Training is on Friday evenings, from 26th April 2024 from 6:15pm-8:15pm, for 15 weeks. All training is delivered by our professional coaches. There are around 45 players within the age group. All training and matchplay is included within the Club Membership.
All players have opportunity to play plenty of matches on well kept wickets. Match play is normally a Sunday and also midweek evenings. For the 2024 season, we will play in the following Surrey Junior Cricket Championship Leagues. U14 Sunday – Tier 1, U14 – Tier 1 Midweek , U14 – Tier 2 (2 teams). All matches are proper cricket and between 20-30 overs.
Representative Cricket: The following players have also been successfully selected for U14 Surrey Performance Squads for this season:Josh Wiles, Max Chambers, Orson Jones, Zachary Perkins, Charlie Hulme, Kunsh Khanna, Max Giles, Sam Temperley, Adhritdev Baghel, Arjun Tahilinia
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.
Training and Matchplay Focus – U14 Player Pathway
| Batting | – To be more consistent in making correct decisions on shot selection |
| – To be able to play with confidence off both front and back foot shots | |
| – Introducing more power when playing balls that can go for four or more | |
| – Target Hitting – Having enough control to find gaps in the field | |
| – To be able to play with soft hands, finding singles and rotating the strike | |
| Bowling | – To be able to hit good line and length 5 to 6 balls an over |
| – To be able to swing the ball either way at will | |
| – To be able to hit length hard and achieve extra bounce | |
| – When bowling wrist spin, to be able to turn the ball and to be able to bowl that turns the other way | |
| – When bowling off or left arm orthodox spin, to be also able to bowl an arm ball | |
| Fielding | – A good understanding of match play situations & how to react in the field |
| – Good fielding creates pressure and pressure gets wickets | |
| – Being able to move to either side comfortably and quickly when fielding the ball | |
| – To be able to catch the ball at speed when moving in either direction |
Age Group Managers:Ali Rawlinson (AGM)
If you are interested in joining us, please initially contact Ali on the email above.
Please see below for our 2023 Season Report (U13s):
A season of what might have been… The Griffins Tier 1 Sunday team won the league at a canter, played 10, won 9, one abandoned. The mid week team didn’t fair as well, returning 4 wins, 6 loses, 1 abandoned, 1 cancelled, finishing 6th in an extremely competitive league.
The highlight of the season was a terrific ECB National cup run that wasn’t without controversy. We beat New Malden and Weybridge easily in the opening 2 rounds and were drawn against old foes Ashtead, who knocked us out the previous year, in the quarter finals. Esher batted first and posted a respectable 133/5 with Charlie H and Sam T both retiring. Tight bowling from 7 bowlers used restricted Ashtead to 123/4 in fading light. Valley End away up next in the Semi-Finals who were blown away by a superb team performance. Valley End only managed 115/8 on a very small ground, Charlie H excelled with 4/14 and Esher knocked them off with 8 overs to spare, Zach P and Orson J retiring the latter with 30 off 13 balls. Spencer were waiting in the finals, a team we had never beaten before. Esher won the toss and batted first, posting an impressive 143/6 from their 20 overs, Max C retired. With an imposing total on the board, Esher bowled and fielded well to choke Spencer who stuttered to 89/9, Barney R the pick of the bowlers taking out the tail with 3/13. A bye for the Surrey champions meant Bromley were waiting in the next round of the national cup, a home tie on a baking hot Sunday at New Road. Esher were outplayed in every department, but it turns out Bromley had fielded three ineligible players who had all represented other clubs in earlier rounds. A flouting of the rules ensured Esher were given a lifeline, reaching the regional finals by default. Ealing were waiting for us on a damp day at Teddington. When life gives you a second chance it is vital to take it with both hands, unfortunately a team of talented individuals once again failed to produce on the big day, falling short to the eventual National Winners and in the top 8 sides in the country, a fine achievement.
The Dragons Tier 2 Sunday team finished a very creditable 2nd in a tough league, Amir Naviwala 2nd top run scorer in the league with 182 runs av 61 and Ben Webb 3rd highest wicket taker with 9 wickets at 12’s, Felix Downing taking 6 catches, joint 3rd in the league.
This is a talented group of cricketers yet to fulfil their true potential. With continued development and focus these boys will be a force to be reckoned with over the next couple of years, exciting times ahead, no doubt.