Dear Members,
The 2012 cricket season is now upon us, with the first fixtures taking place next weekend. Selection will take place every Tuesday at 8pm, with teams going up on the Club notice-board that evening and onto the website at the earliest possible opportunity. Please can you make your availability for fixtures known on a weekly basis by using one of the following methods:
Updating the Uxbridge Cricket Club website
1. Go to http://uxbridgecricketclub.hitscricket.com/default.aspx
2. Log-on with your username and password in the top left-hand corner. If you have forgotten your login details press the Forgot password? option underneath the login area for a reminder to be sent to you.
3. Once logged on, click the Availability tab at the top right-hand side of the homepage.
4. Select the appropriate option from the drop-down menus on the right for each upcoming fixture. Your selections are saved automatically.
Manually updating the Availability Chart
This chart will be placed on the notice-board by the entrance to the changing rooms early next week, simply put a tick or cross by your name in correlation to the appropriate date to represent your availability.
Inform your Captain
After each fixture played, inform your Captain of your availability for the following weekend’s fixtures. Your Captain will then inform the Selection Committee of your availability at the next Selection Meeting.
At its last meeting the UCC Cricket Committee discussed issues over selection and availability and decreed the following for the 2012 season:
- The Selection Committee are to assume members are not available unless a member has confirmed their availability for a fixture via one of the three methods above. It is the members’ responsibility to make their availability known, not for the Selection Committee to seek it. If a member is not selected for a fixture and has not used one of the methods above to convey their availability, the Selection Committee cannot be held responsible for failing to find the member a game for that date.
- Members are requested to confirm their availability by 6pm on Thursday evenings for that weekend’s fixtures. If availability has not been confirmed by this point the Captain is deemed within their rights to seek a replacement, with their time and emphasis to be on finding a replacement rather than chasing a selected member. Confirming availability can be done in a number of ways; pressing the Available option on the email notification received once a team-sheet has been placed on the website, pressing the Available button next to your name under the appropriate team from the Teamsheets tab on the website (you must be logged-in to the Club website to use this option), putting a tick next to your name on the team-sheet on the Club notice-board or by calling or speaking to your Captain face-to-face. Similarly it is just as important to let your Captain know as soon as possible if you become unavailable for a fixture, which must be done by either phoning or speaking to the Captain face-to-face. This maximises the time they and the Captains of other UCC affected have to find a replacement.
- Due to an increasing number of drop-outs for fixtures over recent seasons, a database on withdrawals will be kept for all matches recording details such as the amount of notice given to the Captain and the reason for the drop-out. Persistent offenders could face sanctions from the Disciplinary Panel.
Nets
Outdoor Nets begin from Tuesday 11th April and will run from 6pm every Tuesday and Thursday from this date up until the end of September. Captains will send out further information to their specific teams regarding training throughout the year please keep an eye out for this.
And Finally
The UCC Cricket Committee would like to inform all members that following the amendment to the constitution at the last AGM ALL Subs are now due by the 30th April we would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all an enjoyable and successful season in 2012.
Uxbridge Cricket Committee
Uxbridge Cricket Club, Gatting Way, Park Road
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1NR
T: 01895 237571
W:http://uxbridgecricketclub.hitscricket.com
