The Manly Warringah Cricket Coaching School (MWCCS) was established in 1992 by Shawn Bradstreet, David Ford and David Patterson as an avenue for young cricketers on the Northern Beaches to develop their skills and enhance their enjoyment for the game. In 2022 they celebrated 30 years of clinics.
David Ford is now the sole head coach. David played his junior cricket with Palm Beach RSL Cricket Club (since absorbed into Peninsular Cricket Club) and St Paul’s College in Manly. He progressed through the Manly-Warringah Junior Representative teams to a successful first grade career with Manly-Warringah. He is one of a select group to play 1st grade cricket and rugby union for Manly.
A current school teacher on the Northern Beaches, David has worked as the Metropolitan North Development Officer for Cricket NSW, and has been Head Coach at Warringah Shires and Assistant Coach at Manly-Warringah Cricket Club.
David has also had extensive coaching experience overseas being Head Coach of the Perthshire Cricket Club in Scotland, Head Coach of North County Cricket Club and Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin, Ireland. He is a qualified Level 3 Cricket Coach under the National Cricket Accreditation Scheme.
David currently coaches numerous Emerging Blues players and has coached current NSW representatives Jackson Bird and Ollie Davies.
Ontop of this, David is a proud sponsor of our club, supporting Shivani Mehta for the 2023/24 season. Click here to view Shivani’s player profile.
This summer, MWCCS will be holding their Manly Warringah clinics in the Summer school holidays in December 2023 and January 2024. The December clinic is a two day clinic held on 18 and 19 December. The January clinic will be a 3 day clinic on 15 to 17 January, 2024. Both clinics are at Weldon Oval Curl Curl. They are now are now ready to book.
Click here to view clinic details.
You can book for the December clinic by clicking here, or the January clinic by clicking here.
For further information, please contact David Ford on 0415 448 138 or mwccs@hotmail.com
