Hampshire County Cricket Club has recently appointed a new Cricket Development Office, Neil Rider, to replace Mark Garaway. He will take up his new position on 4 February 2002.

Neil lives in Reading and has been the CDO for the Berkshire Cricket Board since July 2000 where, among his achievements, was the designing and implementing a Primary Schools Roadshow which led to over 10,000 boys and girls playing cricket.

Initially from Suffolk, Neil has a degree in Recreation Management from Loughborough University. He is a Level III Coach and has been involved in coaching the Berkshire Minor Counties team, County youth squads in Berkshire, Leicestershire and Suffolk and the England Women and South West Region Womens teams.

Neil played Minor Counties cricket for Suffolk and Berkshire and, last season, played for Hungerford in the Southern Electric Premier League.

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