The Community Cricket Podcast is a new series created for anyone seeking to help club cricket thrive, brought to you by the people at Twenty 20 Community Cricket Ltd. Today’s conversation is with the chair of Farncombe Cricket Club, Graham Ekins.   Graham is a lifelong cricket fanatic, having started out as club scorer at the tender age of ten, through representing Surrey Young Cricketers and taking on almost every role going at Farncombe over many decades before eventually becoming chairman. As Graham himself says ‘I have seen the club through great times, bad times and currently becoming a hub in the local community.’   Graham relays his best advice, emphasizes the importance of face-to-face communication, and how to place a cricket club at the epicentre of the local community. He also shares his experience in developing junior and women’s sections, engaging and maintaining volunteers, and the importance of defining and understanding a club’s role in the locality. His priceless advice is not to be missed. Enjoy the show!   Notes on podcast series:   The Community Cricket Podcast is brought to you by Twenty 20 Community Cricket Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation aiming to support and promote cricket in state schools, to develop young cricketers of all ages & backgrounds and to develop associate cricket nations at all levels. The podcast is presented by Tim Ferrone and Darren Talbot. Darren brings an enormous wealth of cricket coaching and development experience, and Tim reckons he spends more time coaching than he does his ‘proper’ job. Both love the sport of cricket and are tremendously passionate advocates of its capacity to benefit all who partake in it. The Community Cricket Podcast is produced by Wrapped Up Music.   Connect with us: If you have a comment or club cricket question you’d like us to address, then just drop us a line at: [email protected] Find out more here: https://www.twenty20cricketcompany.com   Farncombe Cricket Club: https://farncombe.play-cricket.com/home   Sponsors: Enter CCP10 at checkout for a 10% discount with AJ Sports: https://www.AJsports.co.uk