Welwyn Garden City Cricket Club

Our Juniors Cricket Co-ordinator is Ian Watkins (juniorbees@wgccc.co.uk).

Feel free to get in touch if you have any queries about the Juniors section.

We welcome new players of all ages and abilities, girls and boys, whether or not they've played cricket before.

New players can try us out for their initial training session for free before deciding to commit.

Please contact our Organiser of Youth Cricket to find out more.

We train indoors from January to March, and outdoors at our ground from April to August.  Our winter nets (Jan-Mar) are an ideal time to get involved.

Payment of membership subscriptions

Junior membership covers outdoor training from April to August, and indoor training for the following January to March.

The membership subscription amounts are shown in the box below.  If you are unsure which level to pay for, please ask Ian Watkins (Juniors Co-ordinator) or email juniorbees@wgccc.co.uk.

Payment should be made by bank transfer to:
Account: 73064335
Account name: Welwyn Garden City CC Colts
Sort code: 60-23-07
Reference: [Surname] Subs

Payment can be made either in full, or in four equal monthly instalments at the start of May, June, July and August.

Please send an email to juniorbees@wgccc.co.uk to confirm that payment has been made.

WGC Cricket Club has a hugely popular, very friendly and thriving Juniors section.

We are not part of the actual All Stars or Dynamos programmes, simply because we've been running an equivalent programme for many years, and we manage to run it for 20 weeks rather than just the 8 weeks of the official All Stars and Dynamos schemes.

We offer cricket for all children from age 5 upwards - girls and boys, lots of experience or none.

If your child has been enjoying All Stars or Dynamos, and wants to continue now that the programme has finished, please try us out to carry on until the end of August.  We train on Sunday mornings, from 9.45am to 11am.

Please visit the Junior Cricket section of this website or email juniorbees@wgccc.co.uk to find out more.

Feel free to try us out for a free session.  If you want to continue, then players can sign up as Development Members just for the summer months at a special summer rate.

WGCCC junior playing kit is now supplied by Tylers. The WGCCC Juniors webshop is at https://www.tylers-sportswear.co.uk/Catalogue/Sports-Webshops/Cricket-Clubs/Welwyn-Garden-City-CC.

Juniors can wear plain cricket whites or club kit when playing matches.  For training, any sports kit is fine.

Indoor winter training programme 2026

Our indoor winter training programme will run weekly from Sunday 11 January 2026 through to 29 March 2026, with the exception of Sunday 1 March, when the sports hall is unavailable due to school exams.

Venue:

Stanborough School Sports Hall
Lemsford Lane
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6YR

Training is divided into four one-hour sessions based on age group:

2:00–3:00pm – Under 5 to Under 8 (school years 0–3)
3:00–4:00pm – Under 9 & Under 10 (school years 4 & 5)
4:00–5:00pm – Under 11 & Under 12 (school years 6 & 7)
5:00–6:00pm – Under 13, Under 14 & Under 15 (school years 8, 9 & 10)

The first two sessions use soft or Incrediballs, so no protective equipment is required. Suitable clothing would be a t-shirt and jogging bottoms.

The later two sessions use hard cricket balls. Players in these sessions must wear appropriate protective equipment when batting. As a minimum, this includes pads, gloves, helmet and an abdominal protector (box). Players will not be permitted to bat without these items.

Wearing a thigh pad is strongly recommended, though not compulsory.

Junior Registration for 2026 Season

Registration for the 2026 Season is not open yet.

Codes of Conduct
We have separate codes of conduct for our junior players (link) and for parents (link).  Please review them and abide by them.

Junior Subscriptions 2026

Full-year Junior membership gives you:

• Weekly outdoor group coaching from
  April to August 2026
• Indoor coaching from January-March 2027
  
• Family membership of the Digswell Park Sports Association (DPSA) – ie discounts at the bar

All players should register using the form in the Registration box above.  Payment of membership subs is per the instructions in the Payment box above.

We have two categories of Junior membership.  Membership fees are shown below for both the whole season (April 2026 - March 2027), and also for new players who join us from July onwards.

Playing Membership	Fee
1st child in family	£150 full season (Apr-Mar)  £80 from July
Each sibling	£90 full season (Apr-Mar) £50 from July

Development Membership: Junior membership, but designed for players who are too young or not yet at the level where they can play in matches (this is often reviewed during the season)

Development Membership	Fee
1st child in family	£90 £60 from July
Each sibling	£45 £30 from July

For occasional players, we also have a "Pay to Train" option, where the children can turn up for occasional training sessions. This is paid for on the day (£5 per session).  Pay to Train players are usually at the younger end, before they are old enough to play matches in our teams.  Matches are usually for full members.

The 2026 membership subscription for U16-U18 Juniors is £100.  This entitles them to play in senior matches throughout the season, as well as the small number of July/August U17 fixtures.