Just a matter of interest, how close are the members to having enough signatures to force a SGM?
Just a matter of interest, how close are the members to having enough signatures to force a SGM?
How do I sign up.
Hello All
Just a quick update, currently I only have 12 members down supporting a SGM, 238 short of the 250 required. But I haven't given up, I'm hopeful there are other people getting names. If anybody else would like to sign, please message me (click on the message link to the left of this post) and if anybody knows other members and feels OK mentioning this to them, that would be great. Have a good weekend.
Surrey are supporting the retention of a 14 match County Championship but will be voting for a reduction in T20 Blast games.
They say of the County Championship: "We have seen crowds double in just five years here at the Kia Oval and huge numbers of younger fans come through the gates and learn to love the format." That's not something that Warwickshire could say.
https://www.kiaoval.com/statement-on-the-domestic-schedule/
GerryShedd wrote:
Surrey are supporting the retention of a 14 match County Championship but will be voting for a reduction in T20 Blast games.
They say of the County Championship: "We have seen crowds double in just five years here at the Kia Oval and huge numbers of younger fans come through the gates and learn to love the format." That's not something that Warwickshire could say.
https://www.kiaoval.com/statement-on-the-domestic-schedule/
What are our attendance stats for the cc games at home this season, do you happen to know? Are they down on the 2021 season or are they more or less the same?
Attendances have not been high - just a few hundred at the Somerset game.
Apologies if this has already been posted, but my Taunton mate sent me this today......
https://somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/club-news/domestic-playing-programme-message-from-our-ceo-and-chair/#
Would help If we promoted the county championship even a little bit..
Devon_Bear wrote:
GerryShedd wrote:
Surrey are supporting the retention of a 14 match County Championship but will be voting for a reduction in T20 Blast games.
They say of the County Championship: "We have seen crowds double in just five years here at the Kia Oval and huge numbers of younger fans come through the gates and learn to love the format." That's not something that Warwickshire could say.
https://www.kiaoval.com/statement-on-the-domestic-schedule/What are our attendance stats for the cc games at home this season, do you happen to know? Are they down on the 2021 season or are they more or less the same?
I did see something on the "Grumbler" substack showing Warwickshire attendances for the county championship as 17,000 in 2019 and 17,000 in 2024. So very low, 600 a day if you assume 28 days play, a bit higher allowing for rained off days etc, but, seemingly, not getting any lower.
Total championship attendance in 2023 was 14,986. Top was Surrey 52,053. Worcestershire 16,378. Northants 6,638.
Only 4 counties had fewer people through the gate than us. I know Stuart Cain is always keen to quote the costs of a championship game at Edgbaston and how much of a loss this makes. But I've never heard any mention of playing a few games at Portland Road or Rugby School. I presume it would save a few ££££££?