![]() I believe enjoyment brings success and that’s what we’ve worked hard to do. He said: “I’ve tried to instill positivity into the players and create an environment that is relaxed, feels like home for them but is also performance-based. Having worked with all nine of the players, ACE’s Bristol lead, Theo Gordon, said he’s thrilled to see them get a chance to showcase their skills at county level. While the nine newly selected pathway players are now attending regular training sessions with their respective counties, the group will still continue to receive coaching from Bristol’s ACE Academy as part of their continued development. James Hutchings (Gloucestershire), Otis Lemon (Gloucestershire), Jamal Khawaja (Gloucestershire), Omar Khawaja (Gloucestershire), Parish Bailey (Gloucestershire), Hanchairat Mani Ponting (Gloucestershire), Nelson Taylor (Somerset), William Carter (Wiltshire), Max Edmunds (Wiltshire). ACE Academy Bristol players selected for County Age Group Programmes (South West only): Just a little over a year later and Bristol’s ACE Academy has produced its first County Age Group players. Since launching in Bristol and led by ACE Bristol Development Officer, Theo Gordon, the programme has delivered regular coaching sessions in urban areas of the city in the hope of unearthing talented youngsters from African and Caribbean backgrounds. The big break for the cohort of young talent comes after they spent the last year taking part in skills-based coaching programmes at ACE Academy sessions in Bristol.įirst launched by Surrey in January 2020 in response to a decline of black British professional players by 75% in recent years, the ACE Programme partnered with Gloucestershire Cricket and the Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation (GCF) in September 2021, in a bid to provide talent pathways for young black players in the Bristol area. Six of the successful players have been inducted into Gloucestershire’s Talent Pathway while one has been selected for Somerset’s Pathway and two for Wiltshire’s. Nine young players who were identified and developed by Bristol’s African Caribbean Engagement (ACE) Academy have been selected for County Age Group Programmes in the South West of England. Nine players picked up by Bristol’s ACE Academy selected for County Pathway programmes
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