National Cricket Week Was Brilliant
The sixth Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week saw more than 1,500 schools and community groups take part in a nationwide celebration of cricket in the playground and the classroom.
The sixth Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week saw more than 1,500 schools and community groups take part in a nationwide celebration of cricket in the playground and the classroom.
Once a year, thousands of children in England and Wales get stuck into a great big celebration of cricket. Some have never played before whilst others are already absolutely cricket mad. To kick things off with a bang this year, Chance to Shine helped us find seven really special young cricket fans so we could give them a dream day out. A red carpet tour of Headingley stadium, complete with a behind the scenes tour, their own custom cricket kits and a surprise visit and training session from Yorkshire cricket legend Jonny Bairstow.
With the help of charity Cricket Builds Hope and the Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) we’re making cricket coaching available to schools and young people on four Rwandan tea estates over the next three years, starting with Gisovu Tea Estate in the Western Province of Rwanda.
It’s our fifth year partnering with grassroots cricket charity Chance to Shine, so this year’s Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week was extra special. Taking place from June 18-22, thousands of children took part in our celebration of cricket – with hundreds of events and activities hosted by schools and communities across England and Wales.
National Cricket Week is run by the cricket charity Chance to Shine. Each year, it sees thousands of schools and communities across the country will take part in a week of cricket-themed activities to celebrate the sport and encourage children to play and learn through cricket all year round. We've been the partner for five years, and we're proud to say that since 2014, over 4,000 schools have taken part. Today's big event (Tuesday, June 19) is a girls’ cricket festival at Frenchay Cricket Club in Bristol. Girls from across the south west have been invited to come and play cricket and be coached by two inspirational players from the England Women’s Cricket Team, Fran Wilson and Beth Langston.
We're sponsoring National Cricket Week again this year - and the event, which is run by the cricket charity Chance to Shine, will take place from June 18-22. To help get the message out, we took England Cricket’s all-time highest Test run scorer and former captain Alastair Cook to cricket-mad Rusthall Primary School, near Tunbridge Wells.