Rothwell Cricket Club, Yorkshire

05/10/2026

We would like to say a big thank you 👏🏻 to our player sponsors this year & support to our club throughout the year.

Waqar Azeem - Sponsored by SAMZ Automatic Driving School Leeds

Malaka Bandara - Sponsored by Cinnamon Smoke Ceylon Restaurant

Paul Ellis - Sponsored by Cookridge Hall Golf Club

Andy Gray - sponsored by PM Roofing

Macca Hammil - Sponsored by Gardeners Arms

Theo Heseltine - Sponsored by ACT Roofing

Dan Hodgson - Sponsored By Green Acre Garden Machinery for lawnmower service and repair 07827760900

Del Hodgson - Sponsored by Green Acre Garden Machinery

Tim Jeffery - Sponsored by xf58.com

Matt Kelly - Sponsored by Gardeners Arms

David Ledger - Sponsored by Gardeners Arms

Evan Mosby - Sponsored by titanresource.co.uk

Sadeepa Rathnayake - Sponsored byCinnamon Smoke Ceylon Restaurant

Bobby Roberts - Sponsored by Northwood Heating

Dom Roberts - Sponsored by Northwood Heating

Luke Wade - Sponsored by Manning Stainton Estate Agents

Matt Wilson - Sponsored by Graphic Packaging Leeds

27/09/2026

Cricket season may be over but we have plans over the off season to make our boundaries more pleasant and quaint by having hedging around our boundary adjoining onto the housing estate. It has already started with some hedging already been planted but we are looking to raise further funds to support and raise towards our RCC Hedge Fund.
To do this we are running last man stands once the Premier League fixtures return after the international break on 10th October.
Entry will be £10 and be split between the winner and the Hedge Fund.
Those who are not familiar with how Last man stands work. Each week you select a team to win, if it wins you are through to next round but draw or lose you are eliminated. However you can only select a team once.
If you like take part please DM us or contact Tim Jeffery

23/09/2026

The 2026 has seen some Rothwell Milestones reached for runs & wickets.

With Paul Ellis - sponsored by Cookridge Hall Golf Club reaching 100 wickets for Rothwell

While hitting a 1000 Senior runs for Rothwell has seen
Waqar Azeem - sponsored by SAMZ Automatic Driving School Leeds
Bobby Roberts - Sponsored by Northwood Heating
Joss Pickup
David Ledger - sponsored by Gardeners Arms
Gaz Newton
Dez Hammil

All reaching the 1000 milestone

Hopefully next few seasons will see 2000 runs reached

Thankyou to all player sponsors sponsoring through the season

19/09/2026

End of season pitch renovations complete, photo/video compilation courtesy from Gardeners Arms
Thankyou to all those involved.

Also special thankyou to Green Acre Garden Machinery for lawnmower service and repair 07827760900 for helping us with supply of top of the spec seed & loam. Along with helping out with our machinery throughout the year ensuring we get a game on each Saturday.

18/09/2026

Race night will be held at club sponsor Gardeners Arms on Saturday 24th October, funds raised from this will be going to the club and be fantastic to support 👏👏

🐴🐴🐴 ANOTHER RACE NIGHT INCOMING! 🐴🐴🐴

We’re getting ready for another fantastic Race Night, with ALL proceeds going to RCC! ❤️

Fran has the race card, so now we need to get these horses sold! 🐎

We’d also love to get our fantastic sponsors involved. Why not sponsor a race and help us make the night a huge success? 🙌

If we can fill the race card, it will go a long way towards helping us reach our fundraising target. 🎯

As we all know, funding is so important to the club we all love, and every bit of support makes a difference.

So come on, let’s get behind RCC, get those horses sold and make this another brilliant race night! 🐴❤️

Who’s up for sponsoring a race? 👀


Rothwell Cricket Club, Yorkshire

16/09/2026

🚨Weekend Results 🚨
Final game of the season saw rhe 1st team finish on a high beating Notton Challengers.
Stand skipper Luke Wade loss the toss but seemed like a good one to lose. As Notton found themselves 24-3, Waqar azeem found an early breakthrough along with experienced Ellis.
However a mid order resistance saw Notton put 100 runs on the board however the decision to stick to seam bowling kept the score low as wickets were shared out between Waqar 3, Ledger 3, Ellis & Wade 2 apiece as Notton were eventually all out for 173.
In reply it looked like it may be a difficult chase at 8-1 then 40-2 but then a 136 partnership between Pickup & Jennings but the game to bed. A composed 89 by pickup never gave Notton a sniff of his wicket and was unfortunate not to have the chance to get to 100.
However it was a full 16 points to rothwell.

Player of Match goes to Joss Pickup

While the 2nds were on the road to Notton, batting 1st and being 34-4 on a green wicket, it seemed like it could be an early finish, however a resilient 27 from Jeffery and 16 from Psaila saw Rothwell reach 105.
In reply Notton knocked them off 4 down, with Khan picking up 2 wickets from his 10 overs and 2 to Psaila

Player of the match goes to Bobby Psaila

13/09/2026

We draw the season to a close with a final game of cricket in 2026 with a chairman’s XI against WY old boys today at Royds lane 2pm.
Hopefully the sun ☀️ stays out for one last time 🍻

11/09/2026

🚨Team News 🚨
It’s the final game of the season as it draws to a close. The 1st are at home as we welcome Notton Challengers. Luke Wade will skipper in place of regular skipper McMaster while Baddeley misses too, which sees a return of Harry Dwyer and a call up of experienced Paul Ellis to the team.
While the 2nds are away at Notton, hoping to bounce back after last weeks defeat.

09/09/2026

Weekend results!

It was a disappointing weekend as both 1st & 2nds fell to defeat.
The 1st team played away at 2nd in league Horbury bridge, after winning the toss and electing to bat it was always going to be a tough task as they only managed to post 124. Only 4 players reached double figures with Brad Jennings top scoring with 24 and Bobby Roberts with 23.
In reply however they made Horbury Bridge work for it as they had them 17-4 and 61-6. Waqar Azeem was the star bowler with 14 overs for 23 runs & 4 wickets, as Horbury struggled to handle Waqar’s pace & swing.

Player of the match goes to Waqar Azeem for his deadly bowling spell, Waqar is sponsored by SAMZ Automatic Driving School Leeds

While the 2nds were at home facing Sykehouse.
At drinks break house Sykehouse were 70-2 off 20 overs. Sadeepa & Paul Ellis displaying very economical bowling, however after drinks break Sykehouse piled on the runs with their aggressive batting, however Shah managed to pick 4 wickets for his 10 overs as the batsmen struggled to handle his swing. However Sykehouse eventually posted 240.
In reply the chase was never on as wickets fell at regular intervals, Shah again was the star with the bat this time top scoring with 39 runs.

Player of match goes to Shah Rukh Khan

04/09/2026

🚨Team News 🚨

The first team travel to high flying Horbury Bridge hoping to end their season well. Theo Heseltine returns from his festival activities to take the gloves again.

While the 2nds welcome Sykehouse to Royds Lane. Tim Jeffery returns to the lineup after his brief stint in the firsts last week. Hopefully the two’s see a better game this week as the rain made a rather short 3 over game rather unsatisfactory.