Lorna Upton explores the journey for St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club as they sought to establish and then grow their women and girls’ section. St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club first set up a dedicated women and girls’ section in early 2017. With funding and support from the Yorkshire Sport Foundation, the Club slowly gathered a […]
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Roses battles in the Ribblesdale Cricket League
Dave Edmundson shares his memories of the Yorkshire cricket clubs in the Ribblesdale Cricket League. The wooden door in the corner of the ground was flung open and our AWOL team member scurried across the top of the slope, half carrying and dragging his cricket bag past the bemused clutch of spectators sitting along the […]
Kit your cricket club out (and get free honours caps)
Cricket Yorkshire is delighted to partner Gentlemen and Players this year to offer cricket clubs a chance to step out in style – plus, there’s an exclusive offer for this website! For many years, Gentlemen and Players has been the home of quality, traditional cap making. They specialise in: sports caps, honour or presentation caps, […]
Sessay: Harvests, Emeralds and the National Village Cup
With the 2020 season firmly behind us and whisperings of pre-season emerging around cricket clubs across the country, Sessay CC are hoping to push on as a club in more ways than one. Chris Starr explores how the village cricket club did during a Covid-affected last season with fundraising, league ambitions and the National Village […]
What does the badge say about your cricket club?
A cricket club emblem is an integral part of its history and identity. Literally a badge of honour. But what does it say about that cricket club? I was doing some freelance work which involved interviewing Leeds & Broomfield Cricket Club in Kent recently. Their new logo is about a year old; elegant and professional. […]
Top tips for cricket clubs to get more sponsors
Cricket clubs might face an uncertain year but there are ways for them to sign more sponsors, improve their finances and make a difference in their communities. In the webinar with SNAP Sponsorship (below), we heard how cricket clubs can build a profile on their platform, find sponsors and use the integrated social media to […]
How Sheffield Collegiate shaped Joe Root and Michael Vaughan
181 Tests, 13,968 runs, 37 100’s and now 51 Test wins as Captain. Joe Root and Michael Vaughan’s combined England Test stats are certainly impressive to behold, especially when considering that both started their cricketing career at the same club – Sheffield Collegiate. Will Slater asks: Is this mere coincidence, or is there something integral […]
How to choose your cricket club insurance
Cricket club insurance is one of those things that need careful thought to get right – but should be reviewed annually. You hope you won’t need it – but when that day comes, the cover has to be watertight so there are no surprises. It’s a balancing act between cost (don’t just go for the […]
2021: The year ahead for Yorkshire cricket
Yorkshire cricket faces a year of recovery in 2021 as we seek to watch, play, coach and facilitate more matches. Yorkshire County Cricket Club County cricket has a revised structure which sees Yorkshire play in Group Three of the County Championship. The first-class competition now has three groups of six teams with Yorkshire’s other opponents […]
Meet the cricket club who’ve started a food bank
This is the story of a group of cricket club volunteers who began delivering food parcels during the first lockdown in April – and are now building a food bank. I caught up with Calder Grove CC’s Holly Buxton to learn how a two-week social enterprise mushroomed into helping hundreds of people for months. Enjoy […]