MWC:SPORTS presents the second in the Skill School series - A monthly set of training tips from ECB Performance Coach and England LD Wicket Keeping Coach Mark Costin. The drills on here are aimed at players who are unsure of how to train or just looking for different ideas. #2 is the second in our wicket … Continue reading Skill School (Wicket Keeping #2)
Wandsworth Schools Cricket League taken over by Spencer Cricket Club and renamed “The Costin Cup” 5 years ago I was Head of PE at Sacred Heart School in Battersea and I felt that there was a worrying lack of sports fixtures played in state schools. Issues were specialist staff, facilities to host and timetable pressure. … Continue reading The Costin Cup
MWC:SPORTS presents the first in the Skill School series - A monthly set of training tips from ECB Performance Coach and England LD Wicket Keeping Coach Mark Costin. The drills on here are aimed at players who are unsure of how to train or just looking for different ideas. #1 is the first in our wicket … Continue reading Skill School (Wicket Keeping #1)
Here are a few tips to help avoid those early season aches and pains! By Mark Costin We all know what it’s like when you start the season and have not prepared properly. Agony! Everything hurts and this can affect your performance and mean that you risk injury. There are two main areas of cricket … Continue reading Pre-Season Fitness
The ECB this week released new guidelines for junior cricket. The key areas are: Shorter pitches Shorter boundaries Less players Shorter games ECB recommend the following pitch lengths for 2019 Age 8/9 = 15 yards Age 10/11 = 17 yards Age 12/13 = 19 yards The full ECB recommendations can be found by clicking on the link … Continue reading New ECB Junior Cricket Recommendations
England LD players Chris Edwards and Dan Bowser have won the 2018 Christopher Martin Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award. Edwards and Bowser were announced as winners yesterday live on BBC Test Match Special and joining Kevin Howells in the studio to tell the story was MWC:SPORTS founder and England LD Assistant Coach Mark Costin. You … Continue reading CMJ Spirit of Cricket Award 2018
To keep up to date with the latest tables from the 2018 Wandsworth Primary Schools Cricket League click on the links below: Group 1 Group 2
The playing conditions for the 2018 Wandsworth Schools Cricket League can be found below: WSCL 2018 Playing Conditions
The 2018 Wandsworth Schools Cricket League is upon us and the fixtures can now be viewed here: WSCL Fixtures 2018 All games will be played at Spencer CC
Congratulations to Sherringdale School who have won the 2017 WSCL defeating unbeaten Honeywell in the final. Sacred Heart Battersea and Belleville were both losing semi-finalists after strong seasons. Well done to them. It has been great to see 14 schools competing every week in regular fixtures at Spencer CC. As always the standard has improved … Continue reading Sherringdale win 2017 D&G Wandsworth Schools Cricket League!
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