Results secretary Nigel Fisher's report to the Lincs League AGM
Firstly, my personal thanks go to all club secretaries, captains and stand-ins who have phoned through scores, match highlights and fully completed scoresheets on time over what’s been a full five-month season.
The main talking point on the results front has been the introduction, for the first time, of a small points deduction for failing to supply information on the evening of the match. There have been very few occasions when this has needed to be imposed, and on no occasion has a team been guilty of a second offence. So, in my opinion, the points deduction rule change has proved a welcome one.
Getting the information on time has helped Glen Sands in compiling up-to-date league tables on Sunday mornings to include points gained in matches played the previous day.
I would also like to put on record the league’s thanks to all the newspapers – large and small – which have afforded coverage to the affairs of the Lincolnshire County Cricket League, particularly the Grimsby Telegraph, the Scunthorpe Telegraph and the Lincolnshire Echo. As chairman Bob Welton has said at previous meetings, our league enjoys unrivalled Press coverage.
This has been complemented by the launch of my Lincs Cricket Latest website – recording funny and unusual incidents from Lincs League matches, team pictures, and other items of interest to players and clubs in our five divisions. With the site traffic counter earlier today showing 16,300, Lincs Cricket Latest has proved very popular since its launch in mid-June. I must admit I didn’t expect anything like that many hits. Content will continue to be added during the close season.
As a league we are again being asked to consider introducing an online system to record our results and scorecards, and I understand we will be looking to fully debate that issue at a forthcoming Executive Committee meeting here in Market Rasen. It will be up to member clubs to decide whether they wish to go down that route, or to stay with the current system – deemed by some to be old-fashioned.
In conclusion I hope, this time next year, to be able to deliver a similarly positive report on a great 2010 season for our league.
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