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Pre-Season Meeting
Although this
meeting had been arranged in order to do little more than make
the draw for the initial stages of the Knockout Cup, another
matter came up earlier in the day which also had to be discussed.
A few hours
before the meeting the League was advised that Amber had taken
the decision to withdraw from the forthcoming season, due to
a lack of players.
Amber's withdrawal
potentially left us with an imbalance between the two divisions,
ie 10 teams in Division 1 and 8 teams in Division 2. It was therefore
suggested that Knodishall B, who had only been reprieved from
demotion last season by the withdrawal of Thorpeness at the end
of last season, should be demoted after all.
On discussing
the possibility the representative from Knodishall B said that
although the team did not want to be demoted it was something
about which they would be prepared to accept the League's decision,
given that under normal circumstances they would have been relegated.
A vote was
therefore taken and it was decided that Knodishall B would have
their relegation reinstated in order that Divisions 1 and 2 would
have 9 teams each for the forthcoming season.
In order to
cause as little disruption as possible, this late in the day,
Knodishall B's Division 1 fixtures have been deleted and they
will take up Amber's Division 2 fixtures.
Revised fixture
lists have been drawn up and will be sent out to all clubs as
soon as possible.
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