It was time for another Cricket Yorkshire travel adventure…if you’ve not been before, Altofts Cricket Club lies at the Northern fringes of this Yorkshire village outside Wakefield. The quickest route on foot from Normanton railway station requires a meander along Wakefield Wheel, a pleasant path that cuts through grassland and on a day as I […]
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Sunburn on the coldest day for cricket imaginable
The two-carriage industrial tinbox destined for Harrogate is popular this particular Sunday morning at Leeds station. Little wonder as it’s the third day of the Investec Test match at Headingley between England and New Zealand. Clusters of cricket fans loiter at each of the entrances to the train, waiting for the doors to open and […]
Cricket Yorkshire partners with Yorkshire Cancer Research
This is superb news. The opportunity for Cricket Yorkshire to partner with Yorkshire Cancer Research was an opportunity not to be missed and I’m delighted it’s all now been agreed. The Harrogate-based charity is already the official charity partner of Yorkshire County Cricket Club over the next two years and it’s a natural extension for […]
Yorkshire CCC stars champion cancer screening
Back on Friday – the day the world learnt of the death of Richie Benaud who passed at the age of 84 whilst being treated for skin cancer – members of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club squad themselves got checked for the disease. As part of the county club’s partnership with Yorkshire Cancer Research, cricketers […]
How a cricket partnership can galvanise efforts against cancer
On World Cancer Day (Wednesday 4 February), my focus was on the funeral of a family member who lost his battle with cancer. It’s a terrible group of diseases that has brutally rampaged through my family of late and reminded me both to be thankful for every day and also what is truly important in […]