But the thing I’ve learned about coaching is that it’s about helping people on and off the pitch. “I wake up every day thinking about cricket and helping people,” she says. Getting the Glamorgan/Cricket Wales job last year and being able to work full-time in cricket has been an absolute dream.”Īimee’s progression has also included two years as assistant coach for The Hundred women’s team Welsh Fire. Eventually, I started coaching, and the volunteer work I was doing just continued to grow and grow. “Back then, I was giving up weekends, evenings – basically every spare moment. As I grew up, I played for the West of England girls’ team when I was 16 and then I just played recreationally until a Wales women’s team started while I was at university. My first match was with a boys’ team when I was 11. “My dad played club cricket, I went along from the time I could walk, and I soon caught that love of the game.
“Cricket was always my passion,” she says. For more than 20 years before that, she juggled her full-time job in the civil service with voluntary cricket coaching.
What’s happened with women’s and girls’ cricket here isn’t down to me.”Īimee has recently celebrated 12 months in full-time cricket with Glamorgan and Cricket Wales. There are so many good people involved in Welsh cricket. “I’m hugely proud that someone took the time to nominate me, but I was totally shocked and I had absolutely no idea about it.
She is one of the four cricket nominees – vote here for Grassroots Sportswoman of the Year Award – but admits she almost entirely ignored the email revealing her nomination. Cricket Wales women’s and girls’ pathway lead Aimee Rees is gearing up for a night she’ll never forget after being recognised for decades of outstanding community work with youngsters across her country.Īimee will head to London on Thursday 2 November to attend a glittering ceremony for the Sunday Times 2023 Sportswomen of the Year Awards.
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