START OF THE SEASON - FLEXIBILITY

Date: 31st March 2013

Week one moved - but facility for alternative date introduced.

START OF THE SEASON – REALLOCATED WEEK ONE CUP GAMES

FLEXIBILITY

Thank you to member clubs and individuals for the positive response to the decision by the Cricket Committee to delay the start of the 2013 season to Saturday 20 April. In addition the feedback has also included a small number of requests from clubs with pre-planned club commitments on the new designated date, Monday 6 May, for some flexibility in the actual date that the reallocated week one cup game is to be played.

The intention of the decision was to give clubs and ground staff additional time to prepare their grounds for the coming season and was an attempt to help clubs, not to disadvantage them. It has been agreed, therefore, that there should be a facility for the week one cup game to be played on a date other than Monday 6^th May – subject to the following:

The week one cup games (1^st and 2^nd X1) have been moved en bloc to Monday 6^th May and must be played by that date.
Where BOTH teams agree, the game can be played on an alternative date e.g a Sunday.
If different from Monday 6^th May, notification of the agreed date must be made by BOTH teams by no later than Saturday 6^th April to Rob Roberts, Cup Competitions Coordinator ldcc-cups@gmx.com
All reallocated week one cup fixtures will be fixed after 6^th April and cannot be played on any other date.
If, as a result of the above, a club plays their 1^st and 2^ndX1 reallocated cup fixtures on different dates, Paragraph 4.1.2 in the Playing Regulations will apply.