Gloucestershire Cricket announces the departure of John Bracewell
18 December 2014
With Gloucestershire County Cricket Club about to restructure its cricket operations a mutual agreement has been reached that the Director of Cricket John Bracewell will be leaving the Club on 31 January 2015.
John, who first joined the County Club in 1999, enjoyed considerable One-day success during his first tenure as he led Gloucestershire to five One-day trophies:
- NatWest Trophy in 1999 and 2000
- Benson & Hedges Super Cup in 1999
- Benson & Hedges Cup in 2000
- Norwich Union Sunday League Cup in 2000
In 2002, Gloucestershire also won the Division II league title.
Having returned to his native New Zealand in 2003, when he took up the post of National Head Coach, he returned to Gloucestershire in 2009.
Gloucestershire Chief Executive, Will Brown said:
“We would like to thank John for all of his hard work and dedication to Gloucestershire County Cricket Club over his time with the Club. He led the Club through an unparalleled period of success and will rightly always be regarded as one of our most successful coaches ever. We wish him all the best with the next stage in his career.”
Gloucestershire Director of Cricket, John Bracewell said:
“There are times in a coach’s career when he has to take the training wheels off and let his charges make their own decisions on how they move forward. I feel this time is now.
"This group of players are ripe to produce and I would like to thank them and my coaching staff for their hard work and desire to learn and improve.
"I would also like to thank the members who have travelled this journey. Your loyalty to this young group growing up through what has been one of the toughest periods in our history will be rewarded I'm sure.
"I have loved the challenge that was laid in front of me 6 years ago and with the Club having secured its future with International cricket it is time for us all to move on.”
The Club hope to announce the appointment of a new Head Coach prior to John’s departure.
