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Yeah perfectKind of yes. YAV members were already heavily involved in the running of the club alongside Wearmouth "originals". All of those "originals" have left now so the YAV members who were on the committee have taken it over. I haven't heard much from the club unfortunately but last I heard they were still planning to run 2 teams on a Saturday and a midweek team as well as the juniors. I hope it goes well because there are a lot of good people still there that I played with. It is very sad though that so many of us moved on and a very tight group who, in my biased opinion, played cricket the right way have been split up.
Thanks for the info. I think most of us have got sorted now but I'll pass the message on.
Bloody Easington was worse than Dawdon.Dawdon could be Arctic.
Some days, you could be fielding and no amount of sweaters were enough.
Always got lucky with weather at Easington, though it was bleak.Bloody Easington was worse than Dawdon.
Some clubs are over 4 weeks behind where they’d expect to be in their preparation.I see NEPL clubs are being asked for grounds updates to determine whether to put the opening weekend back a week and play the rearranged fixtures on August Bank Holiday Monday.
Seems quite a likely scenario looking at the never ending pissy forecasts
yeah thats what im hearing from a few teams round here too, genuinely think the season could go into early october if it needed toSome clubs are over 4 weeks behind where they’d expect to be in their preparation.
I’ll be surprised if any clubs play before Mayyeah thats what im hearing from a few teams round here too, genuinely think the season could go into early october if it needed to
Seems like this happens very regularly these days. Surely there is an argument to start the season first week in May. Not sue how feasible playing in October is for local clubs as that massively restricts their window to put squares to bed post-season. Some landscaping companies do this for many clubs so could struggle to fit everyone in. For me, at the top league levels anyway, we should be utilising the 3 bank holidays to shorten the season. Of course the first time this was done April would be tropical, but teams can train/play friendlies in this period.
true, and theres nearly always bank holiday used up for a stag do or a weddingAt lower levels to get clubs to commit to playing Saturday/ Monday (particularly in May when there are a load of midweek cups) can be tough mind.
The season is fine as it is for me. Sometimes late April is dry. It was roasting in Covid when we were all locked indoors!
Seems like this happens very regularly these days.
They’ll have full time groundsmen with all the gear, so much easier for them to make up timeI had heard from a friend of a friend that South Northumberland have not even attempted to do anything on the ground. Forecast doesnt seem to make situation any better in the next few days
Can’t have it both ways. People complained about double weekends do the season was moved forward, then complaints about not being ready due to weather.Durham league now announced they are moving fixtures. Moved it to Monday May 27th. Just waiting for the first team to announce their ground is unavailable that day due to a function. You'd like to think they have consulted all clubs...
Seems a bit much to expect people to be able to commit to two nights in a row.Years ago,the DSL experimented with league fixtures played over 2 consecutive midweek nights,the then 5 hours allocated spread evenly over the 2 nights.Would resurrecting this offer a solution?