Topic: Will the 2021 season happen? (Read 31190 times)

it's_a_pudding · « **Reply #60 on:** January 30, 2021, 02:29:30 PM »

Quote from: A-Swing-And-A-Miss on January 29, 2021, 08:03:34 PM

One infected bloke managed to infect 10 or more others in one game? Be truthful with us here, how closely was everybody following the guidelines that day? Were indoor changing areas closed? Along with the indoor bar after the game? Was the ball being sanitised every 5 overs? Was everybody socially distancing including batsmen running off the strip as well as no handshakes and 5 fives in the field?

I don't want that to sound like I'm judging yourself or anybody involved by the way, this is the first I have heard of an outbreak from a cricket game and I'm amazed that so many people would catch it if all the guidelines were followed.

No the infected guy infected 4 of his own team and two of ours but because of the guidelines everyone that played in the game was required to isolate for 10 days and get tested also the team they played against the week before was required to get tested and isolate as well as he wasn�t sure how long he�d been carrying. All changing rooms were closed, we don�t have a club house bar we go to local pub instead which was closed, followed all other guidelines as well. Their is a chance more than one person already had it before the game. That�s seems to be the problem originally that people were carrying without knowledge they were.

jayralh · « **Reply #61 on:** January 30, 2021, 02:45:31 PM »

Quote from: Jimbo on January 30, 2021, 11:44:44 AM

Where do you play mate? Interesting that they're presuming a full season starting on time.

South Staffordshire league

mohawks94 · « **Reply #62 on:** February 03, 2021, 11:59:56 PM »

TVL have released full fixtures, starting 8th May and finishing 4th September.

At least one club hasn't made it through the winter - North Maidenhead no longer in the league, replaced in div1 by High Wycombe 2s. There are a few highlighted teams in the league list, but not sure if any other clubs are gone.

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #63 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:02:00 AM »

Quote from: mohawks94 on February 03, 2021, 11:59:56 PM

TVL have released full fixtures, starting 8th May and finishing 4th September.

At least one club hasn't made it through the winter - North Maidenhead no longer in the league, replaced in div1 by High Wycombe 2s. There are a few highlighted teams in the league list, but not sure if any other clubs are gone.

North Maidenhead had all their money pulled due to their support for BLM allegedly.

Their backer objected to it apparently. That�s why they have folded.

Jimbo · « **Reply #64 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:11:30 AM »

Quote from: LEACHY48 on February 04, 2021, 12:02:00 AM

North Maidenhead had all their money pulled due to their support for BLM allegedly.

Their backer objected to it apparently. That�s why they have folded.

On the one hand, it's mental to me that a whole club's existence could be dependent on a single benefactor. On the other, what a charming individual, pulling funding from a sports club because they support action against racism...

SD · « **Reply #65 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:12:42 AM »

Quote from: LEACHY48 on February 04, 2021, 12:02:00 AM

North Maidenhead had all their money pulled due to their support for BLM allegedly.

Their backer objected to it apparently. That�s why they have folded.

There are a very worrying number of clubs that have a financial model based on either one or a small number of financial backers sustaining the whole club.

Jimbo · « **Reply #66 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:15:12 AM »

If that's the risk you take in order to challenge for success at the highest level of your league structure, is it really worth it? My club is in no danger of challenging for the top honours but at least we know we have a sound plan for the club to grow and thrive in years to come that doesn't rely on the generosity of one individual.

SD · « **Reply #67 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:24:43 AM »

Quote from: Jimbo on February 04, 2021, 12:15:12 AM

If that's the risk you take in order to challenge for success at the highest level of your league structure, is it really worth it? My club is in no danger of challenging for the top honours but at least we know we have a sound plan for the club to grow and thrive in years to come that doesn't rely on the generosity of one individual.

Certainly not in my view, but clubs living beyond their means to pay players is endemic within the game. All it takes is for the guy putting the money in (I am yet to come across a woman wanting to be a village cricket Roman Abramovich) to leave and by that point you have alienated many of your amateur players and volunteers.

There is (or now was) a club not far from me who at one point number of years ago were paying 6 players including one former international and one former first class player in the equivalent of division 7. The club folded a few years after the backer left

More Glue Than Wood · « **Reply #68 on:** February 04, 2021, 10:04:43 AM »

Quote from: LEACHY48 on February 04, 2021, 12:02:00 AM

North Maidenhead had all their money pulled due to their support for BLM allegedly.

Their backer objected to it apparently. That�s why they have folded.

bloody hell - i played there from 2005-9, is that the summerleaze/gravel pits owner guy you are talking about?

suraj · « **Reply #69 on:** February 04, 2021, 10:52:33 AM »

Quote from: SD on February 04, 2021, 12:24:43 AM

Certainly not in my view, but clubs living beyond their means to pay players is endemic within the game. All it takes is for the guy putting the money in (I am yet to come across a woman wanting to be a village cricket Roman Abramovich) to leave and by that point you have alienated many of your amateur players and volunteers.

100% this. No amateur club should start paying players just to be on top of a super low level. Unless there's a cooperation contract in place with the backer incl. exit strategy, paying some players will not help the club to grow. Rather use this money to build structures. That'd be the prime case for strategy follows structure where when you build something good, people will come and growth will come with it.

Ayrtek Cricket · « **Reply #70 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:09:10 PM »

WEPL and Wiltshire fixtures were published yesterday, lets hope that they start on time!

velvetsky01 · « **Reply #71 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:17:43 PM »

Fingers crossed Tom

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #72 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:42:12 PM »

Quote from: More Glue Than Wood on February 04, 2021, 10:04:43 AM

bloody hell - i played there from 2005-9, is that the summerleaze/gravel pits owner guy you are talking about?

I�m not massively comfortable naming names, as I don�t know the specifics, but there have been a few pretty reputable guys from within the TVL that have alleged that one of their key backers withdrew for the above reasons.

There is also a tweet from the secretary of the TVL that confirms there was �a dispute� with the summerleaze owner and cites that as this reasoning for withdrawal.

Gurujames · « **Reply #73 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:44:04 PM »

That�s some encouraging news. I just read the latest report from the Somerset league. I see that Street have withdrawn from the WEPL, so all of their gun players will be in our division this season. Only 1 casualty is pretty good considering, though maybe more may fold/withdraw as the season approaches.

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #74 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:52:56 PM »

Quote from: Jimbo on February 04, 2021, 12:11:30 AM

On the one hand, it's mental to me that a whole club's existence could be dependent on a single benefactor. On the other, what a charming individual, pulling funding from a sports club because they support action against racism...

Agreed on both counts. Fundamentally idiotic model for a sports club, and the bloke is obviously not the sort of person any club would like to associate with I�d imagine.

It�s also completely out of the blue given the diversity at North Maidenhead, they have a large representation of Asian and ethnic minority players and have done for years.

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