Shipston-on-Stour Cricket Club welcomes you and your children to our club. We hope that your child(ren) will enjoy being a club member and will enjoy the cricket coaching, training, and matches, as well as the social interactions available at the club. Please do ask me – the Club Welfare Officer – or any committee member or coach if you have other questions not answered on this page.

The club is run by a number of volunteers – we employ no paid staff. We welcome offers of help from all members, and hope that as you feel part of the club you will feel able to get involved.

A full list of officers, committee members, coaches and officials can be found on the club notice board but your main points of contact are as follows :
Club Chairman
Gary Betteridge / 07814 253733 / haybetts@tiscali.co.uk

Club Secretary
Danny Murphy / 07792 682499 / Danny.Murphy@willmottdixon.co.uk

Club Welfare Officer
Neil Harper / 07958 442886 / harper_neil1@sky.com

Junior Head of Section
Tom Cox / 07974 255649 / cox.tom@outlook.com

Under 15s Coach
Nick Hibberd / 07534 329755 / nhibbs4@gmail.com

All Stars Cricket Activator
Mark Ireland / 07815 873952 / m.d.ireland@hotmail.co.uk

All Stars Cricket Activator
Marcus Ireland / 07979 146619 / m_c_ireland@hotmail.com

We are working towards becoming an ECB “Clubmark” Club and we adhere to the ECB “Safe Hands” policy for safeguarding children in cricket. All of the adults at the club who work with children and meet the necessary criteria are vetted by the ECB. This includes the enhanced DBS and ‘Barred List’ check (formerly known as CRB checks).

The various club policies necessary for us to adhere to "Safe Hands" are available to view on this website - please click on the navigation panes to the left.

Whilst we hope your child will be happy and content at the club, we understand that sometimes questions, concerns or difficulties may arise. Please feel able to raise these as soon as possible, so we can rectify things at the earliest opportunity. If you have a question regarding coaching, please approach the coach in the first instance. However, please do not interrupt coaching sessions, especially net practice, as this may distract the coach when he or she needs to be supervising the children. Our coaches will be happy to speak to you before or after training or at another convenient time.

If you have questions about kit requirements, training times, pick up arrangements etc please speak to Junior Head of Section Tom Cox – contact details above.

If you have any concerns about your child or another child, or about the behaviour of any adult at the club, please speak to me, the Club Welfare officer – you can contact me on the number above.

If for any reason I am not available, or if your concern is about me, you may contact the County Welfare Officer Gerry Bailey on 07714 261194 or email baileygj@hotmail.com

“Safe Hands”, ECB’s policy for safeguarding children in cricket, is available to view online at www.ecb.co.uk/safeguarding or a copy is available at the club.

Training times:
Under 15s and Under 12s training 1800 – 1930 every Friday
“All Stars Cricket” (ages 5 to 8) 1830 – 1930 every Friday

The Club is always looking for parental help – please do consider helping out if you can.
Please contact Junior Head of Section Tom Cox for details of how you can help.

Finally, all members are reminded of the club’s code of conduct for members and guests, which is posted in all our changing rooms and on the club notice board, and is also available on our website www.pitchero.com/clubs/shipstononstourcricketclub

We do hope that you and your child(ren) enjoy being a member of Shipston-on-Stour Cricket Club, and if you have any concerns, do please let me know.

Kind Regards

Neil Harper
Club Welfare Officer
Shipston-on-Stour Cricket Club