“Girls Only” Cricket at Folkestone CC

Folkestone CC are excited to announce our plans to start up a “girls only” section at the club in the 2022 season.

Our aim is to widen the participation of children playing cricket in our community whilst also offering Kent’s girls a chance to engage with things they have missed during the COVID-19 pandemic or may not have felt confident enough to participate in previously.

Our initial approach is to contact local primary schools offering them a free taster session for girls in Years 5 and 6 during Terms 3 & 4.
We will then provide structured outdoor training sessions at the club from May to the end of August at our excellent facility at Three Hills Sports Park.

With the success of the recent ECB’s Hundred competition (especially in promoting the women’s’ game) there has been an increase in enquires to the club about girls cricket which the club is keen to support.

Heather Southgate, a qualified coach at Folkestone Cricket club, is eager to deliver fun and safe training sessions to girls who have shown an interest during our taster sessions.

As well as training we are keen for the girls to play in competitive matches – we will start off with softball matches against other local teams before progressing to hardball matches when the girls are ready.

We will provide all the equipment – just turn up to play cricket and have fun!

UPDATE JULY 2022

We are extremely pleased with the progress of the “girls only” section at the club. We now have a group of around 12-16 girls aged 8-11 that regularly attend training on Monday evenings.

With our structured training sessions, the girls have made remarkable progress in a relatively short time and we were pleased to enter our very first “girls only” team in the Kent Cricket U11 Countdown Festival at Sandwich Town CC on 19th June.

The girls then played the clubs very first league match against Hythe Girls in the Saxon Shore League. This was part of a fundraising effort to raise funds for Cancer Research.

UPDATE APRIL 2023

Thanks to everyone that attended our Winter Indoor training sessions. We look forward to seeing you all for our outdoor sessions starting on Monday  17th April from 18:00 to 19:00.

We have an exciting season ahead of us.

Intrested in joining the fun!! Please fill out the contact form at the bottom and we’ll get back to you

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2024

Well done to our U11 girls who were runners up in the Saxon Shore League. They received their medals and trophy in the awards ceremony at Deal Vics CC.

Come and join us!

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