoy the wonderful sport of cricket.
ABOUT US
The club is very focussed on the future of our Women's and Girls' teams. We aim to build on our very successful 2024 season with more training and match opportunities for all our female players in 2025. We play in the Sussex Slam and also have some longer format matches planned this season.
Additionally, we have a softball team playing regular league cricket.
We run three age group teams for our girls as well as our Women's teams which girls can be invited to play for. Further to our girls' age group teams, girls are able to join in with our mixed gender age group teams.
WHAT WE AIM TO ACHIEVE
The Club’s ambition is to grow strong and sustainable women’s and girl’s sections. As a club, we aim to optimise opportunities to play in both friendly matches and the local competitive female leagues and to provide a platform for female players to move on to higher levels, including county cricket. Our focus is to create an environment where the Junior section grows in both numbers and sporting ability. To achieve this would encourage Juniors to continue as active members of the club and play competitive cricket for the senior teams, both Women’s and Mixed.
WHAT WE OFFER
As much cricket as we can possibly fit in! Those who are already members or have visited our grounds will have seen what a beautiful setting we have for our training and matches. It really is a lovely place to spend time.
Competive cricket/softball:
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Women's Softball League
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Women’s Sussex Slam (hardball)
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U11 Softball
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U13 Hardball
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U15 Hardball
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We are also able to offer training and coaching. The women’s and girls' section will be supported by professional coaches along with Women’s section lead Sarah Osborne and other qualified volunteer coaches.
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Training/practice sessions:
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Softball training for girls aged 5 through to 11 years old (Fridays)
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Softball training for women (Mondays)
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Hardball training for girls aged 11 to 13 years old (Mondays)
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Hardball training for women and girls​ aged 14+ (Mondays)
GIRLS' CRICKET
We run three age group teams for our 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. If your daughter is new to cricket, we can help with taster sessions, introductory coaching and more...
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
NEW TO THE GAME
If you're completely new to the sport then don't be afraid of getting in touch. We have members of all abilities and have options for everyone. We run taster sessions for women and girls of different ages, please ask for more information regarding these and when they will be taking place.
If you are just looking to have a bit of fun and a social, perhaps softball is for you. Maybe you want to try hardball cricket but you're a bit nervous, or you don't want to play games but just want to get involved with our practice sessions, then that's fine too! Our coaches are on hand to provide sessions and can offer 1-2-1 coaching if you'd like before moving onto anything more serious. We simply play cricket and we aim to have fun, we are not a professional team, so please don't be put off by our professional looking website (!).
Give it a go, you're more than welcome to try your hand and get involved.
TASTER SESSIONS
We welcome you to pop along to our sessions; to take part or just meet the team and have a chat.
Please get in contact to register your interest via sarahfosborne@hotmail.co.uk
MORE EXPERIENCED
For those who have played the game before, you're welcome to join our club and join in with our practice sessions and hardball cricket. We play T20 matches in the Sussex Slam. There is always room for more experience so please get in touch and come along to one of our training/practice sessions.
YOUNGER GIRLS
Girls of all ages are always welcome at WCTCC. We currently run two age group teams for our young girls as and further to these teams our girls are more than welcome to join in with our mixed age group teams ages 9 through to 18. In addition we run practice sessions for a very smallest girls and boys aged 5 and over, head to our junior section for more information on mixed gender cricket and our girls' cricket page for girls only cricket.
TRAINING & COACHING
WOMEN
Softball
Mondays, 6:30-8pm
This is a fun place to start if you've not played before but also for those with some experience looking to improve their fielding and to practice batting and bowling without the fuss of helmets and pads.
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Hardball
Mondays, 6:30-8pm
Run by a professional coach. The focus is on batting and bowling but with some fielding drills, and is open to all players aged 14+ (Year 9 upwards).​
GIRLS
​For more information visit our girls cricket page.
MEET THE TEAM
SARAH OSBORNE
WOMENS' SECTION LEAD
Sarah has been a volunteer coach for over 20 years, initially in her first loved sport of football. She took up helping at cricket 10 years ago achieving her Level 2 in 2015. Sarah started the girls section in 2013. She features regularly in the women’s team and, although by her own admittance not the best player, she is proof positive that you can take up a sport later in life and still love every minute of it.
SARAH OSBORNE
ALAN SMITH
ECB COACH
Previously Head Coach of Sussex Girls where he coached a variety of age groups from U14-U17. Recently Alan has been coaching the women's and girls' teams at Horsham and helped to start the development of the girls section at Wisborough Green. In addition Alan is also the Head Coach of Girls Cricket at Copthorne Prep School and is currently working for the ECB helping with the Development of an England Wheelchair Cricket team for both women and men.
ALAN SMITH
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TIM VAN NOORT
ECB LEVEL 3 COACH
Tim has coached boys and girls of all ages for many years. He was Assistant Director of Cricket at Bede’s School and has since started his own coaching academy in 2010 and it was during this time that he worked closely with “elite girls” cricket and went on to coach several of the Sussex Girls Pathway players. He has most recently been involved with the “Sussex performance pathway” where he was Lead Coach of the Development Phase (U9-U12).
