Ben Fudali: Building the next pavilion for Newton-Le-Willows
Ben Fudali, winner of September's Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Award for September, talks to John Fuller about the journey to a new pavilion.
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total-play: Darwen Dome, inflatable covers and grammar school nets
In this autumn round-up with total-play Ltd, we’ll look at a hat-trick of milestones as projects were completed by the installer of ECB-approved facilities.
Premier League news: Transfers, captaincy and county deals
John Fuller reviews autumn news from Yorkshire's ECB Premier Leagues with signings starting for the 2026 season and other developments.
Autumn prep for cricket clubs: Toyota Corolla to Storm Amy
The 2025 outdoor cricket season might be done and dusted, with a few fixtures kicking about, but the planning never stops, does it?! Here’s a few jobs for cricket clubs - because you don’t have enough obviously 🤣 - that might spark some ideas or be helpful, at least that’s
Yorkshire Women & Girls League: The Hundred Finals
Gone are the heady days of the summer that almost guaranteed good weather and the innate certainty of cricket being played without interruption. Be it put down to climate change, an interglacial period, or even the Milankovitch cycle…we’ve been fortunate to have cricket almost every scheduled day, apart
Yorkshire moves to three Women's Premier Leagues from 2026
In a major change to women’s and girls’ cricket in Yorkshire, there will be three affiliated Regional Women’s Premier Leagues from 2026. This is a significant strategic development in how the game is organised and has quite a bit of detail announced by the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation (YCF)
White Rose celebrate Quaid-e-Azam Premier League treble
White Rose Cricket Club of the Quaid-e-Azam Premier League have had an impressive season by securing three trophies. Their emphatic ‘treble’ includes the Premier Section of the Quaid-e-Azam Premier League which they won with a game to spare, having finished second to AK Eagles in 2024.
Hurricanes win Women's Softball County Finals after bowl-out
This year’s women’s softball county finals, sponsored by Brown & Brown, were hosted at Headingley Stadium and it delivered drama, quite a bit of rain, terrific support and a bowl-out. It was standard softball league rules at 16-over-a-side with pairs batting four overs each
ECB Premier Divisions: Who finished top in Yorkshire?
A round-up of Yorkshire’s Premier Leagues as titles were decided on the final weekend. (Except Huddersfield Premier Cricket League). Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League New Farnley’s drawn home game with Townville ensured the 1st XI finished the season unbeaten in the league. The back-to-back champions
100% British Recycled Plastic furniture for cricket clubs
Recycled plastic furniture for cricket clubs, picnic seating, planters and many other products are both easy to maintain and keep plastic out of landfill.
North Leeds Women grab points to take it to the final game
This time of year is rather strange regarding the recreational game. On one hand, there's still quite a lot of cricket to be played as the various cups and league competitions come to a grand finale. However, the actual number of games needing to be played has reduced
ENCO Halifax League T20 Finals: The good, bad and ugly
The drive to the Vocation Brewery T20 Finals Day took us up over the hills beyond Oxenhope, before those Calderdale hills open out. Historical landmarks like Winny Stone and Able Cross mark moments in the vastness of it all. The twisting, steep descent into Hebden Bridge needs patience, good brakes
Nidderdale League: North Stainley and Studley Royal swap fortunes
Joe Hudson reports from North Stainley with its quirky Nidderdale backdrop for the game with Division 3 opponents Studley Royal. *** North Stainley’s ground is remarkable. It doesn’t quite look real somehow, almost like a Hollywood movie set where the producers don’t quite understand the notion of village
Lola Summerscales: Softball cricket, teas and MPs
Lola Summerscales is the Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Award winner for August 2025. Interview by John Fuller as Lola discusses women and girls' cricket.
North Leeds' title push still on despite Pudsey setback
For those that haven’t been to Pudsey, wandering in past the Sir Leonard Hutton Memorial Gates you immediately see the modern extension to the pavilion, which contains a café/bar and patio area with tables outside. To your left is the large playing area with a superbly kept grass
Wakefield Thornes lift K3 Dental Cup at Castleford
The K3 Dental Cup Final promised a bundle of opportunities from Premier League cricket involving two South Yorkshire rivals to an assured host in last year’s winners, Castleford. Back on trains more often this season, I’ve had my ‘adventures’ but the Leeds to Knottingley service from platform 17b