Richmondshire
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YORK HOUSE
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A large family-run shop based in the beautiful and historic
Georgian town of Richmond in North Yorkshire.
A cornucopia of rooms set over three fl oors with vintage and
shabby chic and a gallery show casing local artists. Journey down
our winding courtyard and be amazed by the vast array of
reclaimed planters, chimneys and salvaged garden artefacts.
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60 Market Place, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4JQ Tel : 01748 850338
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Opening Times: Monday - Saturday 9.30am – 5.30pm Sunday10.00am – 4.00pm
the first team in respect of Yorkshire and
National competitions. We also have a
very proactive management committee
who spend many hours of their own time
working and organising on behalf of the
club to make sure things runs smoothly
and we develop year on year.
CC: How important is youth cricket to
the club?
ML: Our youth section has been
absolutely central to the development of
the club over many years. We started it
up over 20 years ago with the majority
of current players within the club having
come through our junior system. We
currently have well over a hundred junior
members and run teams from Under
9 to Under 17. The current Under 17
team have been particularly successful,
winning every NYSD competition open
to them for the past two years.
CC: How do you ensure that young
players enjoy a smooth transition into
the senior game?
ML:
Juniors
are
successfully
integrated into the senior teams to gain
experience by playing alongside the more
experiences players. Most start with the
5th team but then progress with their
abilities. The 3rd team, who play in the
NYSD Sunday Premier League, regularly
consists of at least 50% juniors and were
league winners last year and top the table
again this year. This season several of the
Under 17 team have held down places in
the first and second teams.
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CC: Would you consider yours to be a
community club?
ML: Very much so, the emphasis
on youth cricket brings a large number
of families into the club from the town
and surrounding villages. The junior
coaching sessions on a Friday evening
have become real social occasions. As
well as the cricket the clubhouse is the
focus for a lot of social and community
activities. The club runs darts, pool
and quoits teams in local leagues and
the clubhouse is used as the base for a
wide range of clubs and social activities
including the local Rotarians and Probus,
Yoga, Bingo, Aerobics and Line Dancing.
CC: What do you believe could be some
of the biggest challenges the club may
face in the next five years?
ML: Financial sustainability is the
biggest challenge and key to its future
success. Having the number of cricket
sides both senior and junior comes at
a cost. We need to upkeep two cricket
grounds, maintain and repair ground
care equipment’s, pay staff wages as well
as the upkeep of the club facilities. The
cost of all this means we need to generate
significant income from various sources
each year to balance the books but still
try and develop the club as a whole for
future generations.
CC: What are the clubs ambitions for
the next five years?
ML: We want to maintain current
playing levels of success and progress
further where possible as well as to
improve our club’s facilities for our
cricket and social members.