Not even a rare soggy Saturday could dampen the enthusiasm at sampling Ripon Cricket Club’s award-winning cricket teas. Having won the Cricket Yorkshire Cricket Tea of the Year the previous week, our visit to Ripon to deliver Bettys vouchers from our competition sponsor Yorkshire Tea was one filled with laughter, delicious food and a sense […]
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Ripon win Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year 2022
Ripon Cricket Club have been crowned winners of the Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year for 2022, sponsored by Yorkshire Tea. Founded in 1810, the cricket club is located in the heart of Ripon with two senior teams and a reputation for stellar cricket teas. Ripon win a whopping 2,500 tea bags from our sponsor […]
Sun, smiles and samosa chaat at Bradford Park Avenue
On a roasting August afternoon in the centre of Bradford, I discovered what community means at a cricket club. Mrs Cricket Yorkshire and I had been invited to Interlink Cricket Club who play at Bradford Park Avenue. They had a home game against Cookridge in the Dales Council Cricket League. I first visited Interlink on […]
CLOSED: Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year Competition
*THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED** A cricket tea is one of the highlights of our great game and there are lots of cricket clubs across Yorkshire who put on a fine spread in between innings. To celebrate those who make, bake and brew, we are launching a competition to find the best cricket tea in […]
A nod and a munch to the best cricket teas in Yorkshire
This article on the cricket teas of Yorkshire; a specialist subject of mine was originally published in November 2019 Those of you who are regular readers of Cricket Yorkshire will know that I flag up the quality of the cricket teas around the county during my adventures. Purely for academic purposes and nothing whatsoever to […]
Sue Mulholland and the therapy of cricket teas
The extraordinary story of Sue Mulholland blends the human spirit with the therapeutic power of baking and cricket teas. I met Sue, who has been making the cricket teas at Darlington Cricket Club for years, back in 2016 at Headingley. She had prepared a lavish spread for the Premier League Championship Semi-Final and it was […]