Ockbrook & Borrwash Cricket Team at Desert Springs

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Dateline:
16th April 2022
Source: Desert Springs Resort
Subject: Cricket at Desert Springs
Title:
Ockbrook & Borrowash CC complete pre-season training camp

Ockbrook & Borrwash CC 1st XI team and U’13 team are now back in the UK having completed a three (3) day pre-season training camp comprising forty-two (42) players at Desert Springs ICC accredited Cricket Ground & Academybetween Saturday 9th – Tuesday 12th April.

As part of their preparation, the teams spent their time completing a specific and carefully planned programme of numerous training sessions covering technical skills, bowling and batting, strength and conditioning and both individual and group activity.

Grass net practice, took place at the Cricket Academy. Strength and conditioning work, running, speed and agility work was completed at the Cricket Ground and Gym at the Sierras Sports Club.

The training camp culminated with Ockbrook & Borrwash CC competing in two T20 matches against Buckingham Town and Barnt Green CC, at the Desert Springs ICC accredited cricket ground.

To view the video of the Desert Springs Cricket Academy Click Here.

The players and coaches were accommodated in some of the privately-owned Apartments and townhouses at Desert Springs and the resort’s executive chef catered for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining in the Crocodile Club Restaurant.

 

For further information contact:

Peter Scott
+44 (0) 7518 295 810
ps@desertspringscricket.com

Ockbrook & Borrwash CC v’s Buckingham Town CC at the Desert Springs ICC accredited Cricket Ground

 

Ockbrook & Borrwash U’13 squad training at the Desert Springs Cricket Academy


 

Dateline:
8th April 2022
Source: Desert Springs Resort
Subject: Cricket at Desert Springs
Title: Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club to attend Training Camp at Desert Springs

Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club 1st XI team and U’13 squad will be stepping up their preparations for the 2022 campaign with a three (3) day training camp at Desert Springs ICC accredited Cricket Ground & Academy between Saturday 9th - Tuesday 12th April.

Twenty-six (26) players and sixteen (16) coaching staff will be involved in a mixture of high performance training, spending their time completing a specific and carefully planned programme of numerous training sessions each day covering technical skills, bowling and batting, strength and conditioning and both individual and group activity.

Grass net practice will take place at the Cricket Academy.

Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club 1st XI team will compete in two separate T20 Matches with teams also present at Desert Springs for their pre-season training camps; Buckingham Town CC and Barnt Green Cricket Club on Sunday 10th and Monday 11th April respectively.

The players and coaches will be accommodated in some of the privately-owned Apartments and Townhouses at Desert Springs and the resort’s executive chef will be on hand to cater for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining in the Crocodile Club Restaurant.

 

For further information contact:

Peter Scott
+44 (0) 7518 295 810
ps@desertspringscricket.com

The Desert Springs Cricket Ground which shall be utilised by Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club during their training camp