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BUBWITH'S FREE AGENTS
Clubs wishing to sign players from the former Bubwith club can treat them as free agents.
No transfer is necessary in the case of these players. Bubwith, who used to play in the York and District Senior League, folded at the end of last season.
The HPH York Vale Cricket League, Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League and Bubwith CC have come to an agreement that all former Bubwith players are free agents and do not have to transfer.
21 February 2011

KISHOR SOLANKI
IT is with great sadness that the League announces the death of Heworth CC secretary Kishor Solanki.
He collapsed while playing hockey for City of York IX against Harrogate at Elm Park Way on Saturday. He was 54.
After medical attention from teammates was taken to York Hospital by paramedics where he died.
The thoughts of the HPH York Vale Cricket League are for his family at this sad time, especially to Arron and Stefan on the loss of their devoted father.
Stefan was playing in the same side as his father on Saturday.
Kishor, of Stockton Lane, York, was a former Nunthorpe School pupil. He began playing for York Trojans Hockey Club in the mid-1970s as a teenage before the club merged with York Hockey Club to form City of York Hockey Club.
He had been secretary for Heworth's two Vale League sides for a number of years and was the club's Child Welfare Officer.
20 February 2011

FRIENDLY FIXTURES SOUGHT
LINCOLNSHIRE club Burgh & District CC are looking to play friendlies in the York area on July 7 and 8.
Burge used to go on tour regularly a few years ago and want to revive their acquaintance with the district.
Burgh secretary Phil Sharp said: "We are a small village club near Skegness. Our strength at present is not too good so we would be happy enough with game against third or fourth XIs if that was all that was available. "We use to play Retreat CC, plus a number of other sides, on and off including Escrick Park, Thorpe Willoughby and Bolton Percy."
Any Vale League clubs wishing to fill a gap in their fixture list can contact Phil by email ps.terracorps@btinternet.com
20 February 2011 

CUP FINAL VENUES
ACOMB Cricket Club will host the York Vale League’s HPH Cup final on Sunday, August 5.
The other finals are Scothern Construction Cup (August 12 at Hemingbrough), Guy Mitchell Cup (August
19 at Selby), Presidents Cup (August 19 at Malton and Old Malton) and Prendergast Memorial Cup (August 26 at Dunnington).
It is hoped to stage the Hedley Memorial Cup at Kelfield on September 2, but this has yet to be confirmed.
18 February 2012


GROUNDSMEN'S COURSE
THE YCB, in conjunction with the Institute of Groundsemen will be running a spring preparations course for cricket groundsmen at Driffield CC on Saturday, March 17.
The course is a full day (9am to 4.30pm) and open to anyone interested in furthering their groundsmanship
knowledge. Anyone who is an individual member of the YCB or whose club is a member club may be eligible for a discount on the cost of the course. Club membership is limited to one discounted club member only..
Full details of the course will be available shortly but in the meantime if anyone has questions please contact
Martin Kingston, the YCB GA East representative on kingstonmv@tiscali.co.uk or the YCB GA secretary Ian Powell at ian.powell5@btconnect.com
4 February 2012

GROUP'S ANNUAL MEETING
City of York Cricket Development Group's AGM and open meeting will be held at Osbaldwick Sports Club on Tuesday, February 21, at 7.30pm
3 February 2012

WEBSITE CHANGES
THERE have been a few changes to the website to reduce the length of the main menu on the left side of the home page.
The League History and Archive pages have been merged with the past divisional champions, cup winners, final league tables and rolls of honour available by clicking on the appropriate sub-level.
League tables going back to the league's first season in 1934 are now available.
A few more pages may also be merged in the next few weeks. This will reduce the time web visitors have to scroll down the main menu.
27 January 2012

2012 CUP DRAWS
NORTH CAVE will begin the defence of the HPH Cup with a trip to Ben Johnson in May.
Hirst Courtney, who won the Scothern Construction Cup last season are in the HPH Cup this time after their promotion to division one and face a trip to Clifton Alliance.
League champions Copmanthorpe, beaten finalists in 2011, have home advantage against Ovington.
There will be a new competition – the President’s Cup – for clubs in the lower divisions. It will feature new side Stamford Bridge who will entertain Woodhouse Grange in the preliminary round while fellow newcomers Hirst Courtney II face Wheldrake II.

HPH CUP (to be played on May 26)
Copmanthorpe v Ovington
Hemingbrough v Bishopthorpe
Hirst Courtney v Clifton Alliance
Wheldrake v Westow
Kelfield v Barmby Moor
Ben Johnson v North Cave
Selby v Stockton & Hopgrove
Askham Bryan v Burn 
 
SCOTHERN CONSTRUCTION CUP (to be played on May 26)
Fulfordgate v Heworth
University of York Staff v Acomb
York RI v Goole Town
Thixendale v Malton & Old Malton
Melbourne v York
North Duffield v Thorpe Willoughby
Welton & Brough v Stillingfleet
South Cave & Brantingham v Copmanthorpe ll 

PRESIDENT’S CUP preliminary round (to be played on weekends of May 5 or 12)
Hirst Courtney ll v Wheldrake ll
Malton & Old Malton ll  v Thorpe Willoughby ll
Selby ll v Ovington ll
Stamford Bridge v Woodhouse Grange
Yapham v Dunnington
Hemingbrough ll v Huntington
First round (to be played on May 26)
Malton & Old Malton  or Thorpe Willoughby ll v Pocklington
Askham Bryan v Heworth ll
Thorp Arch & Boston Spa ll  v Hemingbrough ll or Huntington
Stockton & Hopgrove ll v Burn ll
Thorp Arch & Boston Spa v Hirst Courtney ll or Wheldrake ll
Stamford Bridge or Woodhouse Grange v Burton Salmon
Selby ll or Ovington ll v Yapham or Dunnington
Bishopthorpe ll v Drax
23 January 2012 

2012 HANDBOOK
WORK has begun on the ardous task of compiling the 2012 handbook.
It is a long and complicated job and clubs can help to ensure the league meets its printing deadlines by responding to emails asking for information for inclusion in the handbook.
Several clubs have already sent in their changes to the Club Directory for the new season's handbook. They will be also updated on this website in due course.
Clubs who have not yet sent in the required details - which this year includes the name of each club's child welfare officer - should do so as soon as possible. They should be sent to media officer Martin Jarred at media@yorkvale.co.uk
9 January 2012

2012 FIXTURES
The draft fixtures for the 2012 season have been compiled.
They can be viewed by clicking the 2012 Fixtures button on the side of this page.
Club secretaries are urged to view the fixtures report as it contains some important information.
23 December 2011

RECORD NUMBER OF TEAMS AND SIX DIVISIONS FOR 2012
THE HPH York Vale Cricket League will have six divisions next season for the first time in its 79-year history.
The top three divisions will each have ten teams with divisions four, five and six having eight sides each.
A cup competition for the lower divisions is to be reinstated and will have a new trophy, the President’s Cup. It will include a plate competition for teams knocked out in the early rounds.
Two new sides, Stamford Bridge and Hirst Courtney II, were elected at the league’s AGM last month. That meeting was told that Thorp Arch & Boston Spa were also looking to field a second team in the Vale League. Initially they were looking at an additional side for 2013 but withTadcaster Magnets, with whom they ground-share, withdrawing from the league, TABS opted to apply for 2012.
An email vote of clubs after the AGM saw TABS II admitted which took the number of teams up to record high of 54. It also left the league’s management committee the difficult task of incorporating that number into the league.
Woodhouse Grange have withdrawn their team which played in Division 2 last season and have replaced what was the club’s third team with a fourth team. The management committee felt it appropriate that this team should be placed in the lowest division.
South Cave & Brantingham proved far too strong for Division 5 last season and as a vacancy was created by the Woodhouse Grange situation it was felt they would be most competitive in Division 3.
The fast-tracking of South Cave, who won their division by a massive 83 points, means that University of York Staff will retain their place in Division 2 after initially facing relegation.
Robert Woolley, of sponsors HPH chartered accountants said: "As a business we are delighted to be associated with a league which is growing and going from strength to strength."
The composition of the league for 2012 is:
Division 1: Copmanthorpe, Stockton & Hopgrove, Bishopthorpe, Burn, Hemingbrough, North Cave, Clifton Alliance, Wheldrake Ovington, Hirst Courtney.
Division 2: Ben Johnson, Barmby Moor, Westow, Selby, Askham Bryan, Kelfield, Fulfordgate, University of York Staff, Thorpe Willoughby, York RI.
Division 3: Heworth, Thixendale, Melbourne, Malton & Old Malton, North Duffield, Stillingfleet, Welton & Brough, York, Copmanthorpe II, South Cave & Brantingham.
Division 4: Acomb, Goole Town, Ovington II, Bishopthorpe II, Heworth II, Wheldrake II, Burn II, Hemingbrough II.
Division 5: Burton Salmon, Huntington, Pocklington, Dunnington, Thorp Arch & Boston Spa I, Askham Bryan II, Drax, Yapham.
Division 6: Stockton & Hopgrove II, Thorpe Willoughby II, Selby II, Malton & Old Malton II, Woodhouse Grange, Hirst Courtney II, Thorp Arch & Boston Spa II, Stamford Bridge.
The new season will start on Saturday, April 28 and run for 20 weeks to Saturday, September 8.
Next season will also see the awarding of a Sportsmanship Trophy, based on scores from submitted scorecards.
The annual dinner and presentation evening will be staged at the Royal York Hotel on Saturday, September 22.
22 December 2011

COACHING COURSES
THERE will be two ECB/YCB cricket coaching coursed at Joseph Rowntree School, Haxby Road, New Earswick, York, early next year.
A level two course will be held on January 15, 22, 29 and February 5. It costs £300.
A level one course, costing £225, will be held on February 19 and 26 with assesment on March 4.
Sessions on both courses are 9am-4pm each day and include emergency First Aid and Safeguarding and Protection of Children courses which will both be held on March 11.
Level one candidates must be a minimum of 16 at the time of the assessment  and 18 for level two.
Members of Local Cricket Development Groups may be eligible for a small discount .
For further details and confirmation of a place please contact Ian Powell on 01609
777195 or 07976 787965 or email him on ian.powell5@btconnect.com
Closing date for applications for the level two course will be Friday, January 6. For the level one course the deadline is Friday, February 210.
Both courses can take a maximum of 24 candidates, however, a minimum of 18 is needed to make the course viable.
22 December 2011

GET YOUR GROUND’S SOIL ANALYSED
The Yorkshire Grounds Association is holding its AGM and seminar at Cleckheaton CC on April 1 (10am start).
The theme for this year’s event is “Core Values” and members are asked to take a core sample of their square and, or, outfield and receive analysis from the association’s panel of pitch advisors.
Alan Lewis will lead the day with an insight in to the causes behind thatch and the benefits of renovation.
Keith Kensett, sole importer of the Graden Scarifier, will provide a demonstration and presentation on how to deal with thatch.
To take advantage of this opportunity to have your sample analysed and to listen to two of the leading exponents of fine sports turf please book your place by contacting the secretary via yorkshirega@btconnect.com
22 December 2011


CHILD WELFARE COURSE
THERE is a Sports UK Safeguarding and Protecting Children course at Beverley Cricket Club on Monday 19 December at £25 per head.
Full details can be obtained from Steve Bunn at jbunn@hotmail.com. This is a basic course for coaches and Club Welfare Officers which must be attended every three years.
Club Welfare Officers must also attend the "Time to Listen" course.
All clubs should ensure they comply with the ECB/YCB requirements in respect of qualified Child Welfare Officers, and, if there is sufficient demand, the Vale League will consider organising a course before next season.
Each club's Child Welfare Officer will be included on the website and in the handbook next season.
If further assistance or details are required please contact the League Child Welfare Officer, Mike Wellock at welfare@yorkvale.co.uk or League Secretary John Parker at secretary@yorkvale.co.uk
1 December 2011

CLUB SECRETARY CHANGES
CLUBS wishing to contact other Vale League clubs during the winter are advised to use details on this website rather than the 2011 handbook.
Several clubs, including Clifton Alliance, Fulfordgate, Huntington and South Cave & Brantingham, have all made secretary changes in the last few days.
These have been updated in the club directory section of this website and there may be more changes to clubs' personnel in the coming months.
17 November 2011

CARING FOR YOUR PITCH
Two articles from Pitchcare magazine can be read by following the links on the Advice for Groundsmen page.
12 November 2011

                                                
                                             League chairman Shane Hargrave presents the framed Press photograph
                                                    of Westow's ground to Dave Welford, who represented the club at the AGM


STAMFORD BRIDGE AND HIRST II ELECTED
TWO new sides were elected to the League at last night's annual general meeting - Hirst Courtney II and Stamford Bridge.
Hirst, who gained promotion to division one last season, will have several players from their burgeoning junior section in their second team. Bridge, who have two sides in the Senior League, will also field a development team in the Vale League.
Two clubs, Goole Town and Barmby Moor, applied for re-election after conceding more than two games during 2011. Goole were re-elected by an overwhelming majority after club secretary David Caldicott put their case to the meeting at Fulfordgate WMC. Their team for 2012 will be organised by Under-13s coach Jason Greaves.
Barmby Moor, who did not attend, were also kept in by a slender margin.
Tadcaster Magnet, who also conceded several games last season, resigned from the league.
However, it is possible that Thorp Arch & Boston Spa, who share Tadcaster's Station Road ground, may put in a second team in the Vale League next season to compensate.
The Vale League management committee has given TABS a mid-December deadline to put in their application. When that decision is known the league will be able to work on its divisional structure and fixtures.
A new points system will be in operation next season.
The winning team will receive 30 points, the losers none, with tied, cancelled or abandoned matches seeing sides receive 15 points seach. Bonus points will only be awarded to the losing side as follows
Batting (to a maximum of five points)
1pt 75 runs, 2pts 100 runs, 3pts 125 runs, 4pts 150 runs, 5pts 175 runs
Bowling (to a maximum of five points)
1pt 2wkts, 2pts 4wkts, 3pts 6wkts, 4pts 8wkts, 5pts 10wkts
Any team which cancels or concedes a fixture will see 30 points awarded to the opposition.
 An increase in fines for late submitted scorecards was also agreed.
A rule-change proposal by Ovington about match conditions was also voted in. If a match cannot start at the scheduled time due to ground or weather conditions, the captains shall agree the number of overs to be played. If they cannot agree one over from each innings shall be deducted for every seven minutes lost.
The management committee was re-elected along with new treasurer Dave Morton (Kelfield) and Steve Relf (Pocklington).
Long serving Frank Stones was elected senior vice-president with a role as a roving ambassador for the league.
League chairman Shane Hargrave presented a frames picture, donated by The Press, of Westow's ground surrounded by bright yellow oilseed rape fields to Dave Welford from the Ryedale-based club. The gesture was to acknowledge Westow's fund-raising efforts towards their new pavilion.
In addition to Barmby Moor, Ben Johnson, Huntington and Stillingfleet also failed to attend last night's meeting.
8 November 2011

AGM AGENDA
SEVERAL key issues will be discussed at the League's annual general meeting at Fulfordgate WMC on Monday, November 7.
These include bonus points, additional members to the league committee and applications from Hirst Courtney II and Stamford Bridge to join the league.
To see the agenda click on the attachment below.
2011 AGM AGENDA.doc
25 October 2011


DAVE SET BECOME LEAGUE TREASURER
KELFIELD treasurer Dave Morton is poised to become the League's new treasurer.
Dave, who also scores for the Kelfield club, is also treasurer of Kelfield Parish Church.
His appointment is expected to be ratified at the League AGM at Fulfordgate WMC on Monday, November 7.
Previous treasurer Mike Hamshere indicated several months ago that he wanted to stand down from the post, but will remain a member of the management committee.
21 October 2011 

FRANK'S A SPORTING HERO
VALE League president Frank Stones' work for cricket has been rewarded with a top award.
Frank won the Sporting Hero category in The Press's 2011 Community Pride Awards at York Racecourse on Thursday night.
Frank was made an honorary life member of the League in 2009 after his retirement as league chairman - a post he held for 30 years.
A former Alliance player and regular umpire, took over the role from Harry Smith in 1977. He first became involved in the league in 1958 when he watched a game involving Alliance, who were a man short, on Knavesmire.
He also organised several charity fund rasing efforts through the league, including runs for charity. One year it was for the Guardian Angels appeal run by The Press for York Hospital and Frank doubled the amount raised by the league from his own pocket.
21 October 2011


GREAT SCOTT LANDS YOUNG PLAYER AWARD
SCOTT Shepherd was crowned the Drax Power Ltd Young Player of the Year at the HPH York Vale  Cricket League’s annual dinner and presentation evening at the Royal York Hotel.
The teenage all-rounder pipped Woodhouse Grange team-mate Luke Cattle and Stockton & Hopgrove’s Dan Barrett to the prestigious award, presented by Drax Power senior risk analyst Luke Edwards before an audience of 220.
Shepherd, one of a select band of Vale youngsters to have been chosen for the York Joe Lumb XI, enjoyed an outstanding season.
He was Grange’s leading wicket-taker with 32 victims coming an at average of only 8.16 which also won him the second division bowling award. His tally included two seven-wicket hauls in July against Heworth and Selby.
He also averaged 42.25 with the bat, scoring 338 runs and struck an unbeaten 106 against Goole Town in the semi-finals of the Prendergast Cup.
Copmanthorpe, who won the division one title for the first time in their history, were presented with their trophy by Robert Woolley, partner in main sponsors, chartered accountants HPH. He also handed over the HPH Cup to North Cave.
North Duffield, who relaid their pitch before the start of the season, won the main Scothern Construction ground award and a cheque for £250. Fulfordgate (£150) were second and Stockton & Hopgrove (£100) third. Managing director of the firm, Paul Scothern, also presented to Scothern Construction Cup to Hirst Courtney.
The Press sports editor Stuart Martel presented the Mitchell Cup and Prendergast Memorial Trophy to Burn and North Duffield respectively.
York, who also won division four, received the Headley Memorial Cup from league life member Frank Stones.
The MC for the evening was committee member Dave Milburn and the guest speaker was Selby & Ainsty MP Nigel Adams, a former Vale League representative player, who is captain of the Parliamentary XI.
The league’s annual meeting will be on Monday, November 7, at Fulfordgate WMC.
17 October 2011

TRACTOR STOLEN
SOMETIME on the night of Sunday, October 9 the tractor used by the Clifton Park Sports Club was stolen from the club's premises on Shipton Road.
Clubs are asked to inform as many people as possible as to this crime in the hope that information regarding the tractor's whereabouts may be forthcoming.
Please advise anyone that should they be offered a "cheap deal" on a tractor it may well be the one stolen from the club and that they should inform the police and York Cricket Club secretary Nick Kay phone 07815 809596.
15 October 2011

AWARD WINNERS FOR 2011
 THE team and individual trophy winners for the 2011 season which will be handed out at the annual dinner at the Royal York Hotel on Saturday, October 15.
The silverware has been spread around this season with only one club, York, doubling up by winning the division four title and the Headley Memorial Cup.
At least 18 clubs will pick up a team or individual award on the stage. The team and various individual award winners are listed below.
The winners of the Drax Young Player of the Year award and Scothern Construction ground awards will be unveiled on the night. There were 14 nominations for the Young Player award and the shortlist of the three finalists will be announced shortly.
Certificates for the Press performances of the week winners will be left in envelopes on the club table of the winners.
The MC for the evening will be committee member Dave Milburn and guests include Selby MP Nigel Adams, who is captain of the Parliamentary XI, Robert Woolley, of major sponsors HPH, a representative of Scothern
Construction, who sponsor the Scothern Construction Cup and the grounds award scheme, The Press sports editor Stuart Martel, League president Guy Mitchell and honorary life member Frank Stones.
 
2011 ROLL OF HONOUR
Divisional Champions
Division 1: Copmanthorpe
Division 2: Ovington
Division 3: Thorpe Willougby
Division 4: York
Division 5: South Cave & Brantingham

Cup winners
HPH Cup: North Cave
Scothern Construction Cup: Hirst Courtney
Prendergast Memorial Trophy: North Duffield
Mitchell Cup: Burn
Headley Memorial Cup: York
 
Leading batting averages
Div 1: Matty Clark (Hemingbrough)                          76.10
Div 2: Ian Lake (Selby)                                              62.37
Div 3: Trevor Britain (North Duffield)                       125.80
Div 4: Deepak Selvaraj (York)                                   56.71
Div 5: Simon Franks (South Cave & Brantingham)   72.86

Leading bowling averages
Div 1: Josh Barrett (Stockton & Hopgrove)               9.69
Div 2: Scott Shepherd (Woodhouse Grange)            8.16
Div 3: Gary Walker (York RI)                                    8.20
Div 4: Kal Ahmed (York)                                           7.23
Div 5: Jake Wild (Thorpe Willoughby II)                   6.70

Les Kirby Trophy
(For most runs scored and most wickets taken)
Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) 990 runs and John Kitson (Thorp
Arch & Boston Spa) 45 wickets

Harry Smith Wicketkeeping Award
Harry Torn (Drax) 22 dismissals

Press Performance of the Week winners
Jamie Agnew (Fulfordgate), Josh Barrett (Stockton & Hopgrove), Danny Cameron (York RI), Richard Carden (Hirst Courtney), Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) x 2, Rob Daniel (Woodhouse Grange), Pete Eastwood (Pocklington), Ian Holmes (Bishopthorpe), Brian Howard (Hirst Courtney), Kevin Lund (Selby II), Neil Metcalfe (Ovington), Granville North (Hemingbrough II), John Patrick (North Duffield), Adam Prescott (Burn), Joe Robinson (Thixendale), Matthew Torn (Drax), Jed Vale (Pocklington), Jake Wild (Thorpe Willougby II) x 2, Rory Wilson (Bishopthorpe II)  
30 September 2011

 
TOP PERFORMANCES 2011
HEMINGBROUGH batsman Matty Clark dominated the 2011 season in division one.
Although he fell just short of 1,000 runs for the summer, he amassed 990 runs, including a double century and four other tons.
The only other centuries in the top flight came from Stockton & Hopgrove’s Dan Barrett, on the final day of the season against Hemingbrough, and John Bladen, who scored 105 against Ben Johnson on July 24.
Phil Alford (Hirst Courtney) was the only man to score two centuries in division two, while North Duffield’s Trevor Britain achieved the same feat in division three.
Curiously, the only triple figure scores in division three came in the same match as York duo Deepak Selvaraj and Nick Elliott put Bishopthorpe II to the sword.
Thorpe Willoughby all-rounder Jake Wild was one of the stars of division five with two centuries and best bowling of 7-19 against Yapham.
However, his bowling figures were topped by Pocklington’s Pete Eastwood whose 8-14, also against Yapham, on the final day of the season was the best return by any bowler in the League in 2011.
He just pipped Granville North, whose 8-18 for Hemingbrough II came on the same afternoon in the division four game against champions York.
John Patrick (North Duffield) and Phil Johnson (Stillingfleet) were the only men to gain a seven-wicket haul in division three.
Scott Shepherd, a Drax Young Player of the Year nominee, had two seven-wicket returns for Woodhouse Grange in division two, while Josh Barrett of Stockton & Hopgrove had the best figures individual figures in division one with his 7-12 against Barmby Moor.
 
2011 BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTING
Division 1
Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) 211no v Clifton Alliance, August 13
Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) 174 v Wheldrake, July 30
Dan Barrett (Stockton & Hopgrove) 120 v Hemingbrough, September 3
Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) 109 v Barmby Moor, April 23
Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) 106 v Wheldrake, May 15
John Bladen (Clifton Alliance) 105 v Ben Johnson, July 24
Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) 103 v Bishopthorpe, July 23
 
Division 2
Ian Lake (Selby) 130 v Westow, June 4
Phil Smith (Kelfield) 121no v Hirst Courtney, September 3
Phil Alford (Hirst Courtney) 118no v Heworth, August 13
Andrew Welford (Westow) 116 v Woodhouse Grange, June 11
Neil Atkinson (Kelfield) 109no v Westow, April 23
Ian Lake (Selby) 107no v Hirst Courtney, May 7
Mark Grewer (Askham Bryan) 107 v Westow, May 7
Chris Tune (Ovington) 105 v Selby, July 30
Craig Nicholl (Ovington) 103no v Selby, May 15
Craig Lawson (Hirst Courtney) 102no v University of York Staff, May 28
Phil Alford (Hirst Courtney) 100 v Selby, May 7

Division 3
Joe Robinson (Thixendale) 157no v Stillingfleet, June 4
Jamie Spencer (Malton & Old Malton) 136no v Acomb, June 5
Matt Beevers (Melbourne) 115no v Malton & Old Malton, July 2
Nigel French (Thixendale) 112 v Melbourne, May 7
Danny Cameron (York RI) 111 v Goole Town, June 11
Trevor Britain (North Duffield) 107no v Malton & Old Malton, July 23
Howard Kingdom (Welton & Brough) 107 v Thixendale, August 21
Phil Johnson (Stillingfleet) 106 v Melbourne, May 28
Trevor Britain (North Duffield) 105no v Melbourne, June 11
Wayne Livsey (Stillingfleet) 103 v Welton & Brough, July 2
Shaun Pickles (North Duffield) 100 v Acomb, September 3

Division 4
Deepak Selvaraj (York) 107 v Bishopthorpe II, August 13
Nick Elliott (York) 100no v Bishopthorpe II, August 13

Division 5
Martin Knowles (Tadcaster Magnet) 144 v Malton & Old Malton, August 13
Jake Wild (Thorpe Willoughby II) 138no v Stockton & Hopgrove II, September 3
Mike Bains (Askham Bryan II) 123 v Drax, September 3
Jed Vale (Pocklington) 117no v Dunnington, May 15
Daniel Baker (Drax) 108 v Pocklington, June 4
Simon Franks (South Cave & Brantingham) 107 v Stockton & Hopgrove II, May 22
Tom Atkinson (Yapham) 104 v Malton & Old Malton, June 25
Jake Wild (Thorpe Willoughby II) 100no v Askham Bryan II, August 6

Cup matches
Brian Howard (Hirst Courtney) 154no v Acomb, Scothern, May 21
Rob Daniel (Woodhouse Grange) 130no v Welton & Brough, Prendergast, June 18
Ian Lake (Selby) 121no v Barmby Moor, HPH, May 21
James Ferguson (North Cave) 107no v Bishopthorpe, HPH June 18
Scott Shepherd (Woodhouse Grange) 106no v Goole Town, Prendergast, July 31
Rob Page (North Cave) 103no v Burn, HPH, May 21

BOWLING
Division 1
Josh Barrett (Stockton & Hopgrove) 7-12 v Barmby Moor, July 23
Adam Mosley (Copmanthorpe) 6-24 v Ben Johnson, June 4
Jamie Agnew (Ben Johnson) 6-35 v Clifton Alliance, May 7
Rob Page (North Cave) 6-55 v Barmby Moor, July 2

Division 2
Scott Shepherd (Woodhouse Grange) 7-27 v Heworth, July 30
Chris Carden (Hirst Courtney) 7-34 v Kelfield, July 2
Scott Shepherd (Woodhouse Grange) 7-47 v Selby, July 9
Dan Baker (Heworth) 6-7 v Askham Bryan, August 20
James Bean (Hirst Courtney) 6-15 v Askham Bryan, July 30
Max Henderson (Fulfordgate) 6-24 v Heworth, June 25
Muhammed Suleman (University of York Staff) 6-27 v Fulfordgate, June 11
Andrew Wilson (Selby) 6-28 v Ovington, July 30
Matt Walker (Kelfield) 6-59 v Westow, April 23

Division 3
John Patrick (North Duffield) 7-22 v Goole Town, July 9
Phil Johnson (Stillingfleet) 7-23 v York RI, July 23
Shaun Littlewood (York RI) 6-11 v North Duffield, June 4
Pete Mitchell (York RI) 6-22 North Duffield, August 13
Craig Patrick (North Duffield) 6-30 v Goole Town, April 23
Jake Wild (Thorpe Willoughby) 6-32 v Weslton & Brough, August 12
G Byrne (Goole Town) 6-34 v York RI, June 11
Stuart Hardy (North Duffield) 6-39 v Stillingfleet, June 25

Division 4
Granville North (Hemingbrough II) 8-18 v York, September 3
Dan Wilstrop (Heworth II) 7-19 v Hemingbrough II, June 11
Jamie Bingle (Burn II) 7-54 v Bishopthorpe II, August 6
John Latimer (Bishopthorpe II) 6-20 v Burn II, May 28
Graham Haigh (Ovington II) 6-28 v Wheldrake II, July 9
Nick Myers (Wheldrake II) 6-36 v Hemingbrough II, May 15
Andrew Seager (Bishopthorpe II) 6-37 v Hemingbrough II, May 7
Stu Ross (Huntington) 6-45 v Burton Salmon, September 3

Division 5
Pete Eastwood (Pocklington) 8-14 v Yapham, September 3
Jake Wild (Thorpe Willoughby II) 7-19 v Yapham, May 28
Pete Eastwood (Pocklington) 7-52 v Thorpe Willoughby II, July 30
Dan Edwards (Yapham) 6-12 v Stockton & Hopgrove II, May 7
Mick Thorpe (Selby) 6-12 v Yapham, July 30
Luke Mitchell (Thorpe Willoughby II) 6-19 v Drax, August 14
Sawant Abjit (Askham Bryan II) 6-34 v Thorp Arch & Boston Spa, April 30
Jack Spofforth (Dunnington) 6-30 v Thorpe Willoughby II, July 3

Cup matches
Parag Mohite (Askham Bryan) 6-14 v Copmanthorpe, HPH, June 18
John Hughes (Copmanthorpe) 6-16 v University of York Staff, HPH, May 21
Jamie Middleton (Selby) 6-55 v Barmby Moor, HPH, May 21
Luke Phillipo (Woodhouse Grange) 6-45 v North Duffield, Scothern, August 28
 
WICKETKEEPING DISMISSALS
Harry Torn (Drax) 22
Tom Ashby (Ovington) 20
Malcolm Bowden (Selby) 18
Martin Hillyard (Copmanthorpe) 16
Ben Smith (Heworth) 16
Campbell Thomson (Stillingfleet) 16
30 September 2011

SOUTH CAVE & BRANTINGHAM FINED
 THE standings in division five have been confirmed after the league’s management committee heard an objection by Dunnington that runaway champions South Cave & Brantingham played an ineligible player, Antony Franks, when the clubs met on the final day of the season.
Cave won the game by 198 runs, but Franks' transfer from a club in Northamptonshire had not been done correctly. 
The objection was upheld and Cave were fined £30 but there will be no adjustment of points, so Pocklington were confirmed as runners-up to Cave.
15 September 2011


                                               
                                                The devastating scene at Burton Salmon's Common Lane ground

FIREBUGS DESTROY BURTON SALMON CHANGING ROOMS
 ARSONISTS have put immediate future of the Burton Salmon club in doubt.
Firebugs razed the village club’s changing rooms to the ground and smashed up its pavilion and scorebox in the early hours of Monday.
Club secretary Colin Walsh said: “Our changing room Portakabin facility has been totally destroyed and with it all our equipment down to the last bail.”
The blaze at the Common Lane ground was spotted by a policemen cycling home from duty about 2.30am and he promptly alerted the fire brigade.
However, the fire had already taken a firm hold and nothing could be saved.
Intruders used a bench was used to smash through the door of the pavilion which was trashed with all its windows broken. The scorebox, which was only opened last year, was also badly damaged.
“It will obviously take a huge effort for a small club like ours to recover from this but we are determined that this will not be the end of Burton Salmon Cricket Club,” said Mr Walsh.
The club, which has no major sponsor, will have to start from scratch and faces a huge fund-raising effort to clear up the mess and get new facilities in place in time for the start of the 2012 season in April.
Mr Walsh asked for assistance from other clubs who may have cricket equipment they no longer need to get in touch with him.
He said: “I hope that the publicity through the local press will bring forward some kind benefactors who may be able to help us rebuild.”
The club’s plight was discussed at a meeting of the league’s full committee at Fulfordgate WMC tonight (Tuesday).
Burton Salmon have been members of the Vale League since 1994 and were relegated to division five the week before the blaze.
Burton Salmon secretary Colin Walsh can be contacted on 01977 795125.
13 September 2011



WEBSITE MILESTONE
 HITS on the website home page went through the 50,000 barrier at the end of last week.
The new website was set up before the start of the 2011 season.
During the winter time will be spent completing the Past Tables section and adding more pictures to the picture gallery.
11 September, 2011



                                            
                                                  2011 HPH York Vale League division one champions Copmanthorpe

COPMANTHORPE CHAMPIONS
 COPMANTHORPE won the first division title on the final Saturday of the season from Stockton & Hopgrove by the narrowest of margins.
Stockton gained a maximum 30 points from their home win against Hemingbrough, while Cop, who had a two point lead at the top of the table, took 28 points from their victory against Wheldrake at Baron's Court.
That left the sides level at the top, Cop taking the silverware by virtue of winning more games that Stockton, who were left to rue a tied game against relegated Ben Johnson in the penultimate game of the season.
4 September 2011

                                                    
                                               North Duffield skipper Trevor Britain and his team with the Prendergast Memorial Cup

DUFFIELD DELIGHT
 NORTH Duffield upset the formbook by beating Woodhouse Grange in the final of the Prendergast Memorial Cup.
Full report in the Cups and cup results section and the weekly reports section.
31 August 2011


BURN PUT HEAT ON STOCKTON
 UNDERDOGS Burn won the Guy Mitchell Cup by beating HPH York Vale Cricket League division one leaders Stockton & Hopgrove by 30 runs at Selby on Sunday.
Full report in the Cups and cup results section and the weekly reports section.
26 August 2011

                                                
                                                               Burn skipper Ed Clark and his team with the Guy Mitchell Cup

YORK CUP ROMP
 DIVISION Four leaders York thumped Heworth II by 185 runs to lift the Graham Headley Memorial Cup at Acomb on Sunday.
Full report in the Cups and cup results section and the weekly reports section.
19 August 2011
                                       
                                            York celebrate their Graham Headley Memorial Cup victory

RECORDS TUMBLE
 HEMINGBROUGH and their skipper Matty Clark have blasted their way into the Vale League record books.
Clark became the first man in the league's history to hit a double century as he smashed an unbeaten 211 against Clifton Alliance in Saturday's first division game to beat the previous best individual score of 192 not out by Thixendale's James Dakin against Malton & Old Malton in divison three in 2008.
Clark's amazing effort propelled Hemingbrough to 366-4 - another record - from their 40 overs. They then bowled out Alliance for just 56 to record a 310-run win, which is also thought to be a record margin of victory in the league.
More details of Clark's innings, and the match, will be put on the website under the weekly reports section within the next few days.
15 August 2011 
                                                  
                                    Hirst Courtney receive the Scothern Construction Cup from sponsor Ian Scothern
HAPPY HIRST
 HIRST Courney have won their second cup in as many years.
They lifted the Scothern Construction Cup by beating Thorpe Willoughby by nine wickets in the final at Hemingbrough.
It follows Hirst's Prendergast Memorial Trophy triumph in 2010.
Full report in the Cups and cup results section and the weekly reports section.
13 August 2011

            STOCKTON & HOPGROVE with the Stephensons York Charity Cup. Back row, left to right, Pete Fairclough
                           (scorer), Giles Smith, Dan Fairclough, Matt Bradshaw, Steve Fraser, Jamie Kerrison, Kalum Perera.
                           Front row: Anto Williams, Rich Grimes, Rich Kerrison (capt), Matt Durkin, Dan Barrett, Josh Barrett

STOCKTON'S CUP SUPRISE
DIVISION One leaders Stockton & Hopgrove have picked up their first piece of silverware of the season.
They upset the odds by beating York III to lift the Stephensons York Junior Charity Cup in the final at Osbaldwick.
Stockton, flying the flag for the HPH York Vale League, bowled out a York side which plays in division two the York and District Senior League, for 83.
Stars with the ball for Stockton were Josh Barrett, who bowled all his victims on the way to 4-13 from 3.1 overs, and Dan Fairclough who took 4-22. The Clifton Park side lost last four wickets for no runs.
In reply, Stockton were 48-8 as Carl Blundell took 4-25 to put York in the box seat but Rich Grimes (13no) and Kalum Perera (17 no) saw the Vale boys home with three overs in hand.
6 August 2011

CLARK POWERS IN TO RECORD BOOKS
MASTER blaster Matty Clark has clubbed his way into the Vale League record books.
The Hemingbrough skipper scored his fourth century this summer in division one with a massive 174 against Wheldrake on Saturday.
His punishing effort was a career-best and included 23 boundaries and four sixes and equalled the highest score for the top flight which was achieved in 2009 by University of York Staff’s Afaq Ahmad against Drax.
Together with Matthew Milburn (74) he put on 226 against Wheldrake as Hemingbrough ran up 318-8 from 40 overs.
Wheldrake will certainly be glad to see the back of Clark who scored 106 against them in May. He also scored 109 against Barmby Moor on the opening day of the season and 103 against Bishopthorpe on July 23.
It is reckoned that he’s the only man to hit four centuries in a first division season in the Vale League. To put his achievement in to perspective, only one other player has scored a ton in the first division this season – John Bladen (Clifton Alliance), 105 v Ben Johnson.
There are five weeks of the season remaining for Clark to improve his record but he will have to step it
up if he’s to beat the all-time league record of 192 not out scored by James Dakin (Thixendale) in a division three match against Malton & Old Malton in 2008.
Last season’s highest score was 175 by Hirst Courtney’s Nigel Emery against Thorpe Willoughby in division three.
5 August 2011

 

CAVE'S CUP TRIUMPH
NORTH Cave have won the HPH Cup for the first time. They beat Copmanthorpe by 77 runs in the final at Hemingbrough.
The victorious Cave side are pictured above receiving the trophy from Charles Walker, a partner with sponors HPH.
Full report in Cup reports and results section  and the weekly reports section.
5 August 2011
HEWORTH OUT OF CUP FINAL
HPH Cup finalists Heworth have been eliminated from the competition for playing ineligible players in their semi-final.
The team they beat in the semi-final, North Cave, will now take their place in the final against Copmanthorpe on Sunday, July 31.
The problem arose because three of their younger players, who play for the Vale side, were used to bolster the club’s sides in the York and District Senior League earlier in the season for a number of matches which made them ineligible for the Cave game.
Vale League interim chairman Shane Hargrave said: “The League understands the cup player compliance difficulties encountered by teams with first and second elevens in YSL and, while a certain tolerance can be exercised for league fixtures, cup rules have to be strictly adhered to.
“Although it is accepted that the club had no intention of gaining unfair advantage by moving the juniors between teams, there has been a clear breach of HPH Cup Rule 3.1.1 and the league must follow precedent established over many years.”
The venue of the final has been switched from Woodhouse Grange to Hemingbrough because the first team pitch at Grange is no longer available for the final.
24 July 2011

BURN II'S POINTS DEDUCTION
BURN II have been deducted 29 points for playing a non-registered player (Danny Montgomery) in the division four game against Burton Salmon on Saturday, June 11.
Burton Salmon lost the original game by four wickets and have now been awarded 20 points and the win.
The outcome means that Burn II replace Burton Salmon at the bottom of the division while Salmon move up two places. Huntington remain in second to bottom position.
13 July, 2011

OVINGTON'S GROUND BAN
OVINGTON’S two HPH York Vale Cricket League teams have been banned from playing on their Little Knavesmire pitch until further notice because it is too dangerous.
The league took the drastic step after complaints from opposition teams prompted an inspection of the ground by the league’s interim chairman Shane Hargrave and grounds advisor Kevin Jackson.
However, York-based Ovington could be back on the ground in Albermarle Road as early as August after City of York Council today offered to returf the offending area.
Problems arose in mid-May after the council's contractors began drainage work there without telling the club and left two large scars on the outfield making it impossible to play cricket.
Ovington moved off the ground for several weeks while the council repaired the ground and only moved back on June 11 when the second team took on York in a division four fixture.
York were unhappy with the state of the outfield and the following week the first team game against Kelfield drew another complaint by the visitors, whose player and club official Phil Smith described the outfield as “completely dangerous”.
Grounds advisor Jackson said: “It was evident that the two main drains which dissect the outfield just off both ends of the square could present a hazard to fielders.
“Although the trenches had been in-filled, levelled and seeded, little germination had occurred due to the lack of moisture. As a groundsman, a member of the Institute of Groundsmen and a pitch advisor to the York Vale League, I recommend that the outfield at Ovington is not fit for purpose in its present state.”
Hargrave said: “The League has a duty of care to ensure that in staging competitive cricket no player will be put at risk as a result of unsatisfactory and, in this case, dangerous playing conditions due to significant bare earth and scarring of the outfield.
"There is also an extremely dangerous sunken strip where grass has been killed off on the edge of the boundary that borders Hamilton Panthers’ football pitches. This could easily break the ankle of an unsuspecting fielder.”
In imposing the ban the league accepts that the unfortunate state of affairs is completely outside the
control of the club.
Ovington’s first team, who lead division two, hastily switched Saturday’s home game against Westow to a York University pitch.
Ovington have already had to fork out a considerable amount of money to rent other clubs’ grounds earlier in the season and now face more financial hardship, although it is understood that they hope the council will foot the bill.
Hargrave told Ovington secretary Alan Fletcher: “Since you will be faced with the daunting task of
finding grounds to stage your remaining matches, I will ask John Parker (League secretary) to make sure opponents are aware of your dilemma brought on through no fault of your own and ask the clubs to co-operate fully and help out during these unfortunate circumstances.”
5 July, 2011

NEW NUMBER
VALE League management committee member and Bishopthorpe secretary Ian Holmes has a new mobile number. It is 07891 472709.
29 June 2011

OVINGTON LEFT IN A HOLE
OVINGTON'S pitch at Little Knavesmire will be out of action for a few weeks after City of York Council began drainage work there without telling the club.
Work done last Wednesday left two large scars on the outfield making it impossible to play cricket.
Saturday's HPH Cup first round game against Ben Johnson was switched to Woodhouse Grange - a move which will cost Ovington more than £100, although the club will be reimbursed by the Council.
The Vale League's grounds advisor Kevin Jackson is to visit Little Knavesmire on Monday to help Ovington with the best course of action to take to repair the damage.
Ironically, the next Vale League home game due to be played on Little Knavesmire was the Ovington first team game against Woodhouse Grange on Saturday, May 28, which looks set to be switched to Grange's ground.
Grange will probably also host the Ovington II v Burton Salmon game in division four on June 4 subject to Grange's go-ahead.
Ovington secretary Alan Fletcher is hoping that by the next set of fixtures on June 11 the Little Knavesmire ground should be fit enough to stage cricket again.
22 May, 2011

F S JACKSON'S WELTON LINKS
 THE address of Welton & Brough CC’s ground has undergone a name change to reflect links with one of Yorkshire and England’s cricketing pioneers.
The ground is now in Stanley Jackson Way and not Common Lane -  but the postcode remains HU15 1PT.
It’s not a change in location but the Welton & Brough club has managed to get the first part of Common Lane changed and named after past Test captain F S Jackson, who is buried next to his wife, Lady Julia Jackson, in the cemetery just across from the ground.
His son-in-law donated the land in trust to the cricket club in 1956.
 A talented all-rounder, the Hon F S Jackson captained England to victory in the home 1905 series against Australia. A university undergraduate, businessman and soldier, his appearances for Yorkshire were limited but he played parts in most of the Championship victories achieved during a 17-year cricket career which started in 1890. He played in 20 Tests, scored 10,405 runs and took 506 wickets for Yorkshire.
Born in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, in 1870, he was the second son of William Jackson, MP for North Leeds and a member of the cabinet.
Frank Stanley Jackson, pictured left, lived at Allerton Hall and was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
In the South African War, he served with the Royal Lancaster Regiment of Militia, and in the first Great War, 1914-18, he was Lieutenant-Colonel of a West Yorkshire Regiment battalion which he raised and commanded.
After his cricketing career ended he became the Conservative MP for Howdenshire, succeeding his father-in-law, Henry Harrison-Broadley. He represented the constituency from 1915 to 1926 whilst he was also president of the Conservative party in 1923.
Sir Stanley and his wife inherited the Harrison-Broadley family home set in two acres of land in Welton.
One of Lady Jackson’s sisters, Louisa, married another Yorkshire cricketer, Major ‘Jack’ Wilson, a First World War pilot and amateur steeplechase jockey who won the Grand National in 1925 on Double Chance.
In 1927 Sir Stanley was appointed Governor of Bengal in India, surviving as assassination attempt by an Indian girl student in 1932. 
Sir Stanley, like his friend Lord Hawke, was both president of the MCC and Yorkshire, succeeding to the latter on Hawke’s death in 1938. In Sir Stanley 1943 he presided over an MCC committee looking into the provision of county cricket in post-war years. In August 1946 he was hit by a taxi, receiving a severe injury to his right leg – an injury from which he never recovered and died at his home in Hyde Park on March 9, 1947. A memorial service was held for him in the capital conducted by the Canon Gillingham, a former Essex cricketer, and the King was represented by Lord Chorley.
18 May, 2011

GOOLE CONTACT CHANGE
SINCE this handbook was published, Goole Town secetary David Caldicott has moved house.
His new address is 9 Wells Grove, Goole, DN14 6RN. His new home phone number is 01405 948813. David's mobile number remains 07840 757130.
The mobile number for David Cole, Ovington's 1st XI contact, in the handbook is incorrect. It should be 07702 804297.
For full details of the changes refer to the Club Directory section on this website.
May 9, 2011

WELCOME ABOARD
VALE League newcomers Dunnington and Yapham met in a high-scoring encounter at Common Road on Sunday.
League secretary John Parker, pictured above, with rival skippers Mark Fairey (Yapham), left, and Dan Gough (Dunnington), right, was on hand to welcome the sides to the league.
Both teams had non-playing umpires and non-playing scorers - a fine example to many well-established Vale League sides - and to cap it all, an electronic scoreboard.
Details of the game and the rest of the matches that opened the new season will be published on this website on Thursday.
26 April, 2011

NEW GROUND MARKS SYSTEM
A NEW system of ground marking will come into operation in the this season.
A simplified 'traffic light' scheme will enable the management committee to monitor problems so advice can be given to clubs during the course of the season and the relevant improvements made.
Red indicates a ground which requires urgent attention, amber for a ground which needs looking at, although not urgently, and green for a ground that is all-clear. The system covers both the wicket and outfield.
It will enable the committee to identify problems and potential problems so the new grounds' advisor, Kevin Jackson, a member of the Institute of Groundsmen, can be called in to give advice. 
The new system was outlined in full to clubs at the pre-season meeting at Fulfordgate Working Men’s Club on Tuesday, April 12. If there are any queries about ground marks please contact Dave Milburn whose details in League handbook.
The newly designed report and scorecards are required for ALL games which should always include abandoned games or games which have not started due to adverse weather.
Copies of the new report and scorecards are being sent to clubs. They can also be downloaded from this website.
The League Rules clearly set out the deadlines for submitting results. Although there are three Bank Holiday Mondays early in the season, this must not affect deadlines – local papers still publish on their normal publication days.
The management committee intend to strictly enforce League Rules governing fines/points penalties.  These will be notified to clubs on a monthly basis and payment to the treasurer will be required within 28 days of notification. The previous system of fines not being paid until the following pre-season meeting is considered unsatisfactory.
The League Rules require all clubs to submit their Player Registers before the start of the season. At the time of writing there is just over a week to the start of the season and more than threequarters of clubs have not submitted their Registers.
The requirements for submission of Player Transfer forms is clearly set out in the League Rules. It is very important that the Transfer Form is submitted to the league secretary before the player to which it relates can play for his new club.
Three Clubs have requested to use up their old stock of Reader’s balls – Thorpe Willoughby, Westow and Acomb. This will be permitted until May 31, 2011.
This season the league will be using Hunt's County balls which were distributed to clubs at the pre-season meeting.
Woodhouse Grange have had an unforeseen change to their Club Directory entry. The updated details have been amended on the League website and take immediate effect. The Malton & Old Malton matchday contact's mobile number has also changed since the handbook went to press. The updated details are also now on this website in the Club Directory section.
14 April, 2011

GROUNDS ADVISOR APPOINTED
THE HPH York Vale Cricket League has appointed a grounds troubleshooter.
Kevin Jackson, groundsman at Hemingbrough CC, has been brought in as an advisor by the league’s management committee.
A member of the Institute of Groundsmen, he has an excellent reputation and will give clubs advice to help improve standards throughout the league.
His appointment is part of an overhaul of the league’s marking system for grounds.
Ground ratings will be monitored by management the committee so advice can be given to clubs during the course of the season and the relevant improvements made.
The new system of marking will be outlined in full to clubs at the pre-season meeting at Fulfordgate Working Men’s Club on Tuesday, April 12, at 7.30pm.
Two boxes of Hunt’s County balls will be distributed to each team at the meeting. Any clubs wishing to use up existing stock of the last season’s League ball – the Reader’s – should contact League secretary John Parker to arrange any appropriate time scale for use of the balls at the start of the season.
Cup final venues for all the league’s knockout competitions have been finalised. They are July 31, HPH Cup (Woodhouse Grange); August 7, Scothern Construction Cup (Hemingbrough); August 14, Headley Memorial Cup (Acomb); August 21, Guy Mitchell Cup (Selby) and August 28, Prendergast Memorial Cup (Pocklington).
Management committee member Ian Holmes has created a Facebook group for the league to post news and results during the season. It will run in conjunction to the League’s main website. The link to the group is www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162266030493184
He is also setting up a Twitter page to link to the League’s website, www.yorkvale.co.uk
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