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WELCOME TO A NEW PREMIER League Cricket chairman Alan Birkinshaw said CRICKET LEAGUE IN SOUTH it was a proud moment for all involved. It has YORKSHIRE taken a tremendous amount of hard work and sacrifice. This is a special day for all who have Yorkshire Premier League Cricket has been made this possible. Yorkshire cricket is truly officially launched and the Race to Abu Dhabi united.” is set to begin when the first ball is bowled on During the dinner the draw for the play-off April 16 (North) and 23 (South). semi-finals was made by Colin Graves and Leading figures from the England & Wales Jason Gillespie. They drew the team names Cricket Board, Yorkshire County Cricket Club from the White Rose Trophy which has been and the Yorkshire Cricket Board attended a donated to Yorkshire Premier League Cricket special dinner at York Cricket Club. by the officials of the now defunct under-21 They joined officials of the four Premier competition. leagues, Yorkshire League North, Yorkshire The semi-final line-up will see Yorkshire League South, North Yorkshire South Durham League North take on Yorkshire League South League and the Bradford League plus at Scarborough, while the Bradford League will representatives of the competing clubs. play North Yorkshire/ South Durham at The York Senior, South Yorkshire, Halifax, Headingley. Both will be played on Saturday, Wetherby, Nidderdale and York Vale leagues, September 17, with Sunday, September 18 as who will form the pyramids beneath the Premier a reserve day. Leagues, joined the celebration. The winning teams will then travel to Abu Dhabi “ECB chairman Colin Graves said: “The rest of on October 22 for the final. During their stay the the cricket community will be watching this two teams will practice and play in one warm- exciting development. The people who have up match each against a local team before worked so hard to make this happen deserve meeting in the Day/Night final in the Sheikh the highest praise.” Zayed Cricket Stadium Chairman Steve Denison, who headed a strong Yorkshire County Cricket Club delegation which included Chief Executive Mark Arthur, Commercial Director Andy Dawson, Director of Cricket Martyn Moxon, Head Coach Jason The new ECB Yorkshire South Premier Gillespie, and new coach Richard Pyrah, said: League, which becomes operational in April “Who would have thought this day would come. 2016, is delighted to announce the signing of a Brilliant leadership from Yorkshire CCC, three-year sponsorship agreement with All Yorkshire Cricket Board and the leagues.” Rounder Cricket Equipment. All Rounder Yorkshire’s fast bowler Matthew Fisher, whose Cricket is one of the leading specialist cricket club Sheriff Hutton Bridge will play in Yorkshire retailers in the world, stocking over 5,000 of the League North, is excited by the new set up latest & best cricket products as used by some which will see the champions of the four of the world's greatest cricketers. Based premier leagues meet in end of season play- opposite the Headingley Cricket Stadium in offs with the final being played in Abu Dhabi on Leeds, West Yorkshire and owned by ex October 27. Yorkshire CCC and Derbyshire CCC player, “League cricket has been transformed,” he Chris Taylor, All Rounder has grown rapidly said. “The best playing the best is how it should since its incorporation in 2011 to become one be. Must be thankful to all that made it happen.” of the largest cricket retailers in the World. It has taken more than two years to create the new league structure. Yorkshire Premier
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The new All Rounder Cricket ECB Yorkshire the point where there is a genuine anticipation and South Premier League comes into being as excitement about the new structure, increased part of the restructuring of Yorkshire’s senior competitiveness, and the opportunity for clubs to test cricket leagues into a pyramid system from themselves against old rivals in a Premier League 2016. It brings together seven of the former environment for the first time. Yorkshire League clubs, based in South I would like to thank all the members of our committee Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, together with for their constructive approach, hard work and the top four South Yorkshire Senior Cricket commitment so far. They have pulled together as a League clubs and Wakefield Thornes from the team and utilised their different experiences, Central Yorkshire League. knowledge and skills to get us where we are now. The announcement of this new sponsorship I hope that players, officials and spectators alike will deal coincides with the opening of All all thoroughly enjoy our first season. However, despite Rounder’s new Cricket Megastore on the thoroughness of our preparations, there will Penistone Road Trading Estate, Hillsborough, undoubtedly be things we have not thought of, or that Sheffield, S6 2FL, at 9am on Saturday 5th need to be looked at again. We are committed to December 2015, by world number one batsman ensuring that our league is as good as it possibly can Joe Root of Yorkshire CCC and England. For be, we will listen to feedback and, at the end of the more details please view season, we will review and make changes where www.allroundercricket.com necessary. Finally, I would like to thank our main sponsors, All All Rounder will contribute a significant financial Rounder Cricket, and all our advertisers, for their sponsorship to the Yorkshire South Premier much valued support. League from 2016 to 2018, and will see the All Rounder name linked with both the new league I very much look forward to the coming season and to competition and the league’s t20 competition. seeing you all on my travels around our grounds.
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Over the last 18 months, much hard work has gone Club news posted here...... into laying the foundations for our new league. Change is never easy, neither is bringing together different cultures and personalities, and particularly against a background where some have not sought the change and were reluctant to lose years of tradition and history. I think we have succeeded to
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and expectations for the year is to book our seats on the trip to Abu Dhabi and I hope ASTON HALL CC everyone feels that this is achievable. Looking at the squad of blokes we have across all 2016 Captain: Rob Ward senior squads I believe we have enough depth and quality to go toe to toe with anyone within Ground Aston Hall Cricket Club the new Yorkshire League South. Although address: Green Lane from last year’s squad we no longer have Aston Azeem Rafiq, Daniel Rafiq, James Brown or Sheffield Callam Bethall., We have signed Oliver Jackson S26 2BD from Connisborough (Left Arm Spin), Dan 0114 287 3000 Waldron from Rotherham (Seamer), and Harvey Wooton (LH Bat and Left Arm Seamer). Club news posted here...... We can also confirm that Zohaib Amhad will be returning as our overseas player for next season for the third time. This is really welcome news for the club as his quality and experience with bat and ball gives the team so much depth.
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2016 Captain: Jonathan Trower Fixtures 2016
Ground Barnsley Cricket Club (games start at 12.30pm unless indicated) address: Shaw Lane Sports Club Saturday 23 April Shaw Lane Aston Hall v Appleby Frodingham Barnsley Barnsley v Treeton Cleethorpes v Sheffield Collegiate S70 6HZ Doncaster Town v Rotherham Town 01226 203509 Sheffield & Phoenix United v Wickersley Old Village Whitley Hall v Wakefield Thornes
For 2016 Barnsley have turned to experienced Saturday 30 April campaigner Jonathan Trower to lead the side Appleby Frodingham v Barnsley Rotherham Town v Whitley Hall following Jason Booths decision to stand down Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix United due to work commitments. As he explains, JT Treeton v Cleethorpes thought long and hard before accepting the Wakefield Thornes v Aston Hall Wickersley Old Village v Doncaster Town role “I had been asked to captain and try and continue the great work undertaken by Boothy Monday 2 May and the club in previous years. I was hesitant J P Plant Yorkshire Leagues Cup – preliminary round Aston Hall v Wakefield Thornes to take on the role simply because of the off Doncaster Town v Sheffield Collegiate the field commitment and the emotional effort Whitley Hall v Sheffield & Phoenix United Wickersley Old Village v Treeton required to do the job well, however after some long hard thinking and soul searching I Saturday 7 May have accepted the challenge. Matt Wilson will Barnsley v Sheffield Collegiate Cleethorpes v Wickersley Old Village be the vice-captain and know he will relish the Doncaster Town v Wakefield Thornes additional responsibility. Personally my goal Sheffield & Phoenix United v Rotherham Town
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Treeton v Appleby Frodingham Group 2 (at Aston Hall) Whitley Hall v Aston Hall 1. Sheffield Collegiate v Aston Hall (10.00am) Saturday 14 May 2. Doncaster Town v Sheffield and Phoenix United Appleby Frodingham v Wickersley Old Village (1.00pm) Aston Hall v Barnsley Winner 1 v Winner 2 (4.00pm) Doncaster Town v Sheffield & Phoenix United Group 3 (at Wakefield Thornes) Rotherham Town v Sheffield Collegiate 1. Wakefield Thornes v Barnsley (10.00am) Wakefield Thornes v Treeton 2. Wickersley Old Village v Rotherham Town (1.00pm) Whitley Hall v Cleethorpes Winner 1 v Winner 2 (4.00pm)
Saturday 18 June Saturday 21 May Aston Hall v Sheffield Collegiate Appleby Frodingham v Whitley Hall Doncaster Town v Barnsley Aston Hall v Doncaster Town Rotherham Town v Appleby Frodingham Rotherham Town v Cleethorpes Sheffield & Phoenix United v Cleethorpes Sheffield Collegiate v Treeton Wakefield Thornes v Wickersley Old Village Wakefield Thornes v Sheffield & Phoenix United Whitley Hall v Treeton Wickersley Old Village v Barnsley Saturday 25 June Saturday 28 May Appleby Frodingham v Wakefield Thornes Barnsley v Wakefield Thornes Barnsley v Cleethorpes Cleethorpes v Aston Hall Rotherham Town v Aston Hall Doncaster Town v Appleby Frodingham Sheffield Collegiate v Doncaster Town Sheffield & Phoenix United v Whitley Hall Treeton v Sheffield & Phoenix United Sheffield Collegiate v Wickersley Old Village Wickersley Old Village v Whitley Hall Treeton v Rotherham Town Saturday 2 July Monday 30 May Aston Hall v Wickersley Old Village J P Plant Yorkshire Leagues Cup – first round Cleethorpes v Appleby Frodingham Aston Hall/ Wakefield Th v Driffield Town Doncaster Town v Treeton Castleford/ Dunnington v Yorkshire Academy Sheffield & Phoenix United v Barnsley Cleethorpes v Whitley Hall/Sheffield & Wakefield Thornes v Rotherham Town Phoenix Utd Whitley Hall v Sheffield Collegiate Doncaster Town/Sheffield C v Harrogate Hull/Sheriff Hutton Bridge v Wickersley Old Sunday 3 July Village/Treeton J P Plant Yorkshire Leagues Cup – quarter-finals Rotherham Town v Barnsley Stamford Br/Scarborough v Appleby Frodingham Saturday 9 July Woodhouse Grange/Acomb v York Appleby Frodingham v Aston Hall Rotherham Town v Doncaster Town Saturday 4 June Sheffield Collegiate v Cleethorpes Appleby Frodingham v Sheffield Collegiate Treeton v Barnsley Aston Hall v Sheffield & Phoenix United Wakefield Thornes v Whitley Hall Rotherham Town v Barnsley Wickersley Old Village v Sheffield & Phoenix United Wakefield Thornes v Cleethorpes Whitley Hall v Doncaster Town Saturday 16 July Wickersley Old Village v Treeton Aston Hall v Wakefield Thornes Barnsley v Appleby Frodingham Saturday 11 June Cleethorpes v Treeton Barnsley v Whitley Hall Doncaster Town v Wickersley Old Village Cleethorpes v Doncaster Town Sheffield & Phoenix United v Sheffield Collegiate Sheffield & Phoenix United v Appleby Frodingham Whitley Hall v Rotherham Town Sheffield Collegiate v Wakefield Thornes Treeton v Aston Hall Sunday 17 July Wickersley Old Village v Rotherham Town YSPL t20 finals
Sunday 12 June Saturday 23 July t20 group stage Appleby Frodingham v Treeton Group 1 (at Cleethorpes) Aston Hall v Whitley Hall 1. Cleethorpes v Appleby Frodi((10.00am)2. Rotherham Town v Sheffield & Phoenix United Whitley Hall v Treeton (1.00pm) Sheffield Collegiate v Barnsley Winner 1 v Winner 2 (4.00pm) Wakefield Thornes v Doncaster Town Wickersley Old Village v Cleethorpes
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Saturday 10 September Saturday 30 July Aston Hall v Rotherham Town Barnsley v Aston Hall Cleethorpes v Barnsley Cleethorpes v Whitley Hall Doncaster Town v Sheffield Collegiate Sheffield & Phoenix United v Doncaster Town Sheffield & Phoenix United v Treeton Sheffield Collegiate v Rotherham Town Wakefield Thornes v Appleby Frodingham Treeton v Wakefield Thornes Whitley Hall v Wickersley Old Village Wickersley Old Village v Appleby Frodingham Saturday 17 September Saturday 6 August White Rose Yorkshire Champions Trophy – semi-finals Barnsley v Wickersley Old Village Bradford League v N Yorks & S Durham L’gue Cleethorpes v Rotherham Town (Headingley) Doncaster Town v Aston Hall Yorkshire PL North v Yorkshire South PL Sheffield & Phoenix United v Wakefield Thornes (Scarborough) Treeton v Sheffield Collegiate Whitley Hall v Appleby Frodingham
Saturday 13 August Appleby Frodingham v Doncaster Town Aston Hall v Cleethorpes Rotherham Town v Treeton Wakefield Thornes v Barnsley Whitley Hall v Sheffield & Phoenix United Wickersley Old Village v Sheffield Collegiate
Sunday 14 August J P Plant Yorkshire Leagues Cup – semi-finals
Saturday 20 August Barnsley v Rotherham Town Cleethorpes v Wakefield Thornes Doncaster Town v Whitley Hall Sheffield & Phoenix United v Aston Hall Sheffield Collegiate v Appleby Frodingham Treeton v Wickersley Old Village
Saturday 27 August Appleby Frodingham v Sheffield & Phoenix United Aston Hall v Treeton Doncaster Town v Cleethorpes Rotherham Town v Wickersley Old Village Wakefield Thornes v Sheffield Collegiate Whitley Hall v Barnsley
Monday 29 August Appleby Frodingham v Cleethorpes Barnsley v Sheffield & Phoenix United Rotherham Town v Wakefield Thornes Sheffield Collegiate v Whitley Hall Treeton v Doncaster Town Wickersley Old Village v Aston Hall
Saturday 3 September Appleby Frodingham v Rotherham Town Barnsley v Doncaster Town Cleethorpes v Sheffield & Phoenix United Sheffield Collegiate v Aston Hall Treeton v Whitley Hall Wickersley Old Village v Wakefield Thornes
Sunday 4 September J P Plant Yorkshire Leagues Cup – final
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