Gloucestershire Cricket Board have a performance programme for young cricketers seen as being amongst the best players from the 4 districts that the cricket board have identified.

The four districts are: (If you are unaware of which clubs are within each District then please click on the relevant district)

• Bristol
• Stroud and South Gloucestershire
• Cheltenham and the Cotswold’s
• Gloucester and the Forest of Dean

During each season the District Squads play a league of matches against each other. District Coaches also have the opportunity to organise additional matches to support the squads development for the year.

Each of the four districts has a squad of players at under 11’s, 12's, 13’s, 14's and 15’s.

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Trial Process

In July of each year all clubs are written to, to nominate players for representative trials. The boys nominated by clubs from all around the county have the opportunity to trial each year to become part of either the District or County squads and we hope that from this process we will be able to identify the next first class and international cricketers of the future.

If you know of any players you believe to be deserving of a trial please contact the club the player is affiliated with to find out if they are nominated. If a player is not affliated to a club then please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  with information about this player.

Adam Jones
Gloucestershire Cricket Board
The County Ground
Nevil Road
Bristol
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The GYC Performance year

January- Winter performance programme starts. 12 weeks coaching in an indoor facility from which summer squads are selected. The players identified from the trials will be invited to a 12 week winter performance programme between January and March where our performance coaches will work with the players on a 1 coach to 4 (County) and 1 coach to 2 (District) player ratio.

After the 12 week winter performance programme squads are selected for both County and District levels, including players that are on the Emerging Player Programme

March- Summer Squads are selected and letters are sent to the players to inform them of whether they are in the summer county squad or whether they will represent the district they play club cricket within.

April- District fixtures begin. Fixtures are played between April and August. The District squads will be invited to attend a further 6 outdoor training sessions throughout the season as well as playing a number of league and friendly fixtures.

July- Trial nomination letters are sent. All clubs with junior sections across Gloucestershire are asked to nominate players they believe have the potential to represent the County or District at the age group above the age they currently play club cricket, as we use this for the squads of the following year.

August- Trials take place. Trials take place in each of the four districts the Gloucestershire Cricket Board have Identified- Bristol, Cheltenham and Cotswold’s, Stroud and South Gloucestershire and Gloucester and the Forest of Dean. From these trials the performance coaches leading the trials will select the players from each district they believe to have the most potential as cricketers and these players will be invited to another trial which is a combination of the players identified from each district. From this trial the winter performance squads are selected. The players not selected for the county programme from the final trial will be invited to a 12 week performance programme held in the district from which the player plays Club Cricket and will have the chance to move into the county programme on merit. The district performance programmes will be held with a view to select the summer playing squads.

Not everybody selected for the winter programmes will represent the county or district in the summer. The winter performance programme is to improve the level of our players identified as having the potential to be county cricketers and is not a summer performance squad.

For information on boys county age group cricket please contact:

Adam Jones – Cricket Development Officer for Performance

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