afterschool sports

[MovingMama]

I'm looking for sports activities for my 7yo in Dulwich, Herne Hill and Camberwell. Have checked JAGS already, but all booked up!

many thanks

[legalalien]

Hi there,

You may be interested in a new English Cricket Board initiative to encourage children to give cricket a try for the first time - it is very skills focused and doesn't require equipment or previous cricket experience - the focus is on fun and parents and carers are encouraged to stay and join in. There are weekday and weekend sessions at Dulwich CC and Alleyns CC (run in addition to the club's existing junior membership and coaching programmes)- for more information see https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars.

Sam (am a volunteer parent at Dulwich CC and happy to answer any questions).

[Bagpipes]

Are girls encouraged to join? And do many of them sign up? Thanks

[Sqiggles]

I think by 7 it is worth asking them what they fancy doing and then searching for that? For example, there is a great hockey club (Tulse Hill?), Beacons netball club, gymnastics at alleyns and Dulwich college, football in Burbage road, climbing at jags, lots of swimming clubs...and that is before you get into the more obscure sports.

[legalalien]

On the cricket question, girls are absolutely encouraged to join, we are hopefully that this will be a better pathway for younger girls into club cricket, as they can sometimes be reluctant to join formal cricket sessions where they are outnumbered by the boys (the girls who aren't bothered about that generally hold their own against the boys at that age). This is the first year All Stars is being run, some girls have signed up already.

(As an aside we also have a girls- only session on a Weds for girls in Year 4 and above)