Kia have launched a brand new competition for recreational women’s cricket clubs in the UK.
Having partnered with The Cricketer magazine, Kia have launched The Kia Summer Smash – a unique new competition for recreational women cricketers giving them the opportunity to play at the Kia Oval and be crowned Kia Summer Smash champions!
Kia, long-term supporters of women's professional cricket through their sponsorship of the national women's cricket team and title sponsorship of the Kia Super League, see this competition as a perfect way to join up their sponsorship of elite and recreational women's cricket.
The competition, open to women's clubs in the UK, will take place over four weekends during the height of summer at regional festivals, with the winner of each regional festival competing at the Kia Oval on Friday 20th September.
Played in an exciting T10 format, each regional festival will be contested by 12 teams. Each side will be guaranteed a minimum of two games in the group format, before knockout games to determine the winner – who will be crowned regional winners and will progress to finals day
at the Kia Oval.
As well as competitive cricket, each regional festival will be a celebration of this great game, with fun family activities for spectators including coaching masterclasses run by former Ashes winner Lydia Greenway.
The competition is open to women’s recreational clubs. If your club is interested in this competition, you can enter via the Kia Summer Smash website: Enter Now!
Sides selected to enter will compete in one of 4 regional festival days:
- Western Festival – Saturday July 13
- Southern Festival – Saturday July 27
- Northern Festival – Saturday August 10
- Midlands Festival – Saturday August 17
The winners from each festival will compete in the Kia Summer Smash finals day at the Kia Oval on Friday 20th September. The venues for each festival will be confirmed in due course and wil appear on the Kia Summer Smash Website.
For more information please see the document below, visit the Kia Summer Smash Website or email kiasummersmash@thecricketer.com