Welcome to the Junior Cricket Section

Membership

Benefits of membership at Purley on Thames CC

Age groups

Children aged 5-8 - All Stars is the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) programme introducing children to cricket in a fun and exciting way. We run All Stars as an 8-week course on Tuesdays 6.30-7.30pm starting in May. Registration is through the ECB and opens in March 2025.

Junior - U9, U11, U13, U15  - mixed teams open to girls and boys

Girls - U9, U11, U13 - U9/U11 softball and U11/U13/U15 hardball

U9, U11, U13 and U15 girls are also eligible to train and play matches with the respective mixed teams (as well as the lower age group, for example an U13 girl can play in the U11 mixed team). Please tell us if you’d like to apply to both mixed and girls teams when signing up so we can advise on available spaces. 

U15 girls are eligible to join Purley Eagles, our women’s soft ball cricket team. This is a development team, so is especially open to beginners.

Training

Summer outdoor training - starts after Easter on weekday nights. 

U9s (Years 3 & 4) - Tuesday 6.30-7.30pm

U11s (Years 5 & 6) - Mondays 6.00-7.30pm

U13 (Years 7 & 8) - Tuesdays 6.30-8.00pm

U15s (Years 9 & 10) - Mondays 6.30-8.00pm

Girls (Year 3 to 8) - Friday 6.30-8.00pm

Kit

Mixed U9s - U9s players require only a bat (plastic is fine) and an abdominal guard (box / adbo guard) in order to train. We can supply a bat for any trial sessions, but you must provide your player with an abdominal guard (they’re about £3). Cricket whites (for the mixed team)/ girls’ playing shirt and abdo guards are needed for matches - see Matches section. 

Mixed U11, U13, U15 - players require a full set of pads, helmet, abdominal protector (box) and a bat. These need to be named / marked to avoid confusion at training. It is expected that players regularly selected to represent Purley in league matches will require a Purley on Thames player’s top, available from Serious Cricket (or our Preloved Shop if stock is available).

Girls - players require a bat (plastic is fine for softball for U9/U11) and a female abdominal guard (box / adbo guard) in order to train. We can supply a bat for any trial sessions. A wooden bat is required for hardball training and matches along with protective equipment (helmet, gloves, pads). Please ask the coach for advice before purchasing equipment.

Preloved Shop - we run our own shop containing preloved cricket kit to help you keep costs down. Clean kit in playing condition is donated by current and former players for sale by the Preloved Shop and your purchases help to support the club with valuable funds. We advertise when the Preloved Shop is open on our social media channels, and we prioritise junior training nights at the start of the season. 

Match kit

Junior mixed teams wear cricket whites for matches including a white match shirt with Purley logo. These club shirts are purchased from our club shop at Serious Sport, or can sometimes be obtained through the club’s Preloved Shop depending on stock levels. 

Girls’ teams wear red match shirts, available from Sumo Sam, and black shorts/leggings/cricket trousers for matches. 

Match fees

All players pay a match fee each time they play a league match. This contributes to the cost of entering leagues, the upkeep of the grounds and the general running of the club.

Coaches, managers and assistants 

Our junior teams are run by volunteers. Parents and senior club players are supported by the club to become ECB-qualified coaches and to develop their skills through additional workshops supplied by Berkshire Cricket Foundation. The Volunteers webpage has details of the package of support we offer to all our parent/player coaches. If you’d like to become a coach, please contact Steve Musson, Junior Cricket Coordinator, for more information.  

You can also support your child’s team by being a team manager (helping the coach organise matches, friendlies, availabilities) or helping on match days (refreshments, first aid if you’re qualified, scoring, umpiring). The ECB offers a free online scoring course.

Safeguarding

Contact us

Holiday clubs

We are proud to be able to host cricket holiday clubs in conjunction with Performance Cricket during spring/summer school holidays. Booking is through the Performance Cricket website and dates are usually available during Easter, May half-term and summer holidays. Details will be shared on our social media channels. 

New membership enquiries and registration
If you want to sign up your child as a new member of the cricket club, please follow these steps:

1. Register them on the website - top right-hand corner. Use their name and details as they are the player. 
2. Wait for approval - this is a manual process, so please be patient.
3. Once you've received approval, login to the website and follow the instructions on this webpage for membership applications.

Any questions or problems? Email purleyonthamescc@hotmail.co.uk

How to submit membership applications

As last year, we are operating an online booking and bank transfer payment system to minimise the time volunteers spend on admin. Please follow these steps carefully to help the process run smoothly:

1. Login to the Purley website from the homepage (top right of webpage - you can reset your password from here if you need to).

2. Check you’re logged in as the correct child - the profile name is shown at the top right of the webpage. You MUST be in their profile before the next step.

3. Go to the Junior cricket webpage.

4. The form will show on the page (it will only show if you’re logged in to the website, so you must do steps 1-3 first).

5. Complete the form and submit. 

If you are submitting forms for more than one child

Complete 1-5 as above for the first child. Then

6. Go back to the homepage on the website and switch to the other child’s profile. To do this you may need to either:

You must switch profiles BEFORE the next step.

7. Go to the Junior cricket webpage to complete the form again (if child #1’s details are visible, STOP and log out and log in again). 

8. Complete the form with child #2’s details and submit. 

PLEASE DO NOT overwrite child #1’s details in the form, as you will overwrite their entry in the database. Follow step 6 to change profiles. Please contact fsalvage@gmail.com if you’re having problems. 

Confirmation and payment

To ensure safe coaching ratios, we will collect submitted membership forms and then contact you to confirm your child has a place and provide you with payment details. This is not an automated process, so please be patient!

The price for the first child is £60 - sibling discounts are available. Please check the Join us webpage for the full breakdown of membership fees.

The objectives of the Junior Section are as follows:

Interested in joining us?

Email Steve Musson, Junior Cricket Coordinator, to find out more about junior cricket. 

Indoor training starts on Sunday 23 February 2025. 

Register your interest for junior cricket indoor training