A much needed grant from the William Colton Youth Sports fund has enabled Earl Shilton Cricket Club to continue running their Youth Sport project. The grant provided paid for coach salaries and admin expenses, coach qualification development and player training apparel. Young people, a mixture of girls and boys, enjoyed training and skill coaching at indoor and outdoor nets, along with games; fielding, batting and bowling along with exercises ranging from fielding football to cricket set exercises.
The project originally began to deter local youth from engaging in antisocial behaviour, improve their physical and mental health, and bolster their social skills by coming to train them at their school. Many of the young people continue to train at the club now and the grant has meant that the club has been able keep reaching the wider community.
