Sulhamstead and Ufton Cricket Club (SUCC) has announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with NMR Coaching to deliver professional coaching to its junior membership. After many years during which MNR has delivered the ECB All-Stars and Dynamos programme on behalf of the Club, we are expanding the relationship so that MNR will organise and lead coaching for junior members across the Club.

Keith Briggs, Chair of SUCC, says “We are delighted to partner with MNR coaching to provide coaching for our club juniors. MNR brings experience of working in the local network of schools and with the parent-volunteers at the club. Through their experience and capabilities, we can increase our offer to families at the club in 2026 to include winter nets; individual and age-group coaching; community festivals and holiday camps.

The Club is immensely grateful to Sarah and Chris Mercer for their leadership of the Juniors section at the Club for many years. Now is the perfect time to build on their foundations, and provide a broader set of professional-led coaching to the growing membership as Finn and Noah move into the County Cricket system.”

Michael Chard, Director of MNR, says “I am excited to be part of the project and we look forward to evolving the partnership between MNR Coaching and SUCC in 2026 and beyond. We are keen to be a key part of developing the junior section at the Club and working with their experienced parent-coaches and team managers. That collaboration and the exceptional facilities that SUCC have developed at their grounds, including high quality practice nets; two squares with hybrid pitches and a superb outfield will allow us to bring through the next generation of cricketers at the club.”