Yorkshire Girls County Age Group & Early Engagement Observations Days Now Open

Yorkshire County Cricket Club is pleased to announce that registration for Yorkshire Girls County Age Group & Early Engagement Observations Days for the 2026 season are NOW OPEN.

Girls County Age Group & Early Engagement Observations Days are OPEN to any girl in the age-groups of Under 10 – Under 18.

Note: There are no pre-requisites to be recommended for the 2026 observations. However we do ask that players have had hardball cricket experience and are able to bring full protective equipment to their observation for any participation in County Age Group 13s and above.

Sign-Up Link

To sign players up, please visit the following link, completing all areas of the online form:

https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90892606/Yorkshire-Girls-Regional-Observation-Days-Sign-Up-2026-copy

Observation sign-ups close for ALL Age Groups on Friday 19^th September 2025. 

Further information can be found below. Please ensure you read all the below information carefully prior to registering your daughter.

Region

We collect information relating to which Regions attending from for future developments of the programme. When completing the sign-up form please do complete which Region your daughter resides. Regions are distinguished by who you pay your council tax to:

• North – Cleveland, North Yorkshire, York.
• East & Central – East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield.
• South – Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield.
• West – Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees.

Age-Group

Throughout 2024 and 2025, ECB have been conducting a formal review into the County Age Group Competition Structure that is currently set-out includes formats, age-groups and competitions delivered as part of the programme. Following the publishing of the ECB Talent Action Plan there have been a number of changes that we are wanting to make you aware of prior to the commencement of the 2025/26 Programme.

Firstly, there will be an overall changes to the age-groups that are run for the 2025/26 Programme. These have been added below:

• Early Engagement Programme (U10-U12)
• Under 13s County Age Group
• Under 14s County Age Group
• Under 16s County Age Group
• Under 18s County Age Group

As you can see above with the change the removal of County Age Group U11s, will see a shift to the programme and as part of the action plan “delay the start of a formal County Age Group Programme”. HOWEVER, this WILL NOT mean we do not run anything for these age groups.

For U10 to U12, this programme will now form the title of Early Engagement, which will see a wider pool of players selected, to widen the base of entry into the Pathway. This will include a formal winter and summer programme.

Observation Days, will still run for the Early Engagement Programme as they would for County Age Group.

Please see below School Year Group to Age-Group comparison to assist with the completion of the sign-up.

Dates & Venues

The Observation Days for all age groups will take place throughout the months of October and November on the following dates and venues:

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Note: Reserve dates and venues will be used in the case of an oversupply of applications and also in the case that your daughter cannot attend the initial observation. When you complete the sign-up form, there will be space to detail if you are unable to attend an allocated session or whether you need a reserve day. Information regarding reserve dates and venues will be released in due course.

We will communicate the exact session times to each age group once we have chance to assess numbers at each Observation Days. We will let all those that have signed up know their allocated session on Monday 22^nd September 2025. 

If you have any questions or queries relating to any of the above information please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Lizzie Dillam on [email protected] or Kevin Gresham on [email protected].