Introduction

The Yorkshire Cricket Board through the District Cricket Festival are hoping to give youngsters a further chance to display their talent and to realize their potential. The matches will play a part in the county selection procedure at Under 13 level and at U14 / U15 level as well.

Concept of District Cricket

The concept of District Cricket for those at sub-county level is an outcome of the Pathways to Excellence scheme on the road to county representative teams. The District Cricket Working Party of the Board believe there is a significant gap in quality between the cricket played by both the YSCA schools areas and the Lords Taverners Junior Cricket Festival in its 17 areas on the one hand and the county teams and the other.

For 2008 it is intended to again run District Cricket in the last week in May and an U14 Festival, beginning on Monday 18 August (provisionally at this stage), as a means of filling this gap, providing an outcome and talent platform for young players and serving as a trials system for county teams.

It will provide a progression

From Area Teams Season 2007 and Pathways Centres 2007/08

To District Cricket May 2008

To County teams 2008 and Pathways Centre invitations or promotions 2008/09

Areas

6 Areas will be operated: North Yorkshire , East Yorkshire , South Yorkshire East (Barnsley and Doncaster), South Yorkshire West (Rotherham and Sheffield), West Yorkshire East (Leeds and Wakefield) and West Yorkshire West (Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees). These have been based on demographic and geographic considerations.

Rules For 2008 - these will be based on the rules of the Lords Taverners Under 13s Festival

WEST YORKSHIRE (WEST) WILL BE MANAGED, IN SEASON 2008, BY MR M.BARROWCLOUGH

Other District Convenors are

Adrain Grayson (North)
John Fishwick (East)
David Clayton (South Yorkshire East)
Jack Bethel (South Yorkshire West)
Keith Dickson (West Yorkshire East)

FIXTURES 2008

UNDER 10 FESTIVAL (2007)

Monday 5 May
North and West 83-3 (35 Overs)
(Matthew Fisher 20 retired, Steven Croft 2-14)
lost to East 86-7 (30 Overs) by 3 Wickets
(Charlie Hodgson 33 retired, Tom Blanchard 2-3)

South 69 (34.1 Overs)
(Callum Bethel 17*, Max Senior 2-10, Liam Smith 2-9,
Keiron Holliday 2-1)
lost to the West 166-7 (35 Overs) by 97 Runs
(Dan Cross 31 retired, Jalil Akbar 31 retired, Callum Bethel 3-13)

UNDER 10 FESTIVAL (2008)

Tuesday 12 August at Sheffield Utd CC
No Play - Rain

Thursday 14 August at Woodhouse Grange CC
No Play - Rain

UNDER 13 FESTIVAL

Tuesday 27 May
A) North Yorkshire 161 v. West Yorkshire East 164-7
West Yorkshire East (9.64 points) defeated North Yorks (3.01 pts) by 3 Wickets
B) East Yorkshire 202-5 v. South Yorkshire East 205-5
South Yorks East (9.05 points) defeated East Yorkshire (3.02 pts) by 5 Wickets

Wednesday 28 May
A) West Yorkshire East 150-9 v. West Yorkshire West 27-1
Match Abandoned - WY West 4.70 points, West Yorks West 5.07 pts
B) South Yorkshire East v. South Yorkshire West
No Play - Rain - 3 Points to each side

Thursday 29 May
A) West Yorkshire West 195-6 v. North Yorkshire 196-6
North Yorks (9.16 points) defeated West Yorks West (3.15 pts)
B) South Yorkshire West 169-4 v. East Yorkshire 167-7
South Yorkshire West (9.09 points) defeated East Yorkshire
(2.47 pts) by 6 Wickets

FINAL GROUP TABLES

Friday 30 May
Undercliffe CC - West Yorkshire East v. South Yorkshire West
Pudsey Congs CC - North Yorkshire v. South Yorkshire East
New Farnley CC - West Yorkshire West v. East Yorkshire

UNDER 14 FESTIVAL (Under 15 age-group for 2009)

Monday 18 August
A) West Yorkshire West v. West Yorkshire East
No Play - Rain
B) South Yorkshire West v. South Yorkshire East
No Play - Rain

Tuesday 19 August
A) West Yorkshire East v. North Yorkshire
No Play - Rain
B) South Yorkshire East v. East Yorkshire
No Play - Rain

Wednesday 20 August
A) North Yorkshire v. West Yorkshire West
No Play - Rain
B) East Yorkshire v. South Yorkshire West
No Play - Rain

Thursday 21 August
No Play - Rain