One of the highlights of the Burghley Park Cricket Club season is cricket week, which is always held in the first full week in July. This year cricket week commences on Monday 2nd July and continues until Friday 6th July with a new headline sponsor BGL Group and sees the event renamed as BGL Cricket Week at Burghley Park Cricket Club. Entry is free for all!
The week consists of all day games on each day of the week against an ECB Staff XI, Authors XI, Gentlemen of Lincolnshire XI, Gentlemen of West Norfolk XI and the MCC. Games start at 10am, except for Friday where play starts at 11am. From 6pm every evening, the ever popular six-a-side competition takes place, with 16 local sides battling it out for the coveted sixes trophy. This year Buckles Solicitors LLP will once again be sponsoring a champagne moment each evening, as well as the trophy for player of the sixes.
In the last few years another highlight has been the introduction of a real ale festival in the Cabeluk marquee. Oakham Ales and Konnexx are kindly supporting the bar and helping us to offer over 70 different real ales throughout the week. 2018 will continue to see our affiliation with Adnams Stamford too, so it is worth visiting the Park during the week in order to sample the delights of some wonderful food and drink on offer from near and far while at the same time watching some exhilarating six hitting during the ‘sixes’ games.
What could be better on a balmy summer evening? Go on pay a visit and help make the crowds even bigger this year.
Please kindly note that no alcohol will be permitted to be brought on site.