The Flicx pitch has been a game-changer since it launched in the UK in 2001. While it has attracted global headlines for facilitating games from Kilimanjaro to the subterranean depths of Honister Slate Mine, it’s at clubs and schools where the impact has been most impressive. In this content collaboration with Flicx, we’ll share how […]
Cricket Grounds
How to Fund Your New Cricket Pitch: Advice & Support
In this content collaboration with Total Play Ltd, we’ll be looking at funding your cricket club’s outdoor nets facility, match pitches or artificial cricket surfaces. Cricket Yorkshire has partnered with Total Play for years because they offer incredible expertise with sports surface design and construction, including six different ECB-approved systems. Whether it’s a new natural […]
Six recycled plastic furniture products for your cricket club
In this collaboration with British Recycled Plastic based in Mytholmroyd, we’re highlighting six popular products that would improve facilities at cricket clubs, make life easier for volunteers and keep plastic waste out of landfill. Denholme and Bradshaw The Denholme Picnic Table is the best-selling, flagship recycled plastic table that seats four adults or six children. […]
Hybrid cricket pitches: All you need to know
In this content collaboration with SIS Pitches, we’ll walk you through all of the common questions relating to buying and installing a hybrid cricket pitch. If you’re a sports club or a school, or a groundskeeper who is fact-finding, this will be an in-depth guide and you’re welcome to email Paul Taylor at SIS Pitches, […]
Total Play builds new outdoor nets for Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College are celebrating the completion of their new outdoor cricket nets, designed and built by Total Play. The school in North Yorkshire has a proud cricketing heritage with 13 squads, including Boys’ and Girls’ 1st XIs who play in the National Cup as well as touring at or hosting a festival annually. Cricket at […]
Settle boost capacity with 100% recycled plastic memorial benches
If you’ve never been, Settle Cricket Club’s Marshfield ground has just about everything going for it. It’s got bags of character with craggy hills behind and the chance of seeing a steam train puff its way across the viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. What it lacked a few years ago, as Chairman Andrew Davidson told […]
YCB courses help clubs with Spring and Autumn grounds maintenance
Back in August, twenty or so groundskeepers from cricket clubs across the region met at Kirstall Educational Cricket Club. (What is the collective term for those who maintain cricket grounds? A ‘loam’ or a ‘topsoil’ perhaps? Answers in the comments below!) So, as for this latest deep-dive into scarifying and seeding, those from Settle, Shelley […]
Total Play Cricket Shield comes to Bradford Park Avenue
In this content collaboration with Total Play, we report on a brand-new product that has been installed at Bradford Park Avenue. The community cricket ground, off Canterbury Avenue, is a popular venue that is used by thousands of Bradfordians every year. The site previously offered state-of-the-art outdoor nets – but has had an exciting £1.5m […]
Shipley Providence Cricket Club: Over and Out
I was surprised to learn that Shipley Providence Cricket Club, who play at the Salts ground in Saltaire, are going to fold. The West Yorkshire club, whose two sides were in the Dales Council Cricket League, have cleared their ground equipment and the trustees will be winding things up. It’s a historic ground that doesn’t […]
Tracing the lost cricket clubs of Yorkshire
Bradford League historian and local league ground-hopper Reg Nelson takes a look at three Yorkshire cricket clubs in Queensbury, Highbury and Dewsbury & Savile to trace their fortunes and ultimately, their demise. We all know of cricket clubs that have folded across Yorkshire and grounds that aren’t used any more – at the same time, […]