Get Set Weekend is due to take place on 23-24 March 2024, and cricket clubs are invited to register for the #GetSetWeekend using a quick form on www.ecb.co.uk/getsetweekend. Clubs will be familiar with this annual initiative from the ECB that's been running for
In this content collaboration with Total Play Ltd, we’ll be looking at funding your cricket club’s outdoor nets facility, match pitches or artificial cricket surfaces. Cricket Yorkshire has partnered with Total Play for years because they offer incredible expertise with sports surface design and construction, including six different
It's the national stages of the ECB Indoor National Club Championship with Hallam Cricket Club representing Yorkshire. I caught up with Hallam's captain Joe Cooper to discuss the background to their indoor cricket success and the importance they place on this format. "We used to
You might not know that as England battle against India in the Test series, the country is ready to host the Over 60s World Cup in Chennai. Running from 18 February to 4 March, this is the second Over 60s World Cup and England go in with high hopes, having
The Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League fixtures have been released for the 2024 season and in this article, there's teams, opening weekend fixtures and some early transfer news. Premier League Bradford & Bingley Cleckheaton Farsley Jer Lane Methley New Farnley Ossett Pudsey Congs Pudsey St Lawrence Townville Undercliffe
Cricket clubs do all sorts of ingenious things to attract new members and keep the ones they have. Cullingworth have done something pretty radical: Free cricket. No membership fees. No match fees. Plus, you get a playing and training kit. Oh, and free home cricket teas too! It's
Glancing at the draw for the 2024 Heavy Woollen Cup caught my attention today. Woodhouse Grange, out in the countryside to the East of York, had entered for the first time. It was a reminder of a couple of things. Firstly, that Premier League clubs from other leagues beyond West
It came in the post before Christmas. An A4, ring-bound compilation from the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League. The Motley Almanac. A statistical review of the season for 2023. So named after Kevin Motley, a scorer for Harrogate, Barnsley Woolley Miners and the Yorkshire Diamonds who passed away in
YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU! A man with a mighty moustache, wearing a military hat stares out. His gloved right hand points sternly right at you. Look familiar? It’s the ‘Your Country Needs You’ poster depicting Lord Kitchener from 1914, urging volunteers to join the British Expeditionary Force. This graphic
During December, I tend to look back at the year that’s been and hold it in my hand, a bit like a shell from a beach. In the moment, it can all be a bit of a blur but as we approach the shortest day of the year, it
It's that time of year. The heating is on in the Cricket Yorkshire office (with our cat asleep next to me) and planning is well underway for how this website moves forward in 2024. It's been an incredible year here in many ways and I am
Two lifetime achievement awards were presented at the YCB Cricket Collective Awards at Headingley on Friday night, as Bill Marshall reports. They went to Milton Samuels, of Sheffield Caribbean Cricket Club, and Ron Welford, of Westow Cricket Club, near York. However, and this is not to belittle the magnificent achievements
Ever thought you might like to try a season out in the middle with the white coat? Mike Linwood shares his journey in umpiring Yorkshire's Premier Leagues and how he became an ECB Tutor supporting umpire education. How did you get into umpiring and how have you progressed
At a time of year when thoughts turn to sacrifice and remembrance with Armistice Day, the story of Oughtbridge War Memorial Cricket Club is an apt one. Chatting to Vice-Chair Matt Summerhill, the village club just North of Sheffield has had a direct link to those who lost their
Harriet Barber, winner of this year’s Yorkshire Cricket Board Game Changer Award, is a prime example of the expansion of a volunteer’s role. She’s been at Frecheville Community Cricket Club for nearly eight years now; beginning as a player with the U15s. With her move to the
Movember is here again and the moustache-growing extravaganza through November, in aid of men’s health, is well worth checking out. Cricketers and cricket clubs can support the charity that funds groundbreaking work on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Discover more below - including new
