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Title: My club closed today
Post by: johnnyw on January 14, 2012, 10:00:00 PM
My club as been struggling to get numbers for matches in the last year and with another club opening locally it was decided to pull the plug today. It was disappointing but I was expecting it to happen.

Has any one had their clubs closed before?
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: johan95 on January 14, 2012, 10:03:13 PM
Yeah, my colts team last year shut down. It was shocking as I went to training the week before and all seemed fine and dandy, then the next week I turned up and was told the club had shut down..

Bit of a shocker... :o
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: legger123 on January 14, 2012, 10:06:13 PM
I think this may happen to my sunday club! :/
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: The_Bird on January 14, 2012, 10:07:10 PM
A club just down the road from us folded just before Xmas, although most of the players that remained have joined our club and enabled us to create a 3rds so all good!!. Suprised your league allowed another club to be created with one struggling next to it, was a merge not an option?
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: johnnyw on January 14, 2012, 10:08:51 PM
I was after buying a fair bit of new gear for the younger players aswell to try and get them interested. It will have to go to my new club now.

Suppose this means I need a new helmet for next year so as my last club used green colours and my new club is maroon
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on January 14, 2012, 10:09:58 PM
step into my office mate....just sorted out Piranha with a couple of Premiers as it happens :)
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: ppccopener on January 14, 2012, 10:10:20 PM
sorry to hear that,lot's of clubs in Middx where I play are in trouble-but not many have actually closed yet.it might however be a matter of time.
Many grounds owned by the local Council now want 'rateable rent' for the land. i.e. ignoring the fact you may be providing a service to the community by having say 4 colts age groups, and now want to be paid as if it was a property.
I know of one 100 year old club who had their rent quadrupled in 2 years.My original club stopped in 2004 and we had to merge with a rival club to survive.This type of merger is becoming more common.
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: johnnyw on January 14, 2012, 10:10:42 PM
A club just down the road from us folded just before Xmas, although most of the players that remained have joined our club and enabled us to create a 3rds so all good!!. Suprised your league allowed another club to be created with one struggling next to it, was a merge not an option?
When I mean near it is 20 minutes away but that is near for a club in Ireland as I used to have to drive 40 minutes to my club
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: johnnyw on January 14, 2012, 10:12:24 PM
step into my office mate....just sorted out Piranha with a couple of Premiers as it happens :)
I was planning on buying one off Andy but I dont think he has them in stock yet?
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on January 14, 2012, 10:14:37 PM
Get urs sent back and can flip it to maroon...he got his first delivery on Friday....think he was keeping the maroon one for himself though ;)
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: The_Bird on January 14, 2012, 10:15:20 PM
When I mean near it is 20 minutes away but that is near for a club in Ireland as I used to have to drive 40 minutes to my club

Lol there's about 6 clubs within 10 miles where I play in Cornwall
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: uknsaunders on January 14, 2012, 10:17:26 PM
You'd be surprised what leagues do. We are trying to get a 2nd XI up this season and this requires full use of our ground. It's hired to another team every other Saturday, who have the league chairman and cricket chairman in their ranks. Funny enough we've had no end of issues with the league, last of which is our 1s/2s being scheduled to play at home on the same week. Self interest run amok. If this new club have powerful friends or money, then the fact it harms another club won't matter.
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: The_Bird on January 14, 2012, 10:20:11 PM
You'd be surprised what leagues do. We are trying to get a 2nd XI up this season and this requires full use of our ground. It's hired to another team every other Saturday, who have the league chairman and cricket chairman in their ranks. Funny enough we've had no end of issues with the league, last of which is our 1s/2s being scheduled to play at home on the same week. Self interest run amok. If this new club have powerful friends or money, then the fact it harms another club won't matter.

Every ones related down 'ere its like one big happy family :D
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: uknsaunders on January 14, 2012, 10:27:54 PM
Many clubs in the Thames Valley have merged due to numbers. Alot of clubs now with 3/4/5 teams as resources get pooled and pitches reduce. My old local rivals have gone from 3 teams to 1 and without their Chairman bailing them out, they'd folded by now.
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: joeylough on February 20, 2012, 10:00:33 PM
I can see this happening to my club soon. there is a lack of junior members with no under 13 or 17 with a lack of players for the 2nd XI play most weeks with 8 people which is never good.
Title: Re: My club closed today
Post by: Manormanic on February 21, 2012, 07:53:08 AM
Many clubs in the Thames Valley have merged due to numbers. Alot of clubs now with 3/4/5 teams as resources get pooled and pitches reduce. My old local rivals have gone from 3 teams to 1 and without their Chairman bailing them out, they'd folded by now.

I don't know that there have been *that* many in the ten or so years I've been playing down here, though I know our merger was a resounding success once a couple of bad apples had elected to pursue their dreams elsewhere.  I guess you get on top of that a few of these "parent club" arrangements, where biggers clubs such as GX, Datchet and
High Wycombe take on smaller clubs to run as their lower XIs, which works pretty well for all concerned.

I think what has helped the Thames Valley in the last few years has been a combination of Chance to Shine - amazing how well it has done in afluent areas, suffice it to say - and the movement of second and third generation Asian families out of the centre of London, which has meant that some clubs that were once pretty much village teams have become really big units.  A lot of clubs around Maidenhead especially have seen their numbers skyrocket!