APRIL 2015
A CLASH OF DATES MEANT ONLY MARK AND NIC ATTENDED.
FINANCES ARE SOUND BUT THERE ARE STILL TWO TEAMS YET TO REGISTER AND ARE CREATING ILL FEELING AMONGST THE COMMITTEE. ACTION HAS BEEN AGREED AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOLLOWING THE FIRST ROUND OF GAMES.
SPONSORSHIP HAS BEEN RECEIVED WITH £100 OF IT BEING USED TO PROMOTE THE LEAGUE AT THE WILDEN GROUND.
UMPIRES DATA HAS NOW BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE ADDED TO THE WEBSITE.
THE NEW UMPIRES PATHWAY HAS RUN INTO ONE OR TWO PROBLEMS RELATING TO LACK OF CONSULTATION AND AUTONOMY ISSUES AND THEREFORE WILL BE, AT VERY LEAST, DELAYED
ALL UMPIRE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE SHORTLY.
NEW INITATIVES: ECB WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PLAYERS SIGNING UP ON PLAY-CRICKET WEBSITE. THERE IS A NEW INITIATIVE TO INCENTIVISE PLAYERS TO SIGN UP. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL EACH WEEK WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS AND ALSO A LOCAL WEEKLY HONOURS BOARD, BASED ON PLAY-CRICKET RESULTS, WITH A CHANCE TO SEE YOUR NAME, OR YOUR TEAMMATES NAMES, ON THE BOARD.
THERE IS A GET THE GAME ON INITIATIVE COMBATING CANCELLATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE CAUSE OF PLAYERS LEAVING THE SPORT.
WCB WILL BE RUNNING SEMINARS ON THE USE OF PLAY-CRICKET VIA THE LOCAL DISTRICT MEETINGS.
OTHER NEWS: THIS LEAGUE IS FACING COMPETITION FROM BELBROUGHTONS OVER 35 s WEDNESDAY LEAGUE. WE OUGHT, AS A LEAGUE, TO BE LOOKING INTO OUR OWN INITIATIVES
WEBSITE CALENDAR IS TO BECOME OPERATIONAL.
