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Spond is excited to announce a partnership with the Surrey Cricket Foundation. Surrey represents the largest catchment of clubs in the UK, and the Surrey Junior Cricket Championship is the largest cricket league in the UK. Spond will be delivering online workshops to the clubs, as well as continually looking at ways to support both the leagues and the clubs in the Surrey Cricket Foundation catchment.
Further to their continued support of cricket in the county, Spond sponsored the Unsung Hero Award at the Grassroots Cricket Awards which were held at The Oval on Sunday. The awards recognise the impact of volunteers across the game in Surrey.
Spond is a great fit for cricket clubs, supporting coaches through improved communications and team management, saving on average around 2.5 hours per week for club administrators.
Shoreham and Otford have used Spond ever since the two clubs merged. "We would really struggle to manage the team without Spond. In fact, it's one of those things where you look back and wonder how on earth you got by without it," said Grant Scandling, a committee member at the club. "Payments is one area where it really makes a difference. Instead of having to manage cash, bank transfers and sometimes even cheques, we now collect all subs, match fees and other payments via the Spond app. Our Treasurer loves it!"
Trine Falnes, Spond CEO, commented: “Surrey County Cricket is world-renowned, although of course the county team and The Oval are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what they do, and we’re delighted to be playing a part in supporting the grassroots game in the county. Spond is a real game changer for coaches and admins in all sports, and cricket is no exception, as our 65,000 UK cricketers will testify. I can’t wait tee off our partnership and show Surrey Cricket coaches how they can stop spending so much time on admin and start doing more of what they love, in the nets or out on the pitch.”
Assistant Director of Cricket Participation, Simon Hards, said: “We’ve been working with Spond for some time now and been really impressed with their customer-centred approach. As a Foundation we’ve always been proud to innovate and lead the way with our programmes and activities, and we feel that Spond aligns closely to our values and ambitions.
“We particularly like their willingness to engage proactively with end users in order to improve and develop their club management systems, all with the intention of making the operation of a recreational cricket club easier to deliver. We look forward to working with them over the coming year as we both look to further support our network of recreational cricket clubs.”
If you would like to find out more about Spond and how they could help your club, please contact Trine Falnes via email at trine@spond.com