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Cricket Experience at North East Expo 2013

With over 250 businesses involved, the North East Expo held at the Newcastle Falcons’ Rugby ground was a big success this year.

The ECB Cricket Factory team were there supporting the Last Man Standing (LMS) cricket league in North Tyneside. Alongside the rig Northumberland Cricket […]

By |April 18th, 2013|News|Comments Off

Taunton marathon and meeting a Wyvern

The ECB Cricket Factory team were in Taunton at the marathon on Sunday 7 April where we were positioned near the finish line. We were joined for the day by Steve who operates the local Last Man Stands league.

Throughout the day we operated our […]

By |April 8th, 2013|News|Comments Off

Sun Shines on CricketForce in Tiverton, Devon

Although our previous day in Harrow was freezing, we arrived in Tiverton, Devon in glorious sunshine.
Heathcoat CC, set in the grounds of a National Trust Property had already worked hard with its refurbishments for CricketForce Weekend so when we arrived the pavilion was already […]

By |April 7th, 2013|News|Comments Off

Volunteers and England Cricket Captains get stuck in for CricketForce Fun

We kicked off our 2013 touring season at Harrow CC at the launch of the Natwest CricketForce 2013 campaign.

Joining the hard-working volunteers were England Captains Alistair Cook and Charlotte Edwards who, armed with paintbrushes and tools, helped replace decking outside the clubhouse, refurbish the […]

By |April 6th, 2013|News|Comments Off

Gibraltar Receive Cricket Factory

Gibraltar Cricket were one of the first ICC Europe members to take to Twitter and tell everyone all about their delivery of their Cricket Factory Core Skills Set.

The space that they are using looks ideal for the equipment andwe are looking forward to hearing more about Cricket Factory in Gibraltar! Heres what they are saying on their website so far. […]

By |January 21st, 2013|News|Comments Off

A day of fun at the new pavillion in South Ockendon

Saturday 27 October saw the Cricket Factory Team enjoy a day of fun with the local people of South Ockendon as they celebrated reopening the pavillion at their local recreational ground. The pavillion had been refurbished as part of a £275,000 regeneration of the facility and is now a fantastic sports and leisure venue which will last for generations to come. […]

By |November 21st, 2012|News|Comments Off

Supermarket Fun for Indoor League Promotion in Lincolnshire

Our most unusual venue for the ECB Cricket Factory Roadshow this year has to be the Asda trolley park in the carpark of the Grantham Asda. But at least we were under cover!

The event was supporting the promotion of the Lincolnshire Indoor Cricket League. Indoor cricket is played by most regional cricket boards and is a popular way of playing the sport in the winter months. […]

By |October 7th, 2012|News|Comments Off

Armed Forces Event Signposts Opportunities for Cricket Stars

The Altcar Army Careers Event was a fantastic event where local schools and colleges were invited to come along and experience the careers and opportunities on offer in the armed services that perhaps they were unaware of.

The ECB Cricket Factory Roadshow was involved and raising awareness of the army cricket team who tour the world playing in international competitions. […]

By |October 3rd, 2012|News|Comments Off

A celebration of Cricket’s Heritage in Hackney, London

The ECB Cricket Factory Roadshow team were pleased to take part in Hackney’s celebration of Black History Month 2012 as part of a day of cricket inspired events in Dalston, London.

Dalston square, outside of the Dalston CLR James Library, was the venue for a special day of cricket-inspirted events on the 29th September. […]

By |September 29th, 2012|News|Comments Off

New Indoor Cricket league launched for Newcastle

Tuesday saw the ECB cricket Factory Tour visit the city of Newcastle for an event to launch a new indoor cricket league specifically targeted at BME groups.

The league will run matches every Tuesday until Christmas and we saw plenty of natural talent on the rig on the day. We had adapted the rig’s equipment to include a speed bowling lane which created an added challenge for participants along with a target activity which had an extra ‘fitness’ element. […]

By |September 18th, 2012|News|Comments Off