Glamorgan Cricket have a fantastic range of packages available for schools and colleges at their home matches in the various domestic competitions during 2017, as well as opportunities for youngsters to assist with guard of honour and mascot duties at international games this coming summer.
Last year was a record-breaking summer for the Community Department at Glamorgan CCC with over 5,500 youngsters attending various activities on both match and non-match days.
Whilst the usual programme of tailor-made Stadium Tours and aspirational behind-the-scenes visits (@£3 per pupil) are available on non-match days, a range of packages are now available on match days. These include the very popular Watch & Play, Watch and Write, and Watch and Count options, as well as Year Group Integration Days (again @£3 per pupil) which are available for the University game in Cardiff on March 28, 29, 30, as well as the Specsavers County Championship matches on May 19, 22; Sept 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22.
2017 will also see a couple of “special” Championship Games when accompanied groups of 35 pupils (plus 5 supervisory staff / adults) can attend at a total charge of just £20. These are the floodlit Championship match at Cardiff on June 26, 27, 28, 29 and the opening day of the West Wales Festival at Swansea on May 26. Glamorgan’s “Speed Bowling” and Childrens’ Fun Activity Zone will also be in operation for the floodlit match plus the game at Swansea. Any schools wishing to have the Watch & Play/Write/Count packages (@£3 per pupil) can still do so on these days.
As far as the matches in the NatWest T20 Blast are concerned, the popular Glamorgan T20 Experience will be available once again for the games at Cardiff during term time. For just £50, accompanied groups of 35 youngsters (plus 5 supervisory adults) can watch the games and take part in the fun zone activities on Friday, July 7th when Glamorgan meet Hampshire and on Friday, July 21st when the Sussex Sharks visit Cardiff.
There will also be a special package available for the Royal London One-Day Cup match in Cardiff on Friday, May 5th when Glamorgan play Somerset. Accompanied groups of 35 youngsters (plus 5 supervisory adults) will be able to attend this game at a charge of just £20, besides applying to take part in the Guard of Honour, and playing softball cricket on the outfield during the interval and taking part in other activities elsewhere around the Stadium during the match.
A limited number of Guard of Honour & Mascot duty opportunities will also be available for schools at the ICC Champions Trophy. The matches are scheduled to take place on June 6th - England v New Zealand; June 9th - New Zealand v Bangladesh; June 12th - Sri Lanka v Pakistan; June 14th – Semi-Final. To apply to take part in these activities at the international games, please send an email to museum@glamorgancricket.co.uk
For further information about any of the above packages or to make a booking, please contact museum@glamorgancricket.co.uk or ring 02920 419383.