ALL KO COMPETITION DRAWS PUBLISHED - AN UPDATE

Date: 21st February 2016

In the Spirit of Cricket, late entries have been added in.

The draws for the competitions have all been published on Play-Cricket with a few changes from those published on the L&DCC website last week (now updated).

Birkenhead St Mary's CC 3rd XI have withdrawn from the Embee Trophy giving Colwyn Bay's 3rd XI a bye. Teams from Southport & Birkdale CC and St Helens Town CC have been entered in the NatWest Club t20 Groups D and A respectively and teams from Ainsdale CC and St Helens Town CC have been entered in the U21 t20 Group B. These very late entries have been accepted by the Management Committee in the spirit of the game and the teams have taken one of the byes in the respective draws as drawn by Management Committee on 23 February..

The draws for the Ray Digman Trophy, Chester Cup and Embee Trophy have been entered as Rounds 1 & 2 separately which will be combined from Round 3 onwards in the normal way. For the four Round 1 winners a draw has been made for their round 2 by Management Committee on 23 February as follows.

Ray Digman Trophy

Wallasey or Formby v Parkfield Liscard or Hightown St Marys

Ainsdale or St Helens Town v Maghull or Liverpool

Chester Cup

Liverpool or Maghull v Formby or Wallasey

Hightown St Marys or Parkfield Liscard v St Helens Town or Ainsdale

Management Committee. 23.02.16

NB As many of our website viewers know it is not our normal practice to respond to the innacurate and sometimes offensive postings in relation to L&DCC business on other websites. On this occasion and on this subject i simply say that the Cricket Committee, the Management Committee and our hard working and tireless President, have taken the view that we would not penalise players at those clubs who, for whatever reason, failed to get their entries in on time. In an era when we are being encouraged to "Get the game on" and because it has been possible, in the "Spirit of Cricket" those clubs have now been put into the draws.

John Williams Chairman 24.02.16