About us
Stallions Cricket Academy (SCA) is a new academy based in Doha, Qatar initiated by a group of passionate Cricket coaches who are well qualified and experienced in Cricket coaching and have played first class cricket around the world. The academy was started with the main aim of developing the beautiful game of Cricket in Qatar and to provide the opportunity to the aspiring young cricketers in Qatar to have quality, world class cricket coaching.
Stallions are led by its Head Coach Sidath Tennakoon, who is an ICC level 1, Cricket Australia Level 2 (Advanced) and Sports & Activity First Aid qualified coach with years of coaching experience and First Class playing experience. He was the Deputy Head Coach and Chief Operating Officer at Desert Cubs Cricket Academy, Dubai which is currently the largest cricket academy in Dubai providing coaching for more than 600 youngsters. With his rich experience in managing and coaching a large Cricket Academy in the gulf, Stallions wish to expand into all corners of Qatar in search of talent and converting that talent into skill and develop the game across the country. Sidath is well supported by his management team comprising Deputy Head Coach Ashan Perera and Senior coaches Manoj Arthanat, Lakshita Perera and Manjula Sandanayaka who are ICC and ACC qualified coaches who have played first class cricket.
SCA boasts for three ACC Level 2 qualified senior coaches and 15 ICC and ACC qualified assistant coaches including the current Qatar Women’s National Team Coach Shivani Mishra, and former Scotland National team player and Coach Steuart Kennedy who are both qualified level 2 coaches. Stallions are honoured to have the guidance from the current Qatar U19 National Coach Trishane Nonis on its coaching curriculum and development of the game and facilities for Cricket in Qatar. SCA also have dedicated fitness coaches to improve the physical ability of the players and planning to introduce sessions on Mental Strength, Leadership and Team building in addition to its Cricket technical skills sessions through qualified professionals.
There are number of teams from Dubai, UK, South Africa, Sri Lanka and India have already shown interest in touring Qatar to play against local teams which would be a significant boost in developing the game in Qatar. Stallions also wish to arrange overseas tours and conduct local tournaments for its members in the near future. As a start SCA plans to bring in two junior teams from Dubai in December 2013 which would be the first ever junior teams to visit Qatar to play Cricket.
SCA currently follows three results oriented coaching programs i.e. Beginners (Soft ball), Intermediate (Soft and Leather ball) and Elite (Leather Ball) for both boys and girls from 6 years and above. SCA uses the latest coaching equipment including bowling machines for its coaching sessions and focuses on innovative implicit coaching methods. Stallions believe that developing the coaches and making sure that they are up-to-date with the latest developments in Cricket and coaching techniques is as important as developing the players. With this in mind SCA runs an internal Coach Development Programme uses resources from ICC, Cricket Australia, ACC and ECB for this program. The coaches have shown excellent development through this program and 3 of the coaches got accredited last month through ICC. Stallions Cricket Academy is passionate in developing Cricket in Qatar and aims to develop the young Colts into strong Stallions who are elegant and leading others with passion. |
Coaching Schedule
Days: Every Friday and/or Saturday Mornings (Can provide afternoon sessions if there is sufficient demand)
Time: Two hour slots (From 8.30am to 10.30am)
Facility: QP Grounds and nets facility including Dukhan School nets
Age groups: Boys and Girls 6 years and above (requires minimum 10 players to start a squad)
Structure: Beginners (Soft Ball)
Intermediate (Soft and Leather Ball)
Elite (Leather Ball)
(SCA can consider coaching adults if sufficient numbers are available)
Coaching Equipment: Provided by stallions
Player Equipment:
Beginners – Player need to bring a bat of any kind. Plastic bat preferred (initial sessions can be done by using SCA equipment).
Intermediate and Elite – Players need to bring in the full individual playing kit.
(SCA can provide Cricket equipment approximately 10% less than market rates)
Fees: Standard fee structure of stallions (See attached excel file)
Opportunities: Play against the visiting teams from other countries
Participate in local tournaments arranged by stallions and other Organizations
Participate in internal tournaments and friendly matches arranged by Stallions
International tours to UK, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia etc.
Scholarships under Stallions overseas player exchange program |
