This if from a Lancashire member.

Letter to Stuart Cain Good evening 

We had a fantastic development in the Campaign To Save First Class Cricket when Lancashire members successfully obtained a written guarantee from Lancashire CCC to give its members a binding vote on any of the Strauss/ECB reform proposals.  The option of keeping the status quo is on the table if all the options are not acceptable.

However, Lancashire is just one county out of 18 voting.  We need 7 to say no to a reduction in first class cricket.  Warwickshire is likely to say Yes to the ECB reforms based on the intelligence we have in the campaign so we really need your help.

As national campaign co-ordinator, I sent the following e mail to WCCC CEO Stuart Cain earlier today.

Dear Stuart 

I'm coordinating the national campaign to save first class cricket. 

I will be at Edgbaston tomorrow to meet members who support the campaign. Many have seen that after much effort Lancashire CCC issued the following statement last night. 

https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2022-news/lancashire-cricket-cancels-sgm-and-will-give-members-a-final-vote-on-high-performance-review/ 

Have you and your colleagues reached a similar decision to give WCCC members a meaningful vote as well? 

If you see any problems with doing the same thing as Lancashire, would you be willing to meet a small delegation of members to explain the issues as you see them? 

If anyone is going to the match on Sunday and would like to come along with me to see Stuart if he agrees then please let me know. 

If you support asking Stuart for this promise then please can you also write to him StuartCain@edgbaston.com

I shall be going around the ground on Sunday to raise awareness and seek more support from WCCC members. If anyone would like to help me please let me know.

Many thanks

Yes, the consistency of their communication has a lot to be desired. Just wonder how long it will be before all of the on-site parking is off site !!

Malc

E-mail received from Edgbaston

Hi ,

Thank you for renewing your car parking permit for the 2022 season.

You should by now have received your parking permit in the post ahead of the first day of the season today. This permit allows entry to parking for the County Championship and Royal London Cup fixtures, and you will find information on how to register your vehicle for Vitality Blast fixtures detailed below.

With the popularity of the Blast resulting in more foot traffic around the stadium, Members with a Seasonal Car Park pass will be able to book a space in the Queens Ride Car Park, opposite the Members Entrance (E2).

The car parks for the Vitality Blast use number plate recognition rather than physical parking permits as used for Championship and 50-over fixtures. By registering your licence plate, and completing the online form here, you will be registered for your Blast parking as a permit holder.

As a Membership team, we appreciate that this is a slight departure from the parking processes in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, so should you have any questions on how to register your vehicle, or car parking more generally, please do get in touch via tickets@edgbaston.com.

Kind Regards,

Nick Brennan
Ticketing Manager

Has everyone seen the update to the 'Car Parking Season Pass'. It appears that we are to now park across the road in Queens Ride for T20 matches.

This is also worrying (unless it only applies to members without a season car park pass?)

From WCCC website:-
Members and supporters can now purchase car parking for all Major Match and Vitality Blast fixtures at Edgbaston in 2022 online at parkthecarhere.com/edgbaston.

I have not yet had a reply from anyone at WCCC

Malc, I really hope that you are right. I was really angry when I got the envelope this morning. I have written to Stuart Cain, Heidi Smith and Nick Brennan, the latter being the signatory on the letter.

I am awaiting a response.

I hope so, but the accompanying letter that I received, stated the following:-
Please note if you wish to purchase parking for Vitality Blast or Hundred fixtures this must be done separately and is available from partners Parkthecarhere.com/edgbaston and continues
'No Parking will be available on the stadium on-site car park for these fixtures' ???

I have just received my 2022 Season Car Park Pass.
Last year I paid £75 to park on site for LV County Championship , RL50 AND T20 matches.
This year it's £100 to park on site for ONLY LV County Championship and RL50 matches.
NB Members used to be able to park on site free in years gone by ..... just saying.

This, to me is yet another example of members being asked to continually pay more for less. This seems to be an ongoing issue where member benefits are being eroded, and have been for a few years now.

Anyone else feel the same?

Hi, I know that the Hundred is not everybody's cup of tea, but we have just received our notification for priority access. Has anyone else tried to get tickets for the Tom Dollery. The first option for gold tickets at £27 (3 times more than last year) is in the Skyline, again some people like it up there, we don't. Does anyone know if the ECB (presumably in collaboration with WCCC) have taken the Tom Dollery stand for hospitality, not sure why else we can't get tickets?