North Stainley juniors cater for boys and girls aged 3 to 17. Coaching sessions for 3-11 year olds are held on Sunday evenings from 5pm to 6pm, with the aim of having fun whilst also building confidence and skills. We offer the ECB All Star and Dynamo programmes each summer at this time.
Coaching for secondary school aged children takes place on a Friday evening from 6.30pm to 8pm. In addition we employ the use of external coaches to conduct additional skills coaching not only for the players but also for the coaches’ professional development.
We have teams playing in the Nidderdale and Hambleton leagues in the under 9, 11,13,15 and 18 age groups, whilst girls’ teams of various age group compete in local tournaments.
The juniors are organised by a team of ECB qualified coaches led by the junior chair John Skinner, with the support from an army of parental helpers. Parents manage the teams, stand on the committee and volunteer in a number of ways to help maintain the 200 year old club.
All newcomers are most welcome to come down to the ground in the first instance at the relevant time during the season or contact John Skinner by email johnskinner21@btinternet.com .
The juniors have a proud record of team and individual achievements. A significant number of boys and girls have achieved regional and district representative honours, whilst the O’Donnell brothers both played for the Yorkshire and Durham age group sides, and Alexandra Skinner, Lucy Kettlewell and Sophie Richardson played for both Yorkshire age group sides and the senior county teams. A number of other girls played in Yorkshire age group sides.