Conference team to play the Club Cricket Conference

The Conference team to play the Club Cricket Conference in the annual challenge match is as follows:
James Duffy (Captain) (Cheshire County CL)
Dan Berry (Cheshire County CL)
Jonny Kettle (Cheshire County CL)
Dan Halkon (Chehsire County CL)
Calum Rowe (Chehsire County CL)
Sam Messih (Derbyshire & Cheshire CL)
James Cole (Wkt) (Liverpool & District Cricket Competition
Guy Emmett (Cheshire County CL)
Danny Cranmer (Cheshire County CL)
Sam Sweeney (Lancashire County CL)
James Dixon (Liverpool & District Cricket Competition

Team Manager: John Richards

The match is to be played at Audley on Wednesday 25th August, starting at 11.00am. It will be of 50 overs per innings.

Budget Impact for Clubs

The increase in VAT from January next year will obviously have a dramatic effect on the cost of purchases for clubs in 2011, but what received less significant coverage was the increase in the Insurance Premium Tax of 1%. The consequence of this will obviously be another burden on the running costs of clubs.
Potential good news however was the proposal to increase the proportion of Lottery Funding available to Sport.

Cedric Rhoades Cup

The 2010 Cedric Rhoades Cup competition has now reached the semi-final stage with North Somerset CL playing the Worcestershire County CL, and the Derbyshire County CL playing either the Bassetlaw & Dist CL or the Derbyshire and Cheshire CL. Both semi-finals are scheduled for Sunday 15th August, with the final on the 5th September.

September Quarterly Meeting

The next Quarterly meeting of Conference will be held at CUCKNEY CRICKET CLUB, Nottinghamshire on Saturday 25th September, starting at 2.00pm. The agenda for the meeting will be posted shortly in the Members Only page.

Presidents Trophy Final

The final of the 2010 Presidents Trophy competition will be between the current holders North Staffs and South Cheshire League and the Nottinghamshire Premier League, and will take place at Audley Cricket Club on Sunday 15th August.