Many of you may already have heard of the sad passing of Lawrence Edwards, well know groundsman throughout the league.  Lawrence was a larger than life character with love for cricket over many years.  We would like to pass on our sincere condolences to Sue and the family and all his many friends.

The Funeral is at Colchester Crematorium on Thursday 18th July at 11,30 am with a Wake to follow at Abberton CC.

Apparently on Saturday afternoon 22 grown men have planned to kick a bag full of air about in the middle of the cricket season and some want to watch……… apparently this spectacle starts at 5pm….

You are reminded that it is within the Championship rules that with mutual consent clubs may arrange an earlier start time and reduce overs.  In matches where there are Panel Umpires they should be consulted at the time of the decision making process.

The link to the Mid Season Transfer Form has now been updated and it can now be found under the Championship Rules tab……

Transfers mid season are only granted (to quote from Rule 13a)  “only for relocation or extreme personal circumstances.”

During the close season a suggested list of these will be added to the Rules to be applied from season 2025.

The deadline for these applications will be 1st July each year.

THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT for immediate action please….

There have been two hoax calls this week by someone claiming that they will have to call off a fixture for the coming week.  Our rule says that cancellation shall not take place without a telephone conversation taking place and that text messages and voicemail is not acceptable and clubs are reminded of this Rule.

In the meantime all clubs are asked to seek confirmation of any cancellation by contacting the captain or Championship Rep before taking any action. 

This applies to all clubs but particularly to Mildenhall CC who have been the recipients of the two hoax calls and here you should contact Lou Handy (07866 419186)  or Andy Young (07758 255343)

Copdock and Old Ipswichian CC are hosting the CopFest Event on Saturday 21st September from 1pm to 1 am – the attached link goes straight to the website which gives you full information as well as a link to book online…….

The first statement says “From the Youngest Groover to the Oldest Rocker” are all welcome and I will leave you to decide the category to which you think that I belong!

It looks a very exciting initiative to me…….

https://cop-fest.square.site/

There have been one or two issues with the above particularly in reduced over matches – let’s all hope that the exceptionally poor weather so far this season is now at an end!

If you click on the link below you will see the rules that relate to bowler limitation as well as points gained.

If you are the Play-Cricket administrator or you are entrusted with completion the scores for your match on Play-Cricket then please change the default number of overs when the match is reduced at the time that you enter the scores and points gained.  This makes checking easier…….

Bonus Points

As well as striking the golf ball straight and long at the home of golf at the St Andrews course this week (in his dreams of course), I have another excellent piece of news for Geoff and all others in the Championship…..

At the recent MSC meeting it was unanimously decided to vote Geoff, as a retired Chairman of the MSC,  in as a Vice President.  This is a well deserved accolade for one who a has given so much to the Two Counties Championship.  Well done Geoff…..