Cup competitions
Competitions Secretary Mike McNaughton has now made the draw for the SCCA cup competitions, as follows:
Under 125
Round 1
A – Woodbridge School v Clacton – Monday 7 October
B – Stowmarket v Bury St Edmunds – Tuesday 8 October
Semi-Finals
Ipswich v winner of A – Tuesday 19 November
Felixstowe v winner of B – Tuesday 19 November
Final
Week commencing 21 April
Under 145
With only three teams entered, this will be played as an all-plays-all:
Manningtree v Felixstowe – Tuesday 15 October
Felixstowe v Ipswich – Tuesday 10 December
Ipswich v Manningtree – Tuesday 22 April
League Cup
The teams have been split into two groups:
Group A – Ipswich A, Sudbury, Adastral Park
Group B – Ipswich B, Manningtree and Clacton
Ipswich A v Adastral Park – Tuesday 15 October
Manningtree v Clacton – Wednesday 16 October
Sudbury v Ipswich A – Monday 2 December
Clacton v Ipswich B – Tuesday 3 December
Adastral Park v Sudbury – Tuesday 28 January
Ipswich B v Manningtree – Tuesday 28 January
The winners of each group will play in the Final in week commencing 28 April.
Norfolk & Suffolk Cup Final (Suffolk section)
This will between Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich, to be played on Thursday 8 May.
I'll be running Ipswich B in the League Cup.
Tim Lunn
As there are only two teams entered in the Norfolk and Suffolk Cup why is the match scheduled for the end of the season?
It was commented at the recent AGM that the final between Norfolk and Suffolk teams always runs well into the summer and almost miss the cut off for grading.
If we can find the Suffolk representative earlier in the season there would be an opportunity to play the final earlier as well.
I like that idea. Perhaps the two clubs could come to their own arrangements. Would you like to suggest a date?