The ECB Cricket Factory is coming to Essex

Thursday 8th April, Disability Cricket Festival, Gidea Park and Romford Cricket Club, 10am – 4pm,

Sunday 4th July, HOWZAT Town Carnival, Loughton Cricket Club, 10am – 10pm,

26th and 27th August, the Clacton Air Show,

The ECB Cricket Factory is coming to Essex and presents a new approach to engaging young people in Cricket (age 4 - adults).

The Tour Rig provides a platform to allow young participants to perform a variety of cricket activities and challenge all the key basic skills: batting, bowling, throwing, catching and cricket related movement.

Supported by local Essex Cricket coaches, the aim is to give all participants a positive and fun experience that will encourage them to take up the sport, and provide them all with information relating to where they can go on to play and watch cricket in the future.

The ECB Cricket Factory Tour is a public demonstration of the new ECB Long Term Athlete Development process giving young people the opportunity to experience the game at the right level for their particular level of skill, providing a positive learning process from the playground to the Test arena.

For more information check out the attached documents or contact Tracey Davies, Cricket Development Manager on 01245 254004  or by email at tracey.davies.essex@ecb.co.uk

South East Essex Keep Fit Association Exhibition of Movement, Exercise & Dance

South East Essex Keep Fit Association Exhibition of Movement, Exercise & Dance at The Civic Centre Blackshots Lane, Grays RM16 2JU
Taking place on Saturday 27 March 2010 2pm to 5pm
Tickets: £5 KFA Members & Performers £6 In advance & £7 on the door
Go to www.easterncountieskfa.org.uk or call Chris Bannister 01277 211050 for more info

Make a splash this summer

Taking place on 19th June at Alton Water in Suffolk, the Great East Swim is a great excuse to get a bit fitter this summer. With a one mile open water swim, its a big challenge, but with that comes a huge sense of achievement for everyone who takes part! For more details click here.

Get Back Into...Womens Football

Leigh Celtic Ladies are looking for women to come along and Get Back Into football. Open to beginners or those looking to return to the beautiful game, sessions are taking place at Fryerns Recreational Ground, 7pm from Wednesday 6th January at just £1 per session.

To book you place or for more information contact Paul Clark via 01268 479 277 or 07782 456558

Essex Sports Groups Win BBC Awards

Sporting groups in Essex have been celebrating after scooping two prestigious awards at the BBC East Sports Awards, held last night at Tattersalls in Newmarket, Suffolk.
Booth Academy of Table Tennis, based in Harlow were awarded the Community Club of the Year Award after winning the same title at the Essex Sports Awards held in November.
The club were awarded the title in recognition of their work reaching out to the local community and also in creating a Regional Centre of Excellence for Table Tennis.
There was also cause to celebrate when Southend based scheme Running Sisters scooped the Power of Sport Award for its innovative scheme which has seen hundreds of women in Southend take up running for the first time.
Angela Littlewood, Director of sportessex said: “I’d like to offer my congratulations to Booth Academy of Table Tennis and Running Sisters on winning their awards. Both of these groups offer great opportunities to their communities and are proof of the high quality of sport being offered to people in our county.”

sportessex Training Bursary

We are pleased to announce the launch of the sportessex Training Bursary. Available for any individual who works or volunteers in sport, aged 16 and over with an interest in developing their skills or for those who wish to start work in this exciting area. Click here to find out more.