After disruption caused by the early season weather the 2016 Village KO Cup is back on track and this coming Sunday (June 12th) sees the regional finals in all but two of the 32 groups. Last year's winners, Woodhouse Grange (pictured by Tony at Lord's) are ineligible for this year's competition by virtue of their promotion to Premier League status but there are a number of past winners amongst the teams competing in the last 64.
In Scotland Sunday's match will be between Meigle and Freuchie, winners in 1985 and who I saw in action at Woodhouse G in 2012 and victors over Falkland, who won a thrilling match by one run at Ouseburn last year, in the last round. In North Yorkshire (North) 2010 winners, Sessay travel to the coast to face Staithes, members of the Scarborough League whilst in the NY (South) group Addingham who crushed Ouseburn in the second round last month host Studley Royal. Group 5, which hoovers up the rest of Yorkshire will be decided by a match between East Ardsley and Fairburn.
One curiosity that I notice is that Wakefield outfit, Brook -Walton appear to have done a 'Yexit' for they find themselves in a group headed South Lancs, Greater Manchester and Merseyside for which ignominy they are rewarded with a trip to Egerton CC, now members of the newly formed GMCL.
Further afield familiar names from the later rounds in recent years crop up, for example
Water Orton in Warwickshire, Bronwydd in Glamorgan and Gwent, Shipton under Wychwood in Oxon and past winners Goatacre in Dorset and Wiltshire. Last year's beaten finalists Foxton CC from Cambridgeshire, thanks again to Tony for this picture, have a home match with Fordham CC from the Newmarket area.
Finally tucked away in Group 32 (Kent) are 1978 winners, Linton Park who play on a delightful ground near Maidstone and where I once delivered the first ball of the match only to see it carted over the fence for six. Happy Days. Their opponents on Sunday will be Sibton Park from Folkestone.
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