Hartsfield Financial Planning confirmed as new headline shirt sponsor for County Boys pathway teams

From the 2023 season onwards, Hartsfield Financial Planning will become the headline shirt sponsor for all county boys pathway teams; continuing the partnership with Wiltshire Cricket that began in 2022.

Hartsfield Financial Planning are a team of independent financial advisers, investment experts and pension advisers serving Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham and Wiltshire with offices across the South West.

Alongside mental and physical health, Hartsfield believe financial wellbeing is key to living life to the full. Feeling in control of your finances. Fine-tuning a plan for the present and a strategy for the future. Finding a sense of security and peace of mind.

By building a financial plan around your goals, Hartsfield put you in control and give you the freedom to pursue what matters most.

Hartsfield become the headline sponsor for our County Age Group Boys teams at a very exciting time for pathway cricket in Wiltshire. In 2022, we were very proud to professionalise our pathway cricket offer in a number of ways:

  • In total we played 178 representative matches (an increase on 2021) across our girls and boys teams.
  • For the first year, we also introduced an outdoor practice phase of the season for our representative teams, in order to provide additional support on top of the winter coaching programmes.
  • A full time analyst placement student was appointed to work on behalf of Wiltshire Cricket, meaning that an increasing number of matches have been live streamed and uploaded to our Youtube channel. This is an emerging development for pathway cricket and is hopefully a sign of what will be available in the future for a young cricketer
  • At the start of the summer we delivered our first ever parents workshop as a means of introducing our parents to the Wiltshire Cricket pathway, introducing them to our Talent Pathway Framework, and outlining the ways in which they can support their son and/or daughter during their pathway journey

However, in addition to the Cricket played we are also proud to share that in 2022 we also introduced the following new things, off the field, to our Pathway:

  • A new Talent Pathway Framework – During the 2021-2022 winter, we produced our first ever Wiltshire Cricket Talent Pathway Framework. This is a framework document that has really helped to;
    • a) professionalise our talent pathway offer, and,
    • b) provide real clarity to players, parents and coaches about what our talent pathway entails and what to expect from it. Specifically, the framework includes:
      • The Player Pathway from Club through to Wiltshire CCC 1st XI
      • Age Group Timeline - what are the key focuses of each stage of the pathway
      • What will each year in the Wiltshire Cricket Talent Pathway look like?
      • Batting/Bowling/Fielding Frameworks - these are supported by the Skills Framework videos available on this website
      • The personal attributes that will benefit players in the Wiltshire Cricket Talent Pathway
      • Talent ID and Player Selection
      • Current County cricketers who started their journeys in the Wiltshire Cricket Talent Pathway

              The Talent Pathway framework document can be viewed on our website via the link provided.

  • The launch of a new Talent Pathway Support Fund – The Wiltshire Cricket Talent Pathway Support Fund recognises that individuals and their families at all levels within the pathway make significant sacrifices and financial contributions to support and enable participation within the various aspects of the programme, and so on that note the fund can help to support the costs of winter coaching through to summer matches. More information on our Talent Pathway Support Fund is available via our website
  • Reduced cost of programmes for parents – Through the combination of your sponsorship and an initiative from ECB to reduce financial barriers associated with pathway cricket, we have been able to reduce the cost of winter coaching programmes for girls and boys this coming winter to the value of £110 for boys and £165 for girls. This is an incredible initiative as we work towards making our pathway as affordable and accessible as possible

As we look ahead to 2023, we are currently about half way through our winter coaching programmes. Shortly after the conclusion of this programme we will move in to an outdoor practice phase before our full matchplay programme commences.

We thank Hartsfield for their support of Wiltshire and look forward to sharing lot of success in 2023.

Hartsfield Financial Planning - https://www.hartsfield.co.uk

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our other Talent Pathway sponsors for 2023: