Both Kent & North West Police Cricket Alliance once again found themselves back at The UptonSteel County Ground, Leicester, for the final of the National Championship, a repeat of the 2021 Final which NWA won by 3 wickets.
TeamActive, an initiative from Team Police, is designed to support the physical and mental wellbeing of the Police Family.
The inaugural T20 Womens Festival involving British Police CC, Herts CCC, MCC and National Asian Cricket Council took place on a gloriously sunny warm July Friday at Knebworth Park CC with a view of the House in the background.
Further fixtures against a County XI, British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Club Cricket Conference were introduced in 1974, 75 & 76 which led to a regular Tour taking place on an Annual basis.
2002-04 saw Graham Shaw’s team ‘chalk up’ 12 consecutive wins – overtaking the 1996-99 record of 9 matches unbeaten (8 wins, 1 Abandoned/draw), with David Fraser-Darling captain for the 8 wins!
7 days prior to the Tour week Lincs CCC pulled out of the Monday fixture stating they had no player available despite this being match having been agreed 6+ months ago.
2022's National Championship got off to a strong start on 4th April with some great performances across the board. It was also fitting that all games saw a minute's applause prior to start of play to remember Simon Cole:
The rescheduled 2021 Giffard Plate Final took place at Tynemouth CC where Northumbria & Durham hosted Dyfed-Powys on a dry but chilly day in the North East.
TeamPolice, in collaboration with Police Sport UK (PSUK), has been set up as an innovative new approach to attract significantly more funding for sport and activity in policing, thereby enabling serving and retired police officers, police staff and their families greater opportunities to get involved and become active.
Once again the Championship will comprise of 4 “regionally based” Groups. The winners of each will proceed to 2 semi finals.
Yesterday Wednesday 30 March we, like so many, were shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of former Chief Constable and our Chair of Cricket Simon Cole, who had very recently retired from Leicestershire Police.
A glorious sunny day with clear blue skies and temperature already at 25c greeted both sides for the 2021 Final.
British Police went in for a major overhaul in 2021 with 10 players to make their debut.
2 new teams will contest the National Final on Wednesday 8th September following this afternoons semi finals.
The 2021 National Championship Final (Sponsored by Fujitsu) will take place on Wednesday 8 September at Leics CCC - The UptonSteel Cricket Ground between Kent and North West Alliance.
The following 12 months saw a further group of players identified and now available for selection so the decision was made to extend an invitation to include the new players meaning the inaugural Tour Party would consist of 22 players. However, the number reduced to 18 due to injury and unavailability.
A very warm welcome to Chris Haward - Chief Constable of Lincolnshire who has accepted an invitation to join our Cricket Committee with immediate effect.
Following the decision made by Scotland to withdraw from the Championship due to lack of player availability, operational requires throughout the Summer and ongoing covid restrictions still in force there we no Group 2 matches played.
For once April showers did not wipe out the opening round of the 2021 National Championship with only the Group 2 fixture between Northumbria & Durham v West Yorkshire being affected and falling foul to the weather which prevented the “new boys” from travelling to the reigning Cup holders.
1TeamActive is delighted to announce that the Police Forces taking part in this exciting pilot programme are Humberside, Northumbria, South Yorkshire, West Midlands and Wiltshire.
TeamPolice is delighted to announce that Anatomap has agreed to support us in our joint mission to create wellbeing through sport and physical activity for our policing family. Anatomap’s innovative app (Injury Capture) provides a new method of reporting crime that will greatly support police work.
TeamPolice is the fundraising body for police sport in the UK.
The countdown is on for the opening round of fixtures of the 2021 Championships which are due to be played on Wednesday 28 April.
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Finally… albeit 12 months after the inaugural Tour date was set, the new BPCC Ladies Cricket Team will take to the field during a 4 day Tour at the start of June.
The last time BPCC met was June 2019 when we were based in Nottinghamshire for the week.
Police Cricket welcome to Fujitsu as Championship Sponsors which forms part of their TeamPolice Sponsorship package
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We are delighted to announce that there has been 2 additional vice chairs appointed: -
‘Ask not what sport can do for you, ask what you can do for your sport!’
In partnership with Sport England, and with £348k of funding from the National Lottery, TeamPolice is excited to announce the launch of 1TeamActive.
I write this in anticipation of our next webinar on the 8th December which is very kindly being sponsored by Motorola Solutions. On the night we will be talking about how the Police Covenant can increase the opportunity for sport in the police.
We all need to get up and move to stay happy and healthy so TeamPolice is delighted that Metfriendly.
TeamPolice is delighted to announce that Motorola Solutions, a global leader in mission-critical communications and analytics has agreed to support TeamPolice in our joint mission to create wellbeing through sport and physical activity for our policing family.
Last week Team Police and Police Sport UK ran their first hugely successful webinar with over 50 attendees logging in on the night.
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As I write this I cannot help but reflect on the tragic loss from our police family of Sgt Matt Ratana at Croydon Police Station.
A Look Back at BPCC History...
Sadly I have to inform you that following the latest updates made today Team Police Cricket Committee has decided to CANCEL ALL Police Cricket (BPCC Tours x2 & National Championships) planned for 2020.
6 more debutants selected for 2020 tour following on from 6 selected in 2019. They are Gary Knight, Jack Baybutt, Lewis Staniforth, Matthew Sisson, Mike Harling & Dominic Manthorpe.
British Police Ladies CC will take part in its inaugural tour this Summer with matches against the Army, Royal Navy and Club Cricket Conference.
The 2020 Championship Groups & Fixtures are as follows:-
Clear blue skies, glorious sunshine and temperatures already reaching 25c greeted both teams as they arrived at the Fischer County Ground, Grace Road Leicester on Thursday 19th September for the inaugural Final of the newly created National Championship.
Defending Champions South Wales & Gwent once again faced up to Devon & Cornwall at Swindon CC in a repeat of the 2018 Final held at Bath CC.
The semi finals took place on Wednesday 4th September.
The semi finals of the National Championships (Sponsored by Police Credit Union) will take place on Wednesday 4th September
British Police CC came together in the heart of Robin Hood country on the outskirts of the City of Nottingham for the 2019 Tour.
Last minute Squad changes due to injury, illness and unavailability mean there will be 7 debutants on this years Tour.
Following the 2nd / 3rd Round of fixtures (or not) only 1 match was completed that being Devon & Cornwall v Staffordshire I can now update everyone with latest tables.
Eco Fire safety from Hucknall (Notts) have agreed to support BPCC by becoming a new Mate Sponsor for 2019.
A great weekend of nets where held at the home of Nottinghamshire CCC where 12-14 players attended the 2 sessions.
British Police CC Tour will run from Monday 24 - Friday 28 June 2019 and will be based in / around Nottinghamshire.
It is with great sadness that BPCC lost it's most dedicated supporter on Friday 23rd November 2018.
BPCC is delighted to announce that Motorola Solutions have agreed to be an additional Kit Sponsor for the next 3 years 2019-2021.
At the AGM the Committee unanimously agreed that changes were required and supported the proposal put forward by the 2 Secretaries Dave Fraser-Darling and Paul Sims to introduce 4 Regional Leagues.
BPCC has signed up to the below to assist in fundraising for future Tours and to make additional contributions to Make-a-Wish who we’ve been supporting since 2016 raising over £5k to date.
