Sport & Physical Activity Education & Young People 2025
Bucks Cricket CIO

Impact Report 2025

Bucks Cricket CIO develops cricket and community programmes across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. In 2025, Bucks Men won the NCCA Championship with a record-breaking final (Conner Haddow's 9/73); 9 MCC Foundation Hubs delivered to 128 players; 49 girls teams played in 262 league fixtures (70% increase); 14 female umpires qualified. Chance to Shine Street Cricket teams won Nationals at Nottingham University; participants visited the Prime Minister at Chequers. Afghan Refugee Women's Cricket Group was established. Bucks won MCC Foundation County Board of the Year. Female All Stars and Dynamos participation rose 18%.

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MCC Foundation Hubs (9 hubs — U12, U14, U16, boys and girls, MK and South Bucks); Super 1s Hubs (4 locations: High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Chesham, Milton Keynes — avg 28 players/week incl. first 4 female); Table Cricket (6 SEND schools, 50 children); Chance to Shine (primary and secondary schools); Street Cricket (tapeball); Afghan Refugees Women's Group (Dinton CC, 12 women and children); English with Cricket sessions; Coffee with Cricket/Cric-Fit/Yo-Cricket (63 women, wellbeing); women's softball festivals (Wormsley and Stewkley); community showcase events; facility investment (£81,548 across 10 clubs); coach qualification courses (69 qualified) Custom geography from upload: Buckinghamshire / Milton Keynes

📊Key Metrics

8,633 players featured in 1,539 completed junior fixtures; 2,212 All Stars and Dynamos participants (up 7%); 625 female All Stars and Dynamos (up 18%); 9 MCC Foundation Hubs (128 players, 90 training sessions, 30 match days) Key Metric 1
49 teams in 262 fixtures in Bucks Girls Leagues (70% fixture increase from 2024); 25 women's sections across 20 clubs (up 25%); 14 female umpires qualified from female-only ECB course; 68 teams in primary competitions (65% increase); 57 Chance to Shine programmes in primary schools Key Metric 2
Won County Board of the Year at MCC Foundation; Bucks Men won NCCA Championship Final vs Devon; NCCA Championship final record: Conner Haddow took 9/73 (first 9-wicket innings in NCCA Championship Final history); Chance to Shine Street Cricket teams reached Quarter Finals (Girls and U12s) and won Nationals at Nottingham University (U16s) Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 7 boys and 8 girls progressed from MCCF Hubs to Bucks County Age Group squads; 5 players selected onto Vipers Emerging Players Programme from Girls Pathway; Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Indian PM Narendra Modi presented signed bat to Chance to Shine Street Cricket hub participants at Chequers
  • Bucks Women had one of their most successful seasons; 4 graduates of Bucks Pathway made 1st XI debuts; 9 graduates of Pathway selected by Vipers EPP; Tegan Stockdale top scorer with 460 runs; cricket Pathway to Professional set up supported 250+ boys and 124 girls
  • £90,000 invested in 2 Net Projects; £63,500 in 5 Non-Turf Pitches in Milton Keynes; £81,548 facility investment across 10 clubs; Chance to Shine Street Cricket participants visited PM at Chequers — historic visit; CIO — Charitable Incorporated Organisation

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