Proud Caistor stalwart Wes Allison says his club runs three senior Saturday sides, one Sunday side, an under-17, two under-15s, two under-13s and two under-11s.
"Is there any other club offering as much cricket as us?" he asks.
Wes also reveals they have about 30 under-10s training on Friday nights and wonders whether any other Lincs club can match that.
Lincs Cricket Latest will be pleased to receive YOUR club's run-down of junior teams, if it can rival Caistor's.
Who has the most isn't really the issue, though. The point is lots of boys (and girls) are being introduced to the noble sport in the proper way - by people who know what they are doing. And in a safe environment. Back in the 1960s/1970s many of us from council estates, in particular, learned to play our cricket on rough bits of playing field, using a hard (cork) ball and without pads, 'boxes', arm-guards or gloves - never mind helmets.
Such rough and ready cricket helped you develop a good eye - the trouble was, you could easily have lost one by the time you got old enough for men's cricket!
Hopefully, through the efficient youth policies employed by clubs like Caistor (and many others), and encouraged by the Lincolnshire Cricket Board, scores of these kids will come up through the ranks, in the years to come, and keep our club sides fully manned (and woman-ed!).
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