Ladies' Cricket Club
Develop your cricketing ability and be part of an active, friendly sports team with the Cardiff University Ladies' Cricket Club.
In CULCC, all abilities are welcome! Whether you regularly take wickets at your local club or have never held a cricket bat in you life. New to the game? You will have the opportunity to learn the sport and be part of an inclusive team, making some great friends along the way! Experienced players will be able to get regular practice in with other great cricketers and develop skills even further particualrly along our longer winter training block.
We look forward to welcoming new and existing Cardiff University students this year. We will be at the sports fair on the 23rd and 24th September and there will be a virtual event the following week if you are unable to make the sports fair. We will have two Give It A Go events on the 4th and 6th October to give you a taste of cricket and meet the current members. After that, regular training and socials will commence to which you will need a membership to attend!
Weekly training aims to improve cricket ability as well as general fitness. It includes a variety of cricket-orientated fitness exercises, fielding drills, and batting/bowling practice in the nets. All training will be at Talybont Sports Centre South Hall 6 or at outdoor areas nearby - players who want to get the most out of the club should try to attend every session. We also have Ali Waldron a local level 4 coach who joins us for our sessions to impart his knowledge and help us improve! The times below are our regular training sessions:
Friday 5:30pm-6:30pm: development team
Friday 6:30pm-7:30pm: whole club (cricket specific games and fitness)
Sunday 4:00pm-5:30pm: 1st team training
We participate in the BUCS indoor and outdoor leagues, playing matches at SWALEC in the Autumn and Cardiff Cricket Club over Summer. Competitions against other university women's cricket teams allow us to strengthen ourselves as players and build us up as a club. We consistently play well in both leagues, having entered two teams into the indoor league (7 players per squad) and one into the Western Tier 1 BUCS league that covers university teams in the south west.
Not only are we committed to the sport aspect of cricket, but also the social side. Our social secretary has some exciting socials planned, that will help everyone get to know each other. Frequent non-alcoholic socials are planned such as pancake day ensure that there is something for everyone to enjoy. Watching international women's games at Sophia Gardens is one of our most popular events over summer once the season has started as it briings the club together as a whole.
Fun Fact-> the current England women's cricket team captain, Heather Knight, studied at Cardiff University!
Additionally, we have had discussions about a potential tour (abroad/UK) to plays teams outside of our regular leages to increase players match experience and give those who wish to travel as supporters the opportunity to enjoy time away with the team and encourge us to a win!
As a team, we love engaging in fundraising activities for incredibly worthwhile causes, such as Disastors Appeal for Ukraine and The Survivors Trust. In 2023 CULCC completed a series of challenges to raise money where we hiked 7.8km from Llyn Fawr to Lyn Fach in cricket pads, took a dip in a lake with a water fall and also completed 78 minutes of non-stop catching. In which through this we were able to raise £2431 pounds for the Turkey and Syria Earthquake Emergency Appeal. Every year CULCC also partake in the 12 days of Christmas food bank challenge, where we help support those in need in Cardiff by donating an item a day leading up to Christmas. 
We'd love for you to check out ladies’ cricket on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send our president an email at thomsoni3@cardiff.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Refund Policy* Refunds are available at the discretion of the committee. Please contact either the President or Treasurer for further information.
Wellbeing officer:
Lisa Smith
smithl87@cardiff.ac.uk
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