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Middle, please ump: Becoming a Premier League umpire

Middle, please ump: Becoming a Premier League umpire

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

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Bumper Brsk broadband blockbusters for all of November!

Bumper Brsk broadband blockbusters for all of November!

Get ready for incredible savings on ultrafast full-fibre broadband from brsk. No need to wait until Black Friday as throughout November, they are offering savings of up to £360. We are powered by brsk here at Cricket Yorkshire and excited to share their latest offers on affordable broadband. With

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Meet Frecheville's Game Changer: Harriet Barber

Meet Frecheville's Game Changer: Harriet Barber

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

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How cricket clubs can get involved with Movember

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

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Premier League cricket clubs strengthen squads for 2024

Premier League cricket clubs strengthen squads for 2024

The assumption might be that this time of year is quiet, as the days shorten, but Premier League clubs in Yorkshire are busy signing new players for 2024. Here is a selection of moves I’ve seen announced from clubs in the Premier Leagues. As usual, these are subject to

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Stainland Cricket Club: From folding teams to flourishing

Stainland Cricket Club: From folding teams to flourishing

Stainland Cricket Club, founder members of the Halifax Cricket Club, have a wonderful tale to tell, and who better to share it than Trish Wood, our Winner of the Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year. There’s a long family connection to the cricket for Trish at Stainland: “Mum and

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The untapped potential of cricket kit recycling

The untapped potential of cricket kit recycling

Cricket kit recycling already happens every year across the country - but there is much more we can collectively do. In this feature, we’ll look at the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation’s Cric-Kit initiative which means anyone can donate kit either by visiting Hubs or online via Kidd3r, a fast-

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Shipley Providence Cricket Club: Over and Out

Shipley Providence Cricket Club: Over and Out

I was surprised to learn that Shipley Providence Cricket Club, who play at the Salts ground in Saltaire, are going to fold. The West Yorkshire club, whose two sides were in the Dales Council Cricket League, have cleared their ground equipment and the trustees will be winding things up. It’

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How to start a cricket club: Advice, support and top tips

So, how to start a cricket club? When was the last time someone thought about a cricket club starting, rather than folding or merging? About as rare as the dentures of poultry, am I right? It does happen. Albeit rarely in competitive league cricket. We have interviewed a selection on

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Close up of the metal trophy lettering of 'Thirsk & District Challenge Cup'

Thirsk, Easingwold and the tale of two cricket trophies

This is a story of two trophies, both with a connection to Thirsk Cricket Club. Right across Yorkshire are some impressive, valuable and historically significant cups, salvers and shields that often date back centuries. The Thirsk & District Cricket League began life way back in 1912, with the inaugural AGM

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Alan Igglesden: Remembering Iggy

Former Kent & England bowler Alan Igglesden, affectionately known as Iggy, died on 1 November 2021, aged 57, after a long battle with brain cancer. I first met Iggy for an article in The Cricketer Magazine; the original interview (read below) came about through a combination of Twitter and the

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Woodlands retain White Rose Trophy: Yorkshire's Champion Club

Woodlands retain White Rose Trophy: Yorkshire's Champion Club

Once upon a time, saying you were the best cricket club in Yorkshire would be extremely brave, not to mention difficult to prove. Everyone thought they were. We now have the White Rose Trophy where the four champions of Premier Leagues in Yorkshire (or highest-placed Yorkshire team) have a

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History makers:  Thornton win the treble and go undefeated

History makers: Thornton win the treble and go undefeated

Thornton Cricket have had an extraordinary year in the Halifax Cricket League by anyone’s standards. They have now won the Premier Division for First XIs at a canter, claimed the Parish Cup at Copley against Illingworth St Mary’s and lifted the T20 Cup by defeating Oxenhope by eight

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