To what extent do ECB decisions and priorities impact on the day-to-day operations of your club? Vote now and also see what others think in our latest anonymised Quick Poll here*
The expertise in running clubs is in clubs was the founding premise of this Network. Last week we demonstrated that the expertise in finance and funding of cricket clubs* is potentially in this Network.
David is looking for our collective wisdom, or just a starter for 10, in setting up a new inner-city club*, taking on local authority facilities and maintenance, and wondering if collaborating with the football club makes a multi-sports club a good idea?
Last week’s discussions:
- Is the Premier League Review* precursor to a much more interventionist role in the size and shape of the cricket we ALL play?
- And is it related to the implied change in powers through compulsory affiliation agreements, inferred by long-expected requirements in your club’s constitution wording on a host of regulatory issues, in When is your AGM*?
- Is a woman taking on the chair at her local club really a “female in a man’s world”? Concerning insights on cultural uphill struggles* from one new member.
You can also click LinkedIn group page, log-in from there and scroll through all the content including these other current discussions:
- Who’d want to be a club or county chair?
- The looming security of tenure crisis
- Further and higher education college intern volunteers?
- Building Belonging in Cricket Fund: spare £850 million anyone?
- 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
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.