GIRLS' CRICKET
We run three age group teams for our young girls as well as our Women's team which girls can be invited to play for. Further to our girls age group teams, girls are more than welcome to join in with our mixed age group teams, details are on the Junior Section page.
AGE GROUPS/TEAMS
AGES 5-8
Years 1 - 3 at school.
Simple softball cricket for our youngest girls. Lots of fun games with a cricket theme.
Training: Friday 6-7pm
AGES 8-11 (DYNAMOS)
Years 4, 5 and 6 at school.
This season we will be running a girls only Dynamos age group.
Training: Fridays, 5:30-7pm
Matches: Sussex Cricket Foundation U11 Softball Pairs - Wednesday evenings
More information about Dynamos Cricket can be found here where you can also register.
PLEASE NOTE - Despite what the Dynamos website says, sessions run from April through to August. We start the season with a couple of taster sessions ahead of the official start of Dynamos on 6 May and we continue through to the end of August at no extra cost!
AGES 12+ (SOFTBALL)
Girls aged 12+ who prefer to play softball cricket are invited to join our women’s softball section. We anticipate this being a mix of young and older female players, either those new to the sport or those who simply prefer the softball game.
Training: Mondays 6:30-8pm.
Matches: For those who want to play matches, we have entered the Sussex Cricket Foundation Women’s Softball League. Pairs cricket. Short format games of 16 overs. For those not wanting to commit to regular league matches, we hope to offer the opportunity to play in occasional half day softball festivals.
For more information, please visit our ‘Women’s Cricket’ page.
AGES 11-13 (HARDBALL)
Years 7 and 8 at school.
Training: Mondays 6:30-8pm.
Our hardball training is for able Girls aged 11+
Matches: Our U13s will play in the Sussex Cricket Foundation U13 Girls 8 a-side hard ball League. Matches are on Tuesday evenings. We play pairs for the first half of the season then 16-over standard rules thereafter.
Older girls in our U13 section are also eligible to play in the Women’s Slam matches.
AGES 14+ (HARDBALL)
Girls aged 14+ (Year 9 upwards) are invited to join our women’s section. We have a very young women’s team and are keen to welcome all 14+ players to help us build the future of women’s cricket at West Chiltington.
Training: Mondays 6:30-8pm.
Matches: We play in the Sussex Cricket foundation Women’s Slam. Fixtures are usually midweek although there may be some weekend games. There will also be opportunities to play standard rules Sunday cricket in the Sussex Women’s Cricket League.
For more information, please visit our ‘Women’s Cricket’ page.
Girls are also welcome to join our mixed gender youth and senior teams (youth training is on Fridays) in addition to playing women’s cricket.