About Us:
Calypso Cricket was founded in 2007. We have a passion about the way that cricket coaching should be delivered and facilitated. The aim is to maximise talent and enjoyment, and best way to achieve this is to combine sports science and bio-mechanics with freedom and flair. The more fun you can make practice and training, the better players will become because they will want to practice more.
We provide coaching to players of all standards. Ranging from primary school aged children to advanced adults. Specialist coaching can be delivered depending on the requirements. We cater for a range of coaching requirements. From one-on-one sessions, courses during the school holidays, master-classes and after school clubs. We also run the Calypso Cricket XI which plays a number of fixtures during the season. We also run fitness specific sessions at several clubs across a variety of sports.
Spreading the game is something that's important to us. We specialise in developing the game in schools through PPA sessions, curriculum based teaching and school clubs.
The Staff:
Mark Costin
(Director)
Mark is Head of Physical Education at Sacred Heart Primary School, Battersea, an ECB Level 2 coach and a member of the ECB Coaches Association. He is an all-rounder for Wimbledon in the ECB Surrey Championship Premier League and has played for the Surrey Championship Premier League XI, Surrey Cricket Board and MCC. Mark has a Premier League winners medal from his time at his home town club, Stevenage in Hertfordshire. In 2009 he captained the Kensington & Chelsea franchise to victory in the inaugural T/20 Cricket League in London. Notably, he was man of the match in the final. He has been coaching since 2001 and has worked at Hampshire CCC, Surrey CCC, Hertfordshire CCC, Bank of England CC and Wimbledon CC, as well as several schools across London.
Mark also plays league football and tennis through the winter and is a qualified football, tennis, rugby and fitness instruction coach. He is currently studying for Strength & Conditioning, Netball and Gymnastics qualifications as well as working towards his ECB Level 3 certificate. Mark undertook a BSc degree in Sports Studies at Southampton University and is currently studying for a BSc degree in Psychology at the Open University.
In April 2010 Mark ran the Lonon Marathon in 4:56 hrs. He was running for a charity called the Brain & Spine Foundation. For more information about the charity or to donate go to:
http://www.brainandspine.org.uk
Phone: 07788706574
Link to Cricinfo page: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/366309.html
Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent
(Coach)
Ebony is an ECB Level 2 Coach, a member of the ECB Coaches Association and a trained tutor and assessor. She plays for Shepperton, MCC, Surrey and England as an opening batter. So far, in a glittering career she has won the World Cup, the World 20/20 Trophy, and an Ashes series. She was the first ever female member of the Surrey CCC Academy and amongst the first batch of Chance to Shine/ ECB coaching contracts awarded to the England players. Ebony has been working for the ECB, Surrey CCC and Chance to Shine as an Ambassador and schools coach. Her ambitions are to grow Calypso Cricket and to become the best batter in the world.
Ebony has also competed at a high level of athletics and basketball and is a keen musician who plays the drums and guitar. She holds a BSc and a MSc in Chemistry from University College, London and is currently working towards her ECB Level 3 certificate