Last tango for Denholme?

posted by John Winn

Bit by bit the fallout from the demise of the Huddersfield Central League is being sorted out. At the Halifax League's AGM last week the four clubs who had made application were successful although with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Most welcome were Birchencliffe for whom all 29 clubs voted yes, Mount were less cordially welcomed, 19 to 10 and Bradley and Colnebridge and Leymoor came in between. The Halifax Courier describes how the new clubs brings the league's strength up to 34 but that a question mark hangs over the future of Division Two champions Denholme Clough.

Earlier this month the Keighley News  reported that Denholme's future was in doubt due to a steep rent rise imposed upon them by their new landlord which asked them to pay £625 a month for their Keighley Road ground. In an article dated November 13th Club Secretary Mohammed Yousaf was still optimistic of finding a new ground for 2017 but just four days later in a posting on facebook, my new best friend, Mr Yousaf announced the closure of the club as several possible new grounds were no longer available.This seems a remarkable change in the situation in just four days and one feels that we may not have heard the last of this story.

Denholme Clough CC

The next chapter in the Central League saga will unfold at the AGM of the Huddersfield League on December 14th, a league to which several of the displaced clubs have made application. As usual, watch this space.