Steeple Langford Cricket Club Development Plan 2010

We are committed to the continual development of the facilities and amenities at SLCC and this commitment is reflected in the club's development plan. This plan is an ECB controlled document which resides on our play cricket web site:- www.steeplelangford.play-cricket.com

To see the full plan you need to register as a member of the site once completed you can log in and the click on "Development Planning" or you can download a PDF copy here.

As a Wiltshire Cricket Board Focus Club we have to complete and update this plan yearly, this is then approved and submitted by the WCB CDM to the ECB.

The Club's main five year objectives taken from the 2010 plan are:

  • 1 - Improve the square; we need more regular, higher bounce and carry, autumn renovation work being carried out by Gordon Gill for second year running great improvement shown during 2009.
  • 2 - Replace heavy roller and square mower: new mower purchased 2009. Still waiting to hear from ECB machinery Fund regarding funding for new roller. If un-successful we will have to look for alternative funding.
  • 3 - Purchase mobile pitch covers as per recommendations in 2008 WCB facility report. It is the clubs intention to apply for ECB interest free loan to purchase covers ready for 2010 season.
  • 4 - Improve existing facilities in line with comments in 2008 WCB facility report; ongoing objective, these improvements are usually done during the Cricket force weekend.
  • 5 - Hold WCB representative games at SLCC; hosted first game U10 V Gwent in 2009 look forward to holding more in 2010.
  • 6 - In partnership with Steeple Langford Sports Association we intend to obtain the farmers field next door (Agreement already secured) to build a new pavilion/community centre. This will require a new ten pitch square to be laid in a new position. As a result of this moving of the square the football pitch will no longer be on the cricket outfield. The double net bay will also have to be re-sited to accommodate the building work.
  • 7 - Improve the club's web site; presently we use ECB play cricket web site. It is our intention to have a new web site built to better showcase the club. This could have a big influence on membership.
  • 8 - Increase sponsorship revenue. Recent ground improvements and purchase of better machinery come at a price. This has increased the club's annual outlay on materials and servicing bills this added cost needs to be covered as the club's normal annual turnover cannot sustain this added expenditure.

You can follow progress on all the above via the new website news page.

Volunteer recruitment also figures in the development plan.

To back up an already hardworking committee we are looking to recruit the following volunteers to help achieve the objectives shown above:-

  • Fundraising and Sponsorship Coordinator x 1
  • Fund raisers x 4
  • ECB Cricket Force Coordinator x 1
  • Publicity Officers x 2
  • Umpire's and Scorer's x 2

If you would like to get involved and feel you could fill any of the above posts please contact:

Development Officer - Andy Foyle
Phone 01722 334479
Mob 07802 200620
andyfoyle@hotmail.com