MANAGEMENT STATEMENT re LYTHAM CRICKET CLUB

Date: 10th July 2025

Management Statement re: Lytham CC

Clubs may be aware that on the evening of Monday 30th June, the Northern Pyramid announced on social media that Lytham CC had been accepted to play in The Northern Premier Cricket League for 2026. We want to place on record that no correspondence regarding this matter had been received by the Management Committee until a brief email was received from a representative of Lytham CC mid-morning the same day.

Although disappointed with the failure to follow protocol and with the lack of courtesy shown to fellow member clubs and the league, and despite this effectively reducing the current league structure to 35 clubs, we have no intention of standing in the way of a club that wants to move to another league.

It is assumed that Lytham’s teams will continue to fulfil their remaining 2025 fixtures.

At the end of the 2025 season, Lytham’s 1st and 2nd XIs will be deemed to have been relegated regardless of their finishing position. In practical terms this means that only one additional team (i.e. the team that finishes lowest of the remaining 11 teams) will be relegated from 1st XIs First Division and 2nd XIs Premier Division. Promotion issues will be unaffected.

Management Committee will now need to fully consider the impact this will have for other L&DCC and SADACL clubs ahead of the integration of the leagues, planning for which has been ongoing for over 12 months.

Mr S.D. Lee

Honorary Secretary

Liverpool & District Cricket Competition

10 JULY 2025