🐼SPCA CUBS | UNDER 7 WINTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Reception, Year 1 & Year 2
The perfect next step after All Stars Cricket!Loved All Stars this summer? Keep the journey going this winter with SPCA Cubs — designed specifically for young cricketers aged 5–7.
Our sessions combine fun, game-based softball cricket with movement, coordination and teamwork, helping children develop their cricket skills while building confidence and a love of being active.
In partnership with Cricket Resilience, our age-appropriate programme focuses on creating better movers, confident athletes and enthusiastic young cricketers.
✔️ Softball cricket throughout
✔️ Fun, game-based coaching
✔️ Movement, agility & coordination
✔️ Confidence, teamwork & cricket awareness
✔️ Led by ECB-qualified coaches
👕 SPCA Training T-shirt included
📅 Saturdays | 10th October 2026-19 December 2026
10 x 1-hour sessions
📍 Venue – Didsbury High School
💷 Programme Fee: £100
Play. Move. Discover.
Priority registrations now open | Places limited
⭐SPCA LITTLE LEGENDS | UNDER 9 WINTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
School Years 3 & 4
Keep the momentum going this winter!
If your child has enjoyed their Under 9 cricket this summer, SPCA Little Legends is the perfect opportunity to keep learning, developing and enjoying the game through the winter.
Designed specifically for this age group, the programme remains softball throughout, allowing players to build confidence, improve their skills and develop greater game awareness without rushing the transition to hardball.
In partnership with Cricket Resilience, sessions combine quality cricket coaching with age-appropriate movement and athletic development.
✔️ Softball cricket throughout
✔️ Fun, game-based coaching
✔️ Batting, bowling & fielding development
✔️ Movement, agility & coordination
✔️ Game awareness, decision-making & teamwork
✔️ Led by ECB-qualified coaches
👕 SPCA Training T-shirt included
📅 10th October 2026-19 December 2026
10 x 1-hour sessions
📍 Venue – Didsbury High School
💷 Programme Fee: £100
Learn. Develop. Enjoy.
Priority registrations now open | Places limited
SPCA FOUNDATION ACADEMY | UNDER 11 WINTER PROGRAMME
School Years 5 & 6
Building confident hardball cricketers.
Under 11 cricket is a key stage in a young player’s development. For some, it’s the exciting transition from softball to hardball; for others, it’s about building on their existing hardball experience and taking their game further.
Our Foundation Academy is designed to cater for both. Players will be coached at the appropriate level, with progressive session plans providing the right balance of development, challenge and confidence-building.
In partnership with Cricket Resilience, sessions combine high-quality cricket coaching with age-appropriate athletic development, preparing players technically and physically for the 2027 season.
✔️ Structured softball-to-hardball transition
✔️ Progressive coaching for existing hardball players
✔️ Batting, bowling & fielding development
✔️ Game awareness & decision-making
✔️ Movement, strength & athletic development
✔️ Led by ECB-qualified coaches
👕 SPCA Training T-shirt included
📅 Saturdays | 10th October 2026-19 December 2026
10 x 2-hour sessions | 20 hours
📍 Venue – Didsbury High School
💷 Programme Fee: £180
Transition. Develop. Perform.
🏏 Priority registrations now open | Places limited
