Bigger than compulsory affiliation? Bigger than new accreditation? If you read only one story in our LinkedIn group, then make sure it’s this one. Find out in Premier League Review—or an ECB land grab?* about the potential seismic impact for all clubs.
Ok, there is actually an accreditation post as well. With the phased roll-out, clubs this week have been learning more about the new requirements. With substantial redrafting of your constitution potentially required before the April 2027 accreditation deadline for existing Clubmark clubs, When is your AGM?*
An insightful post from an embattled County club chair this week will resonate with many running smaller clubs. With the mission creep, burgeoning hours, lack of response, escalating brickbats, tank traps and lobbing of hand grenades, Who’d want to be a club chair?*
Perhaps one new member did after taking on the chair at her local club. But is she really a “female in a man’s world”? Patently some of the cultural uphill struggles* she reports are not common across the gender divide, while others may be familiar to all.
Sam’s leadership journey is part of a club internship he designed for himself, as a sports management student. Anyone who’s looked at recruiting volunteers from local further and higher education colleges* might want to get involved in the discussion.
Posts from last week:
- Whatever it’s called, the Building Belonging in Cricket Fund may not be quite the gamechanger it was billed as. So does anyone have a spare £850 million?*
- If you haven’t already, please like, comment or share to help save some clubs* It’s getting noticed judging by the stats we’ve added in the comments. Not to mention the following we’ve gained amongst the right audiences.
*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:
- Premier League consultations on the road
- Recreational Game Summit 2026
- ECB state school offer
- Scrap promotion & relegation in lower divisions?
- Representing clubs at league meetings
- Investing in a Cobra
- Do you need to invest in new facilities?
- Is it time for a more effective officiating pathway?
- Network members access big club funding
- Play Cricket reliability
- Knight-Stokes cup finalist schools
- End-of-season performance review of hybrid pitches
- DIY approaches to scoping and installing square irrigation
- Holiday Activities and Food programmes
- The “Missing Middle” in junior age groups
- Robots cutting grass
- Cricket capacity requires cultural mindset shift
- Sustainability of leagues
- Over-regulation and underfunding
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.