Cricket season just around the corner
Dear Parents,
It’s that great time of year when you notice that the sun rises a little earlier, the days start staying lighter for longer and the evenings are getting warmer…and that means one thing: SUMMER is on the way! And where there is summer there is cricket! ☺
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Many boys will be finishing off with rugby soon, and this is the ideal time to give them a head start for the summer of cricket that lies ahead.
CRICKET COACHING:
The Youth Cricket Academy as always offers Private and Group Lessons from Monday – Friday, and Private Lessons only on a Saturday. We are coaching from 12:30 – 18:00 during the week and from 8:30 onwards on a Saturday.
Private Lessons are R75.00 per 30 minutes for boys younger than 9, or R120.00 per 45 minutes for boys older than 9.
YCA – SOCCER:
The soccer side is working well, with over 40 boys and girls of all ages enjoying the benefit of our coaches’ experience. Watching them work with the boys and girls and observing the variety of unique skills and drills that their playing experience has blessed them with is very pleasing indeed. Children from 3 years old (cute), to provincial u/17 players are enjoying the personal attention that we are able to invest in their games. Parent’s comments regarding the soccer sessions are very positive indeed.
- Private Lessons are R75.00 per 30 minutes for boys younger than 9, or R120.00 per 45 minutes for boys older than 9.
- Group Lessons are R75.00 per lesson and never exceed 6 players to a coach! Duration of group lesson depends on the age of the participants.
Development/PDI Sponsorship:
The Youth Cricket Academy is now offering businesses (and parents) the opportunity to sponsor Previously Disadvantaged Individuals (PDI) and in so doing afford them similar opportunities that our ‘advantaged’ children have. At this stage the YCA has no sponsor, yet covers all the costs of the beautiful facility that your children receive their coaching at. The YCA will be working with businesses to ease this financial burden, by generating extra income through coaching the less fortunate.
Schools have provided the YCA with a list of their most talented cricketers that cannot afford to get coaching, and are now waiting for the YCA to sponsor them. We have elected to use the schools we have used in the past so that the children can be monitored and their improvements tracked through regular updates from their school cricket coaches. The YCA will be using former South Western Districts 1st Class Cricketer, Ntabayozuko Nobebe to ensure that the boys that are sponsored get the standard of coaching that has made the YCA the brand that it is.
The sponsored children and Youth Cricket Academy would like to thank the following sponsors:
- Avis Van Rental: Have partnered with the YCA to provide 13 children from Lower Walmer Primary in the Walmer Township the opportunity to formulate a team at their school for the 1st time. The YCA is working on their cricket skills, and in 2015 aim to enter them in the school leagues. This will be a 1st for cricket in the Walmer Township, and an exciting opportunity for these boys, made possible by Avis Van Rental.
- Kids Connection
- Youth Cricket Academy (an eager cousin came along with a sponsored boy)
- Anonymous (The other children were privately sponsored and their sponsors wished to remain anonymous)
Children can be sponsored at R500.00 per term per child and if a business sponsors 10 or more children, the YCA will place their logo on all the shirts that all the YCA boys get for 12 months, which is worthwhile as it is. The company’s logo will appear on the front of the shirt opposite the YCA logo. The YCA will also forward photos of the sponsored cricketers to the sponsors, and keep them up to date with their progress. Coaching will take place at the YCA for the Cricketers who have transport, while the others will be coached at their schools.
Interested parties can contact me to set up sponsorships for these boys. (Moms can I ask you to forward this onto Dads who might be able to assist?)
Youth Cricket Academy Tracksuits:
Youth Cricket Academy Tracksuits are now available to both the cricketers and the adults. They are between R330.00 and R370.00 depending on the size for a full tracksuit. They have white tops, blue pants and are embroidered. Please contact me to order a tracksuit, or to discuss queries.
Accounts Department:
The YCA’s Accounts Department is headed up by Mrs. Lippstreu, who deals with all accounts related issues. Please discuss all accounts queries with her.
SENIOR CRICKET ACADEMY:
Please request any information you require regarding our diverse High School opportunities.
In Closing…
The Youth Cricket Academy uses only the most qualified coaches that Port Elizabeth has to offer and is proud of the service we provide and the quality of our coaches. Please feel encouraged to discuss any queries with me regarding your child’s unique cricket requirements.