Newport Cricket Club received £1,500 grant from the Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust

to help to support the Club’s Girls Cricket section. The Club has a well established Girls section, 

but the grant award will go towards creating a new U11 Girls section.

Club Chairman Mike Knight said, The MSCT grant has allowed the Club to create a new U11 Girls 

Cricket section and the programme has provided a great opportunity for young girls in Newport to 

access the game of Cricket.

Girls only ‘Taster’ Days, to provide new players with an introduction to the game were held in 

March/April. The ‘Taster Days’ were followed by a 12 week Summer coaching programme which 

has seen an influx of Junior School Girls to the Club. Weekly coaching sessions have been held 

throughout the summer, with support from some of the Club’s older girls who worked as support 

coaches with the younger girls.

The U13 Girls who helped coach the new U11 players

Following the 12 week Summer Coaching Programme a new Girls U11 team 

has been formed.

The new Newport U11 Girls Team

Newport Cricket Club is very grateful for the support from MSCT towards the 

Girls section. Cricket is a fast growing sport for girls and players interested in 

learning to play the game should contact the club (mike.knight2@ntlworld.com) 

or attend training on Tuesday evenings (6.00 – 8.00pm) at the Club’s ground at 

the Newport International Sports Village (NP19 4PT).