Between Tuesday 27th – Friday 30th March, New Farnley Cricket Club will be stepping up their preparations for their 2018 cricket campaign by attending a three (3) day pre-season training camp at the Desert Springs Cricket Ground & Academy.
New Farnley Cricket Club was established in 1952 and is based at the Barry Jackson Ground in New Farnley Village Leeds 12. The cricket club supports a 1st XI, 2nd XI & 3rd XI senior teams, juniors age group teams from U.9’s to U.15’s and a Sunday social team. The first and second teams are in Division 1 of the JCT 600 Bradford League. Junior teams play in the Heavy Woollen Junior Cricket League.
The 1st team recently won the Priestley Cup for the first time in their history and the 2nd team recently won the league on the last day of the season.
The team training camp will comprise a squad of Eighteen (18) players and coaching staff, all of whom will be spending their time completing numerous training sessions each day.
Grass net practice, both bowling and batting will take place at the Cricket Academy, with strength and conditioning sessions, running, speed and agility work taking place at the Academy Ground.
Accommodation for the players and coaches is in some of the privately-owned apartments and townhouses at Desert Springs Resort normally reserved for holidays and short breaks and the resort’s executive chef will be on hand to cater for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining in both the resort’s Crocodile Club and El Torrente Restaurant.
To view the video of the Desert Springs Cricket Academy Click Here
For further information:
Kirk Lovell
+34 647 414 899
kl@almanzora.com
