ABOUT US.
How did Guiseley get its name?
After the collapse of Roman rule here in the fourth century, wave after wave of Germanic invaders made their way up the river valleys. They were led by petty chieftains who selected promising locations for settlement. These newcomers associated Roman culture in general, and city life in particular, with decadence. They took pride in a hard life. To pursue manliness they cleared areas of forest, lived in wooden huts, kept sheep and cattle, ploughed the soil, planted grain crops and and hunted. These forest clearings were called “leahs” and the word still survives as a suffix to many local places including Otley, Ilkley, Burley and Shipley.
The precise date, during the seven hundred years of barbarian invasion, when Gislic created his new settlement here cannot be determined. He sited it a mile or two from the nearest river and might have been drawn to the spot after noticing the abundant supply of fresh water provided by the spring which for centuries in the future will feed the village well. “Gislic” is a diminutive, a pet name, which the Saxon chief who came here continued to use in adult life. The survival of the new community was problematic, rather than guaranteed, but Gislic’s leadership was efficient enough to ensure its continuance after his death. The pioneering efforts of this blond – haired Angle are commemorated in the name given to his village, Gislic’s leah, or Gislic’s glade.
And in more recent times…
The earliest Guiseley Cricket Club can be traced back is to 1853 with a newspaper cutting advertising a game between the “Kirkstall Education Cricket Club” and the “Guiseley Union Cricket Club” dated 22nd August 1853. It is believed that the club was in existence long before this date.
In 1880 an Aireborough Guide (circa 1950) leaflet quotes “Guiseley United CC ground near the Commercial Inn (now the Yorkshire Rose) which later became the home of Guiseley St Oswalds CC from which, according to the note Guiseley Cricket Club was formed and subsequently played there for a few years”.
Fixture lists for 1887 (Guiseley) and 1888/89/90 (Guiseley Cricket and football club) set the club at Netherfield, New road (two minutes from Guiseley train station). The fixture lists vary from year to year as they were pre-league games
Guiseley was one of the founding members of the Airedale and Wharfedale league which, was formed during the winter of 1892 and began as a competition in 1893. The league competition lapsed in 1916 during the great war and Guiseley (amongst others) joined the Yorkshire Cricket Council League comprising of some 90 clubs.
Matters relating to the club off the field brought change in 1919 the land in Guiseley had a change of ownership. The owner W.W. Thompson Esq sold the property to Jonathon Peate a textile mill owner and he generously gave it to the Guiseley Unitary Development Council to be used for recreational purposes. This is now the current home of Guiseley Cricket Club on Netherfield Park, Otley Road.
1925 saw the formation of the Airedale and Wharfedale Section within the Council and ten years later the section resigned from the council en-bloc and formed the present league the Airedale and Wharfedale Senior Cricket League (A&W.S.C.L). (Guiseley C.C. in 1926 Pictured opposite with the northern section cup and league winners trophies.
In 1933 the name of Norman Threapleton (Club President and A&W.S.C.L Vice President) appeared on the team sheet where it was to stay through out his long and distinguished career at Guiseley. Other ‘famous cricketer’s’ to grace Guiseley Cricket Club and to go on to represent county/country are the irrepressible Brian Close (1946/47) and Jack Van Gelowan. Jack went on to play for Yorkshire and Leicester in the late 1940’s and 50’s having the distinction of taking 100 first class wickets and 1000 runs having started at Guiseley and made his first team debut at the age of 16.
Guiseley 1st eleven won back to back League trophies in 1957 and 1958 with the second eleven winning the reserve championship in 1958/59 and 1960.
TeamDuring the 1960’s Guiseley the good times rolled with the 1st eleven League Championship being held at Nethermoor in 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1969. The Waddilove Cup found its way to Nethermoor Park in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 and 1966 as well as the second eleven league in 1960 and the Birtwhistle cup in 1968. This was undoubtedly Guiseley’s finest period of cricket success spanning a decade since the club first entered the A&W.S.C.L back in 1935.
Early in the 60’s the club looked to the future, thinking in terms of a new (third) pavilion with up-to date facilities and perhaps a bar. Embarking on prolonged negotiations with Leeds City Council for planning permission the then secretary Ralph Standen bore the brunt of the work involved. This came to fruition in 1972 when the new club opened, but in partnership with our next door neighbours Guiseley AFC and this proved a lifeline to both clubs
The 1970’s and 80’s could not live up to the glory years of the 60’s with the first eleven winning the League championship in 1971, 73 and 1984 before being relegated to Division ‘B’ in the early 1990’s before winning the Division ‘B’ Championship in 1996 to be promoted back to the top flight.
The Second Eleven had a very successful 1980 and 90’s winning the League in 1980, 84, 86, 87, 90, again in 1994 and recently in 2002.
The Birtwhistle Cup was also won in 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 (a League record four Cup wins in succession).
The 2000 season was a good year and 2001 has proved to be just as successful for all teams. 2001 has been very successful at Guiseley for seniors and juniors alike winning two senior cups (including a new senior league cup record) and one junior cup. The 1st eleven has won the Waddilove Cup (The Airedale and Wharfedale Senior Cricket 1st League Cup) making the final for the fourth year running (retaining the trophy in 2002) and finishing as runners up in the league. In 2000 the 1st eleven were Division A Champions and Runners up in the Waddilove Cup (for the second year running) .
In 2001 the 2nd eleven won the Birtwhistle cup (The Airedale and Wharfedale Senior Cricket second League Cup) for a league record fourth time and also hold the cup record for most unbeaten matches played. The 3rd eleven have finished high in the league this year despite winning Ian Chappell Cup and finished 2nd in the league (having won it the before in 1999) in 2000.
A steady stream of young players have come through the juniors and three of these Glen Taylor, Andrew Paley and Adrian Threapleton have devoted their cricket to G.C.C as well as representing the league at all age levels as well as captained Guiseley. Joe Sayers who started his cricket at Guiseley, has now Captained the England u19 XI and Oxford University. He is now a fully contracted player with Yorkshire CC and has gained his 2nd XI Cap
The Club has provided to the League a President, Mr G. E. Schofield, a Treasurer Ronnie Claughton and a secretary Norman Threapleton as well as many committee men. The club has been served by many people, Dennis Kirkbright, Treasurer since 1974 and life members John Whittaker and Michael Mitchell. The wives too have many years of service, Phyllis Stocks, Dorothy Kirkbright, Jean Threapleton, and Carol Whitaker again, to mention a few.
DOCUMENTS
Changing Room Guidelines
descriptionDisciplinary Action (u18s)
descriptionGirls In A Boys Age Group
descriptionLate Collection Policy
descriptionJuniors In Open Age Games
descriptionManaging Children Away From The Club
descriptionMissing Child Guidelines
descriptionSafe Hands Policy
descriptionTransportation To And From Matches And Training
descriptionSafeguarding Children With Disabilities
descriptionWhistle Blowing Policy
descriptionJuniors Selection Policy
Code Of Conduct
descriptionPlayer Code Of Conduct
descriptionManagers / Coaches / Volunteers Code Of Conduct
descriptionParents / Guardians Code Of Conduct
Photography / Videography / Social Media Guidelines
descriptionUse Of Social Media And Messaging Apps
SPONSORS.
Why Us?
Guiseley Cricket Club has in excess of 200 members of which 100 are playing members across 8 Junior and 3 Senior teams. We are a family club in the wharfe valley with a rapidly expanding junior section We have a very popular clubhouse and bar which has a huge amount of footfall through the year with cricket, events and the local football team which plays in the Northern Premier league.
Guiseley is a founding member of the Airedale and Wharfedale Senior Cricket League (https://awscl.play-cricket.com/) where we have had major success over the years. We are an ambitious club that wants to work with our local community and businesses to provide first class facilities, a sustainable future for the club, players and teams and to drive on field success.
To provide facilities, pitches and training for all our playing teams the cricket club needs to find sponsorship to be able to meet all costs over the course of a 6 month season. The recent economic crisis pushing costs up across all activities requires the club to look beyond traditional membership revenues to support our plans and on-field activities.
Guiseley Cricket Club has a number of sponsorship opportunities for local and regional businesses. We need local and regional sponsors to support the cricket club with our infrastructure modernisation programme and also develop both junior and senior teams to drive success on the pitch.
We have a number of generous sponsors who have signed up for signs around our ground which look amazing around the perimeter of the field of play and also on our clubhouse. We want to partner with businesses to drive joint value from the sponsorship with publicity, advertising and access to our membership. We have a number of opportunities support different budget ranges each. We want to partner with businesses to drive joint value from the sponsorship with publicity, advertising and access to our membership. We have a number of opportunities support different budget ranges each
Advertising Boards
This aluminium board will feature on the boundary fence (see fence on top picture) with the signs measuring 2100mm by 750mm. The advertiser will be able to have their logo, strapline, phone numbers and web address on the board with a total cost being £635.00 (including the board & VAT) for two seasons. You can sponsor our cricket nets with a custom sized sign over 3 or 5 years (please enquire via form below for this fantastic opportunity. We have 1000s of visitors to the ground every season and this will be a fantastic opportunity to advertise your company at our ground.
Player Sponsorship
We are launching a new initiative in 2023 to sponsor all players in the senior teams. The cost of sponsorship will be £50 per season for each player sponsored. Your company logo will be displayed on our website and every time the player is tagged on our social media sites your company sponsorship. You will be invited to see the player perform in his / her team during the season as well as any publicity requirements your company may have involving the player.
Match Ball Sponsors
For £60.00 you can become a sponsor for the day on a match day of your choice. By being a match day sponsor, you will feature in our pre-match reviews and match reports on social media and our website.. We will include a link to your website as well as promoting your business. The Website gets good traffic in the summer months with up 300 + views on reports and reviews. We normally expect approximately 100 supporters during a typical match plus associated footfall in the bar area.
Kit Sponsors
This is a fantastic opportunity to sponsor the senior or Junior cricket sections with your company name proudly displayed on the club shirts for 2 seasons.
Seniors - £1000
Juniors - £1750
We will ensure prime advertising space on our website, social media sites and within the clubhouse which has a huge footfall potential through the year. Please contact us to discuss options: Email Us
All sponsors will receive advertising across our website with links to your business website and social media activities. We will with your permission use your company logo and contact information to advertise on our social media platforms to increase your companies exposure across all of our media outlets.
If you choose to be part of Guiseley Cricket Club as a sponsor, you will get our full support in promoting your business on our active website and social media pages that attract heavy traffic throughout the year, in particular in the summer months.
Boundary advertising boards will be seen by clubs and supporters from across Leeds and Bradford area during the summer months as well as the local football club football footfall and our local supporters, so it is a great place to get noticed.
Our club website reviews and reports are not only used by our own members but those of opposing clubs looking for information about Guiseley CC
All our sponsors are welcome on match days and use our fully licensed bar, a ‘comfy’ seat, a glass of your favourite tipple and some good old Yorkshire sunshine. There is not a better place to be on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon than watching the cricket with a cool (or warm) drink!!
So, if you are a company or individual looking to advertise whilst donating to an excellent local cause, come and be part of Guiseley Cricket Club by using the contact for above and one of our friendly team will contact you to discuss your requirement.
For any direct questions on Guiseley sponsorship then please contact Nick Fraser on: nick@adjustingappointments.com
MATCH / PLAYER SPONSORS.
Match Ball Sponsors
| Date | Team | Opposition | Sponsor [£50] (player) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22/04/2023 | 2nd XI | Alwoodley | Roger Waite |
| 29/04/2023 | 1st XI | Shadwell | Brightlec Electrical (Josh Findlay) |
| 07/05/2023 | 2nd XI | Pool | George Cooper |
| 13/05/2023 | 1st XI | Skipton | Ben Bradley Building (James Davey) |
| 20/05/2023 | 2nd XI | Thackley | Happy Painter (Mark Dennett) |
| 27/05/2023 | 1st XI | Ilkley | Wharfe Tiling Services (Chris Wain) |
| 03/06/2023 | 2nd XI | Addingham | Rhys Younger (Jake Williams) |
| 10/06/2023 | 1st XI | Horsforth | T Davey (James Davey) |
| 17/06/2023 | 2nd XI | Bardsey | Howdens (Gareth Smith) |
| 24/06/2023 | 2nd XI | Olicanians | John Williams (Andy Williams) |
| 01/07/2023 | 1st XI | Collingham and Linton | Joe Fisher |
| 08/07/2023 | 1st XI | Menston | Gareth Smith (Harry Naylor) |
| 15/07/2023 | 2nd XI | Saltaire | - |
| 22/07/2023 | 1st XI | North Leeds | Ander Spurr (Robert Atkinson) |
| 29/07/2023 | 2nd XI | New Rover | Howdens (Gareth Smith) |
| 05/08/2023 | 1st XI | Thackley | Andy Company (Robery Butterfield) |
| 12/08/2023 | 2nd XI | Burley in Wharfedale | Mike & Cheryl Yeates (Sean Yeates) |
| 19/08/2023 | 1st XI | Leeds Modernians | Carlo Gavazzi (Bill Darby) |
| 26/08/2023 | 2nd XI | Calverly | Glen Taylor |
| 02/09/2023 | 1st XI | Harden | Hayes Gardening and Landscaping LTD |
| 09/09/2023 | 1st XI | Alwoodley | James Colledge |
Player Sponsors
| Player | Sponsor |
|---|---|
| Robert Butterfield | Service2 |
| Robert Atkinson | chris Cooper |
| James Davey | Ben Bradley Building |
| Harry Nicholson | Joe Fisher |
| Aniket Rana | Pete Towner |
| Callum Hayes | Hayes Gardening and Landscaping LTD |
| Louis Barker | Andrew and Liz Barker |
| Jack Kelly | - |
| James Colledge | Margaret Atkinson |
| Harry Naylor | Roger Waite |
| Benn Hallas | - |
| Jonathon Baines | Dave Bellwood |
| Nick Fraser | - |
| Steve Dickinson | SD Plastering |
| Andy Ramsden | - |
| Andy Williams | Damian Ainsworth |
| Sam Dixon | - |
| Rob Thomas | - |
| Max Hamilton | - |
| Jake Whittaker | Carlo Gavazzi |
| Sean Yeates | Andrew Pattinson |
| Richard Powerll | - |
| George Cooper | Lewis Simpson |
| James Elsworth | - |
| Joe Fewster | - |
| William Darby | Wendy Darby |
| Marcus Brown | - |
FUNDRAISING.
Why?
Every year the club needs to raise funds for, maintenance, equipment and new infrastructure. There is a dedicated few that look to run events, secure sponsorship and grants to ensure the club has the best of everything during the financial year.
We have ambitious plans at the club to develop our facilities both on field and off and to improve, increase our junior & senior membership as well as well as ensuring we can maintain our current facilities and club strategy.
We will be running special events and fundraising during the season to support our plans. We need help from any volunteers that would like to fundraise for the club and help us achieve our vision and strategy to drive the club forward to success.
Every year the club needs to raise funds for, maintenance, equipment and new infrastructure. There is a dedicated few that look to run events, secure sponsorship and grants to ensure the club has the best of everything during the financial year.
Please contact us via email, all contributions and feedback gratefully received. Your club needs you!
Future Programmes
New grounds man equipment
We have had the services of a local grounds man for over 20 years who has worked on a limited budget over the past 20 years. We need to spend more in this area to support the number of teams we have across the junior and senior cricket teams and to improve the quality of the club
Scoreboard replacement and score box refurbishment
Our Scoreboard was installed in the late 1980s and is prone to failures. The maintenance contract of the electronic scoreboard is no longer available and we are running at risk of a failure meaning we need to use the manual board and tins. We need funding to replace the scoreboard and refurbish the score box to support the growing number of teams within the club.
Clubhouse improvements
We need a long term strategy to develop the facilities at Guiseley as they have not been developed or improved for 40 years. We currently have small changing facilities, no independent umpire changing facilities or disabled access or toilets in the club house. We need to think of fundraising long term to make changes to develop the clubhouse facilities to overcome these issues. This will be a long term and huge investment for the club but one we need to make a start on in 2023.
FUNDRAISING CASE STUDY.
New Practice Facilities
Guiseley have an ambitious programme to upgrade the facilities to support he vision and strategy of the cricket club.
In 2021 the general committee signed off on the first phase of the modernisation programme to replace the 20 year old practice facilities at a cost of £55,000. A small team of volunteers were tasked with raising the funds from scratch and challenged to deliver the project in 2022. This is the timeline of events that culminated in our state of the art facilities being delivered on time in May 2022.
We partnered with Durants Sports (https://www.durantcricket.co.uk) on the project.
March 2021
Sponsorship team set up to raise £50,000 to complete the nets. The team set about agreeing scope, organising visits from prospective suppliers, building the cost plans.
April 2021
Practice nets are flooded and suffering the effects of vandalism through the winter months. Seniors are and the older junior groups are unable to train due to the state of the surfaces. With the increased rain the surface was heavily damaged and drainage was poor around the whole area.
There was insufficient space for bag storage and safe player equipment and changing areas. There was no security fencing which left the facilities open to vandals to damage the nets, surface and batting protection sheeting.
June 2021
Crowdfunder – Guiseley cricket club nets appeal launched. The Fundraising committee launched a fundraising drive with matching sports England funding to raise £30,000 in 8 weeks. We had a number of rewards, community and company sponsorship and importantly donations from local and nation supporters. On 7th August 2021 we successfully raised £38,730 with 148 supporters in 56 days including £9,000 Sports England matching funding.
July 2021
We launched the first Cricket Camp for Juniors during the summer holidays to provide a way to continue practising or for some to learn a new sport. We had over 60 kids participate over the first two weeks of the summer holidays which was fantastic
September 2021
Durants Sports were selected to construct the nets facility. Start date confirmed as March 2022.
November 2021
Safefence selected to build the security fencing around the (90m of 2.4m high fencing with personnel and vehicle gates) practice nets area.
February 2022
Tree Surgery & Land clearance of our old nets facility started in preparation of the new practice nets construction. A Land drain was fitted to reduce the impact of flooding in the whole area
March 2022
Sponsored Walk – The Junior section completed a 5 mile walk raising £865 toward the nets fund.
This was a brilliant effort from all involved and a thoroughly enjoyable afternoons walk out of Guiseley, up the Chevin Hill and back to the Cricket Club.
Nets Construction starts – through late March and April the nets were constructed.
The Nets were constructed in 5 weeks from April until early May just in time for the senior and Junior training for the new season. A huge effort from a lot of people to deliver the nets on time and to landscape the surrounding area (Wednesday gang). The facilities include a 2 metre area adjacent to the nets to store player equipment and to provide a safe area for players to change into their batting kit.
July 2022
2nd summer Cricket Camp attended by 77 children over 2 weeks providing fun and and development training across 6-13yo age groups.
HONOURS.
Club Honours
League Champions (10) – 1947 (Joint), 1957, 1958, 1965 (Joint), 1966 (Joint), 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 2000
Division B Champions – 1996
Reserve League Champions (14) – 1949, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2002
3rd XI Champions – 1999, 2005
Waddilove Cup Winners (10) – 1952, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1974, 2001, 2002, 2003
Birtwhistle Cup Winners (12) – 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1990 ,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009
Ian Chappell Cup Winners (4) – 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006
Burmah Oil Club Champions (2) – 1984, 1994
Eddie Nelson U13 6-a-side Competition (6) – 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2006
The Peter Rowney KWIK Cricket Festival – 2009
The Fair Play Award – 2004
Individual Honours
1st XI (Division A) Batting – R.K.Claughton (1962), N.Topham (1984, 1985), G.Taylor (1986, 2000)
1st XI (Division B) Batting – G.Taylor (1996)
2nd XI (Division A) Batting – E.Roo (1947), G.Stocks (1949), A.Maud (1957), M.Mitchell (1959), R.Forrest (1960), D.Waddington (1961), C.Taylor (1980), J.R.Whitaker (1984), R.Taylor (1986)
1st XI (Division A) Bowling – H.Fitzpatrick (1946, 1947), R.Featherstone (1969),
A.D.Crowther (1984, 1985), P.C.Graham (2002)
1st XI (Division B) Bowling – A.Paley (1996), David Pennett (2007)
1st XI Don Brennan Wicket-Keeping – C.Taylor (C.Taylor (1968), S.Thompson (1999)
1st XI Ellicott Fielding Trophy – B.S.Stocks (1958, 1959)
2nd XI (Division A) Batting – Glen Taylor (2007)
2nd XI (Division A) Bowling – E.Simpson (1948), R.Featherstone (1959), R.Standen (1963), S.Budd (1972), S.Rhodes (1975), J.Atkinson (1986), A.Threapleton (2002), A.Perring (2003)
3rd XI Bowling – S.Wilkinson (2004)
3rd XI Wicket-Keeping (J.C.Clapham Trophy) – H.Durkin (2009)
3rd XI Fielding – C.Davey (2004)
U20 Batting – M.Stocks (1957), M.Shuttleworth (1968), R.Atkinson (1993)
U20 Bowling – H.V.Houseman (1965, 1966), S.L.Budd (1973), A.Paley (1989), R.Whitaker (1996)
Man of the Match Award – Waddilove Cup Final – M.Ross (2001), (2002), M.Best (2003)
Man of the Match Award – Birtwhistle Cup Final – R.Atkinson (1990), I.Wolfenden (1998), G.Wolfenden (1999, 2001), C.Cooper (2000) , G.Taylor (2003), S.Ross (2009)
Man of the Match Award – Ian Chappell Cup Final – M.Ibbotson (1999), L.Wray (2000), S.Wilkinson (2005), H.Durkin (2006)
Joe Lumb Player of the Season – G.Taylor (1979 – Joint), R.Atkinson (1991), A.Waite (2006, 2007)
LTYJCF U11 Player of the Season – C.Fraser (2002)
LTYJCF U13 Player of the Season – J.Sayers (1997), R.Mooney (2004), H.Durkin (2005)
LTYJCF U15 Player of the Season – S.Ross (1989), C.Wain (1998, 1999), C.Fraser (2006), Charlie Best (2007)