Matt Long

Background

About Matt Long

I work in the Steelbacks in the Community department at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club and lead on the Junior Cricket delivery across Northamptonshire. My responsibilities include the following- Coordinating our Chance to Shine Primary Schools Cricket delivery - Chance to Shine is a National Cricket Charity that fund us to deliver in Primary Schools for FREE- Managing and monitoring our Chance to Shine funding budget. Responsible for spending the funding correctly and appropriately as well as, ensuring all sessions are recorded on our monitoring system- Coordinating Northamptonshire's Primary Schools Cricket Competition. County Finals held at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club- Coordinating All Stars Cricket and Dynamos Cricket - Programmes run by Cricket Clubs around the County - I train the activators to run these sessions as well as, organise the promotion of these programmes in local Primary Schools- Coordinating our Kettering Old Grammar School Cricket Programme - Funded by the Kettering Old Grammar School Foundation to deliver Cricket throughout winter to Primary Schools specifically in Kettering- Coordinating Northamptonshire's ECB Girls U13s and U15s Schools Indoor Cricket Competition- Coordinating Northamptonshire's Chance to Shine's Girls U13s and U15s Schools Outdoor Cricket Competition- Coordinating our Junior Winter League for U12s, 14s and 16s- Managing and scheduling workload for our 3 Community Cricket CoachesI have a passion for playing and encouraging children/adults to take part in sport. Sport will always have a positive impact on my life and I want make sure others reap the same benefits.