WDCU Consultation of League Reconstruction

Further to our meeting on the 23rd of August, Gordon Smith and I attended a Western District Cricket Union Consultation last night at Poloc.  As this was a consultation, no formal votes were taken.  The Future Stuctures group outlined the proposals given in their National League reconstruction report.  The meeting was then opened up to clubs to air their views.  As we thought, some were for keeping national leagues while others were for going back to regional leagues.  Gordon made it clear that we think that the best option is for national leagues to be kept and outlined our reasons why. 
 
The only informal vote taken was on whether 2012 should act as a qualification year for any change in league structure that is implemented on the back of this process.  This vote was given to National league clubs in attendance only.  The majority voted for going straight into the new league structure for 2012. 
 
Due to no formal votes being taken I’m not sure how much anyone can take from this meeting.  However, as I have said above, we did take this opportunity to ensure our stance is clear. 
 
The Future Stuctures Group will now reduce the options available from 3 to 2.  Again, informally, options 1 & 3 seemed most popular in the west.  All SNCL clubs will then be invited to a meeting on 9/10/11 where we will be asked to vote for our preferred option. 

Ross Brown

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