Cricket club sponsorship has never been so important for recreational cricket as the effects of Covid-19 are felt far and wide. Cricket Yorkshire has partnered with SNAP Sponsorship to showcase its online platform designed to connect cricket clubs and leagues with businesses. In this article, we’ll explain how clubs can take advantage, the benefits and […]
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Why New Rover Cricket Club went the crowdfunding route
Here on Cricket Yorkshire, we’ve been looking at ways that recreational cricket can raise money over the coming months and this time, the focus is crowdfunding. (We’ve already looked at cricket club funding and the SNAP Sponsorship platform so if you’re looking for ideas, have a read of those articles too). This time, it’s an […]
4 easy ways to improve your cricket club in lockdown
It’s an odd time of year for cricketers and cricket clubs. A bit of a twilight zone stuck between faint memories of the last game in September and the prospect of winter nets. Coronavirus and this current, second lockdown in England have thrown everything up in the air once more as we all hunker down. […]
What’s it like playing club cricket with the adapted rules?
Yorkshire club cricket is officially back. As of Saturday, there have been friendlies played across the region as clubs, officials and cricketers all get back into the swing of things. I asked on Cricket Yorkshire’s Twitter feed for photos and feedback on what it was like to play under the ECB guidelines? ? Enjoy your […]
How to start a cricket club: Advice, support and top tips
So, how to start a cricket club? When was the last time someone thought about a cricket club starting, rather than folding or merging? About as rare as the dentures of poultry, am I right? It does happen. Albeit rarely in competitive league cricket. Brook-Walton CC were one Yorkshire example that started from scratch in […]
The cricket poem that perfectly captures life in lockdown
For one dad from Steeton, the experience of lockdown has unleashed creativity with a cricketing twist. In between working from home and home schooling, Daniel Kennedy has written a lockdown poem. The summer that never happened began life with the thought of a lonesome set of cricket stumps stood waiting in the sun for play […]