As you may well know there has been a
lot of discussion throughout the latter
part of the season as to how many sides
we will try to field next year and what
level of cricket these sides should play.
This has come about because of the lack
of quality players and the lack of
personnel to run and organise these sides
which has left a great strain on some of
those who do organise them at the moment.
A few weeks ago a players meeting was
held at the Club when everybody present
was able to express their views to the
Committee so that the Committee could
take an informed decision on this very
important matter.
The Committee met last week and after
further lengthy discussion from all those
present a vote was t aken and the
unanimous decision was that the Saturday
XI will become our 1st XI now they have
won promotion to Division 1 and hopefully
get into the Premier. Our existing Sunday
1st XI will be dropped. Our present
Sunday 2nd XI will become our Sunday 1s t
XI, hopefully staying in Division 3. Then
we will enter a new side, our Sunday 2nd
XI, in Division 8.
The Division 8 side will be used to
bring on some of the youngsters that are
coming through our Youth Section and also
hopefully give a better game of cricket
to the several very keen, not so gifted,
players that have been the mainstay of
this years 2nd XI.
The Committee feel that this is a
decision to secure the future of the Club
and not necessarily a step back. For this
decision to succeed both Sunday sides
need several senior personnel including
any new players to help run the sides. We
have already got a couple of players
interested in Captaining the sides but it
takes more than one to keep the side
going, please come forward to help, this
incl udes the very important posts of
Team Secretary.
In time we expect both sides to find
their right level and hopefully this will
involve more wins than losses and
hopefully a promotion or two.