Pupils at a South Wales
primary school are bowled over by a new after-school cricket club, set up as
part of a £250,000 Wales-wide programme to grow the game.
Cricket Wales answered the call from New Inn Primary School,
Pontypool, who were keen to reintroduce cricket after
several years’ absence.
Lee Herring, Cricket Wales community coach for Torfaen and North Monmouthshire, stepped in and ran taster
sessions, leading to an after-school club run by a member of staff and
involving some 20 pupils.
The Community Coach Programme is a £250,000 annual programme
supported by the Cricket Foundation’s
Chance to Shine and Sport Wales, to
support cricket in schools and create more junior teams.
The programme is one of the largest sports development
initiatives in Wales. In
2012-13, it led to 28 new teams playing structured league cricket. It involved
68 clubs and 314 schools around Wales,
training 201 teachers. Of those schools, 88% rated the quality of coaching as
excellent or very good.
“The Community Coach Programme is one of the big success
stories of Welsh cricket,” said Cricket Wales chief executive, Peter Hybart.
“We have a network of 22 community coaches around the country,
with the expertise and talent to help schools such as New Inn Primary to give
pupils the chance to enjoy cricket.”
Cricket Wales
is the national governing body for junior and recreational senior cricket in Wales. It works closely with Glamorgan County
Cricket Club, which governs the men’s professional game. For information visit www.cricketwales.org.uk
Clwb criced newydd yn taro’r marc
gyda disgyblion
Mae disgyblion ysgol gynradd yn Ne Cymru wrth eu boddau gyda
chlwb criced ar ôl ysgol newydd a sefydlwyd fel rhan o raglen gwerth £250,000
dros Gymru gyfan i ehangu’r gêm.
Atebodd Criced
Cymru'r alwad oddi wrth Ysgol Gynradd New Inn, Pont-y-pwl, oedd yn awyddus i
ail-gyflwyno criced ar ôl blynyddoedd o absenoldeb.
Daeth Lee Herring, hyfforddwr cymunedol Criced Cymru Torfaen
a Gogledd Sir Fynwy i’r adwy, a rhedeg sesiynau blasu, a arweiniodd at glwb ar
ôl ysgol sy’n cael ei redeg gan aelod o’r staff ar gyfer tua 20 o ddisgyblion.
Mae’r Rhaglen
Hyfforddwyr Cymunedol yn rhaglen flynyddol gwerth £250,000 sy’n cael cefnogaeth
gan ymgyrch ‘Chance to Shine’ y Sefydliad Criced a Chwaraeon Cymru, er mwyn
cefnogi criced mewn ysgolion, a chreu mwy o dimau iau.
Mae’r rhaglen yn
un o’r mentrau datblygu chwaraeon mwyaf yng Nghymru.
Yn 2012-13, gwelwyd 28 o dimau newydd yn
chwarae criced cynghrair strwythuredig o ganlyniad i’r rhaglen. Bu 68 o glybiau a 314 o ysgolion ledled
Cymru’n cymryd rhan, a hyfforddwyd 201 o athrawon.
O’r ysgolion hynny, roedd 88% o’r farn bod
ansawdd yr hyfforddiant yn ardderchog neu’n dda iawn.
“Mae’r Rhaglen
Hyfforddwyr Cymunedol yn un o storïau llwyddiant mwyaf Criced Cymru,” meddai
prif weithredwr Criced Cymru, Peter Hybart.
“Mae gennym rwydwaith o 22 o hyfforddwyr cymunedol ledled y
wlad, gyda’r arbenigedd a’r ddawn i helpu ysgolion fel Ysgol Gynradd New Inn i
roi cyfle i ddisgyblion i fwynhau criced.”
Criced Cymru yw’r corff llywodraethu
cenedlaethol ar gyfer criced iau a chriced hamdden hyn yng Nghymru. Mae’n gweithio’n agos â Chlwb Criced
Morgannwg, sy’n llywodraethu gêm broffesiynol y dynion. Am wybodaeth ewch i: www.cricketwales.org.uk