ZC Training Centres

[Train Driver]

Has anyone heard anything of this before ?

http://www.newsnet.co.zw/index.php?nID=15386

[maehara]

Has anyone heard anything of this before ?

News to me - well spotted. It's not like Newsnet to carry much in the way of real news.

Shingai Ruhwaya, by the way, is Lovemore Banda's replacement (Banda is staying with ZC in an unspecified role) - there's an article about her arrival in the Chronicle this morning: http://www.chronicle.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=233&cat=5

[Detective RDS]

Good to see Zimbabwean cricket is doing good things.Setting training centres worldwide will surely extend the range of cricket.

[Detective RDS]

Link: http://content.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/co ... 03069.html

Zimbabwe cricket

Zimbabwe board takes cricket to the schools

Cricinfo staff

May 5, 2009

Zimbabwe Cricket has set up training centres countrywide in order to develop the sport, expanding on initiatives started a decade ago.

In 1999, the board established the CFX Cricket Academy with the objective being to develop a stream of first-class players to underpin the playing and coaching strengths of the provincial sides. This produced a number of internationals, such as Andy Blignaut, Douglas Hondo, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Ray Price and Mark Vermeulen.

In 2002, the board expanded that with the launch of Cricket Development Centres (CDCs) with the aim of improving the playing technique of promising younger cricketers and exposing them the critical eye of a qualified coach from an earlier age.

"How it generally works is that identified talent from the various surrounding schools register to attend age-group sessions run by Zimbabwe's top coaches," Shingai Ruhwaya, Zimbabwe's Cricket's media manager, told Cricinfo. "Of late, we've been encouraging former players with at least a Level 2 coaching certificate to volunteer to spend an hour or two a week with these kids. These CDCs have over 4000 registered children using them between the ages of 9 and 18.

"Most recently, ZC decided to concentrate its technical development efforts in a select number of centres rather than spread its resources thinly. Each of these centres has been earmarked to benefit from re-investments in kit and equipment. We should have six to eight fully functional such centres by the end of August this year."

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