Since September 2007, the ECB's Coach Education Programme has been managed and delivered by five Regional Training Managers across the UK. Cookie Patel is one of them and he tells Jim White and Cricket World's audience more about his role and that of the coach education programme's objectives.
Areas:
Midlands and Wales - Cookie Patel
North - Paul Shaw
South and West - Gary Warden
London and East - Hartley Bishop
Key objectives:
a) National Training
b) Field Based Trainers
c) Tutors Workforce
d) External partners
e) County Cricket Boards
For further information, refer to your club, county board or the ECB's website.