May 10
Bungays United: The charity match where all 22 players (and even the ref) had the same name
Read more in The Daily Mail article : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141200/Bungays-United-The-charity-match-players-officials-name.html#ixzz1uSamDjxF
RAD SHEEP designed and manufactured this special kit for both BUNGAY teams
Mar 26
Over the last few months our customers have been asking for a lot more ‘colourful’ designs in their Lax kit.
So here are a few for you to look at. If you want something similar for your team then please get in touch. All the RAD SHEEP kit is MADE IN GB and available within 3 to 4 weeks.
Mar 09
We are a major UK manufacturer of custom made teamwear and we are looking for a forward thinking Hockey team who can help us to develop our Rad Sheep Hockey Kits, we want you to work with us and share your ideas to help create new styles and fabrics for both men and women.
Is your current kit too plain? Perhaps the arms are too long? Or maybe it all needs a revamp… This is an excellent opportunity for you to get involved and have an input in the future of your kit. All we ask for is an evaluation on your current kit and how you would like it to be improved, we will then create sample shirts and send these out for you to try free of charge. If you then give us feedback we will make modifications and produce a gold seal sample in your club design for you to keep. As an additional thank you we will give you 50% off your initial team order (maximum of 12 shirts).
If you are interested in being the next Rad Sheep kit tester then please email your team details and name of current kit supplier to: garry@radsheep.co.uk.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Mar 02
Thank you to all those who participated in the cricket training kit competition, we had a great response but there can only be on winner and that winner is …
Millhouses Works CC
Congratulations- No better way to start the season than with free gear!
Stay tuned to see the design the team choose and let us know your thoughts.
Feb 10
Competition Time – Win a set of Cricket Training Shirts custom designed for your team!
Following our recent article on the importance of youngsters to the future of cricket we have decided that a great way to boost the profile and enthusiasm for the sport is to get more people involved with it. And what better way to do that than by running a competition to give away 12 customised cricket training shirts.
With the strict rules on cricket kits we want you to let your creativity run loose on the training shirts, so no more boring and traditional kits but wacky designs with your own name on them which make you stand out from the crowd. Your shirts can have any colours, logos, embellishment you like and for some inspiration to get you started have a look at our gallery here.
To enter the competition all you need to do is retweet our competition tweet on twitter.
@RADSHEEP RT to win 12x cricket training shirts custom designed for you and your team #radsheep
Say goodbye to your old grass stained training polos and welcome in a brand new personalized shirt for the start of the season! Fire breathing dragons on the front? Stars and stripes on the back? What would you choose?
Terms and Conditions:
Open to teams in the UK only
Must be a @RADSHEEP Twitter follower or a fan on Facebook
Competition closes on
29th February.
Winner Picked at Random
Winner will be announced on the 1st March 2012
The final design will be used by Rad Sheep for publicity purposes all we ask is for the winning team to provide us with a photograph of the team in their new training kit.
Feb 04
Matt Wright has been playing circket for over 30 years, he started in Leigh in Kent and has since played in London, North Wales, Holland and Lancashire. Matt has also toured to France and Madrid playing cricket and he is currently playing for Clifton CC in the Central Lancashire League. See below what he had to say on the sport. Also, don’t forget to enter our fantastic cricket competition we are running, for more details click here.
How did you first get involved with cricket?
I started playing cricket for the village team and junior teams when I was about 7, it was mainly because all of my friends played so I joined in and it all started from there.
How is 2012 looking for your current team Clifton CC?
Promising, it all depends on what players we recruit and how our professional copes with English conditions. We have a young team who are all willing to improve so it will hopefully be a great year for us.
What has been your cricketing highlight?
Being voted player of the season for the Diplomatic Service CC has been the highlight for me.
Do you think there is still a future for test cricket with the popularity of 20/20?
Yes I think Test cricket is still the bread and butter. I honestly do think that 20/20 will die down when the money/finance runs out. Attendances are already dropping in England.
In our previous post we discussed the idea that some people believe cricket is “an Indian game accidentally discovered by the British” what are your thoughts on people saying that cricket is no longer a British sport?
I think it is now a worldwide sport with new countries participating all the time. I do think the focus has shifted from UK as more money is on offer in the sub-continent especially India.
How do you think England can get more people interested in cricket?
There has to be more participation in schools and perhaps creating partnerships with schools and local clubs. Unfortunately funding will always be an issue with many clubs not wealthy enough to run junior teams.
Despite losing heavily to Pakistan at the start of the year do you think 2012 will see England retain their world number 1 spot?
I can’t see why not, playing abroad is always more difficult, just look at the Indian team at present. What England have shown recently is a great adaptability to deal with different situations and conditions. I think they were under-cooked for the 1st test.
And finally, What player do you think is the one to watch for 2012?
James Taylor from Nottinghamshire
Jan 15
2011 saw the England Cricket team bring home the Ashes trophy to the country that created the sport, however although England is the birthplace can we truly call it the home of Cricket? Many would argue that the sport has packed it’s bags and emigrated to embark a new life in India and Ashish Nandy, an Indian political psychologist, states that ‘cricket is an Indian game accidentally discovered by the British’. But how did it come to this?
Cricket is the only major UK sport that does not have a live terrestrial presence. Whereas football, both codes of rugby, tennis, golf, horse racing and Formula One can all be seen live on BBC, ITV or Channel 4. As a result, only 30 per cent of the population have sitting-room access to England matches. The main problem with this is attracting new people to the sport and maintaining an enthusiasm for the game. Furthermore, with the England Ashes Victory last year there was an abundance of papers that didn’t report the win on the front page, opting for celebrity gossip instead reflecting the nations declining interest in the sport.
Additionally, less than one in 10 pupils play cricket in school, adding to fears over the future of the game in England. Sir Tim Rice, the Cricket Foundation’s vice-president states “Team sports like cricket are incredibly important for children but in many schools we find that either the finance isn’t there or staff simply don’t have the time. It is tragic”.
However it is the youngsters that are the lifeblood of the sport and can keep it going, with these bleak facts and figures where does cricket stand in attracting young people to the sport? With very little TV presence, no emphasis in schools and not forgetting the upcoming Olympics it is easy for Cricket to get lost in the background with other sports taking the forefront. It begs the question – Can junior cricket survive?
We want to know what your thoughts are on the future of cricket in England and what you are doing to attract youngsters?
Tweet us @RADSHEEP or write on our Facebook wall!
Watch this space as we have a competition coming up to help get junior cricketers get more involved!
Have a look below at some of our Rad Sheep cricket kits:
Jan 06
Milton Keynes seems to be a hotspot for korfball with it boasting 12 teams over a number of leagues and with high hopes for that number to increase, especially as the profile of the sport continues to grow in the area. Milton Keynes has teams ranging from recreational, local league, regional level and youth teams.
Milton Keynes Teams
Camels – Camels is a team made up of players from company teams who want to play league korfball and the team plays in South Midlands Division 2.
Colossus – Colossus are the oldest of the MK City clubs was formed in 2006.
Mighty Oaks – The Mighty Oaks is made up of teachers (and a few friends) from Oakgrove School and they play in South Midlands Division 1.
MK Bucks – Mk Bucks are currently the South Midlands Division 1 Champions and Cup Winners. Bucks have a team in South Midlands Division 1, arrange friendlies for beginners, and also field teams in the South East (England) Regional League. See below for a photo of MK Bucks in their Rad Sheep kit.
MKX U16s – The U16s play in South Midlands Division 2 and will be looking to take on the ‘older’ teams.
Rogues- Rogues won South Midlands Division 2 last season with 14 wins and 1 defeat.
Roos – This is the biggest of the MK City clubs and led by the most experienced player/coach, Darren Gray who started playing korfball in 1991. Roos are ambitious to develop and push for trophies and particularly welcome athletic and competitive players.
The MKX Youth Korfball Programme
The youth teams in Milton Keynes are a part of MKX, the MK City youth programme who run training sessions for U9s, U11s, U13s and U16s. The programme is run by Milton Keynes Korfball Club and was established in September 2011 to develop players for the future. The programme delivers korfball via PE lessons within the curriculum and through after school clubs and also they provide links from school to community-based youth teams also called MKX.
The U16 team play in the local adult league (South Midlands Korfball Association League Division 2). The U13s and U11s play in a local league that has been set up for Milton Keynes Schools. Darren Gray, Chair of MK City Korfball Club, states that although these teams are only small that they hope to grow these leagues to 6 teams each by the end of 2012, and that they hope to have provided coaching to 25 schools and 5,000+ children by the end of this academic year – big plans!
Darren Gray says the reason for the success of korfball in the Milton Keynes area is partly due to the funding and help that has been given “We have been successful in attracting grant funding and more latterly in securing contributions from schools to provide qualified korfball coaches to work in schools to develop our sport. It is important to us that we do not simply deliver korfball to the children but that we build confidence of school staff and volunteers to run their own korfball sessions independently of us.” Because of this MKX have also ran teacher training sessions, Level 1 coaching courses and provided opportunities for teachers to join the clubs on reduced and even free rates.
What does 2012 hold for MKX? Well, firstly they are staging 4 National League matches in MK on 26th Feb and hope to have 200 players from 40 clubs and 500 other spectators there. Additionaly through 2012 they aim to work with 40 different schools; to deliver a 6 week Festival of Youth Korfball with school taster sessions; school tournaments; coach development courses and youth excellence camps. Darren wants to see the number of youth team players doubled and to have over 100 members by the end of 2012. So from the sounds of things, a very busy yet exciting 2012 for MKX and we at Rad Sheep wish you the very best of luck!
Take a look below at some of the MK teams.
Dec 21
The second sport in our Try Something New Campaign is Korfball, a game often compared to netball and basketball with one major difference – the game is designed to be played by mixed teams.
The main aim of korfball is to score a goal, which is typically a moulded basket on top of a 3.5 metre post. With korfball there is a strong ethos of co-operation and team work meaning you cannot run with the ball, you cannot dribble and you cannot take the ball from your opponent meaning action consists almost entirely of passing the ball by hand from player to player. So there is a stronger emphasis on team work rather than individual performance. Korfball teams are made up of four male and four female players and a team has four attackers and four defenders, with the main aim being to score a goal in their opponents’ basket.
Apart from playing within one half of the field there are no set positions and players need to have all round skills since whenever two goals are scored in the match the players change zones (meaning those who were attacking now become defenders and vice versa). So unlike most sports this really tests players on all levels and makes a dynamic, fast-paced game.
Korfball is increasingly popular in Universities with many battling it out every year at the BUCS Korfball Championships, Manchester University recently won the right to host Nationals after a vote by all the university korfball clubs and the event will be held at the Sugden Sports Centre on the 10th/11th March 2012. Will your team be there?
Although Korfball isn’t in the Olympics it is played worldwide and has a strong following of supporters. Every 4 year since 1978 the Korfball World Championship has taken place, despite the location of the championships changing from its home continent of Europe to the Far East and Australasia, the Championships final has only ever been contested by two countries, Netherlands and Belgium (Netherlands being crowned World Champions 8 times to Belgium’s 1). Great Britain have managed to finish 3rd twice, once in 1987 and again in 1999. So why not take up the sport and who knows, maybe you could help Britain conquer Korfball and put an end to the Dutch/Belgium dominance!
[Gallery not found]Above is the gallery of some Rad Sheep Korfball kits, please let us know your thoughts!
Dec 18
We had a great response from our post on ULTIMATE Frisbee and we hope it has encouraged more of you to pick up a disc and start throwing! We wanted to know what it was about the sport that you loved so much and Homerton Ultimate Frisbee Team have given us an insight as to what the sport means to them.
“It’s a uniquely uniting sport. Men and women play together, there’s no worry about contact. Physical size is no advantage, and everyone and anyone can play on a team, no matter what their skill level. Why I love the team? My team is more like a family than a team. We argue, we fight, we laugh, we share in each other’s’ pains and triumphs.”
Jatinder Sahota (Founding vice-captain)
“Initially I thought ultimate was a girly version of American football but then after seeing some insane throws, catches & layouts I’m like “This is ULTIMATEEE!!!”. The more important reason why I joined ultimate is because we have the nicest people in college! Nowhere else have I ever experienced such togetherness, supportive mentality & close bonding!”
Cuong Kasperzyk (Newbie to the sport)
“Ultimate Frisbee is a great game in which the team has a laugh chucking a disc around and running madly after it. Initiations reflect the crazy nature of the game – a mad concoction of mousetraps, flour, eggs, and homemade smoothies (in the style of a nightmarish Heston Blumenthal show! ) I love Frisbee for its relaxed nature and for enabling me to meet some fantastic people in my first term at University.”
Lilyann
“I started playing ultimate November 2010. At the time when I was suffering a lot from homesickness, as it was my first time away from home for an extended period of time. The ultimate team quickly became my family, and I turned from being a very shy, self-conscious fresher to a confident skilled team player, and was announced as the vice captain for this year. Through it I know that I have made friends for life. Concerning ultimate on the sports side of things, I consider it to be one of the most active, and interesting sports that I know of. Fitness is definitely key to enable you to keep cutting, jumping and making runs throughout the game, but there is of course a large skill component, in that your throws need to be spot on to enable your team do do the best it can (easier said than done).”
Ruth Turner (Vice Captain)
So it seems ULTIMATE Frisbee is a much loved sport that creates an overwhelming sense of team spirit and togetherness, from founding members to freshers anyone can enjoy the sport. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and as Ruth, the vice-captain said, help overcome homesickness that often comes with starting University. Plus the strong element of fitness helps burn away the calories that come with a student lifestyle!
We thought we would you leave you with some final words from the Team Captain, Sugar:
“I started the team 4 years ago. I was a rugby player, and during my first match for college I shattered a couple of bones in my foot. I was stuck in a cast for a few months and so I started throwing a Frisbee with my mates. When my injury healed, I decided that we were awesome at frisbee, and so we created a team to defeat all other college teams. Rather unimaginatively we decided to call it Homerton. After a year of losing pretty much every tournament possible, the team had a sit down. We realised that to be truly awesome, we needed AWESOME KIT. At our college we matriculate by drinking out of a huge horn, so we knew we needed some kind of horn related logo. Thus was born the triceratops (the coolest creature with horns) team logo. That year we absolutely stomped the league with our triceratops shirts (and some practice), going from 14th to 6th seed. To this day Homerton continues to stomp. Thank you Rad Sheep”
So bizarre and unfortunate circumstances led to the forming of an Ultimate Frisbee team which has united many players from different ages. What is stopping you from starting your own team?
Many thanks to the Homerton team on sharing their thoughts with us and well done on this year- we too like to think it is the Rad Sheep kit which helped elevate you to success!
Do you play ULTIMATE Frisbee if so how was your team formed and what do you love about ULTIMATE? Tweet us with the hashtag #whyiloveultimate or write on our Facebook wall, we look forward to hearing your responses!