The sun is rising earlier, the afternoons are brighter, and the cricket season is almost upon us! We have been working hard in the background this winter to make this the most exciting juniors season yet.

As always, we offer an exciting range of juniors cricket from Mini's Program for the little ones to top-flight competition in the U17s. Our number one goal is to share our love of cricket, whether it’s building life-long friendships over a carefree match or striving together with your teammates on the path to an age group championship.

We measure our success not by trophies but on the strength of our community. The more boys and girls who go on to be part of our adult teams whether in a player or volunteer capacity, the prouder we are.

We formally start the new 2025 season on Monday 21st April. If you want a quick guide for the season please go to the All you Need to Know page. See the Training Sessions page if you want to know when your child's age group training sessions are. Please come along, bring your friends and enjoy the summer at RCC.

I am delighted to offer special thanks to our sponsors - Duke's Education (our prime sponsor), Dice Communications (sponsor of the men’s coloured clothing) and Slaughter & May (sponsor for women and girls). The contribution that they make to the club is a significant and important one, all have been with us through challenging times and look forward to sharing in more of our successes. There are further sponsorship opportunities and we would welcome approaches from anyone interested in associating their company with this great club. See Club Sponsorship for more.

RCC Juniors continues to stand for “cricket for all and for elite player development”. We welcome all-comers at the same time as helping players of all abilities to develop their games. We want to turn up the dial on the buzz that is created at both Old Deer Park (ODP) and the Newman Cricket Ground (NCG) at Christ’s School when they are full of junior players enjoying cricket. We would love to increase the amount of time that families spend at the club with excellent food, drink and catering facilities to make a day of it for the whole family.

As you all know we are not a profit-making organisation but the books need to balance. We must cover our costs, including putting money aside for capital works. An ever growing fixture list and demand for more professional coaching are driving up our costs. Against this backdrop it is essential that our members pay on time. We believe that we offer excellent value for money - please see the link for Registration and Membership page for further details on benefits, costs and how to pay.

As a reminder your child's membership covers:

Our Home at Old Deer Park: we have been playing at Old Deer Park since 1865. Our lease has recently been subject to an increase from a peppercorn rent to full commercial terms. We are actively pursuing revenue generating opportunities to insulate the members from the bulk of this increase
Ground maintenance for ODP and NCG including nets, pitches and scoreboards
Capital reserves for large scale projects
Coaching: professional coaching from Adam London (Director of Cricket) and his team and the cost of ECB training for our volunteers
Equipment for training and matches - and you would not believe how many balls “disappear” from the club
Ground hire: as the number of teams expand we need to hire more grounds to run concurrent matches. The summer leagues have put additional pressure on this
Insurance: which only covers registered and paid up members
Other activities that we run, such as the academy or winter nets, have a separate fee to cover costs.

We also run regular Holiday Cricket Camps: the money we make from these is all ploughed back into the club. These are great fun so please participate and support your club - see our latest offering at Easter here.

As always we are more than happy to agree discounts for those not able to pay in full, but the club as a whole needs to cover costs – so please respond when Fiona, our new membership secretary, gets in touch to request payment.

In summary RCC is a wonderful place to spend your time in the summer months. Please continue to participate, understand when club officials chase you for membership payment, and help us to continue to build the sense of community at this special club of ours.

Bring on the cricket!

Greg Tijerina & Fiona Cumming
RCC Junior Boys Chair & Junior Girls Chair