Links to the major recreational cricket news items carried on ecb.co.uk have been organised in this section.

Play Cricket - Making A Difference: A report celebrating achievements in the recreational game in 2006 - and outling clear examples of best practice moving forward

You can also find detailed news on the recreational game via ECB's play-cricket network - and see also our dedicated NatWest CricketForce 2008 news section.

The news items are listed below in reverse order, with the most recent at the top.

Latest recreational news:

• Urban Cricket hit for six
• Havant win indoor crown
• National Indoor Championship - 2008 Finals - Programme (258 KB)
• Trust fund to assist club 'green' projects
• Lisvane aims high for 2008 NatWest CricketForce
• Birstall gets plastered for 2008 NatWest CricketForce
• NatWest CricketForce passes 1,000 mark
• NatWest CricketForce 2008 Newsletter - February 2008 (380 KB)
• Don't miss our NatWest CricketForce 2008 Blogs on ecb.co.uk
• Sandyford head to Lord's for indoor finals
• Worcester Park through to ECB National Indoor finals
• ECB announces record funding
• Cricket surges forward
• Bromley land Brentwood trip
• BIg sleep to wake up cricket
• Head of Operations appointed
• Deadline extended for Cockspur Cup 2008 entry
• Cockspur Cup Entry Form 2008 (163 KB)
• NatWest OSCAs awarded
• Yorkshire's outstanding volunteers earn awards
• ECB Premier League crowns seven new champions
• Premier League Winners 1998-2007 (95 KB)
• Bromley finally get their Cockspur Cup
• Cockspur Cup prize money boost for 2008
• Big nerves ahead of Cockspur Cup final
• ECB launches One Game
• Surrey face Kent in 50+ final
• NatWest CricketForce returns
• Wales and Essex champions in youth cricket
• League winners eye first Conference trophy
• Tunbridge Wells are Portman U15 champions
• Tourists cross new boundaries
• Bromley back at Lord's for final
• Wales take U15 title
• Sussex propose Board of Control
• U14 final washed out
• Kibworth through to Lord's
• Bath are 2007 U13 champions
• Bath notch signigicant victory
• Tight-finish kings Mansfield march on
• Wem head for Bournemouth again
• Portman U15 finals quartet decided
• Top trio still 100 per cent
• Seminar for cricket groundsmen at flood-affected clubs
• Three teams unbeaten after day one
• U15 finalists decided
• ECB announces flood relief
• ECB urges 'Go Green' for NatWest CricketForce 2008
• ECB U13, U14, U15 County Cups 2007 - Quarter-Finalists (30 KB)
• MCC Spirit of Cricket U13 National Club Championship 2007 - County Winners (77 KB)
• Portman Building Society U15 National Club Championship 2007 County Play Offs (31 KB)
• Portman Building Society U15 National Club Championship 2007 - County Winners (76 KB)
• Thriller ties in sixth round of 2007 Cockspur Cup
• Chester Le Street oust Poloc in 2007 Cockspur Cup
• Cockspur Cup progress stymied by rain
• Uphill Castle Calypso's draw first blood in new 2020 competition
• Spotlight on Highfield CC
• Cockspur Cup thrown wide open after champions defeat
• More disruption for rain in 2007 Cockspur Cup
• Holders through in Cockspur group quarters
• Cockspur Cup Round 2 - Highlights (72 KB)
• Cockspur Cup hampered by rain
• Save money for your club
• Run bonanza in Cockspur Cup
• Curtain up on Cockspur Cup 2007
• Cockspur Cup 2007 - outline draw and dates for sixth round to Final (38 KB)
• Cockspur Cup 2007 - fixture schedule (42 KB)
• Have a look at how Denholme CC covered NatWest CricketForce 2007 on their own website
• Photo Gallery: NatWest CricketForce 2007 - Wiseton CC, Chesterfield CC, Roe Green CC, Newdigate CC, South Loughton CC, Addington Village CC
• Sutton CC - NatWest CricketForce 2007 report (745 KB)
• MCC YC's pitch in to help Radlett
• Photo Gallery: NatWest CricketForce 2007 - Birstall Village CC, North Newton CC, Bowdon Vale CC, Deal Victorians CC
• Photo Gallery: NatWest CricketForce 2007 - Prestatyn CC
• Photo Gallery: NatWest CricketForce 2007 - Ovington CC, Countesthorpe CC
• Photo Gallery: NatWest CricketForce 2007 - Finchingfield CC
• Stewart helps out rising Netherne
• NatWest CricketForce a great success for Wickford
• Photo gallery: Portishead CC, Cheadle Hulme CC, Spofforth CC, Launceston CC
• Stovold at Frocester for NatWest CricketForce
• Sussex set NatWest CricketForce record
• Ombersley get Worcestershire treatment
• Photo Gallery: NatWest CricketForce 2007 - Huntspill & District CC, Wickford CC
• Photo Gallery: Flying high for NatWest CricketForce at Hampset
• Wavertree get Liverpool award
• Photo Gallery: Cheadle Hulme transformed
• Cheadle Hulme showcases NatWest CricketForce in style
• MCC YC support Radlett's NatWest CricketForce
• Video Footage: Volunteers flood in to help Sileby for NatWest CricketForce 2007
• Photo Gallery: Bells Yew make others green with envy on NatWest CricketForce 2007 weekend
• Somerset do NatWest CricketForce
• Video Footage: Confident Macknade take NatWest CricketForce up a gear for 2007
• Video Footage: Just fin-tastic! Bells Yew Green enjoy their NatWest CricketForce 2007 weekend in Sussex
• Photo Gallery: Digging for victory at Macknade CC on NatWest CricketForce 2007 weekend
• Video Footage: ECBtv was at the launch of NatWest CricketForce 2007 at Shepperton CC
• Shepperton launch NatWest CricketForce 2007 in style
• Photo Gallery: Shepperton launch for NatWest CricketForce 2007
• Stars flock to Cheadle Hulme
• Photo Gallery: Cheadle Hulme make head start
• Giles turns his hand to DIY
• Caddick helicopters into Hampset for NatWest CricketForce 2007
• Hampshire stars in paintbrush raid at Burridge CC
• NatWest CricketForce set for lift-off at Shepperton CC
• Brunt comes to Cheadle Hulme
• NatWest Pro40 - NatWest CricketForce 2007 tickets promotion (1.4 MB)
• Vaughan gives backing to NatWest CricketForce 2007
• Five registered clubs all receive a donation of £500 worth of tiles and tile products from H&R Johnson
• Non-First Class Rules and Regulations for 2007 released
• Blaydon crowned 2007 National Indoor Champions
• ECB National Indoor Club Championship - 2007 Finals results (22 KB)
• Cricket on the up among kids
• ECB Indoor Six-a-Side Club Cricket Championship, National Finals 2007 - Programme (339 KB)
• NatWest CricketForce set to break records in 2007
• Cheadle Hulme leads the way
• Blaydon book Indoor finals place
• Sarisbury through to Indoor finals at Lord's
• Coaching deadline put back
• Lutterworth edge tight regional final
• Broadstairs coast through to Lord's indoor final
• ECB Indoor Six-a-Side Club Championship 2007 - Play-Off Round Results (39 KB)
• English side head for Bulgaria
• Derbyshire, Essex and Somerset back NatWest CricketForce 2007
• Photo Gallery: Demolition day at Shepperton CC
• Synergy Products sign up as the latest Official Supporter - with discounts on aerators and top-dressers
• Free video on ECBtv: Shepperton CC demolish their pavilion as they prepare to build brand new facilities during NatWest CricketForce 2007
• Jacksons Fine Fencing prize competition - with £2000 worth of free fencing products to be won by a NatWest CricketForce registered club
• Jacksons Fine Fencing sign up as an Official Supporter of NatWest CricketForce 2007
• TV plea for Pool CC women
• Register for NatWest CricketForce - and 'win a player'
• North Gear aim to spread Twenty20 message
• Cockspur Cup entry jumps for 2007
• ECB guide to Women's Fixtures 2007
• Sussex offer massive incentives to register for NatWest CricketForce 2007

Recreational archive:

• For recreational news items from 2006 please click here
• For recreational news items from 2005 please click here
• For recreational news items from 2004 and before please click hereTheale and Tilehurst celebrate 500 up for Clubmark!