posted by John Winn
First of all thank you to Tony for the good wishes expressed in his last posting. I was discharged from hospital five days after my heart surgery and am making a good recovery. Although I had no control over the date of the operation, 'get well soon' following close behind 'winter well' could hardly have been more convenient.
In previous postings I have made several references to the major reshuffle which is planned for league cricket in Yorkshire next season particularly the division of the Yorkshire Premier League into north and south divisions with the consequent promotion of several clubs to this level. This is not where it stops however for the effects of the changes will be felt further down the chain. The Harrogate Advertiser drew my attention to one such change when in last week's edition it reported that Pannal, champions of the Nidderdale League will move up the pyramid into the York and District League, which has lost six sides to Premier North. Pannal will play in the second tier while their second and third elevens will remain in the Nidderdale League
This news is also reported on the excellent Nidderdale website with an article by secretary Graham Hyde, posted last week. In addition to the news of Pannal's elevation Graham also lists a number of other changes in the leagues division structure for 2016. These are
Killinghall will drop down to Division Four and will field only one team.
Galphay and Winksley, who really struggled to keep going last season, will move from Div 4 to Div 7
and finally Graham confirms the withdrawal of Sharow II, Hampsthwaite III and Newby Hall II, all of whom failed to complete the 2105 season.
This will leave 98 teams competing in 2016, the top seven divisions comprising 12 teams each. The 14 remaining will compete in two parallel divisions and there will be no division nine. There will be playoffs to determine promotion to Div 7.
More to come in future postings one imagines.
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