Junior Membership is now live and has been set at the very reasonable price of £80. Junior membership includes attendance at 16 weekly training sessions (April to August) delivered by qualified ECB coaches, participation and match fees for home and away league and cup games as well as access to the club’s junior cricket equipment. Please use the link to make a payment, booking your child onto the right age group.

https://www.barrowcricket.com/payments/category/membership

With over 130 juniors expected to register at the club for season 2026 – Barrow CC will be fielding teams at U9, U11, U13, U15, U16 and U17 level as well as running the Barrow All Stars 2026 (5-8 years olds) and hosting once a month training for our U7 & U8’s.

This will be only the fourth time in the club’s history that the club has been able to offer cricket for children aged between 5 and 17. Very few clubs in Cheshire are able to offer the level of junior cricketing opportunities for juniors as we are at Barrow CC. These opportunities are made possible by the commitment of a number of coaches and team managers as well as dedicated parents.

There is much anticipation at the start of the junior season. With high attendance at the indoor junior winter training sessions our junior age groups are looking strong in terms of both numbers and talented players.

The recently created U17’s team, coached by Gareth Hughes and managed by Lucy Stucbury will be competing in the prestigious CCCL U17 Hundred Competition as well as for the fourth time playing in the Wirral SMASH8 competition. Fixtures will predominately take place later in the season to allow juniors to concentrate on examinations. Training night will be on a Thursday, with the Senior Men, and home games will be played where possible on either Monday or Wednesday evenings at Barrow CC.

We will again be running an U16’s team to compete in the County Cup. They will be representing the club in the John North U16 Cup and have been drawn away to Brooklands CC in round 2. The U16’s will be coached by our 1st team overseas player, Logan Malthus, and managed by Lucy Stuchbury. Training night will be on a Wednesday and home games will be played where possible on either Monday or Wednesday evenings at Barrow CC

The U15’s, will be managed by Matt Davenport & Andries Bentley and coached by Logan Malthus. They will be competing in the North Cheshire Junior Cricket Association league and cup. Training night will be on a Wednesday and home games will be played where possible on a Monday evening at Barrow CC.

Our U13 side, coached and managed by Jon Linford, Andries Bentley & Mark Allen, will be playing in the North Cheshire Junior Cricket Association league and cup. The U13 will usually be playing their games on Sunday mornings and their training night will be on a Friday evening at Barrow CC. It is hoped that a number of the U13’s squad will play for the Cheshire District teams in 2026.

The U11s will be competing in the North Cheshire Junior Cricket Association Hardball Cricket league and cup and well as competing in some soft ball friendly matches and softball festivals. The U11’s will be coached & managed by Glen Marriott, Amy Wyatt & Jon Shingfield. Training night will be on a Friday and home games will be played where possible on Wednesday evenings at Barrow CC.

Our U9 squad, many of whom have progressed on from our highly successful All-Stars programme, will be coached and managed by Matt Pimblett & Caroline Cooper. They will be competing in the North Cheshire Junior Cricket Association Softball Cricket League and their training night will be on a Friday with home games being played, where possible on Thursday evenings at Barrow CC.

Our U7’S & U8’s will train once a month on the first Friday of the month at Barrow CC and will be coached by Rob Pilbrow, & Mikey Holliday. These sessions will be free. U7'S & U8'S do not need to buy junior membership.

And last but not least – we aim to have 30 eager and keen to learn 5-8 year olds signed up for this years Barrow All Stars. Every Saturday morning for 8 weeks in May and June, a pool of All Star Activators, led by Rob Pilbrow will be developing the talents of our future club stars. To register for Barrow All Stars 2026 please use the link below :-

https://ecb.clubspark.uk/AllStars/BarrowCC/Course/194868f7-59fb-4213-b98f-97daf6367033

So, with an anticipated 130 junior members and 70 games being arranged all systems are now go for an exciting and hopefully successful dry season again for all junior teams. Good luck to all those involved. Thanks to all the coaches, managers, parents, and others involved in junior cricket at Barrow CC. We truly have a very special junior set up at the club for this season. And finally, a special thank you to our junior sponsors for their continued support and kit suppliers Kukri.

Jon Linford
(Head of Junior Cricket, Barrow CC)