Teams, match times and formats 

2024 teams

Match days given are generally true for league games, though there can be alterations and in addition to league games, there will also be cup games (generally weekday evenings) and friendlies (various days) running through to the end of August. 

Mixed squads

• Under 5-6s (U5-6s) - internal games between players at SMCC on Sat mornings - school years Reception and Year 1

• Under 7s (U7s) - internal games between players at SMCC on Sat mornings - school year 2

Girls' squads

• Under 8-9s (GU8-9s) soft-ball (school years 3-4) playing in Surrey Junior Championship Girls U9 Soft-Ball "Smash it" North; match days will likely be mainly Sunday mornings with some weeknights, and hopefully also a Kent U9s soft-ball league (matches likely on weeknights).

• Under 10-11s (GU10-11s) hard-ball (school year 5-6) playing in Surrey Junior Championship Girls Under 10-11 Tier 2 North-east; match days likely to be mainly Sundays. We also have an entry into the Girls U10-11 Hundred Cup, the North Kent Junior League Girls U11s (expected to be hard-ball this year) and the Kent U11 Girls "The Eighty" competition (hard-ball). 

• Under 12-13s (GU12-13s) hard-ball (school years 7-8) playing in Surrey Junior Championship Girls U13 Tier 2 North, with home matches likely to be mainly on Sunday mornings and away games on various weekday evenings. We also have entries into the Girls U12-13 Hundred Cup, the North Kent Junior League Girls U13s (hard-ball) and the Kent U13 Girls "The Eighty" competition (hard-ball). 

• Under 14-16s (GU14-16s) hard-ball (school years 9-11), playing in the Surrey Junior Championship Girls 14s Tier 2 North, with home matches likely to be mainly on Sunday mornings and away games on various weekday evenings, as well as the North Kent Junior League Girls U15s division (in which two U16s can play per match) plus hopefully a few U16-17 friendlies against other local clubs in the Kent & Surrey regions, with matches of various days of the week. We also have entries into the Girls Hundred Under Under 14-15 Cup and the Girls Hundred Under 16-18 Cup.

• Women's 2nd XI - this squad is expected to be a mix of adults and older teens, playing in the Surrey Women's league Division 1 on Sunday afternoons. An increasing number of teens also represent the Women's 1st XI.

Boys' squads*

• Under 8 (BU8) soft-ball (school year 3)- Surrey Junior Championship Under 8 Tier 2 Saturday London East - league matches on Sat mornings, plus internal games and hopefully some friendlies. 

• Under 9 Boys (BU9) soft-ball (school year 4)- Surrey Junior Championship Under 9 Tier 2 Saturday London - league matches on Sat mornings, plus internal games and hopefully some friendlies. 

• Under 10 Boys (BU10) hard ball (school year 5)- Surrey Junior Championship Under 10 Tier 2 Sunday London - league matches on Sun mornings + North Kent Junior League U11 Pairs Division 2 (combined U10-11 squad, games mostly mid-week), and Surrey BU10 Cup (mostly mid-week)

• Under 11 Boys (BU11) hard ball (school year 6) Surrey Junior Championship Under 11 Tier 1 Sunday London - league matches on Sun mornings + North Kent Junior League U11 Pairs Division 2 (combined U10-11 squad, games mostly weekday evenings), and Surrey BU11 Cup (mostly mid-week)

• Under 12 Boys (BU12) hard ball (school year 7)- Surrey Junior Championship Under 12 Tier 1 Sunday North - league matches on Sun mornings + North Kent Junior League U13 Division 2 (combined U12-13 squad, games on various weekday evenings), and Surrey BU12 Cup (mostly mid-week).

• Under 13 (BU13) hard ball (school year 8) - Surrey Junior Championship Under 13 Tier 2 Sunday North, league matches on Sun mornings + North Kent Junior League U13 Division 2 (combined U12-13 squad, games on various weekday evenings) and Surrey BU13 Cup (mostly mid-week).

• Under 14 (BU14) hard ball (school year 9) - Surrey Junior Championship Under 14 Tier 1B Sunday East - league matches on Sundays (the "1B" divisions are intended to be a level between Tier 1 and Tier 2) + Surrey Junior Championship Under 14 Tier 2 North (mid-week) and Surrey BU14 Cup (mostly midweek). We also have an entry into the North Kent Junior League U15 Genese Cup (joint team with BU15) - in 2023 this was played over the space of 4 consecutive weekdays (Thu, Fri, Mon, Tue) at the beginning of the summer holidays.

• Under 15 (BU15) hard ball (school year 10) - Surrey Junior Championship Under 15 Tier 2 Sunday North-east - league matches on Sunday mornings + Surrey BU15 Cup +  North Kent Junior League U15 Genese Cup (joint team with BU14) - in 2023 this was played over the space of 4 consecutive weekdays (Thu, Fri, Mon, Tue) at the beginning of the summer holidays.

• Under 16-17 (BU16-17) hard ball (school years 11-12) - Surrey Junior Championship Under 17 T20 Tier 1 North East, league matches likely to be mainly various weeknights.

• Development XI - hard ball (mixed older teens and young adults) - Surrey Junior Championship Trust League Tier 2 London, league matches generally Sunday afternoons (40 over matches; teas provided) + friendlies

*We call these boy's squads, but they play in leagues which welcome mixed teams and if girls prefer to play in these matches, that certainly is possible.

Where are matches held? 

We have two home pitches at SMCC. See our location page for details. Where we have more than two home matches on the same day or pitches are in use for training (which is most of the time), we rent other local pitches - in 2022 this was mainly Mayow Park, South Norwood Lake; and Peckham Rye Park. Away matches are generally in southern London and typically take anywhere between 5-45 minutes driving time to get to or from. 

I don't drive. Can anyone give us a lift to away matches?

If you don't have a car, don't worry. Other parents are always happy to give lifts and it just makes the journey to and from the game more fun for both parents and players. Just post a message in your squad's Whatsapp group, giving your address. It is extremely rare that anyone struggles to get to a match.