Managing Director
Chris Berry
- 20+ years in the cricket industry
- Founded Stick Cricket, the online cricket game
- Founded The Cricket Asylum
- Founded TCA Sports Tours
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Why us
Why tour with us
Personally organised by cricket people, protected by a licensed tour operator, and built to make your tour better value, more memorable and easier to run.
Why us
What you get with TCA Sports Tours
Every tour is personal, protected and built around your players. Here's what that means in practice.
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Personally organised by cricket experts
Your tour is planned by people who have played and coached the game at a high level, and you deal with the same small team from your first call to the flight home.
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Best price guarantee
We guarantee the best price we can achieve for the tour you want, and every quote shows exactly what's included, so there are no surprises later.
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Fundraising packs and support
We give you a fundraising pack and practical help to raise money for the tour, so more of your players can afford to travel.
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Contacts for the best grounds and opposition
Years in the game mean we can open doors to the best grounds and find opposition that's well matched to your squad, so every match is worth playing.
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Researched excursions and community projects
Every excursion is fully researched by our team, and our community projects are chosen to make a real difference to the people who host you.
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An industry-leading tour app
Our tour app holds everything in one place: the full itinerary, safeguarding documents, fixtures, dietary information, contact numbers and more, for staff, players and parents.
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A secure tour portal that takes the admin off your hands
Your tour has its own secure online portal. Every document is in one place for you to access, and we send and record updates and information for parents and collect the paperwork, so the jobs you'd otherwise have to manage are done for you.
This is not just a cricket event. It's about people, connections and building memories as a team. The growth in the unit I saw from start to finish was amazing.
Dean Headley, Director of Cricket, Blundell's School
Financial peace of mind
ATOL protected and PTS registered
Your money is protected from the moment you book.
TCA Sports Tours holds its own ATOL licence, number 11567, so the flight-inclusive tours we sell are protected under the UK's ATOL scheme.
We are also registered with Protected Trust Services. Client money is held in a trust account, separate from our own, until your tour has taken place.
For a school or club collecting money from families, that's one less thing to worry about.
Licence 11567
Client money held in trust
Cricket specialists
The TCA Sports Tours team
TCA Sports Tours is run by people who have spent their lives in the game, and every itinerary is shaped by that experience.
Our Managing Director, Chris Berry, founded Stick Cricket, the online cricket game that had its biggest ever day the day after the 2005 Ashes. He also founded The Cricket Asylum, a respected indoor cricket facility and academy in West Yorkshire.
Our Director of Cricket, Matt Dawson, is a Level 3 qualified coach with more than 20 years' experience, who has played and coached around the world.
Director of Cricket
Matt Dawson
- Level 3 qualified coach
- 20+ years' experience playing and coaching at a high level
- Former Yorkshire CCC Academy and Second XI
- Capped Cheshire CCC player
Operations and bookings
Liz Jackson
Liz looks after all things admin. From flights to bookings, she keeps every tour running smoothly behind the scenes, and she's always on hand to help with any administrative question, however small.
Live streaming and tech
Sam Staley
Sam grew up being coached by Matt and now fits TCA around his university studies. He looks after live streaming, scoring and all the behind-the-scenes tech, so families back home can follow the cricket as it happens.
Education and tour support
Tony Curtis
A retired teacher, Tony has joined the team to grow our educational tours through TCA Tours. He also travels with groups as on-tour liaison and support, bringing a teacher's eye to looking after young people away from home.
TCA stand out for their meticulous planning, professionalism, and genuine understanding of what makes a cricket tour successful.
Our story
- 2012
The Cricket Asylum
Chris founds The Cricket Asylum, an indoor cricket facility and academy in West Yorkshire, and Matt joins him to develop the coaching side of the company.
- 2016
The TCA Foundation
The TCA Foundation is founded as a registered charity, supporting grassroots cricket and aspiring players with funding and scholarships. Today it also supports individuals to tour, making tours more accessible.
- 2018
TCA Sports Tours begins
TCA Sports Tours is founded, with its first tours to India.
- 2019
Barbados
Tours to Barbados follow, including matches at Kensington Oval.
- Today
A small team, a personal service
A team of five, working from The Cricket Asylum, looks after every group personally, with the cricket and the wider experience at the heart of every tour.
Tell us about your tour
Get in touch with the kind of tour you're after, your budget and when you'd like to travel, and we'll come back with options built around your team.