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, […]
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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 […]
Review: Wicket Cricket Manager – Manage your club to glory
Wicket Cricket Manager is a free cricket app, available on the App Store and Google Play, that bills itself as ‘most realistic cricket management game on mobile.’ A bold claim and when Manny, its creator, got in touch to ask if I’d review it, I was curious. I have played cricket games forever, on desktop […]
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 […]
Brsk Broadband Deals: Don’t Miss these October Offers
If you need reliable broadband with a sensible price and live in a Bradford (BD) postcode, brsk broadband could be the perfect solution. (Brsk mainly service parts of Bradford and surrounding areas in Yorkshire but are also in Burnley, Manchester and the West Midlands). It’s an opportunity for cricket clubs, their members and visitors as […]
Midweek cricket adventures of Taylors of Harrogate
Did you know that Taylors of Harrogate has its own cricket team? The family business has a hat-trick of famous Yorkshire brands in Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. In this content collaboration with Yorkshire Tea, we’ll talk cricket with their captain Matthew Huffer about the origins of the side and how tea and […]
Hybrid cricket pitches help Clifton Alliance juggle fixtures
Clifton Alliance are a York-based cricket club who found themselves with a familiar problem. The Vincent & Brown Alliance Cricket Ground is a picturesque spot in a swathe of green, flanked by the River Ouse – but it can only host so much cricket. With four men’s Saturday teams, a range of junior sides, the […]
Kiran Bali: Breaking barriers and encouraging change
It becomes apparent minutes into our conversation that Kiran Bali’s professional and personal journey has been about breaking barriers but also advocating change. The magistrate and community volunteer, who won an MBE in 2008 for her community work in West Yorkshire, has taken those beliefs and brought them into grassroots cricket in Huddersfield. Kiran’s connection […]