Kent Cricket Mini Super 8s 2021

The infamous Mini Super 8s is Kent Cricket’s flagship countywide junior competition for children aged 9 and below who are competing against other teams for the first time.

Each year they receive in the region of 90 team entries, which are then split into clusters to play a series of festivals over the course of the summer on dates that are defined at the point of registration. The top placed teams from each cluster then travel to The County Ground, Beckenham for the grand final to decide who takes home the trophy.

The entry fee includes Kent Cricket branded t-shirts for each player, with a wide choice of colours available.

This competition is strictly for players that only play softball cricket, entering teams that include players who are already playing hardball cricket is in direct opposition to the purpose and values of the event.

Dates for Festivals

Festivals will be held on selected Sunday mornings during the school term to help clubs to avoid availability issues around school holidays and events such as Father’s Day etc.
Dates for a practise/friendly rounds are not compulsory to attend, these are for clusters that wish to have additional festivals to prepare for, following on from or use instead of the competition rounds (in cases of bad weather).
All clubs will need to attend the 2 competition festivals.

These dates must be adhered to, unless all clubs in the cluster agree to a change, clubs should be aware of these dates when they enter the competition, any clubs failing to attend on the specified dates will not be allowed to rearrange fixtures. Clear communication between clubs is key and contacts for your cluster will be provided.

Finals Day Date- Sunday 12th September

We have provisionally booked KCCC Beckenham on Sunday 12th September however at this stage the full fixture schedule is yet to be finalised, this may change in date and/or venue.

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY:

This competition is a softball competition which is intended for beginners to cricket.
It is NOT intended for hardball capable players, and certainly NOT for league or Area program players. This includes school cricket- Clubs should be aware if their players play hard ball cricket at school (mainly private schools) and not include them in the competition.
We rely on clubs to honour the spirit of this competition, if players are capable of playing hardball cricket they must not be included in the competition, otherwise we will have to introduce strict legislation and checks on players, which is burdensome and we really want to avoid it if we can. It is intended to introduce children to the beauty of cricket and the spirit of the game. This is the most common complaint during the competition; clubs that do not honour the spirit will be excluded from the competition.

Eligibility:

Boys must be under the age of 9 years old as of 31st August 2020. This generally means children in Primary School Year 4 or below.
Girls must be under the age of 10 years old as of 31st August 2020. This generally means children in
Primary School Year 5 or below.
Players that are CAPABLE of and/or have been playing hardball cricket are not eligible.

Coaching:

While encouragement and applause are welcomed, excessive coaching by umpires, managers, or any coaching by anyone from the side-lines (including spectators), is not permitted. Generally excessive coaching is regarded as anything that you would say to your players but not those of the opposition. We appreciate that the competition is aimed at beginners to the game and that guidance from coaches is needed at times. We would however like coaches to be as ‘hands off’ as possible, your juniors will learn more about the game this way.

Format:

The participating teams will be organised into clusters of 4 to 6 teams in close geographical proximity.

We recommend matches should be played as mini festivals on Sunday mornings; recommended dates for festivals are above.
Timings may be altered to suit clubs in the cluster.
Common sense must prevail at all times; ultimately, we want to provide as much cricket as possible for the juniors.