Dringhouses Cricket Club

History

• Dringhouses Cricket club was founded around 130 years ago

• Cricket has been played at St Helens Road for over 80 years

• Ground formalised in 1942

• Colonel George Alexander Eason Wilkinson • Inherited Dringhouses from his family

• Left a lot of land in Dringhouses to CYC

• for the benefit of Dringhouses residents

• Land at St Helens Road left to be used as long as a Cricket Club exists

• Dringhouses Cricket Club now have a 99 year lease from CYC

Teams

• 1st Team – York & District Senior League – Division 1 - Mid table

• 2nd Team – York & District Senior League – Division 4 – Top of table • Awaiting details of promotion to Division 3

• 7 of this team are under 17, 5 are under 14

• Youth Teams – there are a number of young teams

Regulations

• Covered under ECB rules (English Cricket Board)

• Also local Divisions Rules

• Current pressure from ECB and York & District Senior League to • Improve facilities

• Changing rooms

• Scoring (Electronic Scoreboards & use of Internet reporting)

• Training facilities

• Engage more with young players

• Develop Womens cricket

• Have to be able to demonstrate improvements to maintain accreditation

Ward Grant Application

• To improve facilities – provision of an Electronic Scoreboard

• To encourage younger members to participate

• To encourage greater participation of families

• Application for £2500 of a total of £3100

Benefits

• Enables DCC to modernise and keep up to date with ECB requirements

• Enables scoring to be done via a WIFI link

• More interest with young members wishing to take up scoring

• Enables club to attract more members

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