I can see that the 20/20 season has started on Sky and also that its a topic of talk around the leagues and on here.

Murton Cricket Club have decided to try and run its own competition. The club has put forward a starting prize money of £400.

The competition is open only to Coast Leagues teams, this should give all clubs the incentive to think "We Can Win This"

Entry fee is £50, with all these fees being pumped back into the prize money. If we get 8 teams entering then the prize money will be £800, how its paid out we be the choice of the clubs entering.

We will look to have preliminary games played prior to a "Finals Day" which will be held some time towards the end of August.(At Murton of course!!)

The competition is a straight knock-out cup and will be played using the 20/20 rules. Further rules and things can be sorted out if we get a good response.

If any clubs are interested can they please email me and we can see where this goes.

8 teams entering will give a prize money of £800, hopefully that should have teams chomping at the bit.

I will let this idea ride till Friday 20th June and see what response comes.

calvinstephenson@talktalk.net

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The third team have been playing 20/20 for years that where the experience lies

Confirmed clubs at present

Murton
Seaham Park
Silksworth

Hopefully other teams are thinking about this over the weekend.

As for the rules and also the competition I would like to quickly arrange a date with a representative of each entered club, this will allow any ideas to be put forward then.

The competition could be a mini league format if all agreed and enough time was available. 2 leagues with the top 2 going to the "Finals Day" is a thought.

Any other comments annd ideas are more than welcome, these should be brought to the arranged date.

Calvin
Can you post details on this website about 20/20 so we all know whats going on e.g. Draw, dates, venues etc.          

League A

1 Seaham Park
2 Easington
3 Washington

11th July
Seaham Park v Washington
18th July
Washington v Easington
25th July
Easington v Seaham Park
1st Aug
Washington v Seaham Park
8th Aug
Easington v Washington
15th Aug
Seaham Park v Easington

League B

Murton
Dawdon
Bill Quay

11th July
Murton v Bill Quay
18th July
Bill Quay v Dawdon
25th July
Dawdon v Murton
1st Aug
Bill Quay v Murton
8th Aug
Dawdon v Bill Quay
15th Aug
Murton v Dawdon

League C

Silksworth
Ryhope
Castle Eden

11th July
Silksworth v Castle Eden
18th July
Castle Eden v Ryhope
25th July
Ryhope v Silksworth
1st Aug
Castle Eden v Silksworth
8th August
Ryhope v Castle Eden
15th Aug
Silksworth v Ryhope

I will also bring some flyers on Saturday for our game next week.

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