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Women's Academy participants announced
ECC Media Release
Lisa Stephenson, director of marketing, Lloyds TSB Scotland, said: “A key element of our partnership with Cricket Scotland is to encourage more young people to take up the sport. This encompasses our desire to support more young women in the development of their cricketing skills. We very much look forward to this event being held in Scotland.” The participants range from 15–21 years of age, with many of the girls from Scotland and the Netherlands representing their U21 and senior national teams.
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Ireland
The five-day event, hosted by Cricket Scotland, will be the first time young girls and women from any of the ICC’s 86 Associate and Affiliate Members will be exposed to intensive, elite coaching in an Academy setting. Taking place at Fettes College in Edinburgh, Scotland from the 7th – 11th August 2006, the Academy has been deemed as a Regional High Performance Program event and so has been limited to players from the three most highly developed Associate Members in the region. “The ECC is very grateful to Lloyds TSB Scotland for their commitment to this European event. This is an extremely positive step forward for women’s cricket in Europe and the support from Lloyds TSB Scotland further enhances its ongoing relationship with Cricket Scotland,” added ICC Regional Development Manager, Richard Holdsworth. |
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The inaugural ECC Women’s Cricket Academy in association with Lloyds TSB Scotland will see 23 girls from the top three Associate Countries (Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands) put through their paces by coaches and specialists in August.
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