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East Riding Cricket Society: 'Golden Jubilee' Programme

Dickie Bird, Ashley Giles and Richard Pyrah are just three of the star speakers helping to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of East Riding Cricket Society in 2015/16.

Legendary Test umpire Dickie Bird is the current President of Yorkshire CCC, 2005 Ashes winner Ashley Giles is a former England 1-Day coach and now Head Coach of T20 Blast winners Lancashire CCC, while Yorkshire all-rounder Richard Pyrah is enjoying a well-deserved benefit in 2015. Other treats include our Champions' Evening, giving members and guests the chance to celebrate Yorkshire CCC's 2015 Championship victory with CEO Mark Arthur and 1st XI players; Graham Relton of the Yorkshire Film Archive will present fascinating rare footage covering over a century of Yorkshire cricket; finally, Grahame Lloyd will reveal the intriguing saga of the ball hit for 'Six Sixes' by Garry Sobers at Swansea in 1967.

All welcome! Join at any meeting. Only £15 a year. £5 on door.

Venue: Brewery Bar, King William IV, Hallgate, Cottingham HU16 4BD, 7.30pm for 7.45pm.

Raffle: £2/ticket. Win prizes including tickets to watch Yorkshire CCC at Headingley in 2016.

More information: contact ercsoc@gmail.com or phone Maggie Sumner (01482 861848).


GOLDEN JUBILEE PROGRAMME 2015/16
2015
14 October - Ashley Giles, England & Warwickshire, head coach Lancashire CCC
11 November - Richard Pyrah, Yorkshire CCC 2015 beneficiary (& AGM 7.15pm)
9 December - Champions' Evening - Mark Arthur, CEO Yorkshire CCC + 1st XI players
2016

13 January - Yorkshire Film Archive, rare footage of 100+ years of Yorkshire cricket 
10 February - Dickie Bird, Test Umpire & President Yorkshire CCC
9 March - Grahame Lloyd & John Parkin, Howzat! The Six Sixes Ball Mystery