SEASON 2023 - Dates / Special Fixture Requests 2023 / Cup Entries

Date: 16th October 2022

Time for action if you have special ground requirements

Dates.

Please note that the 2023 season will commence on 15 April 2023 and run for 23 weeks until Sunday 16 September 2023. (As last occured in the 2019 season, there will be a designated Saturday, 20 May 2023, which will be used for 1st XI Cup Fixtures).

Sunday cup dates will be based around the National / Regional dates.

Fixture Requests for 2023 season

As we plan for the 2023 season, I now require that :-

Clubs wishing to advise of any special ground availability issues or possible fixture clashes (especially where they may share or hire grounds with another club either inside or outside of the LDCC) should make their requirements known for season 2023 as soon as possible.

All clubs affected by these issues should notify me and not assume that I am aware of their circumstances even if they are long standing.

I require written confirmation by email (not text / social media postings ) to the following email accounts :-

via rob.durand@btinternet.com or rob.durand_ldcc@btinternet.com

Failure to advise me in the correct manner is likely to mean that your request cannot be accepted which could have implications on your ability to fulfil the scheduled fixture.

Where applicable, the clubs 1st XI will be fixtured to play away from home with the club's 2nd XI being fixtured at home with the fixture endorsed TBA or TBC as necessary and it will be upto the the home club to agree a mutually acceptable rearrangement date with the game taking place before the end of July 2023 so as not to affect vital promotion or relegation issues

3rd XI clubs will need to confirm their ground sharing agreements, where applicable and the fixtures will be released after the production of other local leagues fixtures which may have an impact of ground sharing

Thank you to all the clubs that have already responded to this request and a reminder to those clubs that have not yet responded to do so as soon as possible to the Fixtures Secretary, Rob Durand, via rob.durand@btinternet.com or rob.durand_ldcc@btinternet.com with a deadline of Sunday 20^th November 2022.

Hopefully the County Fixtures will not be as delayed as they were last season.

Cup Entries

Again, the intention is for entries to the various cup competitions to be voluntary, and clubs should forward their intentions by the end of December 2022. As per usual the entries for the ECB T20 Vitality competition will be mandatory for the 2023 Premier Division clubs with other clubs entering on a voluntary basis.

Management Committee