Thanks to all of you who read the articles and engage on social media, Cricket Yorkshire continues to grow. But there’s no resting on laurels here so, as part of a wider strategy to get the Cricket Yorkshire name out there more, a number of sponsorship deals have been struck for 2016. Steve Patterson (Yorkshire […]
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Cricket Yorkshire’s partnerships
With the cricket season around the corner, I thought it was an ideal time to introduce the companies and organisations that Cricket Yorkshire will be working with commercially for the rest of 2016. I’m delighted that they are all people I’ve worked with for a number of years, whom complement the readership and content on […]
Going, going on! What’s a cricket memorabilia auction like?
The journey over to Lancashire County Cricket Club for my first-ever cricket memorabilia auction is spent in the back of a car, listening to seasoned collectors Brian and Bob swap anecdotes. On the outskirts of Manchester, we pass through Swinton and, paused at a set of traffic lights, my eye is drawn to a bloke […]
Can public cricket events thrive out of season?
On Sunday, with the help of caffeine and Mrs Cricket Yorkshire, I got myself on a Leeds train at an ungodly hour down to London King’s Cross to attend the All Out Cricket Live event at Lord’s. Having written for All Out Cricket Magazine, it was a chance to meet their team and find out […]
On the up at Rodley Cricket Club
Gary Lewsley reflects on the difficult journey his club, Rodley CC, has trodden from sensationally quitting one league and having to bolster facilities to join another.
Is Clayton West Cricket Club on borrowed time?
Typical challenges facing cricket clubs can be anything from scraping enough funds together to replace a mower to sourcing a wicketkeeper on the morning of a game. The number of cricket clubs has been steadily declined in Yorkshire for years and the reasons for that will vary but not being able to get enough willing […]
How to get the best out of cricket nets
Unless you’ve been hurling yourself around a sports hall playing indoor cricket this winter, cricket nets will be when club cricketers ease their Christmas turkey-enhanced bodies back to fitness and form in time for (or during) the 2016 season. Here’s a shortlist of tips and tricks to make sure all cricketers and clubs get the […]
Meet the Yorkshire cricketer still playing in his eighties
What will you be doing when you’re eighty years old? Batting for your village cricket team still? Yeah. Thought not, me neither, although Mrs Cricket Yorkshire begs to differ. Well, thanks to a wonderful cricket documentary by TV Producer Chris Hay, the world can get to hear about Yorkshire cricketer Geoff Deighton, who is still […]
Cricket Fixtures: Your Yorkshire Cricket Year Ahead
Ok, so you want to get organised. January is here so the 2016 cricket season is literally around the corner. Or so you tell yourself… What you need is a calendar with key cricket fixtures to get you excited and to smoothly orchestrate your summer.
New Year’s Resolutions: deep heat and book deal
Ok, so the Christmas turkey has long since bitten the dust and January is here, heralding a land of opportunity. Have you thought about your 2016? What do you want it to look like? Any projects, ambitions or changes to life or are you the sort of person that contentedly wings it? Well, both professionally […]