Written by Administrator
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We are fortunate at the club to have the services of 3 of the best coaches in the district:
Mark Gray is our Youth Development Officer, and he is ably assisted by 1st XI Captain Robert Bowering and our nominated Junior Coach, Iain Martin. These 3 are currently assisted by Jack and Tom Hilton, older juniors, who both are living proof of the success of the Junior Section, having been with the junior section since its inception!
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Mark Gray |
BobbyBowering |
Iain Martin |
Jack Hilton |
Tom Hilton |
In 2011, Livingston Cricket Club approached Cricket Scotland with a view to finding and sourcing the funding for a full time coach for the town. Following protracted discussions and advice from Cricket Scotland we then invited our county neighbours Fauldhouse Victoria CC and West Lothian County Cricket Club to form the Cricket West Lothian Development Group, whose remit is the promotion, improvement and development of cricket within the geographical area of the Local Authority of West Lothian. This group was able to fulfil Livingston’s original ambition and appoint a Community Coach with effect from 2012.
The current Community Coach, Ian Leach, who is a Level 2 qualified coach will work hand in hand with Livingston’s coaches and with the Schools across West Lothian to ensure that the Junior programme is as much a success as it can be. For 22 weeks from February onwards he will be involved in taking cricket into the local schools 5 days a week. During the summer it is expected that he will be organising and running Summer Camps as well as being available to provide first hand support to our own coaching team on coaching evenings.
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