Information requiring a response

31^st January 2012
Gentlemen,

2012 Fixtures

It has proved abnormally troublesome since the introduction of leagues with an excess of 10 teams, and nigh on impossible, to match all sides on a home and away basis, thus resulting in an imbalance of games. Hosting the Olympic Games within the area has resulted in further chaos, together with all X1 requesting deferments and non availability of grounds has proved “a bridge to far”

I list below the requests that we were unable to achieve, and further the double headers that have proved unavoidable.

Hainault 5^th & 6^th X1 on the 16^th June
Stanford Le Hope 3^rd & 4^th X1 on the 17^th July, although their 5^th are away.
Pegasus 3^rd & 4^th X1 on the 28^th July
Ilford 3^rd & 4^th on the 25^th August
Southend on Sea 3^rd & 4^th X1 on the 1^st September
Orsett 3^rd & 4^th X1 on the 1^st September, although their 5^th are away.

You may note that also several games are only 1 or 2 weeks apart and these at the start or the end of the season.

Should any Clubs have extra ground availability in the above weeks, please contact relevant Club.

Many thanks,

Michael E Jones.

PLAY-CRICKET FIXTURES UPLOADED
Would clubs please check their fixtures that are now on the Play-Cricket site, especially the 4th XI Division Three and the Friendly Division. Let me know of any discrepancies you may find. email me

DUKES ESSEX TWENTY/20 COMPETITION 2012

WOULD ALL CLUBS PLEASE NOTE EXTRACT FROM 20/20 REGULATIONS BELOW.

THERE ARE STILL MANY FIXTURES OUTSTANDING AND NOT ON THE SNEL / PC WEBSITE

ALL GUILTY CLUBS SHOULD ARRANGE FIXTURES ASAP. FAILURE TO DO SO BY JANUARY 31ST MAY RESULT IN A FINE.

1. Fixtures
Clubs will be divided into 8 regional groups. Each club will play each other club in their group once.
Clubs will get 2 points for a win and 0 points for a loss. A tie is not possible - see Playing Condition 3.
Home clubs must offer a minimum of 3 dates for each fixture, 2 of which must be midweek. If the away club declines to play on all of these dates or if either club fails to turn up on the agreed date they will be deemed to have forfeited the match and the win will be awarded to the opposing club.
Any disputes regarding arranging of fixtures should be referred to the SNEL Management Committee whose decision will be final.

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Message from the League Secretary

FIXTURES

The 2012 fixtures will be published in the next few days.

JEFF RODRIQUES COMPETITION

This competition was discussed at our recent committee meeting as a number of clubs were unhappy with the new format used in 2011.

The County have reduced the Under 16 Matchplay competition to smaller groups with 4 or 5 games instead of 9.

This should increase the availability of young players for other Sunday cricket.

We have decided to revert to the 40:40 format as for the league cup but with the following requirements.

At least 5 players must be Under 16

At least 5 players must be Over 40

The other player must be either Under 16 or Over 40

Batsmen must retire at a personal score of 30 (they can return once all players have batted)

This is to stop an adult player dominating the match

Bowlers may bowl a maximum of 8 overs

Please advise me by email if you wish to enter this competition (or not) as soon as possible and by the end of january at the latest.

UNDER 21 SUNDAY LEAGUE

A successful Under 21 League is being run south of the river.

We would hope to set up something similar in 2013

If clubs wish to take part in a small SNEL version based on the League Cup 40:40 rules this summer please advise me by email before the end of January

CLUB CONTACTS

Please complete up to date details of club contacts on the SNEL Website. This should include details of your bar manager so that Shepherd Neame can contact them directly.

PLAY CRICKET

Please take advantage of the winter break to update details of your player base on Play-Cricket. Please delete players no longer with your club and ensure addresses and dates of birth are correct. We have hundreds of players who seem to live at the clubhouse. A few players are less than ten years old and many were apparently born in 1900.

HANDBOOK DETAILS

Please respond to Andy Jenner as soon as possible remember there in a heavy fine for non-submission. As at last week's meeting less than half the clubs had responded.

20:20

Clubs must arrange all group 20:20 matches by the end of January and notify George Salmon so these can be entered on the website.

Cliff Greenhill

January 2012

It would also be helpful if you supply the email details of your fixture secretary.

Michael E Jones: Fixture Secretary also send replies to Cliff Greenhill League Secretary

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I Cliff Greenhill has had to rework the fixtures for the friendly division to allow for

Billericay 5th

Harlow Town 4th (late entry)

An interesting challenge. I have composed a fixture list, this covers 11 weeks with 12 teams.
For the following teams the fixtures allow for ground sharing with another team from their club

basildon 3rd and 4th

benfleet 3rd and 4th

hainault and clayhall 5th and 6th

hornchurch 5th and 6th

horndon 3rd and 4th

hutton 5th and 6th

The games will start on the 3rd week of the season 26th May and end on 25th August.

There is a three week break 28th July, 4th and 11th August during the Olympics.

Being a friendly Division the game format is flexible with the agreement of both sides and there are lots of spare weeks if ground or player availability is a problem.

SHEPHERD NEAME ESSEX LEAGUE DIVISIONS 2012

Premier 1st XI	Div 1 1st XI	Div 2 1st XI	Div 3 1st XI
Ardleigh Green	Chingford	Basildon & Pitsea	Benfleet
Brentwood	Fives & Heronians	Belhus	Billericay
Buckhurst Hill	Hadleigh & Thundersley	Gidea Park & Romford	Epping
Chelmsford	Hainault & Clayhall	Harold Wood	Harlow Town
Colchester & East Essex	Harlow	Horndon on the Hill	Hutton
Ilford	Hornchurch	Leigh on Sea	Old Brentwoods
Shenfield	Loughton	Old Southendians	Old Parkonians
South Woodford	Orsett	Stanford Le Hope	Pegasus & Corringham
Wanstead & Snaresbrook	Southend on Sea EMT	Westcliff on Sea	West Essex
Woodford Wells	Upminster	Wickford	Woodford Green

Premier 2nd XI	Div 1 2nd XI	Div 2 2nd XI	Div 3 2nd XI
Brentwood	Ardleigh Green	Belhus	Basildon & Pitsea
Chelmsford	Buckhurst Hill	Benfleet	Billericay
Colchester & East Essex	Chingford	Harlow	Epping
Fives & Heronians	Gidea Park & Romford	Leigh on Sea	Harlow Town
Hornchurch	Hadleigh & Thundersley	Orsett	Horndon on the Hill
Shenfield	Hainault & Clayhall	Southend on Sea EMT	Old Brentwoods
South Woodford	Harold Wood	Stanford Le Hope	Old Parkonians
Upminster	Ilford	Westcliff on Sea	Old Southendians
Wanstead & Snaresbrook	Hutton	West Essex	Pegasus & Corringham
Woodford Wells	Loughton	Wickford	Woodford Green

Premier 3rd XI	Div 1 3rd XI	Div 2 3rd XI	Div 3 3rd XI
Brentwood 3rd	Brentwood 4th	Ardleigh Green 3rd	Belhus 3rd
Chelmsford 3rd	Chelmsford 4th	Billericay 3rd	Benfleet 3rd
Fives & Heronians 3rd	Chingford 3rd	Buckhurst Hill 3rd	Colchester & East Essex 3rd
Gidea Park & Romford 3rd	Hadleigh & Thundersley 3rd	Harlow 3rd	Gidea Park & Romford 4th
Hainault & Clayhall 3rd	Harold Wood 3rd	Hornchurch 4th	Harlow Town 3rd
Hutton 3rd	Hornchurch 3rd	Leigh on Sea 3rd	Hutton 4th
Shenfield 3rd	Ilford 3rd	Loughton 3rd	Pegasus & Corringham 3rd
South Woodford 3rd	Upminster 4th	Old Southendians 3rd	Southend on Sea & EMT 3rd
Upminster 3rd	Wanstead 3rd	Orsett 3rd	South Woodford 4th
Woodford Wells 3rd	West Essex 3rd	Wanstead 4th	Westcliff on Sea 3rd


Premier 4th XI	Div 1 4th XI	Div 2 4th XI	Div 3 4th XI
Basildon & Pitsea 3rd	Brentwood 5th	Belhus 4th	Chingford 5th
Chingford 4th	Chelmsford 5th	Billericay 4th	Hainault & Clayhall 5th
Hadleigh & Thundersley 4th	Epping 3rd	Buckhurst Hill 4th	Harold Wood 5th
Hainault & Clayhall 4th	Fives & Heronians 4th	Harlow Town 4th	Hutton 5th
Harold Wood 4th	Horndon on the Hill 3rd	Harlow 4th	Ilford 4th
Loughton 4th	Old Parkonians 3rd	Hornchurch 5th	Loughton 5th
Upminster 5th	Stanford Le Hope 3rd	Leigh on Sea 4th	Old Parkonians 4th
Wanstead 5th	Wanstead 6th	Old Southendians 4th	Orsett 4th
Wickford 3rd	West Essex 4th XI	Shenfield 4th	Orsett 5th
Woodford Green 3rd	Wickford 4th XI	Upminster 6th	Pegasus & Corringham 4th
			South Woodford 5th
			Southend on Sea EMT 4th
			Stanford Le Hope 4th
			Old Southendians 5th
Friendly Division
Basildon & Pitsea 4th
Belhus 5th
Benfleet 4th
Billericay 5th
Hainault & Clayhall 6th
Harlow Town 5th
Hornchurch 6th
Horndon on the Hill 4th
Hutton 6th
Old Brentwoods 3rd
Stanford Le Hope 5th
Wanstead 7th

PLEASE NOTE
I have adjusted and changed all the Cat 3 Exempt registered players who have been in the UK for four year or more from the start of the season to Cat 1 as per the new regulations.
It is of the utmost importance that clubs check players to confirm that they are in the correct Category as it is Clubs responsibility to ensure that all players are in the correct Category.
Some of the dates shown as entry into the UK where somewhat strange and I have left them to be corrected.
If you have any queries or wish to changed dates but are unable to do so please email me with any changes that you may require.
IT IS YOUR CLUB'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL PLAYERS ARE REGISTERED CORRECTLY PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SEASON.
George Salmon - League Play-Cricket Administrator