31st July 2015
| Mallory Gray
(L-R) Jessica Thornton,
Alex Griffiths, Charlotte Scarborough, Georgia Parfitt, Rose Evan. Picture taken on Wales tour to Abu Dhabi, 2015.
Five budding Welsh cricketers have
been selected for the England Women's U15 Development Programme (EWDP) summer
competition.
The event brings together the cream
of young women cricketers from England and Wales for a week of matches at Shrewsbury
School, Monday 10th to Friday 14th August.
The competition, organised by the
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), involves four select teams – three U!5
and one U16.
Jessica Thornton, Alexandra
Griffiths and Charlotte Scarborough have been included in the U15 squads.
Georgia Parfitt has been selected in the U16 squad and opening batter Rose
Evans (Newport CC) is a reserve for the competition.
All five have been part of the
Glamorgan Academy for the last 10 months.
Jessica Thornton (age 14, an
all-rounder at Newport CC) and Alex Griffiths (age 13, an all-rounder at Port
Talbot Town CC and Llangenech Women) were part of the winter EWDP as part of a 22-girl
squad who trained on a monthly basis at the ECB Loughborough Performance
Centre.
The winter squad members are always
included in the summer competition - Alex is currently the youngest member of
the EWDP U15 squad. The ECB then looks at other county players who have been
performing well to take part in the competition.
Another Newport CC all-rounder, Charlotte
Scarborough, age 14, who has performed exceptionally well this season for Wales
U15, and U17, and has forced her way into the Wales women’s team, is among
those selected by the ECB scouts.
Georgia Parfitt, aged 16, a wicket
keeper and batter also from Newport CC, has been selected for the U16s at the
summer competition, after impressive performances for Wales U17 and Wales Women.
She was also recently invited to
attend an U19 talent detection day at Loughborough recently where she performed
well.
“It’s a great achievement to have
five Welsh girls involved in the EWDP U15 summer competition in one way or
another,” said Aimee Rees, of Cricket Wales, who is the Wales U17 girls coach
and women's team manager.
“The girls thoroughly deserve their
success which is a just reward for all their hard work. Their selection for
this important competition shows that the future is very bright for Welsh cricket.”
Merched Cymru’n cael eu
dewis ar gyfer rhaglen datblygu Lloegr
Mae pump o chwaraewyr criced
addawol Cymru wedi’u dewis ar gyfer cystadleuaeth yr haf Rhaglen Datblygu
Merched Lloegr D15 (EWDP).
Mae’r digwyddiad yn dod â
chricedwyr benywaidd gorau Cymru a Lloegr at ei gilydd am wythnos o gemau yn
Ysgol Amwythig, o Ddydd Llun 10fed Awst i Ddydd Gwener 14eg Awst.
Mae’r gystadleuaeth, a drefnir gan
Fwrdd Criced Cymru a Lloegr (ECB) yn cynnwys pedwar tîm dethol – tri D15 ac un
D16.
Mae Jessica Thornton, Alexandra
Griffiths a Charlotte Scarborough wedi’u cynnwys yn y sgwadiau D15.
Mae Georgia Parfitt wedi’i dewis ar gyfer y
sgwad D16 ac mae’r batiwr agoriadol, Rose Evans (CC Casnewydd) yn chwaraewr
wrth gefn yn y gystadleuaeth.
Bu’r pum chwaraewr yn rhan o
Academi Morgannwg dros y 10 mis diwethaf.
Roedd
Jessica Thornton (14 oed, chwaraewr amryddawn gyda CC Casnewydd) ac Alex
Griffiths (13 oed, chwaraewr amryddawn gyda CC Tref Port Talbot a Merched
Llangennech) yn rhan o EWDP y gaeaf.
Roeddent yn aelodau o sgwad o 22 o ferched a fu’n hyfforddi bob mis yng
Nghanolfan Perfformiad yr ECB yn Loughborough.
Mae aelodau sgwad y gaeaf bob amser
yn cael eu cynnwys yng nghystadleuaeth yr haf – ar hyn o bryd Alex yw aelod
ieuengaf sgwad D15 yr EWDP. Yna mae’r
ECB yn edrych ar chwaraewyr sirol eraill a fu’n perfformio’n dda i gymryd rhan
yn y gystadleuaeth.
Mae
chwaraewr arall amryddawn o Glwb Criced Casnewydd, sef Charlotte Scarborough, 14 oed, sydd wedi
perfformio’n eithriadol o dda'r tymor hwn i dîm D15 a D17 Cymru, ac sydd wedi
gwthio’i ffordd i dîm merched Cymru, hefyd ymhlith y rhai a ddewiswyd gan
sgowtiaid yr ECB.
Mae Georgia Parfitt, 16 oed,
wicedwr a batiwr, unwaith eto o Glwb
Criced Casnewydd, wedi’i dewis ar gyfer y tîm D16 yng nghystadleuaeth yr haf,
yn dilyn perfformiadau trawiadol i dîm D17 Cymru a Merched Cymru.
Yn ddiweddar hefyd fe’i gwahoddwyd
i fynychu diwrnod canfod talent D19 yn Loughborough, lle roddodd berfformiad da
iawn.
“Mae’n gamp i gael pump o ferched
Cymru’n rhan o gystadleuaeth haf D15 yr EWDP mewn un ffordd neu’i gilydd,” meddai
Aimee Rees, Criced Cymru, hyfforddwr tîm merched D17 Cymru a rheolwr tîm y
merched.
“Mae’r merched yn wirioneddol
haeddu’u llwyddiant, sy’n wobr deg am eu holl waith caled. Mae’r ffaith eu bod wedi’u dewis ar gyfer y
gystadleuaeth bwysig hon yn dangos bod y dyfodol yn ddisglair iawn i griced yng
Nghymru.”