Cricket
Our Facilities
Our field and net facilities adheres to high standards and have been chosen by the Titans and Northerns Academy and provincial structures as their preferred playing and practice facility. The facilities are comprised of the following:
- 4 Synthetic Nets
- 6 Grass Nets
- 11 Middle pitches
About Villagers
Cricket
Irene Villagers Cricket Club is one of the biggest cricket clubs in the Northerns Cricket Union (NCU) with 19 teams across the juniors, ladies and gentlemen cricket sections.
Our quality integrated coaching programme hosts 11 coaches, including a Club Head Coach, Club Bowling Coach, Club Batting Coach, Ladies Head Coach and Junior coaching section, we provide our members with the best club training programme and opportunities in the NCU.
These opportunities and playing cricket “The Villagers’ Way” award our cricketers with a great cricketing experience and success.
Partnerships
All partnerships that promote and develop cricket within our community is important to us. The most noticeable partnerships are:
Irene Country Club
NCU Academy
Titans Academy
School
Various schools form part of our feeder school system. Together we provide our community with a cricket and general sporting lifestyle experience that is both competitive and enjoyable.
Our Achievements in 2018 & 2019
Age Groups
Senior Cricket
Irene Villagers Cricket Club (IVCC) and all its teams are associated with the Northerns Cricket Union
Ladies Cricket
Ladies’ cricket is thriving at Villagers and fits perfectly into our family club culture. We are one of
Junior Cricket
Our junior cricket section caters for young cricketers from under-9
to under-15.
Our Committee
| Chairman | Richard Roundtree |
| Vice-chairman | Kyle Kunneke |
| Treasurer | Byron Paschke |
| Club Captain | Brandon Kirk |
| Junior Section | Werner De Klerk |
| Secretary | Anitha Madikizela |
| Social Media and Website | Walri van Heerden |
| Club Affairs | Pierre Coetzer |
| Head Coach | Byron Fraser |
| Ladies Head Coach and Assistant to Head Coach | Douglas Yates |
| Bowling Coach | Haydn Greener |
| Batting Coach | Zendon Verster |
| Junior Head Coach | Gerhard Herselman |
| Junior Coach | Richard Roundtree |
| Junior Coach | Stefan van Niekerk |
| Junior Coach | Tshiamo Leboloane |
| Junior Coach | Sibosiso Maseko |
| Junior Coach | Justin Renoldts |
| Junior Coach | Terrence Nel |
Cricket Development
Irene Villagers Cricket Club has various programmes and alignment initiatives to develop cricket and create a good pipeline for all our players.
Strategic alignment with schools, NCU, Titans and Cricket South Africa (CSA)
The alignment of skills and facilities with our feeder schools and the Titans are an important initiative to identify and develop talented players. Villagers are one of the first clubs which were awarded with CSA approved accommodation on the premises of the club to create support structures for talented players. These alignments create opportunities for players and makes Villagers one of the key feeder clubs for the Titans provincial teams.
