GENEROUS BRIGG AREA COMPANY SUPPORTING VILLAGE CRICKET ACROSS BRITAIN

Brigg Blog today raises its long-retired cricket bat in tribute to a local company that is giving generous support to our great summer sport.
The Pipers Crisp Company, based at Wellington House, Wellington Way, Elsham, says: "We are proud to announce that we are supporting village cricket again this Summer by sponsoring the National Village Cup."
This is a major knockout competition involving clubs from small settlements across the country.
Find out more about the National Village Cup through this link...
Elsham had one of the most prestigious cricket clubs in North Lincolnshire for many decades - well into the 1960s.
The beautiful ground was on the edge of the village.
We think its final use was in the 1980s when the Singleton Birch team, from Melton Ross, used it for home games.
We recall going there with Brigg Town in the Scunthorpe Midweek Friendly League, fixtures being played on Wednesday or Thursday evenings.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Brigg Town Cricket Club entered the town equivalent of the National Village Cup.
It was known as the John Haig Club Cricket Championship, being sponsored by a well-known brand of whisky.
Brigg was one of the smallest clubs taking part and we were pleasantly surprised to be admitted to such a prestigious competition.
We once beat Brimington, from the Chesterfield area, in a rain-ravaged home tie on a chilly early May day at Sir John Nelthorpe School.
However, there were usually heavy defeats - notably away to Farsley and Rotherham who played in much higher leagues.
Pipers are on sale at many outlets in the Brigg area, including the town's Yarborough Hunt pub.
We'll make a mental note to buy some next time we pay a visit, as a thank-you gesture to the company. Read more here....