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Wakefield Thornes Wakefield Thornes CRICKET CLUB Since the revamp of Yorkshire Cricket in 2016 to create four ECB Premier Leagues, Wakefield Thornes has enjoyed unprecedented success as a club. We have won the ECB Yorkshire South Premier League title three years in a row. On a truly memorable night in Abu Dhabi in October 2016, at the end of a truly memorable week (thanks to Mark Arthur and YCCC for their perseverance and commitment), we took the inaugural Yorkshire Premier Cricket crown. In 2017 we came mightily close to defending it, losing only to Hanging Heaton by 3 runs in the final (having been penalised 5 runs for a slow over rate) and in 2018 we regained the title at Headingley beating Great Ayton. The success we’ve enjoyed has not just been the preserve of the first team. Last season the seconds had a league and cup double and the previous year the Under 19’s took the Yorkshire South t20 title. The success, of the club has come as a surprise to many people. But the foundations were laid over a fifteen year period and have been founded on junior development. So we’d slowly built to that 2016 success. Rising from the third www.sportyorkshire.net 5