{"id":37684,"date":"2019-11-12T14:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=37684"},"modified":"2019-11-12T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:30:55","slug":"creigiau-cricket-club-bid-for-comic-relief-funding-to-train-female-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/11\/12\/creigiau-cricket-club-bid-for-comic-relief-funding-to-train-female-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Creigiau Cricket Club asks for help to train female coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two years after beginners form ladies\u2019 team they are competing in an 8-a-side league<\/h3>\n\n\n

CREIGIAU ladies\u2019 cricket team have applied for Comic Relief funding to help them train up female coaches. <\/p>\n\n\n

The team, the Creigiau Chiefs, is popular among women in the village, and are looking to get funding so that they do not need to rely on male coaches.  <\/p>\n\n\n

Ben Taylor, Club Chairman, who has grown up playing cricket with the Creigiau club, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve brought together a load of beginners who\u2019d never played cricket. Now you\u2019ve got a team of mates and there is real excitement about it. <\/p>\n\n\n

“What we aim to do is to create a more sustainable framework, with the ladies actually being the coaches themselves.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

Creigiau were awarded Super Club status by Sport Cardiff in recognition of high standards in community sport. Now they have applied for \u00a31,623 from Comic Relief for Wales to pay for coaching, first aid courses and equipment.  <\/p>\n\n\n

Mr Taylor said: \u201cWe\u2019ve known for a while now that if you can get women involved, girls involved, there are a number of grants available to support women in sport so you’ve got a good chance of accessing money to help. <\/p>\n\n\n

“I remember the idea of a ladies\u2019 cricket team being brought to me two years ago when I took over as Chairman and I said, we will do whatever we can to support it, but it\u2019s got to be driven from the ladies themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cThe money will help because it will give us role models and something for everyone to aspire to. The women joining the club have transformed it. The energy, the positivity, the mood, the enthusiasm, everything. It\u2019s all because we\u2019ve got, I think now, a properly gender diverse club.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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