Values and Expectations

1. Encourage your child to learn the laws of cricket and play within them.
2. Discourage unfair play and arguing with officials.
3. Help your child to recognise good performance, not just results.
4. Never force your child to take part in sport.
5. Set a good example by recognising fair play and applauding the good performances of all.
6. Never punish or belittle a child for losing or making mistakes.
7. Publicly accept officials’ & coaches judgements when officiating games or selecting teams
8. Support your child’s involvement and help them to enjoy their sport.
9. Use correct and proper language at all times.
10. Encourage and guide participants to accept responsibility for their own performance and behaviour.

We expect youth members:

1. To play within the rules and respect officials and their decisions.
2. To respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of gender, ability, cultural background or religion.
3. To keep to agreed timings for training and competitions or inform their coach or team manager if they are going to be late.
4. To wear suitable kit (trainers or cricket boots and whites or tracksuit) for training and match sessions, as agreed with the coach/team manager.
5. To listen to and respect the coaches.
6. Youth members are not allowed to smoke, consume alcohol or drugs of any kind on the club premises or whilst representing the club.