Hampshire VI Cricket Club

Hampshire Visually Impaired Cricket Club (HVICC) was formed in November 2008 and started playing competitive matches in May 2009 (original team members pictured below with Club Coach Chris Wheeler). The Club owes a huge debt of gratitude to all its supporters, The Primary Club, Hampshire Cricket Board, and their original sponsors 3C Environmental Technology, British Blind Sport and Sport England.

 

The Club is run by a committee comprising Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Club Development Manager.

 

CLUB’S AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

 

To provide an inclusive environment in which people with Visual Impairments can fully enjoy amateur cricket through participation or volunteering.

 

To foster and promote the sport of blind cricket at all levels within the community and within the sport, providing opportunities for recreation, coaching and competition.

 

To encourage all members to participate fully in the activities of the Club.

 

To ensure that all members, playing and non-playing, abide by the ECB Code of Conduct which incorporates the Spirit of Cricket and by the Laws of Cricket.

 

To ensure a duty of care to all members of the Club by adopting and implementing the ECB ‘Safe Hands – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children’ and any future versions of the Policy.

 

To ensure a duty of care to all members of the Club by adopting and implementing the ECB Cricket Equity Policy and any future versions of the Policy.