WHAT better way to start your weekend than by watching your little ones play cricket on the picturesque Tilford village green while enjoying the hospitality of The Barley Mow pub?

This summer Tilford Cricket Club is offering children’s cricket coaching every Friday from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. It’s the first time Tilford CC has run a junior section and it has certainly got off to a flying start.

More than 60 girls and boys between four and eight years old attended the first coaching session at the end of April and enjoyed fun batting, bowling and fielding drills coached by Level One and Two qualified cricket coaches.

Mark Babb, Surrey’s cricket participation officer relayed how pleased the Surrey Cricket Foundation are to be able to support Tilford CC in establishing junior cricket.

He said: “It was great to see over 60 youngsters enjoying their cricket on the opening night, a testament to the hard work the club has put in over the winter to get the session up and running.”

The Barley Mow pub is providing a ‘Children’s Cricket Tea’ on Friday evenings from 4pm until 7pm with a discount for participants.

Tilford junior cricket coaching forms part of the ECB’s new All Stars programme designed to get children enjoying cricket from an early age.

Each child that signs up gets their own bat, kit bag and an All Stars cricket top with their name on. They also get to be part of the ECB’s national junior cricket network.

There are still a few places left for the sessions which run until July 14.

For more information visit the website www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars.