Does your cricket club need more pitches this year?

The Flicx pitch has been a game-changer since it launched in the UK in 2001. While it has attracted global headlines for facilitating games from Kilimanjaro to the subterranean depths of Honister Slate Mine, it’s at clubs and schools where the impact has been most impressive.

In this content collaboration with Flicx, we’ll share how the portable, cricket pitch solution can provide a new facility, support more teams and work in various scenarios.

Suitable for all ages, 2G Flicx Pitches are available in different colours, lengths and designs which aid skill acquisition.

Multiple junior crease markings on the bestselling 2G Flicx Multi Age Pitch (MAP) mean clubs and schools can host all junior ages on one single pitch.

Meanwhile, training capacity can be increased with the popular 10m Skills Batting End which helps develop bowling accuracy, batting judgement and enables more realistic practice.

What does a 2G Flicx pitch cost?

A Flicx pitch price ranges from under £500 plus VAT (4m Match Throw Down) to £3,730 + VAT (2G Flicx Extra Length Multi Age Pitch).

It really depends on the length, design and level of customisation.

Have a look at the Flicx Pitch Shop for products based on surface design (Match, MAP, Skills or Eagle Eye), size and age range as a guide.

For peace of mind, it helps to know that the Flicx cricket pitch is trusted across the world (see case studies) from backyards in Australia to clubs and schools in Yorkshire, as well as Cricket Foundations in Essex, Gloucestershire, Surrey and Sussex, as well as Sixes Social Cricket.

The investment is in a roll-out cricket pitch that lasts for many years (five-year guarantee) that you can use in so many different ways to help your club grow.

Where to use a 2G Flicx cricket pitch?

The ingenuity comes with the fact that these are suitable for adults or juniors, hard ball or soft ball and outdoors or indoors.

Increasingly, clubs and schools have to think creatively about how or where cricket can be played – because of certain restrictions.

That might be a lack of grass pitches, a cricket square already at capacity or plans for new teams that require a solution.

Here are three ideas:

Indoors

Use a Flicx pitch in the lane of a cricket net (indoors or outside) for coaching and training. Or roll it out in a sports hall or gym for a junior match / tournament for more realistic indoor matting.

All Stars / Dynamos

Many cricket clubs take part in these ECB national programmes or have their own alternative running. The Flicx portable cricket pitch mat can help host sessions on an outfield, an artificial like a hockey pitch or indoors if it’s wet.

Women and girls’ cricket

One of the success stories in recent years is how many clubs now have a women and girls’ section or aim to launch teams in future. Depending on the size of a ground, a Flicx pitch can be used on the edge of a square or the outfield; here’s a look at the growth of softball festivals.

9 reasons to invest in a 2G Flicx Pitch

🏏 Easy to use, lightweight and portable

🏏 Consistent ball bounce and good carry

🏏 Takes seam and spin

🏏 Supplied with a Free Flicx Safety trolley

🏏 Traditional match or bold coaching designs

🏏 Brilliant logo printing opportunities to excite club sponsors

🏏 Made to order in the UK in your choice of colours

🏏 Works on a wide range of under surfaces

🏏 Non-slip surface offering good grip and traction

Incredible feedback

The ethos at Flicx is all about supporting everyone, regardless of age or ability, to have fun with cricket while improving their skills. Their pitches have been getting rave reviews for decades and the way Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate used theirs is a prime example.

Ben Gibbons, Lead Coach for Cricket, shared this: “We are pleased with how it played. The consistency and bounce have been better than expected! The plus point has been the multiple crease lines for the various age groups, and we are very pleased with how the pitch looks aesthetically with the school badge. It has done exactly what we were hoping it would do”.

Here in Yorkshire, Flicx pitches have been rolled out on the beach at Scarborough by the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation while I’ve interviewed Shadwell CC before about their use in junior cricket.

Contact Flicx

If you’d like to know more about Flicx cricket pitches then their excellent website at flicx.com is a great start, packed with advice and examples.

There’s the 2G Flicx Pitch Club PDF Guide for 2024 available to download.

You can email Kate Costin (Marketing & General Manager) to discuss your club’s requirements or call the office on 01295 816765.

To follow Flicx on Twitter, head to @FlicxPitch or you can follow them as @flicxpitch on Instagram for the latest news and offers.

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