If you think about it, Viking Cricket is about as Yorkshire as it gets. The award-winning English willow cricket bats sell around the world from their Silsden HQ but the DNA has both a Scandinavian and White Rose heritage. That’s literally the case for Managing Director Jeff Wilson
The growth of Fantasy Club Cricket is proof that if you have a canny business idea, the right skillset and dogged determination then nothing can stop you. For Matt Heppell, being asked by his local cricket club, East Grinstead CC, to run a fantasy league competition got the cogs whirring
In this collaboration with British Recycled Plastic based in Mytholmroyd, we’re highlighting six popular products that would improve facilities at cricket clubs, make life easier for volunteers and keep plastic waste out of landfill. Denholme and Bradshaw The Denholme Picnic Table is the best-selling, flagship recycled plastic table
Here at Cricket Yorkshire, we’ll be sharing advice from Howden who work with the ECB to help insure cricket clubs in England and Wales. In this article, it’s a look at underinsurance to ensure clubs are covered correctly - so there are no surprises if they need to claim.
Our broadband partner Brsk have introduced a TV service (BetterTV) as they look to add extra value and choice, while delivering rocket-speed broadband. Tuck into of all the shows, movies and live content you could possibly want - at a low price that is hard to beat. Enjoy documentaries, sport
Chance to Shine Street is a fast-paced form of cricket that is being used all over the country to support those from some of the most diverse backgrounds and disadvantaged areas. Six a side. Just twenty balls per innings. Played with a tapeball (a tennis ball encased in electrical
Gareth Davis, Head of Region for South Yorkshire at the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) talked me through some of the development work being done in schools. The ECB’s national programmes of All Stars and Dynamos; those eight weeks of cricket sessions at clubs for young children, have been the
In this content collaboration with Howden, we catch up with Colin Mico to find out the latest on cricket club insurance for 2024. An insurance broker for 40+ years, Colin is a qualified coach at Caterham Cricket Club, as well as advising the Surrey Cricket Foundation and county boards. He
Every year, across Yorkshire and beyond, cricket clubs are upgrading their outdoor cricket facilities. In this content collaboration with Total Play, we’ll look at Heslington Cricket Club to see the positive impact already being noticed. (This article was originally published in January 2021). In 2022, Heslington Cricket Club had
Whitley Hall Cricket Club are enjoying a period of growth with their new Ladies section as well as All Stars and Dynamos programmes proving popular. (Article published originally in December 2021) With that welcome surge of interest came its own challenges over facilities provision; particularly around building outdoor cricket nets
In this content collaboration with SIS Pitches, we’ll walk you through all of the common questions relating to buying and installing a hybrid cricket pitch. If you’re a sports club or a school, or a groundskeeper who is fact-finding, this will be an in-depth guide and
Ampleforth College are celebrating the completion of their new outdoor cricket nets, designed and built by Total Play. The school in North Yorkshire has a proud cricketing heritage with 13 squads, including Boys’ and Girls’ 1st XIs who play in the National Cup as well as touring at or hosting
If you’ve never been, Settle Cricket Club’s Marshfield ground has just about everything going for it. It’s got bags of character with craggy hills behind and the chance of seeing a steam train puff its way across the viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. What it lacked
Wicket Cricket Manager is a free cricket app, available on the App Store and Google Play, that bills itself as ‘most realistic cricket management game on mobile.’ A bold claim and when Manny, its creator, got in touch to ask if I’d review it, I was curious. I have
Over the coming months, we’ll be announcing new commercial partnerships with organisations. You’ll see new adverts on the website, read sponsored articles about cricket-related products and services and perhaps see them mentioned on our social media channels or in our newsletter. These collaborations fund the journalism we
Back in August, twenty or so groundskeepers from cricket clubs across the region met at Kirstall Educational Cricket Club. (What is the collective term for those who maintain cricket grounds? A 'loam' or a 'topsoil' perhaps? Answers in the comments below!) So, as for this latest
