So excuses for missing the business end of the season* are never going to be needed for 59% of respondents to our Quick Poll.
Meanwhile, Leshia Hawkins delayed her holiday plans to be interviewed on TMS last week. It seems fitting a quart into a pint pot needs you to be open to a cultural mindset shift*.
Mindset shifts are fertile territory for consultants. Should we be concerned that at least one has been looking at the sustainability of leagues*. Are you in the right place delivering for the right audience?
Good-bye and good luck! One member credits over-regulation and underfunding* with their decision to walk away from club administration, coaching and playing at the end of this season.
Another celebrates the Festival of Disability Cricket* at Lord’s last week. Does the ECB Disability Cricket Conference presage exciting new times and opportunities?
Is AI the answer when it comes to ground maintenance? Who can recommend robots cutting grass* on the outfield……..or even the square?
Last week’s discussions:
- How is the Tackling Climate Change Fund* really going to spawn exciting new thinking and solutions?Â
- How’s your Play Cricket data analysis* skills?Â
- Know anyone with a strong track record in delivering growth, sustainability and diversity of recreational cricket*? Â
*You need to be a member of our private LinkedIn discussion group to access the links. Anyone involved in running a UK cricket club can join over 1,300 club leader peers sharing knowledge and collaborating on common challenges.
You can also click LinkedIn group page, log-in from there and scroll through all the content including these other current discussions:
- Looming ground tenure challenges
- Who or what inspired you to do what you do?
- Can clubs still be the village’s beating heart?
- Premier League review
- Reputation risk managementÂ
- Why have All Stars and Dynamos numbers ‘plateaud’?
- Extreme weather impact
- Cricket clubs are a web of social connections
- Net booking apps and facilities management software
- Quick Poll on junior transition
- Junior transition and retention in open age cricket
- How much would you pay your chief operating officer? Â
- Is school sport provision now a post code lottery?
- A personal reflection; ECB’s MD of Recreational Cricket
- Sky club cricket feature
- Extreme weather guidance
- Cricket Collective Awards
- Champions of Change
- Cricket, Climate & Circularity
Links to past discussions, sorted by theme and listed in chronological order, can also be found on the Members’ Portal along with a treasure trove of club development resources, signposted information and sources of support including webinar recordings and club admin product reviews.