We are pleased to announce that registration for our Yorkshire Boys’ Early Engagement and Regional Cricket Observation process for 2025/26 is now open! You can find out more information, including how to register your son, below.
The Regional and Early Engagement Programmes
Regional Cricket is for Under 13 – Under 15 Cricketers, split into the Regions of North Yorkshire, East & Central Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Yorkshire is blessed with a large volume of promising cricketers, who we seek to further develop and identify for future honours through our Regional Cricket Programme. This programme sits directly below our Yorkshire County Age Group programme, which it feeds into. Its purpose is to develop players and also provide them with a platform to showcase their skills for selection for Yorkshire County Age Group. Those selected from our Observations will train together as part of a 10-week winter training programme, before embarking on a high-quality 12-day match-play programme within the season.
Early Engagement forms the entry point into the Pathway for players at Under 12 and below, in the years before County Age Group cricket begins. It is the highest standard of cricket within the County at these ages. Early Engagement is also split into the four Regions, with players selected taking part in a 12-week winter programme and an 18-day summer match-play programme.
The Observations
Observations are open to all who would like to attend and feel up to the required standard. Regional Cricket (U13-U15) Observations will last for two weeks. Early Engagement Observations (U12s and below) will take place over six weeks, with the intention to give more chances to ID promising players of various skillsets over different formats and scenarios towards the beginning of their Pathway journey. Early Engagement Observations, whilst typically for U10-U12 cricketers, will be open to boys in U9 and down, but this must be judged sensibly by those enrolling them, to make sure they would be up to the required standard.
Boys’ Observations will be taking place on the following dates for 2025/26:
North Yorkshire
- Regional – Saturday 1st November & Sunday 9th November
- Early Engagement – Sundays – 2nd November then 16th November to 14th December
East & Central Yorkshire
- Regional – Sundays – 30th November & 7th December
- Early Engagement – Saturdays – 8th November to 13th December
South Yorkshire
- Regional – Saturdays & Sundays – 15th/16th November & 22nd/23rd November
- Early Engagement – Saturdays & Sundays – 8th/9th November to 13th/14th December
West Yorkshire
- Regional – Sundays & Wednesday nights – 26th November, 30th November, 3rd December & 7th December
- Early Engagement – Saturdays – 8th November to 13th December
The exact dates and times of sessions that those registered will be invited to attend will be communicated closer to the time, once we are aware of the numbers wishing to attend.
Observation Registration Link
To sign your son up for Observations, please complete the link below:
The deadline for registrations for the 2025/26 programme is Sunday 19th October.
If you have any questions at all around any of the above, please contact Boys’ Pathway Operations Manager Jack Stockdale at [email protected].
If your son is intending to be observed for our programme this coming year, please ensure you complete the above link, and we look forward to seeing him soon!
