Trying to keep up with all the national age group competitions, and the local league cups as well, is proving a daunting task, but here goes with a summary of where we are in many of them.
The county over fifties competition has reached the quarter-final stage and Yorkshire entertain Cornwall at Malton cricket club at 13.00 on Sunday 12th August. This should lead on to a semi-final on 26th August and a final on 9th September. The Yorkshire over 50s are unbeaten so far this season and are well worth watching.
The Yorkshire over sixties are having a good season too. They travel to Lancashire on Tuesday next 14th August for their quarter-final at Heywood cricket club with a 12.30 start. If successful they will play their semi-final on Tuesday 28th August with a final on Tuesday 4th September at Aston Rowant CC in Oxfordshire.
Yorkshire under 17s have now reached the semi-final of their three day county competition and face Nottinghamshire away at Caythorpe C.C. starting on Tuesday 14th August, 11 a.m. The under 17 final against Somerset or Surrey, at a venue to be decided, will be played over three days commencing 28th August.
Turning to Yorkshire under 15s they too have reached the quarter final stage and will entertain Shropshire at North Marine Road, Scarborough this coming Wednesday, 15th August in a one day 50 over game. If successful Yorkshire could well meet Lancashire again in a semi-final on 22nd August with a final the following day, both at a venue to be decided. (It was Kibworth, Leicestershire last season).
At club level the situation is perhaps a little more confusing with an apparent media black out as to when Richmondshire and Ormskirk will do battle in the quarter final of the National club knockout.
The original date was postponed due to Ormskirk's involvement in the National club T20 knockout and they will play at Nantwich in the T20 quarter final this Sunday. The north eastern area winners Hanging Heaton are away at Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln on the same day. The semi-finals and final of the national T20 will be played at Derby on Sunday 16th September.
Returning to the National club knockout, two of the semi-finalists are known, Stanmore (Middlesex) and Northern (Lancashire), but the two other quarter finals (including Richmondshire v Ormskirk) are still to be played. The semi-finals are due to be played on 2nd September and the final of this competition will not be played until Wednesday 26th September at Bristol, when surprisingly county cricket will still be going on!
The one competition where the two finalists are already known is the Village knock out where Folkton and Flixton of Yorkshire will take on Liphook and Risley from Hampshire at Lord's on Sunday 16th September.
This is probably enough to take in for now, although of course there are many other competitions going on at local Yorkshire level which may also take some unravelling. Something for next time perhaps.
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