MartinCarpenter wrote:No problem. It seems like Kent defaulted(!) their semi Vs Lancs, so a Roses clash for the final.
Maybe some story behind it but it doesn't precisely encourage regarding the competitions ongoing health.
Neil Graham wrote:I thought Richard Bates told us on the preceding page that I would think the chances of Lancashire beating Kent (who appear to be trying this year) are virtually non-existent.. They obviously didn't have a strong and stable team.
Richard Bates wrote:Apparently it clashed with a Richard Haddrell memorial which obviously had a significant impact.
Neil Graham wrote:The date of the ECF semi-finals have been known for months in fact years (since 2016) - embarrassingly it looks as if SCCU participation in the finals might be limited to four teams, two of which will contest the U120 final.
This just goes to show how much Richard Haddrell is being missed, at club, county and Union level. He would undoubtedly have spotted the clash and avoided it, had he been around to do so.
I would have entered the memorial tournament had it been on a more suitable date. As it was, I was committed to playing for Surrey U180 against Devon U180.
Not that my presence did Surrey much good.