How can cricket clubs ride out the impact of coronavirus? It’s a question that seemingly has no answer. We don’t know when we’ll all be able to meet up, let alone start recreational sport back up again. So, as a cricket club that has seen its membership fees, bar takings and sponsorship income evaporate quicker […]
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How are cricket clubs responding to coronavirus?
On the face of it, things look pretty bleak for club cricket. At the time of writing, we are still in lockdown and the recreational game is suspended indefinitely. No income, no games and the possibility of a full year without any cricket. Nonetheless, I wanted to find out how cricket clubs are coping, what […]
What do Bradford Cricket League grounds look like from the air?
Bradford Cricket League photographer Ray Spencer is one of the few cricket photographers I know who has a drone as well as a mighty collection of cameras and lenses. In this series of stunning photos, here’s captured a bird’s eye view of Yorkshire cricket clubs and their surroundings. Ironically, now would probably be the perfect […]
What’s your favourite away fixture of the season?
As a club cricketer, travelling away from home was always a delight for me, wherever I’ve played in the UK. In West Somerset, we would rocket around country lanes, with hedgetops converging like untamed eyebrows, en route to an idyllic cricket field that was hidden, unless you knew it was the third left past Lower […]
How did Yorkshire’s cricket grounds look for the first weekend of the season?
The weekend of 18-19 April 2020 was meant to be the starting blocks for a glorious summer of club cricket. Due to the suspension of all recreational sport and coronavirus lockdown, cricket grounds across the country instead lie dormant and empty. I thought the work that groundsmen and cricket clubs put into their facilities and […]
ECB gives update for clubs and leagues on COVID-19
The England & Wales Cricket Board’s latest update about coronavirus, aimed at cricket clubs and leagues, outlined the latest thinking across a number of areas. Given Cricket Yorkshire’s audience includes a great number of players, coaches, clubs and leagues, here’s a summary for you: National Programmes All Stars and Dynamos Cricket remain suspended – further […]
Coronavirus: Recreational cricket on pause
It’s official, we have hit the pause button on grassroots cricket. The ECB has issued a statement on the recreational game in light of the developing COVID-19 situation. They are recommending that all forms of recreational cricket are for now suspended. This extends to training, pre-season friendlies and any associated cricket activity. As you’d expect, […]
Competition: Win Opening Up Cricket Pack for your Club!
***COMPETITION HAS CLOSED*** For March 2020, Cricket Yorkshire has teamed up with Opening Up Cricket to bring you a brilliant competition prize. Does your cricket team or cricket club want to win a Club pack? We are offering five cricket clubs/teams a chance to win! It’s a way to show your support for the important […]
How can cricket clubs think differently about sponsorship?
Sponsorship continues to be an integral part of how cricket clubs, of all shapes and sizes, fund all that they do. You only have to scan social media to see that there are a variety of methods employed to try to persuade companies and brands to support the grassroots game. One such tactic caught my […]
200 not out: Back to the future for Otley Cricket Club
As Bill Marshall reports, Otley Cricket Club are going back to the future as part of their 200th-anniversary celebrations. The Pool Road club, formed in 1820, is holding a single-wicket competition this summer – an event involving all-rounders that was more prevalent in the 1950s and 1960s. Otley CC chairman Chris Smith said: “We are […]