Hybrid cricket pitches are an exciting new opportunity for club cricket. In this partnership with SIS Pitches, we’ll look at what they are, the benefits and which clubs in Yorkshire are already using them. What is a hybrid cricket pitch? Hybrid grass is a blend of natural grass with artificial fibres. SIS achieve this by […]
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Pudsey St Lawrence win West Yorkshire Women & Girls League
The Pudsey St Lawrence Ladies team, captained by Megan Fleming, have won the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League. The hardball league was in its first year with the other teams involved: Crossflatts, Menston, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies, Lightcliffe and St Chad’s Broomfield. 15-year-old Sarah Wood has been a standout performer with the most […]
Heading indoors: South Yorkshire Women’s and Girls Cricket
If you want an idea of the popularity of women’s and girls’ cricket in South Yorkshire, have a read of this. No sooner has the regular outdoor season come to a close in September than a South Yorkshire Women & Girls Indoor Cricket League has been confirmed. It will run from October until Spring. There […]
SIS hybrid cricket pitch helps Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club
Hybrid cricket pitches are still relatively new to club cricket but they’re catching on fast as word spreads. For this content collaboration with SIS Pitches, I went along to Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club to find out how they are using theirs. It was so good to return to this Halifax League ground, tucked away beyond […]
All Stars Cricket: Newton-le-Willows re-launch junior cricket
Newton-le-Willows Cricket Club are based a few miles from Bedale in North Yorkshire and they ran All Stars Cricket for the first time this year. All Stars Cricket is designed for 5-8-year-old boys and girls to enjoy a fun, safe and inclusive first experience of cricket. For a village club who’ve had no juniors in […]
Schools cricket competitions return across Yorkshire
Schools cricket in Yorkshire is continually a hot topic and it made perfect sense to share, with help from the Yorkshire Cricket Board, what has happened over the last school year. The 2021/2022 academic year has finally seen the return of the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s schools cricket competitions that were paused for the past two […]
Watching on FrogBox: Illingworth 2s vs Oxenhope 2s
We’d done a Saturday walk to Saltaire – no cricket at my old place of Shipley Providence – they’re down to one team and the square was cordoned off. A shame to see that empty on a summer’s day – an opportunity for the host club to earn by renting the ground and a chance […]
Yorkshire clubs win Aston Lark 2022 Prize Draw
Cricket Yorkshire’s insurance partner, Aston Lark, has revealed the winning cricket clubs in their annual prize draw. 2022 is the third year running that clubs could win one of three cash prizes. The prize draw closed on 30 April 2022 and winners were drawn at random from those who requested a no-obligation insurance quote or […]
How does your cricket club fund their FrogBox?
FrogBox live-streaming has taken club cricket in the UK by storm this summer. The ability to beam matches around the world in real-time, promote sponsors and offer a point of difference has not gone unnoticed. A professional broadcasting service for grassroots clubs means anyone who can’t get to the game, might live abroad or is […]
Getting the Best Cricket Club Website with Pitchero
A cricket club website can be one of your most important assets. Beyond the usual news, scorecards and league tables, its potential to promote your club, boost membership, manage team selection and make match fees easier is really exciting. Through our partnership with Pitchero, this article will look at how to make the most of […]