NATIONAL PROGRAMMES

All Stars Cricket is the England & Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) entry level participation programme, aimed at providing boys and girls aged five to eight with a great first experience in cricket. 

For further information please go to allstarscricket.co.uk or if you would like to discuss the implications for your club further please contact your dedicated Sussex Cricket Foundation Territory Manager.

Key Features:

• A perfect first experience of cricket for all boys and girls aged 5-8 years-old
• Eight 60-minute sessions, held over 8 weeks
• All Stars Cricket kit bag
• Valuable time with your kids – mums and dads are encouraged to take part too
• Safe and fully accredited

Dynamos Cricket provides a fantastic next step for all those graduating from All Stars Cricket and the perfect introduction for all 8-11 year-olds new to the sport!

Complementing junior cricket, Dynamos provides children with a more social offer focused on developing fundamental movement skills and applying them in an exciting game of countdown cricket.

We know how important it is to look like the heroes of the game, so every child who registers will receive their very own Dynamos Cricket New Balance t-shirt, personalised with their name and number.

For further information please go to dynamoscricket.co.uk or if you would like to discuss the implications for your club further please contact your dedicated Sussex Cricket Foundation Territory Manager.

Key features:

• Children will use soft balls and light wooden bats
• Minimum of six 60-90 minute sessions
• Introduction to game play through a countdown cricket match
• New Balance personalised t-shirt with name and number
• Valuable time with your kids – mums and dads are encouraged to take part too
• Complementary digital app experience
• Exclusive access to Topps Cricket Attax cards
• Safe and fully accredited

The ClubSpark system allows clubs & centres to manage their details, including the following:

• Adding and updating club contact information
• Uploading key documents to the Club Checklist
• Adding & managing activators
• Setting up bank details
• Inputting course details – session dates and times, venues and cost

For existing clubs & centres who have already registered with ClubSpark, you can access the online management system here.

For new clubs & centres, you can set up a new ClubSpark site and administrator account by clicking here. Please contact your club's National Programmes contact Oliver Smith (East), Liam Henderson (Central) and Lara Johnson (West) if you require any support.

31 January - 2 April

• 2024 Course Creation phase - ClubSpark is live for Clubs & Centres to setup All Stars Cricket & Dynamos Cricket courses and carry out any administration to Club Checklists.

Wednesday 3 April

• Priority Booking Window goes live for returning participants & those that have registered interest with the ECB. (Date delayed)

Wednesday 10 April

• National Launch/General Registration Window opens to the public & the ECB national media/marketing campaign starts. (Date delayed)

Friday 10 May

• Delivery of courses begins nationally - start your courses from this date, along with thousands of other clubs across the country (courses can commence earlier, however we strongly recommended a May start).

As always please don't hesitate to contact your club's National Programmes contact Oliver Smith (East), Liam Henderson (Central) and Lara Johnson (West) if you have any queries or require any support.

Activators are the key ingredient to making All Stars and Dynamos Cricket happen. Thanks to each of you, more kids than ever before are able to play and fall in love with cricket. 

Activators must complete the initial training which includes;

• ECB verified DBS check
• National Programmes eLearning course
• ECB Safeguarding for Specialised Roles: Coaches & Activators eLearning course
• National Programmes Face-to-Face Training Workshop

Existing Activators must keep their qualifications up-to-date to remain fully qualified.

More information & support is available to new and existing Activators via the new ECB Cricket Activators webspace, please follow the link below.

All new Activators must complete a Face-to-Face New Activator Training Course to become fully qualified. Below is a list of courses we have in each area of Sussex.

East: 

• Sunday 7 April, 10am - 1pm @ Battle Sports Centre, North Trade Road, TN33 0HT (Mixed Course) - CANCELLED

West: 

• Thursday 18 April, 6pm - 8:30pm @ The Angmering School (Mixed Course)
• Monday 22 April, 6pm - 8:30pm @ Billingshurst CC (Mixed Course) - POSTPONED

Central: 

• Wednesday 24 April, 6pm - 8:30pm @ Burgess Hill CC (Mixed Course)

All course bookings and course completions should be conducted through the Activator Checklist on ClubSpark. For Activators unsure on how to use ClubSpark and the Checklist, please refer to the Activator Checklist FAQ document below. A link to the Training courses search engine is below.

If you're interested in finding out more about one of these programmes or signing your child up for a local centre in 2024 please visit the ECB website via ecb.co.uk/play.

For all general queries please contact the national ECB help desks - allstarscricket@ecb.co.uk or dynamoscricket@ecb.co.uk.