Freddie Chatt and George Simmons, founders of Village Cricket Co, are on a mission to make cricket bats more affordable. The more you learn about their story, the more remarkable it seems. The pair launched their cricket bat business in 2020 when the global pandemic struck. Brave, nuts even, but by then they’d spent years […]
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Kickstart your season with Village Cricket Co (10% Off)
Village Cricket Co are gearing up for a bumper year having negotiated both pirates and customs to get their stock topped up for 2024. For a few days, you can take advantage of a generous 10% off if you use CY10 on their website. Formed by Freddie and George, two village cricketers for Great Baddow […]
Serious Cricket: New Website, new discounts, incredible choice
The team at Serious Cricket have every reason to enter the new cricket season with a spring in their step. In this content collaboration with our website partners, we’ll share their latest news from an impressive website that looks the business to slashed prices, terrific deals and their extensive range of major cricket brands. 🎉 […]
Best Cricket Bat: Cricketers Guide [2024]
Looking for the best cricket bat you can afford? Want advice on choosing a cricket bat, types of willow, knocking-in or buying a cricket bat for juniors? Good news, our Cricket Bat Guide will give you advice and links to our equipment partner, Serious Cricket. Enjoy the read and if you want to skip to […]
Viking Cricket: Quality Yorkshire Cricket Bats
If you think about it, Viking Cricket is about as Yorkshire as it gets. The award-winning English willow cricket bats sell around the world from their Silsden HQ but the DNA has both a Scandinavian and White Rose heritage. That’s literally the case for Managing Director Jeff Wilson whose family roots can be traced back […]
Best Junior Cricket Bats Guide [2024]
We’ve written our guide to the best junior cricket bats because choosing the best cricket bat for junior cricketers comes with a few things to consider carefully. Here at Cricket Yorkshire, we’ve done the research to give you sensible advice as well as links to buy – with discounts too! 🏏 Incredible Choice at Serious […]
Cricket Gifts: Biscuits, books, bags and bird boxes [2024]
Buying cricket gifts can be fun to do but also a challenge, whether the person you’re buying for plays cricket, watches the game or supports a team. At Cricket Yorkshire HQ, our cricket gifts guide has now been assembled like a superstar World XI to help you sort your presents with minimal stress. Stumped for […]
Enjoy these Village Cricket Co Black Friday Deals
Your new cricket bat is just a few clicks away… The guys at our website partner Village Cricket Co have dropped their biggest-ever deals. Choose your new bat, pads and gloves for getting into shape at winter nets before all those memorable innings to come in 2024. Their ethos is all about combining quality with affordability […]
Best Cricket Bat Under £100 (CY10 discount code) [2023]
In this guide, we’ll consider a hot contender for the best cricket bat under £100 and explore the world of Kashmir cricket bats. Discount: Here are Village Cricket Co’s 5-star rated cricket bats made from Kashmir Willow. Use CY10 at villagecricket.co for 10% off Please note: If you click any links in this article and […]
A visit to Malton for cricket books and cricket bats
I found myself back in the North Yorkshire market town of Malton recently. It was pre-planned obviously, I didn’t just wake up there. Last time I arrived, in the early days of Cricket Yorkshire, I left the railway station and walked around a hardware store which had a fine selection of flat caps and also […]