The Lord’s Taverners is the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability sports charity whose objective is to give disadvantaged and disabled young people a sporting chance.
Our mission is to enhance the lives if disadvantaged and disabled young people through sport and recreation.
Our programmes support some of the most marginalised and at risk young people in the UK. We create a range of opportunities for young people from deprived areas and those with disabilities to engage in sport and recreational activities in their local communities.
For more information about the Lord’s Taverners, please visit www.lordstaverners.org
CWC LUNCH 2018
AGM SUMMARY
These are strange times for all of us because of lockdown in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The restrictions introduced on March 23rd have severely curtailed the work of freelancers, threatened livelihoods, mental wellbeing and even the prospects of any cricket at all between now and the Autumn.
But CWC’s first ever online AGM, attended by nearly 100 people did offer a few rays of sunshine, thanks to the highs of 2019, the prospects of an expanded membership and the work of the Sports Freelancer Collective in representing the interests of the self-employed. READ MORE
NEW SPORTS FREELANCER PROJECTS
TriNorth Communications, the sports media agency which produces The Blizzard, the Nightwatchman, Wisden Cricket Monthly and Gridiron magazines, has set up two digital magazines to provide cricket and football freelance writers with regular vehicles for their work.
TriNorth employees have taken pay cuts while those Blizzard writers who could afford to do so generously waived fees in order to get the two magazines off the ground. The interactive Pinch Hitter, in association with the Nightwatchman, debuted on 3 April and will appear fortnightly. You can take a look at the first issue here: http://www.thenightwatchman.net/pinch-hitter/issue-1/ READ MORE
CWC LUNCH 2019
CWC AND ANTI-RACISM - Statement
The Cricket Writers’ Club remains committed to anti-racism and equality both now and into the future. We are always looking to do things better and we maintain a dialogue with all our members as to the role CWC can play in encouraging diversity in the cricket media.
It was outlined at the April AGM that the club has been working over the last year on a more prominent Respect in the Workplace agenda with the ECB, and when a new CWC student membership is launched, the club will actively be engaging with students from BAME backgrounds to ensure the opportunity is as visible and accessible as possible.
A diverse media is a strong media.
Alison Mitchell, CWC Chair
June 2020
STEPHEN FAY by Stephen Brenkley
Being at the cricket with Stephen Fay was a constant delight. We sat alongside one another for 15 or so years reporting for the Independent On Sunday and whatever was on display before us no day was ever dull.
It was perhaps an odd partnership. We were thrown together (thoughtfully, it should be said) by the paper’s exceptional sports editor, Neil Morton. Thanks to Stephen’s generosity of spirit we hit if off immediately. Only one of us could be called Stephen, of course, and it could only be him.
From the early 1990s and well into the 2000s we bickered (that was more me because there was always a high horse to mount), we gossiped (that was more him because he was wonderfully well-informed), we laughed (equally, because we both knew the importance of laughing), we compared notes on the game (and agreed surprisingly often). READ MORE
CLUB INFO
CWC CHAIR CONGRATULATES CONNOR
CWC Chair Alison Mitchell has extended her congratulations to former England captain Clare Connor, who has been announced as the next President of the MCC, taking over from current President Kumar Sangakkara. Connor will become the first female President in the Club's 233 year history.
Mitchell said, "The MCC's reputation stretches worldwide. Women have been playing leading roles in boardrooms, media centres and on the field for some time now, but this appointment strengthens the message that cricket is an inclusive sport. Having known Clare since her playing days, I know she will see this as a great honour, but also a further opportunity to impact the game in a hugely positive way."
Connor takes up her role in October 2021.