Perth Strathearn CC - Juniors - The Sharks

Sharks sign up with MOHAIR

Mohair, Ladies and Gents Hairdressers, have kindly once again sponsored the Sharks, with new jerseys for the junior players. Many thanks to Morag McKenzie of MOHAIR for her support and sponsorship. Mohair is located on Argyll Road in North Muirton and bookings can be made on 01738 441110.

All junior members who take along their Sharks sponsored top will be entitled to a free haircut at MOHAIR !!

Pictured below are the U-13 Sharks after victory at home to Falkland.

Summer Cricket Camps in P&K

New local Cricket Development Officer Kirsteen Ross is delivering a series of childrens cricket camps in the summer holidays. Click here to view full details.

Perth Strathearn Awarded PACES Accreditation

The club has been awarded PACES Foundation Level by Perth and Kinross Council (Perth and Kinross Accredited Club Excellence Scheme). PACES is a quality mark scheme designed to recognise safe and well structured clubs. The Foundation Level criteria which the club meets includes:

• Constitution including an equity policy statement i.e. it is a club for all with equal opportunities and treatment of participants.
• Evidence that your club has a bank account i.e. correct financial procedures and able to receive funding/ grants
• Affiliation to Perth and Kinross Sports Council/ NGB/SGB
• Structured club – designated office bearers – chairperson etc.
• Able to provide contact details of office bearers. 
• Insurance
• Evidence of club holding contact details of members
• Child protection policy in place 
• Disclosure checked volunteers and coaches present at every youth/ vulnerable adult session
• Access to 1st aid within club training facility 
• Qualified coaches (sticking to coach/player ratio as recommended by NGB)

The clubs' coaches and junior section are pictured below receiveing the award

from Laura Munro from the P&K Sports Development Team.

 Junior Coaching 2010

Junior Coaching began on Monday 19th April at Doo'Cot Park, and will continue to the end of August on Monday evenings. All under 16 hardball cricketers are welcome as well as all kwik cricketers aged 9 and above. Sessions will run from 6.30-8.15pm. 

If you played kwik cricket last year but were born before 1st September 1999 then you are now in the U-13 age group and are welcome to come along and try our hardball cricket. For further details contact Andy at garnetta@angus.gov.uk or Jonathan at jonathanhill@morrisandyoung.co.uk  

To download the parental information sheet and junior membership form click on the links below.......forms are available at coaching sessions but feel free to print off and bring one along on a Monday evening.

Junior subscriptions for 2010 will remain at £20 and this includes all matches and weekly coaching sessions.

Also listed below are the junior fixtures to date for the 2010 season

General Information

The Sharks are a well established Junior section that play games at U-13 and U-15 level in the local Fife League. From late April until Early September training takes place every Monday evening, at Doo'Cot Park Perth from 6.30pm until 8.15pm.

Young male and female cricketers, of all abilities from the age of 9 upwards are welcome to come along and try the sport of cricket. The club enters teams into local under 10 kwik cricket festivals on a regular basis throughout the summer to give younger players a taste of what it is like to play in a game. 

ECB qualified coaches are on hand every week to supervise and lead the coaching sessions, and the club has achieved its 'Bronze' status with the national governing body Cricket Scotland through their club accreditation scheme 'TOP CLUB'. This acknowldges the club as a safe and well structured organisation.

Parents and players are welcome to view the clubs child protection policy and code of conduct statement which are featured below.

Kwik Cricketers do it in Style 

For the 2009 season the kwik cricket team were delighted to be sponsored by 'MOHAIR' Gents and Ladies Hairdressers of North Muirton. Morag McKenzie who runs MOHAIR is pictured below handing on the shirts to the under 10 kwik cricket team.