The weather has been glorious over the past few weeks; chatting to one groundsman last weekend, they had noted that there had only been 0.7cm of rain in the past month, which was actually too little for keeping the grass in good condition and that the playing surface was suffering. Being a little selfish, it […]
West Yorkshire Women and Girls Cricket League
West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League: Div 1 Guide
The West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League is growing at a faster rate than the relentless Amazonian jungle currently masquerading as my back garden. For context, the CYHQ ‘pitch’ is awash with greenery, I just didn’t plant most of it; a heady blend of unseasonal warmth, punctuated by showers doing the rest. Forgive the […]
Bradford Park Avenue Ladies aim for league hat-trick
Bradford Park Avenue Ladies (BPAL) 1st XI captain Kirsty Gavillet is on her lunch break and sharing the club’s successes and future plans with me. Their ascent to unbeaten Division 1 champions in the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League can make you forget that the club only formed in 2019. Since finishing fourth […]
Untangling the spaghetti: Mapping out cricket fixtures
Tom Jenkins shares the incredible annual feat of how cricket fixtures at grassroots need to knit together, creating 2,000+ over his winter. Where do I start trying to describe the winter of 2024-25 that I’ve had. As I write this I’m sunbathing in Gran Canaria. I’m a glutton for punishment when it comes to fixtures. […]
Birstall Belles look forward to outdoor league debut
When Rachel Lewis realised Birstall Cricket Club didn’t have a women’s team, she decided to do something about it. There was a rounders team but her drive to see women and girls’ cricket at the Leeds Road oval didn’t take long to hit overdrive. A theme that has repeatedly chimed in Cricket Yorkshire’s articles on […]
Females in Cricket Event: Saturday 22 February at Headingley
With the growth of the women and girls’ game here in Yorkshire, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved beyond playing. A new Females in Cricket event, organised by the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB), is being held at Headingley Cricket Ground on Saturday 22 February. There will be workshops by industry experts, plus the […]
Skipton Community Sports Hub opens at Sandylands
The Skipton Community Sports Hub is a welcome new addition at Sandylands. The £1m new facility will be home to Skipton Cricket Club, Skipton Juniors FC and Skipton Ladies AFC, as well as being available for community use – as a bar and for venue hire. Malcolm Birks, chair of the Skipton Community Sports Hub, […]
Katie Stewart: Women and girls’ cricket is soaring
My latest guest on the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast is Katie Stewart, YCB’s Women and Girls Development Manager for West Yorkshire. Have a listen below as she guides us through some of the stand-out moments from a memorable season of women and girls’ cricket. 🎤 PODCAST INTERVIEW In this Cricket Yorkshire podcast episode, Katie discusses: 🔥 Successes and […]
West Yorkshire Women & Girls League XI win Yorkshire Cup
A new fixture for 2024 was an inter-league match between a West Yorkshire Women & Girls League XI and South Yorkshire Women & Girls League XI at Treeton Cricket Club on Sunday 25 August. It’s a further sign of the development of the women and girls’ game in Yorkshire as leagues in both West & […]
Bradford Park Avenue Ladies win at Crossflatts to go top
There were a few games being held on Sunday and to be totally honest, the choice was made for me – considering the top two in the league were playing each other. What league? What top two? I hear you ask. Well, as you may or may not know [depending on whether you have read […]