Club Life Development Weekend
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The NCU are running another Club Life Development Weekend. This has been scheduled for 6th and 7th April and will take place at Ulster University, Jordanstown.
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More details:
DAY ONE – Saturday 6th April –“Making all YOUR Coaching sessions fun and challenging”
| 12.00 -12.10 | Welcome & Introduction | Callum Atkinson & Simon Johnston |
| 12.10 -12.30 | Cricket Ireland Coach Development Pathway – Update | Andrew Poynter |
| 12.30 -13.45 | Workshop 1 – Sports Hall 2 “Creating No fear Cricketers” |
Simon Johnston & Nigel Jones Supported by Senior Knights Players |
| 13.45 -15.00 | Workshop 2 – Sports Hall 2 “Fundamentals for Cricket” |
John Hunter & Callum Atkinson |
| 15.00 -15.30 | Working Coffee Break – NCU Player Pathway Overview | Alan Waite & Uel Graham |
| 15.30 -17.00 | Workshop 3 – Sports Hall 2 “Pace like fire” – Creating FAST Bowlers |
Nigel Jones Supported by Senior Knights Players |
| 17.00 -17.20 | Recap and Summary on all sessions | Callum Atkinson & Simon Johnston |
DAY TWO – Sunday 7th April –“Creating Strong Clubs at the heart of Communities”
| 10.00-10.20 | Welcome & Introduction | Angela Platt |
| 10.20-11.30 | Workshop Rotation – Choice of Two workshops | |
| Workshop 1 – Building your Club Profile – Marketing Communications Lessons from Professional and Amateur Sport | Damian Kelly, Ulster Rugby | |
| Workshop 2 – Attracting and retaining volunteers in your club | George Gillespie, Volunteer Now | |
| 11.30-12.10 | Club Safeguarding – Update | Joy O’Neill, Cricket Ireland |
| 12.10-12.20 | Club Development Plans – Update | Eimear Hubble, Cricket Ireland |
| 12.20-13.00 | Working Lunch – NCU Player Pathway Overview | Alan Waite & Uel Graham |
| 13.00-14.00 | Keynote Session – Building Club Capacity & engaging communities | Garreth Thornton, Ulster GAA |
| 14.00-15.00 | Keynote Session – Increasing Female participation in your Club | Lauren Moore & Alan Nixon, IFA |
| 15.00-16.10 | Workshop Rotation – Choice of Two workshops | |
| Workshop 1 – Groundsman Workshop, Q&A | Phil McCormick | |
| Workshop 2 – Umpires & Scorers Workshop, Q&A | Alan Neill | |
| 16.10-16.30 | Summary & Close | Angela Platt |