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(formerly The St Gluvias Youth Cricket Festival) Established 1987

The Twenty-Second Festival, in 2008, will run from SUNDAY 10th to FRIDAY 15th AUGUST.

Application Letter 2008 NEW

Entry Form 2008 NEW

2007 Results & Tournament Review

The Cornwall Youth Cricket Festival would like potential UMPIRES for the Festival to contact us (either Keith Morgan 01326 373546 (h) 07817694555 (m) or our Secretary, Richard Mitchell - 01326 212788). We have a good number of local volunteers for the week , but we would like to have more qualified, or at least regular, umpires available. They're guaranteed an friendly welcome and first-class hospitality!

Current sponsors are: The Lord's Taverners, Share Sports, St Austell, Cornwall Cricket Board, R Booth Ltd, The Lions Club of Falmouth and Penryn, Portfolio Mortgages Centres, Hewden Plant Hire,

Festival Committee 2008 : M. Mitchell (Chairman), R. Mitchell (Secretary ), D. Parker (Hon. Treasurer), V. Heffer, D. Martin , K Morgan, T. Tregidgo, R. Watson, W. Williams, A Hancock, P Tresidder, D Wyatt,

St Gluvias Cricket Club

HISTORY - The Festival started in 1987 from an idea hatched by Mark Mitchell and an associate, Peter Hickes, and a Committee was formed, which has now grown into a strong and efficient body, running a tournament over six days and featuring some 500-600 young cricketers aged between around 7 and 17. We use four pitches, three at Penryn School (now 'College') and one at St Gluvias Cricket Club. Matches begin at 9.30 am and continue until around 8.30 pm. Various special events have taken place in the evenings, but the Festival is now 100% youth cricket.

The players all receive our traditional Festival caps and there are many club prizes and sets of individual medals, in addition to the kit bags kindly supplied by the Lord's Taverners. The style of cricket is fast, but encompassing all of the skills and tactics of the full game. Each team consists of 8 players. The two main tournaments, Under 13 and Under 15, are played over 10 eight-ball overs per side, with only 5 overs for the Under 17's, which is played in the evenings. The teams play on a qualifying day, where they each get three matches, and the majority (around two-thirds) return for the appropriate Finals Day. The Under 11 Softball tournament takes place in its entirety on the first day, the Sunday.

We receive at present around 60 entries, nearly all from within Cornwall, but our efforts at expansion this year have brought several entries from across Southern England The Festival currently costs between 4 and 5 thousand pounds to run and, if we are to expect teams to visit from further afield, we should expect to have to spend money in other ways to make such a visit feasible for them. Our present income is from two main sources - sponsorship from local businesses (including kit and other goods, besides hard cash) and through funds raised during the Festival itself, such as raffles and food sales. We have also made an effort to collect advertising revenue for the programme, which is in itself sponsored by a local printer.

TOURNAMENT RULES

1 All competitions are to be eight-a-side. The Laws of Cricket will apply, except where stated otherwise.

2 Age limits to be Under 17, 15, 13 or 11 on 31st August 2006 (including girls).

3 Club teams must comprise players who have represented that club at least once IN A COMPETITIVE MATCH in the current season. A player may only represent one CLUB in each competition.

4 EIGHT balls per over will be bowled throughout the tournament, other than Under 11 matches, when SIX balls per over will be bowled. Under 15 and Under 13 qualifying matches will be of TEN overs per side, Under 11 will be EIGHT overs per side. WIDES and NO-BALLS will each count TWO runs in addition to any runs taken. The height limit for (short-pitched) no-balls will be the shoulder, not the head, and umpires will be strict in the interpretation of leg-side wides.

5 In Under 15 matches, no fielder may take up a position within eight yards of the striker's wicket, except behind the wicket on the off side. This limit to be eleven yards in Under 13 matches.

6 Each team must provide a scorer and, for the Under 11 competition only, an UMPIRE. 7 In Under 15 and Under 13 matches no bowler may bowl more than THREE overs in an innings.

8 A bowler's run-up shall begin no further than ten yards behind the wicket. A line will be drawn for guidance.

9 Runs only to decide winners in qualifying matches. In the knockout stages, wickets lost will count if runs are equal. If still equal, overall scoring rate for the tournament will count. Teams bowled out will be deemed to have used all of their allocation of overs. In the event of an unfinished match in the knockout stages, the result shall be determined on scoring rate, provided that each team has batted for at least five overs. If a result still cannot be achieved, overall scoring rate for the tournament will count.

10 In qualifying matches, the following points system will apply : WIN = 10 points TIE = 5 points Bonus Points as follows : Batting - 1 for every 20 runs, plus 1 for each full over remaining when overtaking opponents' score, up to a maximum of 8. Bowling - 1 for each wicket taken (maximum 8). The last man shall bat with a runner. Abandoned Match (i) Where both teams have batted for at least 5 overs, 8 points to the team with the faster scoring rate, 2 points to the other team. Bonus points to be retained. (ii) Where either team has batted fewer than 5 overs, 5 points to each team, plus average bonus points gained in other matches played. Match Not Played (opponents unavailable) : 10 points, plus average bonus points gained in other matches played.

11 Positions in groups on each qualifying day will be determined on points and, if level, on overall scoring rate for the tournament.

12 Approved cricket helmets must be worn whilst batting and when standing up to the stumps whilst keeping wicket in all hard ball games.

13 The Organising Committee reserves the right to revise any of the programme as necessary.

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