2025 Annual-report

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 2025 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 16 Investment from the ECB and IG has helped us to provide an elite level five-net lane outdoor training facility and new non-turf pitch on the site, providing training and matchday facilities for the recrea- tional game, local community, and pathway boys and girls. This year saw the launch of the inaugural county-wide junior league, a merger of the former four junior leagues. Independent of our team at Trent Bridge but closely supported by key staff, a committee was established made up of former volunteers and new ones from across the cricket network. The introduction of more oppor- tunities across all age groups and transitional incrediball formats led to an increase of 66 junior teams – with there now being 279 in total across 60 clubs. Our free community programmes also continued to flourish this year. Chance to Shine Street remains ever-present in the city and our newest Street Club in Newark is also thriving. In total, 326 young people took up the opportunity to play Street Cricket in 2025, up 14% from 2024. In St Ann’s, our ACE (African-Caribbean Engagement) hub continues to grow and evolve, with over 45 young people registered for the programme and 24 regularly attending. In addition, our ACE Development Academy, supported by our coun- terparts across the East Midlands, now has 16 talented young players attending winter training. The success of these two elements of ACE in Nottingham, alongside a robust ACE Schools Programme working in targeted schools, contributes to us delivering one of the top performing ACE programmes in the country. TheWicketz programme saw further growth, providing weekly sessions to 126 boys and girls from the city and Ashfield. Nottingham- shire Fire Service and the Royal Navy delivered workshops to help improve teamwork, communication and personal development. We continue to deliver disability cricket across the county via our SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Schools programme and Super 1s, but instrumental to the development of our disability offer this year was the launch of our first county representative disability cricket team, Super 9s. With the support of Vertu, we’ve been able to develop a squad of 15 over the course of 2025.This squad now head into winter training at Trent Bridge as they build up to a summer of county fixtures in 2026. Our impact in schools continues to grow, engaging 66 schools across the county and providing cricket to 14,984 young people. Our Dynamos Schools Festivals continue to provide a competitive element for young people, with 133 teams and 1,064 players taking part across the summer. We have experienced significant success under our Notts in Mind and Forget Me Notts banners, of which we can be rightly proud. Over 200 members now take advantage of the support offered through these vital programmes, ensuring that those living with – or caring for loved ones with – dementia, or women in need of physical and emotional support, are catered for. Our largest fundraiser, the zipwire challenge across Trent Bridge in September, brought in £28,000, with the number of participants showcasing how much our work means to people. We have also since seen the annual sleepout in November – which took “WITH THE SUPPORT OF VERTU, WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP A [SUPER 9S] SQUAD OF 15 OVER THE COURSE OF 2025. THIS SQUAD NOW HEAD INTO WINTER TRAINING AT TRENT BRIDGE AS THEY BUILD UP TO A SUMMER OF COUNTY FIXTURES IN 2026.” Mandy Wright