Over the past decade, Cricket Yorkshire has partnered with a range of commercial and not-for-profit organisations to promote what they do. One partnership that has gone very well is a shirt sponsorship with Leeds Bradford MCCU that has been running a number of years now. It’s a scheme I fully support and have seen flourish […]
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Unbeaten Leeds Bradford MCCU eye Championship
Talk about a turnaround. Since a rough fortnight in March/April where they lost three times on the bounce against county opposition, Leeds Bradford MCCU have been on a magnificent roll. They are unbeaten in university competitions and have put themselves in contention for trophies as we approach the business end of their season. After the […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU: First-class…for now
As the sun streams through the balcony window of the pavilion at Weetwood, Andrew Lawson, Head Coach of Leeds/Bradford MCCU, is summoning the words to assess the 336-run defeat down at Derby that concluded the day before. It has been a chastening few days for the student sides against county opposition, highlighted by Somerset’s enormous […]
Billy Root intent on making a name for himself
Nottinghamshire and Leeds Bradford MCCU’s Billy Root is a young cricketer to look out for and it has nothing to do with that headline-grabbing surname. The twenty-two year old from Sheffield plays for Sheffield Collegiate in the ECB Yorkshire League and crams in games for the Weetwood-based MCC universities hub in Leeds and second-eleven county […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU scorch to Lord’s Final win
Leeds Bradford MCCU got their hands on some silverware at the third time of asking in an eventful season with a convincing victory over Cardiff at Lords. The squad lost out in two semi-finals in June in other formats but this 117-run triumph at the home of cricket (after Scarborough, obviously) will go some way […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU’s T20 triumph at Weetwood
After being given a ‘bye’ because their morning opponents Newcastle University had been unable to field a team, Leeds Bradford MCCU took on Durham MCCU at Weetwood in the afternoon sunshine for a place at the MCC / Red Bull T20 Finals Day on Monday 15th June. The winners of that mid-June extravaganza in Oxford […]
Cricket Yorkshire sponsors Leeds Bradford MCCU
CricketYorkshire.com is a cricket website business going places and on that journey, securing sponsorship deals with talented professional cricketers is part of the strategy to raise its profile. I’m absolutely delighted that Cricket Yorkshire will be shirt sponsor and media partner of Leeds Bradford MCCU for the 2015 season. Our distinctive green CY logo […]