Colwall Cricket Club the Number One Place in
Herefordshire to Play Cricket
Please note that we now use our own website
- www.colwallcc.org.uk for all our electronic news. We will use the
play cricket site to hold our scores.
Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy Colwall Cricket Club which is
situated beneath the foot of the Malvern Hills, with the cricket ground looking
out to the rolling Herefordshire countryside. It has been voted one of the
prettiest cricket grounds in England. The club maintains two adjacent pitches
to the highest standards thanks to a body of dedicated ground staff and
volunteers.
Colwall CC is a family and community orientated club which prides itself
on the excellence of its facilities and its continuing development as a leading
club. New members and visitors - playing or social are always welcome.
Colwall runs three adult teams in the Worcestershire Cricket League, Both
the 1st and 2nd Teams play in their respective First Divisions which
is a good standard of cricket plus a 3rd team has just been entered
into the League this year. We also have a team in the Herefordshire Saturday
League, a Sunday Team playing friendly matches. We take part in the National
Village Knockout Cup every year. We are proud to have a women's and girls’
team. There is a thriving Junior Section for boys and girls of all ages with
teams playing in the Herefordshire & Worcestershire youth leagues. An
increasing number of Colwall juniors have been selected to play in
regional and county teams.
A large number of non-playing members enjoy watching the cricket and a drink
from the bar in the late evening sunshine which bathes the ground. Colwall
in the summer is a traditional English cricket ground in all its glory. The
club also encourages members to contribute by volunteering for an official post
or ad hoc projects.
Safeguarding Policy Statement
Our Club is committed to ensuring that all children (i.e. persons under the age
of eighteen) participating in cricket have a safe and positive experience.
We will do this by:
• Recognising all children participating in cricket (regardless of age, gender,
race, religion, sexual orientation, ability or disability) have a right to have
fun and be protected from harm in a safe environment.
• Ensuring individuals working within cricket at, or for, our club provide a
safe, positive and fun cricketing experience for children
• Adopting and implementing the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) “Safe
Hands – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children” and any future versions of
this
• Appointing a Club Welfare Officer and ensuring they attend all current and
future training modules required by the ECB, so they have the necessary skills
to undertake their role effectively
• Ensuring all people who work in cricket at, or for, our club (such as staff,
officials, volunteers, team managers, coaches and so on) understand the “Safe
Hands Policy” applies to them according to their level of contact with children
in cricket.
• Ensuring all individuals working within cricket at, or for, our club are
recruited and appointed in accordance with ECB guidelines and relevant
legislation.
• Ensuring all individuals working within cricket at, or for, our club are
provided with support, through education and training, so they are aware of,
and can adhere to, good practice and code of conduct guidelines defined by the
ECB and our club
• Ensuring the name and contact details of our Club Welfare Officer is
available:
- As the first point of contact for parents, children and volunteers/staff
within our club
- As a local source of procedural advice for our club, its committee and
members
- As the main point of contact within our club for the ECB County Welfare
Officer and the ECB Child Protection Team, and
- As the main point of contact within our club for relevant external agencies
in connection with child safeguarding
