What are you doing this weekend? First Ball Academy is always excited about cricket, so when the outdoor season ends, we’re just...

One of our main goals for FBA is to run aspirational events for young people – aiming to provide Opportunities and inspire Possibilities...

11 months in, we are very grateful to our Members for their honest feedback about our work. With any new business, there are always...

Ahead of the All Girls Academy Hub Launch at Coloma (the only girls state school in Croydon) we are already running exhilarating cricket...

Following the festive break, we’re back this week and after weeks of good grub and too much TV we’re looking forward to running around! ...

Bowling forms a fundamental aspect of cricket, but luckily not this kind of bowling – turns out Tenpin ain’t really our thing 😉 With...

FBA are hugely excited to announce the launch of our new Croydon Girls Cricket Hub, in partnership with Coloma Convent Girls School – the...

In November we launch our weekly Thursday Indoor nets session for 16-18 year olds. Many clubs do not support the coaching of young...

During our first indoor season we faced lots of challenges with school hall availability during exam times. This left us calling round...

Let the Winter Season commence!  FBA look forward to providing a regular schedule for young people aged 8 through to 18 years over the...

Ever since a brief stop-off in Dubai on the way to Australia in 2011, with the (then small) kids, we’ve always nick-named it ‘Goodbye’....

A little depleted through illness and date clashes, the FBA Fam turned up to the Oval to support the nominees and winners of the 2021...

We could not have wished for better weather or turn out for our very first Awards evening. Only a couple of Members couldn’t make it, so...

Rain is usually an unwelcome guest when it comes to cricket – but today we don’t care!!! It was disappointing enough to cancel our first...

Usually us cricketer only have to worry about the rain. But Covid-19 has certainly been taking its toll on events this last year (and a...

At FBA we love getting people together, which has been pretty difficult recently as we all know – but these are exciting times,...

It is rare these days for us not to be excited – things are moving very quickly at FBA! And who wouldn’t get excited about booking dates...

Do you ever have one of those days when you feel you could take on the world? Well, we’ve taken our first step and booked a date to Take...

Yesterday was FBA’s first ever Open Evening and after just a week at Riddlesdown doing in-curricular coaching and a few early bird Member...

We are super excited to announce our training schedule from Monday April 26th. For the first few weeks we’ll be training hard but also...