Yorkshire Cricket Board

Sunday 16th May was a huge day of girls cricket in the East of the county, with over 80 girls playing in fixtures for their clubs. The big day of cricket started on a breezy morning at Bridlington Cricket Club, with 7 teams attending the East Yorkshire Junior League's Under 11 Girls Festival. Teams from Hessle, Beverley, Bridlington, Eastrington and East Yorkshire took part in two games each and played some fantastic cricket. With balls flying everywhere and big smiles on faces, the morning was a huge success and celebration of the hard work being done by the clubs when introducing girls to cricket.

The day then moved on to Hymers College in Hull for an afternoon of fixtures for girls under the age of 15. Cottingham, Goole, Stamford Bridge and a team of girls made up from Yapham, Bolton Percy, Beverley, Driffield and Kirkella players played girls hardball cricket fixtures for the first time in East Yorkshire. Two fantastic games of cricket ending in close wins for Stamford Bridge against Goole and Cottingham against the mixed team.

Rob Johnson, Women & Girls Development Manager for the area, had this to say:

"The day was fantastic! It was great to see girls playing in such a nice atmosphere. It has been a long time goal of ours to get girls representing their clubs and girls only club cricket being played across East Yorkshire, as yet we haven’t been able to achieve it. This is the starting point as well as the springboard we needed and we hope to continue this growth through the East Yorkshire Girls structure and the hard work being put in by the clubs."

Story by Dean Smith
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