Hartest and Coldham Withdraw from the League

After the Captains resignation and another cancellation due to a lack of numbers a meeting was held in the Beer House on Tuesday.

The upshot was a statement from Dave Armstrong below;

"6 of us turned up for the meeting.
As expected I have asked ben to let the league know that we are folding.😢
But we are going to keep going as a friendly team. I have phone numbers so will be in touch.
I hope that we can keep going as a lot of positive things came from tonight.
We are looking at playing one game a month for starters and see how it goes from there . 👍
Let me know your thoughts "



Very sad indeed but not unexpected, the great difficulty over last 4 or 5 seasons to get new players has been extremely difficult, I am sure if you look at a fixture from ten seasons ago, about 7 or 8 would still be in the team and sadly ten years older.

The lack of Cricket on terrestrial television plus so many other options of things to do for the younger generations have also curtailed players coming into the game.

I believe we won't be the last team to leave the league for similar reasons, we can only hope the high powers will notice the amount of teams struggling at grass roots level, its not all about TV money because they will be killing the golden goose.

However on the plus side it appears David Armstrong is heading towards the captaincy on as he says a friendly basis of a game once a month which may increase if again we can find people who want to play the game and show some weekly commitment which in today's world is not easy with family, work, and numerous things which requires a big pool of players to get not just eleven on the pitch but work off the pitch.

Hopefully he can muster with help of the remnants of the team to continue the club and history in without doubt its darkest days.

Lets hope perhaps in a season or two who knows maybe re enter the league, for all the eternal optimists lets hope so, another generation of Hartest and Coldham Hall Cricket Club please apply soon!

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