Old Rutlishian’s Cricket Club a.k.a ‘Old Ruts’ was founded in 1908 and has been the centre of cricket in the leafy suburb of Merton Park in Wimbledon for well over 100 years. We are one of Surrey Cricket’s larger cricket clubs with our senior players regularly fielding six teams on a Saturday, two on a Sunday, three women’s teams and our juniors section provides cricket for over 450 boys and girls starting with All Stars all the way through to U18s.

Our first team play in Division 1 of the Surrey Cricket Championship recently promoted.

Our club is inclusive, friendly and fun with a passion to inspire children to love cricket. Our coaches are enthusiastic in their approach providing a high quality of coaching with great facilities.

• This is a crucial role in the club working alongside our Head Coach, Eranga Mendis to grow the skills and success of Old Ruts players and our teams, drawing new people to be part of our club.
• The candidate would be a minimum level 2 coach and have proven experience of coaching groups of between 10-30 individuals. The individual must be a competent cricketer capable of batting and playing in the ORCC First Team.

The club will commit up front to both a full winter and summer coaching programme which will include school holiday camps and the opportunity for 1-2-1 coaching all year round, utilising club facilities. Opportunities also exist with our close relationship with Rutlish School and local primary School, in supporting the provision of delivering cricket in the curriculum.

Responsibilities:

• To play in the First XI (Top order bat)
• To lead all adult coaching
• To improve the quality of cricketers across the club.
• To Improve the quality of coaching delivered across the club.
• To help transitioning from Juniors to Adult Cricket
• To coach for five days a week for 15 weeks summer coaching – All age groups
• To coach for four days a week for 18 weeks winter coaching – All age groups

This is a fantastic opportunity in a club with real ambition, improving performance at all levels and a wonderful community spirit.