Club Values

Gingins Cricket Club (‘Gingins CC’ or ‘the Club’) is registered as an Association with the Gingins Commune. Our goal is to promote the sport of cricket in our region.
The Club was founded in March 2008 and has been successful in generating interest amongst a broad group of children in the La Cote and Geneva regions. We participate in coaching, games and tournaments throughout both summer and winter. Gingins CC members can play cricket all year round and can have cricket as their primary sport should they wish.
The Club is run by a Committee comprising parents of our members, which manages the coaching, finances, fixtures, events and Club rules. The Committee is also critically important in reinforcing the Club’s values.

Gingins CC Values

Gingins CC aims to teach our members more than just technical cricket skills. We believe that cricket is a wonderful game that can teach young children values and approaches to life that will stand them in good stead as they develop into young adults.
1. Team work
The most important one of these is team work and we constantly stress to our members that at Gingins CC, we play as a team. We of course celebrate great individual performances but our key focus is on getting everyone together to play as a team; winning as a team, losing as a team, respecting opposition, umpires and coaches but most importantly each other - as a team.
2. Respect
The second key value for Gingins CC is respect. Our members come from all over the world and we celebrate that. Behaviour from any of our members that disrespects the person or the rights of another member to participate in any of the Club’s activities free from abuse, bullying, violence, racism, or any act that demeans them is not tolerated and may lead to expulsion from the Club.
All the Gingins CC equipment must be treated with respect by its members. It must be treated with due care and attention and must be put away safely at the end of each use.
3. Parental involvement
A third key value is parent participation. We believe that young children benefit most from sport when their parents are actively engaged; watching training sessions, watching games, helping with coaching or generally contributing to Club activities. We take exception to the concept of parents dropping their children at the Club training or game activities, departing and coming back later to pick them up. Gingins CC is not a crèche and our coaches are not child-minders.
We understand that it is not always possible for parents to be present 100% of the time but we believe that a fundamental reason for the Club’s growth and success to date has been the active involvement of our members’ parents - this is a critical part of the Club’s DNA. We therefore do expect members’ parents to watch training and game events so that the children can benefit from their presence.
4. “Having a go”
A fourth key value is “having a go”. We acknowledge that winning is great and that our members get a great boost from winning. So yes, Gingins CC coaches will choose teams on merit and within teams the best players will be chosen to bowl and bat first; this is how cricket is played and it gives the team the greatest chance of winning. Yet our goal is to support all members and to give all members the chance to have a go. We remind our members that our success will be measured by the team’s success, by how much we support each other, and by whether we’ve gone out there, played in the right spirit and given it our absolute best, whether we win or lose.

We strive to uphold these values at all times. Our membership rules are formulated on this premise and with the sole intention of providing a framework that reinforces our values.