Youth Cricket
Coalpit Heath Cricket Club welcomes boys and girls from school year 3 and above who want to learn and enjoy playing cricket, as well as children in school years 1 – 3 through our All Stars programme in the Spring. New players are always welcome, whether you just want to have fun and make new friends or you aspire to be a future England star! The club provides well structured and well executed coaching sessions using its team of in house ECB qualified Level 1 & 2 coaches to ensure youngsters receive the best possible coaching and get the most out of practice sessions and matches. Indoor training runs from January each year and outdoor training starts from late April (see news for details). All equipment is provided (although we do ask parents to provide a lower abdominal guard (aka ‘box’) for under 11’s and older).
We run teams for under 11, 13, 15 & 17 age groups which play in competitive matches in the Bristol Youth Cricket League, as well as an under 9’s team which plays soft ball cricket in friendly matches against local teams and tournaments. Our youth teams enjoy a great deal of success with many progressing to play for one of our adult teams. A number of our boys and girls are selected to play for the Gloucestershire County and South Gloucestershire youth teams.
The youth coaches and team managers have Enhanced DBS checks, L1 or L2 coaching certificates, safeguarding training and first aid. The club has a designated Club Safeguarding Officer, who oversees the safeguarding of all children associated with the club, ensuring they are able to play, take part in and enjoy the game of cricket in a friendly and inclusive environment.
The cricket club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation (GCF) and Coalpit Heath CC is accredited with the ECB Clubmark status.
Contacts
The youth section management team are as follows:
- Youth Section Manager – Shelly Thompson 07900 883603
- Youth Coordinator – Rachel Sheppard 07971 835334
- Under 17s Manager– Michelle Clark 07771 682593
- Under 15s Manager – Jon Billington 07779 131363
- Under 13s Manager – Simon Helliker 07973 382484
- Under 11s Manager – Gracie Clark 07483 281112
- Under 9s Managers – Jack Carrington 07984 687635 & Pete Crawford 07974 689965
- Club Safeguarding Officer – Helen Williams 07894 663883 chccclubwelfare@gmail.com
- Deputy Safeguarding Officer – Tom Hartland 07880 359397
Welcome to Coalpit Heath Cricket Club
Coalpit Heath Cricket Club welcomes you and your child and hope you all enjoy being a member of our club. We would like to encourage all parents, especially our new prents to read the following important documents and familiarise yourselves with some of the content. These documents are here at all times for you to refer back to and our Club Safeguarding Officers are available if you have any concerns regarding your child or any other child who is a member or a visitor to our Club.
Letter to Parents 2026.doc.docx
Youth Cricket Policies 2026.doc
Safeguarding Policy
The safety and well-being of children is paramount. Coalpit Heath Cricket Club takes the safeguarding of young people very seriously. As well as having a dedicated Club Safeguarding Officer and Deputy Safeguarding Officer, all the clubs officials are independently DBS checked. Supporting this commitment, the club adheres to GCF and ECB safeguarding and youth policies, which are displayed on notice boards at the club and can be downloaded below.
CHCC would like to encourage all parents, youth coaches and all members to read these policies below.
Club Safeguarding Policy Statement CHCC V.6.docx
The club also has the additional supporting documents:
1617-ECB-Concussion_Factsheet_V4_Parents-3
concussion-return-to-play-timeline
CHCC Players’ Goals & Values V.6
Guidelines for Open Age Cricket V.6
Missing Children Flowchart V.6.doc
General Club policies can be found in the POLICIES tab on the main page
Further information regarding safeguarding in cricket can be found on the GCF (Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation) website https://gloucestershirecricketfoundation.org/safeguarding/