Folk don’t half undertake some daft, ok, admirable challenges for a good cause. By the time you read this, Mark Sugden and Daniel Hill, who play and coach at Rodley Cricket Club, will have completed their charity walk from Headingley to Scarborough in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research. That’s eighty miles over four days with […]
Who will be crowned the best cricket club in Yorkshire?
After months of fixtures across Yorkshire’s four ECB Premier Leagues stretching back to April, the push to be the champion club is intensifying. Clubs from the Bradford Premier League, ECB Yorkshire League North, ECB Yorkshire South and North Yorkshire South Durham Cricket League are jostling to win their league and qualify for semi-finals at either […]
Driffield’s ‘Have a Go’ blueprint should be repeated across the country
Have a Go. Those simple three words caught my eye on Twitter the other day and it led to a conversation with a woman who clearly loves her cricket. Say hello to Pam Woodcock of Driffield Town Cricket Club who has been running ‘Have a Go’ cricket competitions annually since 1992. The premise behind it […]
Yorkshire Cricket Foundation and the power of sporting memories
Until now, I’d never set foot inside the Yorkshire Cricket Museum but as the electric shutters juddered up, a world of memorabilia led me through Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s esteemed history. @YCCC_YCF to celebrate Yorkshire day the great man is bedecked in the colours he created #HappyYorkshireDay pic.twitter.com/XxjTvqklm0 — Melway42 (@Melway42) August 1, 2016 It […]
Mount Cricket Club win hearts, minds and awards
It’s been an astonishing couple of years for Mount Cricket Club who play at the ‘Field of Dreams’ on Halifax Road in the Staincliffe district of Batley. With an unstoppable impetus fuelled by their volunteers, Mount’s growth has seen their club offering expand to include three senior teams (two in Huddersfield Central Cricket League and […]
Delph and Dobcross claim the Sykes Cup at Honley
Last Sunday was all about Huddersfield cup cricket. Ok, so we got a little lost on the drive over from Leeds but the bonus was a stunning drive through the countryside around Meltham before dropping down into the village of Honley. The Sykes Cup final saw favourites Delph and Dobcross, who had already beaten Broad […]
Do we play too much cricket but see too little?
Cue the howls of protest at that headline. Now before Disgruntled of Huddersfield or Unimpressed of Bradford gets in touch, hold your horses and let me explain. I want to see more get involved than the 850,000 or so in England and Wales who currently play cricket. I’d like anyone of any age to get […]
Yorkshire U17 Girls shine at Spofforth Cricket Club
Stepping down off the train at Pannal, the local Women’s Institute were doing a spot of pruning at what must be one of the finest floral backdrops of any station. There to meet me was Steve Gill, Spofforth Cricket Club’s Chairman, for the short drive east back to his village where his club was hosting […]
Yorkshire Diamonds prepped for Kia Super League
The Yorkshire Diamonds squad came out in dribs and drabs for the Media Day photoshoot with the Carnegie Pavilion looming in the background. Captain Lauren Winfield, Beth Mooney, Jenny Gunn and Danielle Hazell plonked themselves on the front row with the shouted excitement from a sponsors game taking place out in the middle as the […]
English cricket needs your help, why not have your say?
I had wandered down to my cricket club on Sunday to watch the seconds do a decent job of keeping the opposition under wraps en route to the cup final. It was sappingly humid and the rain fell at stages but that didn’t stop folk supporting their club and getting stuck into the tinnies and […]