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Monday, May 4th 2009

Annual General Meeting - recap

The Annual General Meeting was held five days after the end of the playing season at Braintree Cricket Club, but it was not as well attended as the previous seasons' meeting and quite a few clubs face the £25 for non-attendance. They will be contacted by Dave Shelton with regard to payment of that fee. The clubs being: Chappel & Wakes Colne; Coggeshall A; Dunmow; Earls Colne; High Garrett; Margaretting; Rayne; Terling, and Witham.

I am sure that Matthew Hart will furnish me with a full account of the meeting in due course, but the main points are as follows.

Following the withdrawal of Elmstead Grasshoppers, there was a ballot between Little Bardfield Village and Woodham Mortimer as to which one would enter a Reserve team in Division Five next season. The ballot was 9-6 in favour of Woodham Mortimer. Cressing will now be known as Coggeshall Hamlet.

Match fees and Registration Fees will remain unchanged for the time being, but may have to be reviewed if the Centres raise their prices above the figures we have been quoted in the New Year.

The General Committee was re-elected en bloc.

There was a general discussion about the Umpiring Rota and Umpiring in general, and it was agreed, when it comes to Cup ties, that the rota will endeavour to have officials from the same or higher divisions than the participating teams.

The Cup draws were also made for the 2009-10 season, which will also see the League celebrate it's 30th Anniversary, and some form of celebration will be looked into. The draws for the two competitions were as follows:

BDICL CUP Preliminary Round:

Terling v Three Fields; Coggeshall A v Witham; Braintree v Margaretting; Coggeshall Hamlet v Earls Colne; Kelvedon & Feering v Coggeshall; Boreham v Helions Bumpstead; Woodham Mortimer v Braintree Youth; Chappel & Wakes Colne v Rayne.

First Round:

Kelvedon & Feering or Coggeshall v Terling or Three Fields; Bocking v Little Bardfield Village; Braintree or Margaretting v Coggeshall A or Witham; Boreham or Helions Bumpstead v Coggeshall Hamlet or Earls Colne; Braintree College v Sampfords; High Garrett v Shalford; Chappel & Wakes Colne or Rayne v Woodham Mortimer or Braintree Youth; and, Dunmow v Great Totham.

RESERVE LEAGUE CUP First Round:

Helions Bumpstead Reserves v Kelvedon & Feering Reserves; Shalford Reserves v Sampfords Reserves; West Bergholt v Woodham Mortimer Reserves; Coggeshall III v Boreham Reserves; Braintree Reserves v Kelvedon & Feering III; Witham Reserves v Coggeshall A Reserves; and, Rayne Reserves v Halstead.

So some interesting ties in both competitions. The Preliminary Round of the BDICL Cup will see one all Division One contest as Kelvedon meet Coggeshall, but we do face the possibility of another in the First Round, as Braintree could meet Witham. Generally it was a draw to favour the top flight clubs. In the Reserve League Cup, the outstanding contest will be that between the two teams from Division Two, as the holders Bocking Reserves were drawn to meet Coggeshall Reserves. Bizarrely, Braintree Reserves have been drawn to meet Kelvedon & Feering III's for the third consecutive season at the First Round stage.

Registration Forms

Registration forms can now be accessed and printed from the link here Registration Form. It is very important that this form is completed and returned for each team as soon as possible.

A revised payment form can now be accessed through the link lower down this column.

Facebook forum

I have created a forum on Facebook.com, just search for the Braintree District Indoor Cricket League group.

Match Fee forms for 2009-10

An updated form for the new season will be available nearer the start of the season. For a match fee form simply click here.

Follow this link for the full League & Cup Roll of Honour

Yearbook now only £1

The cost of this seasons Yearbook has now been cut in the "end of season sale" to just £1. So if you have not yet bought a copy, then they can be ordered direct from Steve Isaac.

Beat the Lloyd???

With Lloyd unable to play the last league match of the season as Elmstead Grasshoppers withdrew, he could not make any change to his seasons' figures which ended as thus. How his figures equate to everyone in the League with regard to batting and bowling I shall reveal in due course.

Batting:

Lloyd: Innings 13, Not Outs 3, Runs 139, Highest 27no. Average 13.90

Mr Average: has a batting average of 19.65

Bowling:

Lloyd: Overs 36, Maidens 1, Runs 274, Wickets 6, Average 45.67, Runs per Over 7.61.

Mr. Average: has an bowling average of 32.39, and a runs per over rate of 8.81.

RULES

The full rules and playing conditions for the League can now be viewed by clicking on the link above.

LEAGUE HISTORY

To view a brief history of the Braintree District Indoor Cricket League simply click on the link above.

2007-08 COMBINED AVERAGES

Bocking to Halstead
Helions Bumpstead to Witham Reserves

2006-07 COMBINED AVERAGES

Abberton to Great Totham
Halstead to Witham Reserves