EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Andrew Gale (l) / Martyn Moxon (r) Questions at the ready for Yorkshire CCC's own Martyn Moxon . After a distinguished playing and coaching career with Yorkshire, Durham and England, Martyn returned to the White Rose county in 2007 as Director of Cricket. Look back on a decade of on-field highs and lows, financial challenge and huge change in the game ... and forward to a new season, a revamped Headingley and a big city Twenty20 designed to rival the IPL and Big Bash. Lots to discuss in this New Year's Q&A ... Join the conversation - everyone welcome !   £15 a year / £5 a meeting    Venue : Brewery Bar, King William IV , Hallgate, Cottingham HU16 4BD - 7.45pm Map : here   Raffle : top prizes monthly - including YCCC match tickets   E: ercsoc@gmail.com / T: 01482 861848 PROGRAMME 2017-18   2017 11 October : David Smith , Warwickshire opener (1973-85); Chief Executive, Leics (2008-10), Northants (2012-14) 8 November : Geoff Cope , Yorkshire CCC

Botham, Bairstow, Lehmann, Lloyd, Cowdrey, Stewart, Compton, Sidebottom, Butcher, Broad ... many top players have sought to follow in the footsteps of a famous cricketing father or grandfather. Through exclusive interviews with players, sports psychologists and genomics experts, James Buttler , the 'Cricket Badger', explores these father/son relationships in a revealing new book, Following On: in the Footsteps of Cricketing Fathers (Great Northern, 2017). Why is the sport so multi-generational and how does the weight of expectation affect a young player's progress?  Former Media Manager with Yorkshire CCC, and now a freelance sports journalist, author and broadcaster, James Buttler 's other works include Yorkshire CCC On This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year (2012) and Killer Instinct: Tales and Trials of Murderous Sports Stars (2015). He also presents his own Cricket Badger Radio Show . 'James Buttler has found a niche in

Geoff Cope has been involved with Yorkshire cricket for over half a century. His story is full of ups and downs: early success followed by repeated bans for 'throwing' and time spent remodelling his bowling action; a Test match hat-trick snatched from his grasp by captain Mike Brearley at Lahore in 1977; his friendship with Colin Graves and part in the 'Gang of Four' that rescued Yorkshire from bankruptcy; and the gradual loss of eyesight through retinitis pigmentosa that now leaves him reliant on a guide dog. Geoff has long been one of cricket's most accomplished raconteurs, with a wonderful memory and a gift for bringing the past alive. Now, in his new biography, In Sunshine and in Shadow , he talks movingly and humourously about his life and the many characters he has known - Close, Boycott, Illingworth, Trueman, Wardle and all.  Signed copies of In Sunshine and in Shadow will be available on the night - price £16 (cash OR cheque payable to Geoff Cope)