ECB KO CUP ENTRIES 2016
Date: 24th November 2015
Get your ECB entries in!
1. ECB NatWestT20 2016
Entries are requested from those Division 1 and Division 2 Clubs that wish to enter the MiL&DCC stages of the ECB NatWest Club T20 2016 Competition by Sunday 13th December 2015. These entries should be made in writing to the MiL&DCC preferably by email to Rob Durand rob.durand@btinternet.com or to Eric Hadfield ridgeway19@supanet.com
Premier Division clubs do not need to go through this process as we are a fully accredited Premier League and they are therefore entered automatically, entries from Division 1 and Division 2 clubs are not compulsory.
2. Royal London Club Championship 2016
ECB invites clubs to enter the 2016 Royal London Club Championship (the ECB National Club Championship), dates of which are provided below.
The entry fee for next season’s competition will remain at £50 if paying by BACS and will be £55 if paying by cheque. Details of how to do this are on the entry form itself which can be downloaded using
http://www.lpoolcomp.co.uk/uploaded_files/documents/Royal_London_Club_Championship_2016_Entry_Form.xls
http://www.lpoolcomp.co.uk/uploaded_files/documents/Royal_London_Club_Championship_2016_Invitation_Letter_(1).docx
and which is to be completed and returned no later than Friday 4th December 2015 to the ECB. Any entries received after this date may only be considered if the draw is not already full.
ECB is once again limited by the busy summer schedule to a competition of just 8 rounds; therefore only 256 clubs can enter. All participating clubs from the 2015 competition have been invited and demand traditionally exceeds supply so it will be necessary to limit the number of clubs that are included. The following criteria will be used in judging suitable entries (please note the requirement to be ECB Clubmark accredited has been removed for the 2016 season):
1. The League and Division that the Club plays in on a Saturday
2. The standard of the Club’s ground and ancillary facilities
3. The previous history of the Club in the competition
As such this invitation and the completion of the entry form is not a guarantee that a club will be included in the competition for 2016 as the above entry criteria may need to be invoked.
This competition is aimed at premier division standard clubs and, unlike the ECB NatWestT20 competition there are no MiL&DCC “initial rounds”. Clubs should not attempt to enter and then just concede as this is not fair on their opponents
The draw for each Group will be released by January 2016 at the latest and seeded based on the record of the club in the previous season both in this competition and in the ECB Premier Leagues.
The First Round is to be played by Saturday 30 April 2016 at the latest although fixtures will be scheduled for Sunday 24 April 2016. Clubs involved in 10 team leagues, i.e. those starting later on in the season, are encouraged to play these matches as early as possible and one option is for clubs to utilise the Saturday prior to the start of their League season for these First Round matches or any team may agree to play their first round match on any Sunday in April if they wish.
ECB will cover the costs of the umpires for all rounds of the competition (they will claim direct from ECB). Each host club will receive match balls for all home matches throughout the competition, please indicate on the entry form whether you would prefer to have these balls sent to your club or contact person’s home address.
The National Final will be held at a first class ground to be confirmed once the First Class Fixture List is published in December 2015 by the ECB First Class Cricket Department.
Provisional Dates for 2016
Round
First
Second
Third
Fourth (Group Final)
Fifth
Quarter-final
Semi- final
Final
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Scheduled Date
24 April 2016 (played by 30 April)
8 May 2016
29 May 2016
19 June 2016
10 July 2016
31 July 2016
28 August 2016
18 September 2016
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Wet weather reserve date
2 May 2016 (can be earlier if agreed)
15 May 2016
5 June 2016
26 June 2016
17 July 2016
7 or 14 August 2016 (depending on T20 matches)
4 September 2016
25 September 2016
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