Training is on Monday evenings, from 22rd April 2024 from 6.15pm-8.15pm, for 15 weeks. All training is delivered by our professional coaches. There are around 55 players within the age group. All training and matchplay is included within the Club Membership. Annual Membership is available from our shop.
All players have opportunity to play plenty of matches on well kept grass wickets. Match play is normally on a Sunday with additional midweek games.
The Under 12 age group sees all players playing proper ‘out your out’ cricket, away from the pairs cricket they experienced in the younger age groups. All players train and play with a hard ball.
The main ethos of the age group is plenty of cricket and development of all.
For the 2024 season, we will play in the following Surrey Junior Cricket Championship Leagues.
U12 – Tier 1 (3 teams), U12 – Tier 2 (1 team), U12-Tier 3 (1 team). All matches are proper cricket and 20 overs.
Match playing Kit: All players will be required to have their own protective kit (Bat, Helmet, Pads, Gloves, Box) For matchplay we play in the Esher Navy Blue Playing Shirt and Navy trousers. Kit is available to purchase from the club kit shop and is supplied by Masuri. For the shirt, numbers are allowed on the back, but no names please. https://eshercc.co.uk/kit/
Training and Matchplay Focus – U12 Player Pathway
| Batting | – Understanding and identifying the main hitting areas when playing Spin |
| – Using your feet to make spin bowling easier | |
| – Developing further the various sweep shots | |
| – How to play fast bowling | |
| – How to play swing bowling by play the ball late | |
| – How to pace your innings – Chasing or Setting a Target | |
| Bowling | – Reinforcing the skills learned from previous years |
| – Having a good understanding when to attack and to defend when bowling | |
| – To be able to recognise where a batsman is trying to score from the bowling | |
| – To understand the Term Attaching Dots | |
| – To start to look at batsmen’s techniques and identify the weak areas of their game | |
| Fielding | – Anticipating where the ball will go, from looking at the shape of the batsman’s shot |
| – Being comfortable when taking high catches | |
| – Introducing diving and slides to save runs | |
| – One handed pick ups when going for a run out |
Representative Cricket: The following 6 players have also been successfully selected for Surrey Performance Squads for this season: Arun Narinesingh,Dan Pullinger, Dushyant Parthiban, Fletcher McHarg, George Garrett, Alexander Coetzee
Age Group Managers: Nick Frendo and Kat Frendo
If you are interested in joining us and would like extra information, please contact Nick and Kat on the emails above.
Please see below for our 2023 Season Report
This was a fantastic season for the U11s but more importantly, a group of boys who enjoyed themselves, played the game in the right spirit and who really developed their skills and their learning of the game. We played in four Tier 1 leagues and ended the season top in one and runners up in two. The Tier 2 side played ‘out your out’ cricket for the first time. Confidence with both bat and ball increased significantly over the course of the season and it was a joy to see how much they grew as team, supporting each other in both good and more challenging times. There are lots of positives going into the 2024 season and a few things to work on for winter nets