Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club last week revealed their first ever coloured kit, sponsored by Piggin Lush Hog Roast. In Newton Aycliffe Sports Club’s traditional colours of maroon and gold the kit will be worn in the NYSD Fifteens Cup Competition, starting on Wednesday 26th June.
The competition is similar to the County Championship Twenty/20 Cup with coloured clothing, fluorescent balls, free hits and powerplays. The club will be known, as “Aycliffe Hogs”. Chairman Ian Palmer said “We are very excited to be playing in this format of cricket for the first time and grateful that Steve Collins from Piggin Lush has agreed to sponsor our first coloured kit.
Although the kit will only be worn in the fifteens this season it will be worn in all NYSD cup competitions from next season and it was therefore important we obtained a kit sponsor that shared our vision for the club. Piggin Lush, like Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club, is looking to progress and expand and Steve was keen to get involved in a tie up that hopefully will be mutually beneficial”.
The fifteens competition is played on a group format with the top two from each group qualifying for the quarter finals. The group matches start 26th June when Aycliffe Hogs entertain Sedgefield 2nds at Moore Lane.
RA Rockets 2nds then visit Moore Lane on Wednesday 10 July before Aycliffe Hogs finish their group games with away ties at Barnard Castle 2nds on 17 July and Northallerton Nitros 2nds on 24 July.
Entry to all games, which start at 6.30pm, is free and, due to the shorter format, promise to be exciting fun filled nights with big hitting and lots of wickets.
