Affiliation to Bucks Cricket

Main Club Affiliation

• £100 County Board Affiliation - for all clubs in Buckinghamshire with at least 2 adult teams and a junior section
• £70 County Board Affiliation - for all other Buckinghamshire clubs
• £50 Associate Affiliation Fee - for clubs outside Buckinghamshire

Junior Competition Entry

• £20 Fee for each Junior Team entry into a Bucks Junior League or Cup competition

AFFILIATION BENEFITS VIA THE ENGLAND & WALES CRICKET BOARD

• Support from ECB Regional Facilities Planning Manager via Bucks Cricket staff
• Access to all benefits of Play Cricket tools & Support (Scoring Apps, Website, Helpdesk)
• Access to the ECB club insurance policy at no cost (if using the ECB Safe Hands Management System)
• Access to ECB funding (County Grants Fund, Interest Free Loans)
• Eligible to participate in ECB Competitions (Junior Vitality Cups, Lady Taverners, National KO Cup)
• Access to ECB Courses: Coaching, Safeguarding, Umpires, Scoring
• Access to ECB National Programmes (All Stars & Dyanmos)
• Eligible to nominate Club volunteers for ECB Cricket Collective and Coach Awards
• Access to Safe Hands Management System / Safeguarding Support and guidance

AFFILIATION BENEFITS VIA BUCKS CRICKET

• Eligible to enter in the Bucks Junior Competitions
• Eligible to enter Saturday Open Age Cricket Leagues
• Support for Women & Girls Cricket, Juniors and Disability Cricket
• Support on Club and Facility Development Planning
• Support with gaining and maintaining ECB Clubmark status
• Assistance with Safeguarding, Safe Hands Management System and DBS Process 
• Assistance with transitioning children from Chance to Shine School programme to Club, including hosting Schools Kwik Cricket competitions
• Access to Workshops and Roadshows run by Bucks Cricket
• Pitch and ground maintenance support via Bucks Cricket's County Pitch Advisors
• Direct communications about nominating players for the Bucks Player Pathway Programme
   

ECB Terms for Affiliation
For 2024, Bucks Cricket is asking all Clubs that entry Junior Competitions and Saturday Open Age Leagues to agree to terms set out by ECB.
To review the agreement, please click here
To register your Club's confirmation of the agreement, please click here

To see if your club has affiliated click here.