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Coaches' Association & Groundsmen's Association
The Herefordshire Cricket Board Coaches Association was relaunched in 2009 following a Club Coaches & Volunteers Day in September 2008.
The HCBCA supports the development needs of all coaches - but especially club coaches - throughout the county.
For aspiring coaches this is through Coach Education courses and for existing coaches through regular ECB training development workshops.
The HCBCA's first annual Conference and Coaching Workshop was attended by Steve Rhodes and Henry Pryor.
Steve Rhodes, Director of Cricket at Worcestershire County Cricket Club made his Test debut in 1995. He was named one of Wisden's Cricketer's of the Year in 1994. Steve ran an informative, interactive and well-attended session which was very well received.
Henry Pryor invented a programmable bowling machine called "Merlyn", which claimed it could "bowl any ball known to man." Merlyn received much public attention when it was used by the English cricket team in the run-up to and during the 2005 Ashes series.
Crucially, the machine was claimed to be able to emulate Shane Warne's leg breaks and the England batsmen consider their ability to play spin bowling significantly improved through using Merlyn.
One of the more unnerving aspects of the machine is that it provides no indication of the type of ball it is about to bowl until the ball has left the machine. This forces batsmen to work on their instinctive batting, rather than trying to second guess the bowler.
Coaches present thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to pitch their wits against the machine!
For more information about the HCBCA please contact Therese Warwick on 07866 702205.
Currently membership is £20 p.a.
For an application form, please contact the HCBCA's Secretary, Marie Ferreira, on 01432 268835 or email her: ferreiras1@tiscali.co.uk.
The HCBCA has its own website where you will find dates of upcoming Coach Education courses and workshops:
http://herefordcb.play-cricket.com
Herefordshire GA
The Herefordshire Groundsmen's Association was formed in 2009 to support and guide all our clubs' groundstaff. It held its first course in April at Hereford City Sports Club and 13 people attended the Foundation A course.
It has also staged an equipment demonstration by ISIS at Bartestree. It now possesses a trailer of equipment that can be borrowed by members.
Membership is currently £20 per annum.
The Chairman and main contact is Peter Hoare who can be emailed on peter.hoare54@hotmail.com. Tel: 01568 613055 Mob:07941 571721
If you are not a member contact Peter to join and get the benefits.
Become a member of the HC website
Just click on the link above and take the 5 minutes or so to fill in your profile to become a member of play-cricket. From there go to 'my details' then 'memberships and roles' and apply to join Herefordshire Cricket Board. Then log in and look under 'Information Board' and 'Postings' to find the relevant files.
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