{"id":718474,"date":"2026-07-30T04:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718474\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:35:31","slug":"family-day-2026-junior-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718474\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Day 2026: \u201cJunior Takeover\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                Family Day 2026: \u201cJunior Takeover\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of our annual Family Fun Day, we once again gave our young Members and supporters the opportunity to take over the Cooper Associates County Ground during our Metro Bank One Day Cup match against Warwickshire.<\/p>\n<p>Somerset CCC, in collaboration with Somerset Cricket Foundation, invited youngsters to take on a number of matchday roles, including:<\/p>\n<p>Pre-match Pitch Report<br \/>\nCoin Toss<br \/>\nMatchday Announcing<br \/>\nScoring<br \/>\nPhotography<br \/>\nCommentary<br \/>\nLive Stream Operating<br \/>\nLive Blogging<br \/>\nDJ<br \/>\nPost-Match Interview<\/p>\n<p>As well as being good fun, the day gave those involved a taste of what it\u2019s like working in professional sport on a busy matchday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Peter Trego is joined by Freddy (and a goat) for today\u2019s pitch report, part of our Junior Takeover Day.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/YouAreSomerset?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#YouAreSomerset<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SOMvGLO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SOMvGLO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46JXFwDHNZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/46JXFwDHNZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SomersetCCC\/status\/2081316931118805326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jenna Kirby, from Somerset CCC\u2019s Commercial Department, who was involved in the organisation of the successful event said: \u201cThe Junior Takeover is one of the most important elements of our annual Family Fun Day and it was great to see our young Members and supporters getting the chance to experience what it\u2019s like behind the scenes on a busy matchday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TOSS: Freddy is flipping the coin today as part of our Junior Takeover day!<\/p>\n<p>Warwickshire win the toss and elect to bowl.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/YouAreSomerset?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#YouAreSomerset<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SOMvGLOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SOMvGLOS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wlqkhW4sOv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wlqkhW4sOv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SomersetCCC\/status\/2081363567471636869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the children involved did a fantastic job and it was great to see them having such a good time. Everyone at Somerset County Cricket Club would like to thank all of those who took part because they played a major part in helping us to deliver a brilliant matchday experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87890\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HJT_0651-1-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Family Day 2026: \u201cJunior Takeover\u201d As part of our annual Family Fun Day, we once again gave our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-718474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}