Derbyshire’s next Members’ Forum will take place on Monday 29 July (7pm start) in the Members’ Lounge at The County Ground.
Exclusive to 2024 and Life Members, the Forum will provide the opportunity to discuss on and off-field matters with the Club’s Board, including Non-Executive Director – Cricket, Tom Poynton, as well as Head of Cricket, Mickey Arthur.
Members are encouraged to attend in person where possible, while the Forum will also be held on Zoom in a modified hybrid setup to allow more Members to attend.
All Members who register for the Forum will be sent a Zoom link should they wish to access the meeting remotely.
Timings
Members’ Forum: 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Members who are subscribed to receive emails have been sent details of how to register. For any queries regarding this event, please email info@derbyshireccc.com.
We'd love to welcome you to the John Fretwell Centre this coming weekend, as Notts Outlaws visit our North Nottinghamshire outpost on Friday 26 and Sunday 28 July.
With public transport options to Sookholme being more limited on Sundays, we are delighted to be operating a complimentary coach service for members from the Nottinghamshire Sports Ground (Lady Bay, NG2 5AA) to the John Freell Centre, on Sunday 28 July only.
Sixty spaces are available on the coach, which will depart Lady Bay at 9am, to arrive at the John Fretwell Centre at approximately 10am. The return journey will commence approximately 30 minutes after the close of play.
Free car parking will also be available at Lady Bay.
"We're On The Right Track" | Jarvis Thanks Members Following Forum
02 July 2024
Leicestershire CCC CEO Sean Jarvis has thanked fans for sharing their views following Monday evening’s Members’ Forum at Uptonsteel County Ground.
A panel comprising Jarvis, Club Chair; John Thorpe, and Director of Cricket; Claude Henderson joined Leicestershire Members in the Charles Palmer Suite following another strong day for the First Team against Middlesex.
The trio answered questions on a host of topics, covering cricket operations, The Hundred and its impact on the Club, a Masterplan update, Club ownership, financial situation, and the 2025-2029 business plan.
Praising supporters at last night’s Forum, Jarvis said: “We would like to thank our Members for expressing their honest and forthright views, as well as holding such a deep passion for the future of Leicestershire CCC - something everyone in the room shared.
“Last night was a two-way exchange. Firstly for us to provide a candid insight into our plans, but also for our Members to update us on their wishes for the future of the Club.
“John, Claude and I are adamant we want the Club to be as transparent as possible in all of our communication and decision making. It was very encouraging to feel the support in the room and know that we are making great progress in elevating many different areas of Leicestershire CCC.
“We still have work to do, but we’re on the right track.”
It gives us great pleasure to inform you that your exclusive pre-sale window to purchase tickets for October's Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (9-12 October) is now open. Book your tickets here... Delight in a vibrant atmosphere amongst fellow beer enthusiasts as you sample your way through Nottinghamshire - and the nation's - finest beers, ciders and perries. Live music will be on hand across two stages, whilst wine, prosecco and non-alcoholic beverages will be on sale to satisfy all preferences. Ticket prices include nine tokens for three [should that read free or three?]half pints of most beers and ciders, with a complimentary glass provided for good measure. Plus, by purchasing in the early-bird window, you'll be able to claim two complimentary tickets for Notts Outlaws' Metro Bank One Day Cup clash with Essex on Sunday 11 August. We'll be in touch with more details in relation to claiming your tickets once you've placed your order. Tickets for each individual day of the beer festival, priced from £15, can be secured below. |
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If you'd like to join us at the Beer Festival on more than one occasion, our newly-introduced Season Tickets will grant you access to the event on each and every day, receiving nine tokens per day.
Secure your Season Ticket below.
It may be a little early for Christmas spirit, but consider this an early present from us...
We're hosting another drone light show spectacular this December, as A Christmas Carol comes to Trent Bridge on Saturday 7 December - and as a card-carrying Nottinghamshire member, you can enjoy first access to tickets at the best prices, saving £5 per seat.
The first members’ forum of the 2024 season will take place at Trent Bridge on Friday 17 May – day one of the Vitality County Championship fixture against Hampshire.
A panel consisting of Chair Andy Hunt, Chief Executive Lisa Pursehouse, Director of Cricket Mick Newell and Head Coach Peter Moores will take questions from the audience during the Lunch interval, which is scheduled to commence at 1pm. [meaning it will last only 25 minutes or so because of the cricket and we can fill that time with safe, fluffy questions from "trusted" members]
The venue’s Derek Randall Suite will play host to the event – situated at the rear of the Hound Road Lower with access gained via the concourse adjacent to the rear of the Pavilion. [standing room only]
There is no requirement to book, or submit questions, in advance. [meaning we don't want your questions, we will arrange our own thank you]
That process will include a variety of options to ensure you can all engage with us via your preferred method, and will include written briefings, face-to-face meetings and online options via Zoom.
Irrespective of what you may read or hear, please be reassured that we will keep you fully updated in the months ahead.
| Lift direct from changing rooms on first and second floors for ease of evacuation to the bunker below. |
Prior to Dan's performance, a live DJ will spin back-to-back 80s and 90s tunes, while a host of our catering stalls and bars will open throughout the afternoon.
Tickets are priced at £12.50 and will include a drink of your choice on arrival - snap yours up below.
PRAVDA
Kindly note that membership packs, including your members card, are in the post if you have not received yours already.
If you haven't received yours before tomorrow's game, you will still be able to enter the ground to watch the action. On arrival, please head to the ticket office, who will be happy to assist with entry.
Still no sign of my Notts Membership pack.
As well as free or reduced entry at 12 county grounds, 10 of which also allow access to Members’ facilities, Members will also get free entry to eight days of racing at four UK racecourses, including Chelmsford City and both days of the ‘The Final Meeting’ at Newmarket in November.
Counties offering free entry to Vitality County Championship fixtures are Hampshire, *Lancashire, *Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Glamorgan. Kent and Sussex offer a discounted entry to Essex Members of £7 and £10 respectively. Essex Members can also access Members-only areas at each of these grounds with the exception of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
While there is no discount on entry, Essex Members can access Members’ Areas during the Vitality County Championship at Surrey and during the Metro Bank One Day Cup at Warwickshire and Yorkshire.
Secure your early-bird tickets here...
This new outdoor show promises a mesmerising journey through time and space, exploring the explosive inception of the universe, the awe-inspiring reign of the dinosaurs and the origins of conscious life on Earth.
2024 Nottinghamshire members can enjoy exclusive access to seating in front of the Pavilion, providing an ideal vantage point from which to take in the show.
Save £6 on adult seats by purchasing in the early-bird window, which runs until 21 March.
We're shining the spotlight on our finest whiskies on the evening of Thursday 29 February.
You'll find much to savour in five handpicked drams from our extensive library – alongside insight from Glenfiddich's resident expert and a selection of nibbles.
Kindly arrive from 6.45pm for a drinks reception.
You "do the math" but just at Trent Bridge alone you're already saving after 10 days of championship but it's the reciprocal with six other Division One counties that makes it intriguing for someone that travels regularly to Notts away games.
We're allowing 2023 Nottinghamshire members to claim a complimentary general admission ticket for Wednesday 27 September – day two of Notts' County Championship clash with Middlesex.
We hope it makes for an ideal opportunity for a guest to take in the ebb and flow of the on-field action, or explore the nooks and crannies of our historic home.
Plus, at the Tea interval we'll be celebrating the legendary Nottinghamshire career of Samit Patel, with the Outlaws icon joining us on the field to say his thank yous and farewells to the Trent Bridge faithful.
MEMBERS FORUM AND SAMIT FAREWELL
The final members’ forum of the 2023 season will take place at Trent Bridge on Wednesday 27 September – day two of the red ball fixture against Middlesex.
A panel consisting of Chairman Andy Hunt, Chief Executive Lisa Pursehouse, Director of Cricket Mick Newell and Head Coach Peter Moores will take questions from the audience during the Lunch interval, which is scheduled to commence at 12.30pm.
The venue’s Derek Randall Suite will play host to the event – situated at the rear of the Hound Road Lower with access gained via the concourse adjacent to the rear of the Pavilion.
There is no requirement to book, or submit questions, in advance.
Meanwhile, members and supporters will have the opportunity to bid farewell to Samit Patel at Tea on day two (scheduled for 3.10pm, or when 32 overs remain in the day – whichever is later).
A presentation will be made on the field, with Samit also given the chance to say his goodbyes to spectators during an on-field interval.
The stalwart all-rounder recently announced his departure from Trent Bridge, some 22 years after making his Notts debut.
There will be a Members’ Forum inside the Ames Levett Indoor Sports Centre during the Lunch break on Day Two of this match (Monday 11 September).
Another communication from Trent Bridge HQ (with translation)
We've a wealth of cricketing action to come in 2024, and we'd love you to remain at the heart of the Trent Bridge family for the summer to come.
Unfortunately we cannot actually confirm any matches will be played by Notts CCC at this point as the 2024 schedule is still up for discussion and in all seriousness, Notts matches fall pretty low in our priorities. We still however want your money, sooner rather than later! Was it Sun Tzu or Jack Reacher that said, "failing to plan is the same as planning to fail", so get those international tickets now early, for more that 12 months hence. You know you'd rather we had your money sitting in our bank than have it sitting in your own earning you interest.
Nottinghamshire memberships for 2024 are now on sale - and our exclusive priority window for 2024 members to secure international tickets for next summer is now open.
From Friday morning at 10am, you're cordially invited to join our club once more for 2024.
Nottinghamshire memberships for next summer will be placed on sale in two days' time, and we'd simply love to welcome you back once more.
Ahead of Friday, we thought we'd give you a heads-up of our membership prices for 2024, which you can find below.
With a swift calculation, I can see that the ticket I purchased for 2023 has increased by 4.1% for 2024, I don't call that cordial.
Ground admission
Entry for every day of home cricket in the County Championship, in the group stages of the One-Day Cup, the Vitality Blast and all of the Blaze’s fixtures held at Trent Bridge.
Priority access
To international tickets, Trent Rockets' home games and domestic knock-out fixtures at Trent Bridge.
Reciprocal entry
Free admission to County Championship cricket at selected venues nationwide, excluding when Notts are the visitors (venues tbc).
Covered
Free subscription to our official club magazine.
Book borrowing
Take your pick of our array of cricket literature in the Wynne-Thomas Library.
Free ground tour
Take the Trent Bridge Tour once a season, and you need not pay us a penny for the privilege.
Free passes
Four passes for guests to join you in member facilities on selected Notts matchdays, if they’ve purchased a match ticket.
Member discounts
Deals and discounts on County Championship hospitality, and if you’re celebrating a special occasion with us.
Voting rights
Exclusive voting rights and invitations to members’ forums and AGMs.
Thank you for your ongoing support of Nottinghamshire and Notts Outlaws. We hope you’re having a splendid cricketing summer.
With the dust now having settled on our 2023 Vitality Blast campaign, we'd love to hear your views on T20 at Trent Bridge, to help us make your experiences as enjoyable as possible in the years to come.
Whether you're a dedicated Blast attendee, or even if you didn't pay us a visit for T20 this summer, we're keen to hear from you. Kindly click below to fill in our survey, which won't take more than a couple of minutes to complete.
Less than 24 hours remain before the 2023 edition of The Hundred gets underway on our turf!
The weather is set fair for tomorrow as Trent Rockets' women get us underway from 3pm, before the reigning men's champions take to the field at 6.30pm as part of a double-header against Southern Brave.
Plus, as a Nottinghamshire member, you can secure seats for yourself and up to five guests in our Pavilion seating.
They're commonplace in football, with season tickets / half-season tickets but in cricket where two halves aren't exactly equal...
Dear Member
Next month, the biggest crowd ever seen for a Women's Test in this country will descend on Trent Bridge, with over 10,000 tickets sold for our landmark Women's Ashes Test in June.
But we’re not patting ourselves on the backs just yet. We don’t just want to beat the record; we want to raise the bar even higher - this is Test cricket, after all.
This summer, the Women’s Ashes Test needs our support as much as the landmark Ashes games that have gone before; that nerve-shredding 3-wicket win in 2005, the nail-biting 14-run victory in 2013, Stuart Broad’s 2015 heroics. [nothing to do with Women's cricket]
Trent Bridge is a venue at which new ground is broken and history made, the host to the first women’s five-day Test on English soil, and we need you, our members, to help create, and share in, those special moments. [only because Women's Tests were of a shorter duration previously, this is not the first Women's Test match in England]
To this end, we are delighted to bestow upon you, as a Nottinghamshire member, the opportunity to secure complimentary seats for day one of the Test between England and Australia on Thursday 22 June. ["bestow" - us this kind of language too much and it begins to be patronising eg "kindly press once" FFS, it's a place to fill a bottle with water]
By joining us, you'll not only be showing your support for the competing teams and for women's cricket, you'll be helping us to prove once more that Trent Bridge is a leading venue for the international game. [emotional blackmail?]
This is a new chapter for the women's game - and our members have a crucial role to play in helping us to generate the inimitable Trent Bridge buzz, and show our best face on the global stage. [assuming anyone is watching]
To claim two free seats per membership, visit tickets.trentbridge.co.uk, and type the below code into the 'promotional code' box at the top of the page.
DERBYSHIRE Falcons and Burton Albion have once again teamed up to offer discounted Twenty20 tickets to Brewers season ticket holders.
This year, Burton Albion supporters can enjoy the Falcons’ Vitality Blast fixture against Birmingham Bears on Friday 2 June (7pm).
Season ticket holders will be sent an email containing an exclusive code and link where they can purchase Derbyshire Falcons tickets.
Tickets will be exclusively priced at £5 for adults until Thursday 4 May, and then £15 up until 24 hours before the fixture.
Buy now: https://derbyshireccc.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/birmingham_bears_t20_seat_plan
Mickey Arthur’s Falcons are looking to build on a Club-record nine T20 wins in 2022, with the added firepower of Pakistan’s Haider Ali, to join the likes of legendary Sri Lankan fast bowler, Suranga Lakmal, Wayne Madsen and England Lions duo, George Scrimshaw and Sam Conners.
Derbyshire were named the best domestic experience in English cricket at the 2022 Business of Cricket Awards, and further improvements have been made, such as an increased food & drink offerings, wheelchair viewing areas and more, to make The Incora County Ground more exciting and inclusive than ever.
Check your inbox and use your exclusive code to book now!
Buy now: https://derbyshireccc.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/birmingham_bears_t20_seat_plan
Blazers v Central Park (or similar)
Fewer than two weeks remain before Trent Bridge witnesses history, as The Blaze play out their first-ever competitive game on our turf on Saturday 22 April.
With a squad featuring England icons and rising stars aplenty, The Blaze will be looking to launch their new era with a flourish. Standing in their way will be the best of the West Midlands, in the form of Central Sparks.
As a card-carrying Nottinghamshire member, you'll be entitled to free entry for the contest. Simply present your membership card at our gates upon your arrival.
A full day of ebb and flow awaits, and we'd love to welcome you.
First Class Counties
2023 Hampshire Cricket Members are entitled to free admission into the ground and use exclusive Members’ facilities (subject to availability) at the following counties for all LV= Insurance County Championship fixtures, except those featuring Hampshire:
- Essex
- Worcestershire
- Warwickshire (only for matches at Edgbaston)
- Gloucestershire (Bristol and Cheltenham included)
- Lancashire (Must live more than 20 miles from Old Trafford)
Members are also entitled to discounted admission into the ground and use of exclusive Members’ facilities (subject to availability) for the following counties’ LV= Insurance County Championship fixtures, excluding those featuring Hampshire:
- Kent - £7 per day
- Sussex - £10 per day
- Yorkshire - access the Members' Areas with your Membership Card, although you will need to purchase a ground admission ticket
Warwickshire's ticket scheme is huge boost for County Championship
For the 2023 season, the county has struck reciprocal arrangements with eight of their 17 county rivals and, in an Ashes year, five of the six Australian states. As a result, Edgbaston members will get free or heavily discounted membership at these other venues.
Warwickshire members might be slightly disgruntled about the county’s failure to find a new director of cricket after Paul Farbrace left at the end of last season, but this will bring some midwinter cheer. The county have listened to their members, who wanted reciprocal arrangements to be clearly defined and easily available.
They have invited all the first-class counties and all the Australian venues to get involved. The club have said they will track data around the scheme’s uptake this year closely but the idea is twofold; first, to make it easy for members to watch cricket if they are away from Edgbaston for whatever reason; second, the belief that a rising tide lifts all boats.
The surprise, really, is that not all of 17 other counties took Warwickshire up on their offer. Why, only they will know, because while the notion of reciprocal membership is hardly new, even to county cricket or Warwickshire specifically, this is exactly the spirit of collaboration the domestic game requires at a time of threat.
County cricket and existential crisis have been natural bedfellows for more than a century, and jokes about attendances almost as old. But the county game is unquestionably facing some strains particular to this time.
Take rising energy costs. Leicestershire CEO Sean Jarvis told Wisden in October that energy costs at Grace Road had gone up 850 per cent during the crisis. This will put an intolerable strain on already stretched budgets, at counties big and small.
Then there is the cricketing threat posed by new franchise leagues all around the world. For English cricket, it is one thing having new leagues in South Africa and the UAE right now (providing gainful winter employment for scores of English players), but quite another when Major League Cricket – which is also set to have Indian Premier League investment – arrives in July. For so long, one of English cricket’s points of difference was its spot in the calendar. Now, the Indian Premier League clashes with the start of the season, MLC clashes with the middle of the season, and the Caribbean Premier League clashes with the end of the season. And that is before we even get to The Hundred.
Even if lowly Sussex have managed to pull off a pair of coups by pairing Test superstars Che Pujara and Steve Smith in their middle order, directors of cricket have confided that it has never been harder to pick up overseas talent across all three formats. The global calendar is too congested, the market too expensive, the value of experience with and against the red Dukes ball diminishing as the Test calendar retracts, while boards are also protective of their assets. Take the remarkable Scott Boland, for instance. He has spoken to counties about a pre-Ashes spell, but a deal appears increasingly unlikely because Cricket Australia want to carefully manage their bowlers’ workloads.
The good news is that county chiefs are cognisant of this. Telegraph Sport reported on a meeting between the counties and the ECB this week specifically on how to manage this situation.
More than ever, counties need to work together to make their product – which is very often excellent, across all formats – as watchable and easy to watch as possible. On that note, another meeting we reported on recently between counties and the ECB, where Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum laid out what they want to see, was very warmly received by players, coaches and fans. Come April, the Championship should be hugely entertaining to watch as everyone is trying to ape England’s Test team.
Back to membership. The 18 counties are thought to have only around 50,000 members between them now. As many as 17,500 belong to Surrey, while some smaller clubs are down into three figures. It was the leadership of the ECB’s new Richards, Thompson and Gould, that drove Surrey’s huge rise in membership, and they are likely to encourage counties to think laterally – as Warwickshire have – about how they grow their membership and get fans through the gate. Yorkshire’s new chief executive Stephen Vaughan told Telegraph Sport that they are introducing a membership for just £20 in a bid to be more creative.
How about the ECB step in to make the Warwickshire scheme national, with a form of county membership that allows fans entry to all 18 counties across the season? There are lots of cricket fans without attachment to a particular club who might find being able to pop around the grounds attractive. A membership of counties within reasonable distance of London – five HQs can be reached in around an hour on the train – would also be an excellent initiative. Obviously conditions and benefits would need to be carefully checked (voting rights at individual clubs could not be included) so to retain some of the county game’s charming parochialism, and ensure the attachment members have to their individual clubs remain. Pricing would have to be right, too.
While we are at it, daily tickets to Championship matches should be cheaper, and all grounds should introduce the free-after-tea policy.
There are regular reminders that the 18 counties are all very different businesses facing different challenges. But the county game’s best chance of surviving and thriving is to have 18 clubs pulling in the same direction.
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12/01
Worcestershire have announced that there's a reciprocal agreement with Notts.
Worcestershire members will have the bonus of watching Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire, and, for the first time, Hampshire’s home LV=Insurance County Championship matches for FREE this summer as part of their membership benefits.
A reciprocal arrangement means Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire and Hampshire’s members can view LV=Insurance County Championship games at New Road during 2023.
11/01
Essex release their Blast passes tomorrow. Note their members have to purchase a pass in addition to their memberships which already cost around £183.
Last day to spread the cost of your membership at Somerset, anyone able to explain the membership there also gets a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Up Mudford upon receipt of their last instalment and a kidney.
Choices at Wantage Road, Northamptonshire memberships
04/01
Derbyshire's Blast Pass 9 games for £99 That's 6 home games, the 2 matches in the opener double header at Edgbaston and a Women's IT20
23/12
Is Leicestershire's £175 the best value membership of all 18 counties? For just the Blast games would cost you £50...
21/12
Yorkshire's build your own Membership
8 Days of Championship cricket or ODC for £80 with Derbyshire's Flexible Bundle
16/12
No reciprocal agree between Derbyshire and Notts again. Derbyshire announcement
Derbyshire/Lancashire/Leicestershire/Warwickshire is their deal
A new rolling page, added to as and when.... please feel free to contribute.
Not surprised. In the days when we had ashes tests, why wouldn’t a Derbyshire fan join Notts and go in at Derby on a reciprocal? In other words , what’s in it for Derbyshire?interesting that they are offering life membership too . Foxy
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ReplyDeleteIn this traumatic day and age , with awful things going on around us I think it's sad that NOTTS , DERBY AND LEICS Members cannot visit each others grounds free of charge when they are not playing against each other ( difficult this next season). It would be a small concession that would be appreciated by a few determined die hard long suffering supporters. Come on NOTTS /DERBY/LEICS bean counters . Have a heart , forget Scrooge tactics and have second thoughts!!
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ReplyDeleteWell done to Derby .
Eighty quid for 8 days Cricket shows imagination and will appeal to cricket fans who cannot attend many matches because of work etc commitments . Derbyshire have some attractive options for 2023 . It's about time NOTTS ccc showed more flexibility regarding admission patterns for the 2023 season ?
What do others on here think ?
I wrote to mike temple a few seasons back and asked if there could be a category of membership for just the championship.
ReplyDeleteThe wording of my email though enabled him to get off the hook by saying it wouldn’t be a membership because you wouldn’t have voting rights. ( not that they take any notice of what members want anyway) . So he beat the offside trap and my question remained unanswered, but my initial question is still valid I think. The answer is probably that many people would opt for this and they want to have their cake ( members) and eat it. Foxy
Addendum.Good on our old friends from over the Erewash for their initiative I say . Foxy
ReplyDeleteHi Foxy, a Championship membership would be great. Do you think they sell more memberships or season tickets for the big slog and 16.4?
ReplyDeleteHello mike,
ReplyDeleteGood question. I don’t know, I’d like to know what the Notts membership is these days and what it was in the past , say 5/10 years ago.membership numbers at Trent Bridge were I think one of the best in the country at one time. My initial letter was along the lines of there was a bundle for T20 cricket, why not one just for the county championship? Lincoln city did a “ six pack” ( any 6 league games during the season) at one time,( this suited me because as a Forest season ticket holder I could pull in the imps at various points in the season; no accounting for taste I know) if they can do and Derbyshire, why not Trent Bridge? Foxy
But if you gave a vote to the Championship only members, then you would need to for the T20 bash brigade. This would leave right minded people with less of a say in running our club.
ReplyDeleteTrue,I think that was the long and short of mike temples point. Foxy
DeleteYes I also think separate category membership are now required along the lines of a lot of the other counties have been offering for a number of years now.
ReplyDeleteMs. Pursestrings is quite right when she has pointed to the current Notts membership being amongst the best value around, especially when compared to comparable Test Match venues around the country. The big problem now however, is just how many days cricket can people realistically commit to with the way the fixtures are now scheduled.
I think Mr. Foxy, the membership peaked at about 8,500 several years back which admittedly was an Ashes year and Princess Lisa was hopeful of pushing it up to the 10,000 figure. Then the awful covid years came and a lot of members have not renewed since albeit for a variety of reasons. Although still decent value overall I would like the Notts full membership to also include a few extra incentives like a 10% discount in the club shop and similar discounts on food and drink sales.
Well said ORAC . Some discounts for members is a great idea
DeleteThanks. Interesting stuff, food for thought ( albeit with no discount )and a good topic of conversation. Foxy
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ReplyDeleteRef the comments on this thread
Are they read by the powers that be at NOTTS cccHQ ?
If so , could someone in authority give the official view of two Membership options- viz Red Ball or White Ball plus limited days of watching cricket at TB? Other Counties offer their Members more ootions it would appear.
Just read in today’s Scarborough news that “ Yorkshire county cricket club has announced its new membership proposition for 2023,with the club becoming the first in the country to allow supporters to build their own membership based on exactly what they want “
ReplyDeleteI can’t type the whole article out here but the gist of it is what we’ve been talking about on here the last day or two.
Whether anyone at the club reads the posts on here I wouldn’t know. They seemed totally oblivious to the genuine furore around the cricket schedules, the championship etc that my guess would be probably not. They should though, it free market research provided by life long followers of the club and lovers of cricket. Foxy
Link to YCCC added above, plus a summary graphic
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ReplyDeleteWELL DONE YORKSHIRE!
A wide choice of options for their supporters . The cricket schedules are becoming ever more restrictive and complicated . Its only fair that cricket fans should be able to plan the season ahead according to their budget and available free time .YORKSHIRE have stolen a march on virtually all the remaining Counties .
Wake up you bean counters ! Do some homework and basic research and give cricket supporters better options than just straight forward annual Membership
Agreed 75 not out
ReplyDelete.more and more people are going to have favourite and different types of the formats. Someone, Dave I think it was , said he preferred the IPL and the 100, I respect that, many of us like test and county cricket, as long as we can reasonably happily co exist , fine. The Yorkshire model could be the way to do it. Been an interesting topic on here the last few ,
days all conducted in the proper manner .foxy
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ReplyDeleteYoung Heads will be turned by the astounding one million ££ plus contracrs now being handed out in the IPL auction . The daily grind of four day cricket may not alpeal to many up and coming stars when previoysly unimagineable wealth can be got playing a few overs of white ball . It will be a no brainer for some - perhaps many?
Yes, Mr. Nottsviewer, even the white ball offerings are complicated down at Trescothickland(and a little pricey to boot ?)
ReplyDeleteYou also need a slide rule and abacus at Wantage Road where all members are not equal there either.
DeleteInteresting article about county memberships in today’s Sunday telegraph by
ReplyDeleteBy will macpherson about an idea of country wide championships membership and the Warwickshire initiative. Foxy
Great point re first fixture in the wretched thing, and thanks for making it.
ReplyDeleteWill they now shift The Yorkshire 50 over match ? Would not totally surprise me.
Double insult to me as 1st August is my birthday and also of my best ever friend and for many years a Notts member, who sadly passed in 2018.
Yorkshire Day too
DeleteVery true !
ReplyDeleteYes, first it’s the wickets, then the tv wickets, then the lack of space as the Rocketeers are here for August but now we have the Notts v Yorkshire 50 over ODC game as you state sandwiched in between the Rocketmen playing.
ReplyDeleteWe now also know, from going to Edgbaston last August for the Warks v Notts game it’s also totally irrelevant that all the Hundred livery is still in place as Edgbaston was still awash with all the Hundred/Birmingham Phoenix guff.
So, Ms. Pursestrings & Co, if you don’t want 50 over cricket at TB then just say so as the reasons for not staging it are now becoming difficult to accept. It’s obviously not a profitable format, attended on the whole by club Members I would suggest, so I assume that’s the real reason ? The Notts membership at £199 is still very decent value on the whole compared to other Counties but these ‘reasons’ why more 50 over games cannot be staged at TB are wearing a bit thin now to be honest.
So you're waiting for some honesty to come out of Ms Pursehouse's office? Good luck!
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ReplyDeleteLETS BE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST ABOUT THIS ! The great majority of NOTTS CCC Members want to see their side play at Trent Bridge for as many games as possible . Grantham and , Welbeck are pretty reasonable grounds up to a point . But for many fans they are difficult to get to ( and back!). The top class facilities we are used to are at Trent Bridge and not at away ( home ) grounds .
ORAC is right . If the top table do not want 50 over one day cricket played at Trent Bridge then for goodness sake just say so ! And thus stop making such a myriad of unconvincing explanations!
I agree . Why not tell them at a members forum then ?
DeleteAgree with all you have said, the thing is there was can egm where 75% of the members gave their approval so they’ve got carte Blanche to do as they see fit. There’s a school of thought that membership is still good value, not for me it isn’t. Foxy
ReplyDelete75 NOT OUT
ReplyDeleteReading through the new Yorkshire Membership variables makes me think NOTTS should adopt a more flexible approach to watching games at TB this season . It would be nice , in these busy , complicated times to have a greater freedom of choice of the days to see cricket.
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ReplyDeleteFREE ADMISSION after the tea interval is a good concession
Will NOTTS CCC follow suit ?
Odds of 20-1 against it happening !
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ReplyDeleteReduced Membership fees with almost half the season gone makes sense.?!
Happy Birthday
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the birthday good wishes
With age , comes wisdom ( or it should) . My vast experience of NOTTS CCC team selection has put me in a pretty unique position. Should THE DOC and PM need any help or advice , then I am available( for a small fee)
Should be a good game tomorrow , weather forecast good , Durham are a talented side and recent financial pluses means I can probably afford fish n chips and a pint ( bargain prices they ain’t!)
As a former member, one of a growing category :
ReplyDeleteV sign not great.
But Trent Rockets ugly coloured coach partially driving on pavement outside flats where I live, and closer to my son & me than we liked, that is what vehicle got.
Their behaviour typical of their selfish arrogance.
Members forumn has to be on the tues/weds of the Middx game, surely?
DeleteOnly time ever seen Teflon agitated a few seasons back when one member accused him of underachieving with his resources and he looked like he was going to burst into tears 😭
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ReplyDeleteMEMBERS FORUMS at Notts ccc seem few and far between .
I wonder why ?
Anything to do with the expected flak directed at the back slapping top table?
What a mediocre season Notts have had - considering the vast resources available to the people who pull the strings.
If natives are getting restless then its better not to let them gather together in one place . Given the chance , one or two might even ask awkward questions !?
The silence from communications department & hierarchy from the TB bunker regarding future
ReplyDeleteDevelopments around the ground is deafening' something bubbling there's many
Issues that need addressing to bring the ground & facilities up to the level required to comply with ICC standards' it may be that the money is not there & for once they may have to engage with the membership
For Ideas & support to rubber stamp future projects & funding
The need to get the pavilion up to the expected standards for Test Matches is urgent (future Tests are timetabled) so work must behind schedule as there's not even been plans announced and any work done would directly impact members. I doubt all work would be completed over a winter. In true Trent Bridge style this, I suspect, will be the big deflection from the pretty anonymous season on the field in 2023.
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ReplyDeleteQUESTION !
Just why are Notts in general so secretive ?
Getting information about playing staff fitness is tantamount to pulling teeth out .Bad news of any kind is brushed under the carpet. Its probably aimed at convincing folk that every is rosy at Notts all the time - no matter what the truthful actual position is at the Club .Does anyone at Notts give a straight andwer to a straight question ? Members are kept in the dark about so many important questions . Other Counties dont operate like this .So why the secrecy and lack of communication at Notts ? Without proper updates and information the rumour mill goes into overdrive - so in the end no one knows what to believe!?.
Come on Notts - BE MORE OPEN TO YOUR MEMBERS.
Well there still as been no confirmation
ReplyDeleteReleased that the 6 as closed as a stand alone restaurant after losing well in excess
Of 1.5million' & as the club as stated it was budgeting for a loss of around the same figure as there would be no test match cricket on display this year'
Plus not taking into account a total lack of cricket at Trent bridge
The tills will need WD40 to get them ringing again' most of the clubs income over the last month or so would have come from the dreaded hundred' you do wonder what the state
Of affairs are especially after the
Director of finance left & again no notification
To the members that someone with such a senior position had left the control tower
club
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ReplyDeleteA loss of £1.5 MILLION -Restaurant 6 ?
Almost impossible ?? The figures quoted earlier MUST be wrong surely!?
It's called creative accounting
ReplyDeleteThe over spend on the build cost
The overspend on the fit out cost
Never mind the Michelin star chef who devised the menu at a £100k it's been one hell of an ego trip for someone ? It was
Always going to a financial disaster as a stand alone restaurant
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ReplyDeleteI NEVER MET A SINGLE NOTTS MEMBER WHO THOUGHT RESTAURANT SIX WAS A GOOD IDEA
It was derided as far too expensive and too elitist to appeal to enough punters to make it a worthwhile and profitable scheme . So who will own up and take the blame for such a massive waste of money? I think we all know the answer .
So what will now happen to the valuable space in the main stand that the restaurant and kitchen etc occupy ?
Does anyone know anything about the plans ?
The concept was a total failure it was never going to be successful as a stand alone restaurant from day one
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All the day to day runners costs
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ReplyDeleteThe lid is being kept tightly shut on the SIX fiasco
Its obviously a scandal waiting to be unleashed
Sounds quite desperate' a call for money
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Money to tight to mention
Thats why it's a good call to say there will be no fans
Forum to many difficult questions to answer for the CEO & the new chairman' never mind string she been given so much rope by a number of previous chairman
Over the years
The only one who was trying to make difference was MR Moor who unfortunately was assassinated in a way Julius Caesar would have been proud of by he's fellow
Senators in what become known as the night of the long knives
I think it’s the hope that kills you. Things don’t change. Six is a prime example, but it’s just an example. What it evidences is that an individual can pursue whatever they like for whatever reasons they choose. The General Committee and therefore by proxy the members can not or have not prevented it from happening or taken corrective action. So, who is to blame??
ReplyDeleteOf course a fine dining restaurant was destined to fail. It was indulgent, unwanted and worse of all unnecessary.
But, as I said it’s an example of how things work in the current set-up, which is even more of a worry for all.
£209 is peanuts 🥜 in this day and age for full adult membership(compared to other sports/activities)
ReplyDeleteThe big problem now is it’s only value if you can get to enough days’ play and matches
I know loyal, long standing, Notts Members who are only interested in watching Notts play at Trent Bridge(and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. It’s only the equivalent of having a season ticket at Football after all) who are working full time and they are extremely unhappy with our fixtures for this season and some have decided not to renew a full Membership in the last few seasons as they just cannot, realistically, get to enough games anymore( I think the ECB sometimes forget that some people still only get 20 days annual leave even in 2023)
Then of course, you’ve always got to factor in how many days’ are lost to a wet summer like this has largely been and how many games end in 2 and a half to 3 days on pretty average, result orientated, TB green tops
But we are roughly on par with Leicestershire and Derbyshire in terms of membership prices and Ms. Pursestrings obviously realises this so overall on the whole I still think it is very good value for money at least for however long we have 14 County Championship matches
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ReplyDeleteAfter whats happened to this seasons fixtures I dont think many Members will be in a hurry to renew 2024 until the proper list of future fixtures is released. No doubt I shall continue to get my daily begging letter from Notts Commercial Dept !? Can anyone remembed when Notts last played a four dayer at TB ?
Why do they make it sound like you'll miss out on I nternational tickets if you don't buy your membership on time, they're only playing West Indies next year, honestly can't see that selling out at the prices the ECB chage.
ReplyDeleteI know some members who want to sit in a specific seat in the Raddy Rd Middle Tier for all 5 days with their mates next to them so tend you renew asap and get their International Tickets 🎫 as early as possible which is fair enough
DeleteBesides, if you’ve sat in the one place for the last 50 years, you might have a seizure if you had watch a days Test cricket in a different stand !!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteBLACKMAIL is the name of the game at Notts ccc HQ!
They want you to plan your life a year in advance.
Being bullied into buying 2024 Membership whilst the 2023 season is still active ( Notts have a possible 12 days play left) is not the Notts of old . You get the impression at Trent Bridge that those with their fingers on the trigger would sell their Grannies for a fiver, given the chance!?
Do you not think all the Test Match venues do the same and have the same policy.
DeleteWhy do you assume it’s only Trent Bridge ?
Hardly being bullied are you? Do what most folk do and take no notice ...simple really. Time was if you joined early you'd save a few quid
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ReplyDeleteIts just a general feeling now that TB is run by bean counters and customers can be squeezed for every penny. As a Member on and off for over 50 years I know how things were . Perhaps its me coming to terms with the ever tighter commercial world . But why dont Notts change their Logo again . I can suggest a new one -££££
££
£
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ReplyDeleteI think the general issue isn’t the price. Notts I think have always been competitive there and the junior memberships are good value.
However.
Member facilities not quite as good as similar “large” clubs.
And a 60 day gap between games at TB……
Not to watch mid July to mid September this year is ludicrous
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ReplyDeleteDERBYSHIRE offer a special deal of £80 for any 8 days admission to a home 4 day game or Metro Cup
Why don’t NOTTS offer similar schemes for those that can only get to TB on odd days ?
Just wondering on the Leicestershire membership picture. That wouldn’t include t20 for anywhere other than Leics?
DeleteSorry. Jim G that came from
DeleteReciprocals are just for Championship games Jim. As there are expected to be 15 rounds of championship matches in 2024, the scope for championship "tourism" is somewhat limited to 8 rounds, assuming your primary county was Leicestershire, in the case of the above. If your primary county was Notts, you could (depending on which counties we play away from home) access as many as 13 rounds of Notts matches on the Foxes Plus card.
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DeleteAh thanks. Apathy and personal convenience will have me sign up again.
I do think though that it seems other counties provide more options.
Price wise I think we compare quite well I believe. But some of the efforts hitherto ( a chill out area and a pint for about double the entry price) are a bit ……..iffy.
Here’s an idea. Cricket in August which doesn’t cost extra…….
Some interesting and honest insight on the recording from the Leicestershire member's forum. Mention of a neighbouring county that pays lip service to their academy (I wonder who they were referring to) and there also appears to be a split between the counties on support for the Hundred. Hundred hosting counties are very enthusiastic including one name checked close to Leicester; others less so. It highlights the challenges smaller counties face and how Leicestershire have been unable to tap into the support they received in the One Day Cup as due to GDPR they are unable to obtain contact details of their supporters as all tickets were sold by Trent Bridge. Well worth a listen - approximately three hours but you can speed up the playback.
ReplyDeleteReciprocals - what about the big signers up the A52 ??????
ReplyDeleteCould(and should) the TB hierarchy be offering a similar 8 for £80 to the Notts faithful ?
ReplyDeleteOr have they got it just about right with the full membership and then the white ball pass ?
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ReplyDeleteLooking at the dates of 4 dayers etc I reckon 8 days for £80 is a good sensible offer . Notts should adopt it and see how popular it might be .
How about it Michael T ?
The club have a billboard overlooking Radcliffe Road.
ReplyDeleteIt promotes county membership with the slogan, " Perfect Day, 2024".
Although I think it does not break any law, it is a bit misleading. The symbols for all competitions/fixtures at the ground, including The Hundred and Test Match, are shown.
There is a linkage between membership and these events, but the cost of tickets is not covered by membership. It could be interpreted by people not aware of the weird state of English cricket, that it is saying it does.
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ReplyDeleteI looked at the pricing structure for the 2024 HINDRED matches at TB
A decent seat on a Saturday costing
£38 !
Husband and wife , plus car parking , plus a bite to eat from a mobile van plus a couple of alcoholic drinks ( take your old 2023 glass ( plastic of course) ) . I reckon that little lot comes to £110 - £120 !
Are the TB Marketing Dept simply testing the water and seeing just high a price they can charge before tickets stop selling ?
£41 at The Oval https://www.thehundred.com/info/pricing
DeleteEverything in this country now seems a total 🟰 rip off - cricket 🏏 has come into line with this over recent years ????
ReplyDeleteI guess, ultimately, as the paying punter you just stop coughing up and make a stand if it’s becoming to prohibitive
What still remained good value last season anyway was the catering at Grace Rd. Yes it’s obviously gone up in recent years but the new franchise running The Meet catering facility on the ground, were still offering a very decent meal to eat inside or takeaway at pretty reasonable prices so they should be congratulated on this aspect - let’s hope it’s roughly on par this season again
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ReplyDeleteCricket is slowly becoming a rich man’s sport!?
Add up a typical annual Membership , perhaps a couple of HINDRED games , knockout stages in Blast and 50 over plus a couple of days at a Test match . Not much change out of a £1,000!?
I am no accountant(despite the job I do(!) ) but are the figures on p47 relating to staff wages and salaries and no. of cricket 🏏 staff some sort of mis-print over the figures for 2022 ???
ReplyDeleteBoth increases in figures just don’t seem possible, surely ???
The Blaze count in the figures
ReplyDeleteThanks pal
ReplyDeleteWhat income does The Blaze generate? The Blaze inclusion has seen a playing staff numbers and expenditure balloon, so can that be seen as a reason for an overall operating deficit?
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ReplyDeleteMONEY no object at Notts ccc it would appear.
Everyone doing very nicely thank you ?
Just don't go. Cannot believe the sat hundred ticket prices. Not even the players take those games seriously. Anybody paying that needs to give their heads a wobble
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ReplyDeleteThe average 100 HINDRED ball batsman takes guard, awaits the ball , takes a wild swing , hopes to connect . It’s another 6 ( yawn) or it’s out , caught out off a top edge with the ball going 50 foot into the air . That about sums up the batting sides intentions and mentality. How can that maintain anyone’s interest after a period of time ?
The HINDRED bowler bowls his short spell . If he takes a single wicket or goes for less than 15 over he has done well!?
If this is the true future of cricket then it’s sad . Plus a charge of £38 on a Saturday afternoon , not forgetting £6 a pint for warm beer served in a second hand plastic glass ( £1 extra) on top of £12 for fish n chips from a mobile van staffed by folk who can’t even ball an 🍳 egg . Sorry but that’s how I see it !
Oh for a return to the lovely 40 over John Player Sunday League . Golden days - gone forever . Times change of course and it’s often a case of adapt or die .
Slanted Sydney
ReplyDeleteWell that’s one way of doing it - this is the other alternative
Ignore the Saturday game and go to one of the other 3 all on a Wednesday and sit in the bronze category(dunno where this is, may be the Wm. Clarke and that’s still a decent view to watch a game) and you will only be stung £15 of your English pounds for the privilege.
Eat something at home or bring your own sandwiches down with you and bring your own soft drink in with you .
Suggest you could still have a decent night if this is the cricket you want to watch, without it necessarily costing the figures quoted above ?
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ReplyDeleteThank you Sid for those words of money saving ideas!
But I have reached the age where I want an easier life and have a few quid spare to achieve it!
William Clarke stand ? No thanks . Worst view in the ground , often stuffed with noisy restless children who just want to run around and have their faces painted.
Bringing sandwiches from home ? Again no thanks . Sweaty curled up sliced bread is not my cup of tea! Drinks brought into the Ground ! No thanks to warm Ribena served out of a sticky plastic bottle. I will as always just pay up and complain afterwards?! R
I’m going to suggest the bog standard 187ml cans of Malbec(red wine 🍷 to those who may not drink it) at £5.50 I think last season, be replaced by something more befitting of the experience of watching cricket 🏏 at TB - cricket’s perfect day, after all as we keep being told
Delete2 more finer offerings of French Fleurie and chateauneuf du pape would surely complement our ‘privileged’ experience on a much greater level
I think these should be included in a new, revamped, hospitality package for those wanting to bestow their backsides on the seats in the middle tier of the Raddy Rd stand, last season termed the new “Century Club’
Regarding the naming of the pavilion end a true Notts legend Samit Patel could have had Keeton’s Corner renamed after him along the lines of “Samit’s tuck shop” possibly - a huge honour missed by TB hierarchy???!
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ReplyDeleteQUESTION !
Appears frivolous but it’s deadly serious one .
WITHOUT the sale of alcohol ( in all its various forms) would Notts ccc still be a viable concern . So much emphasis is placed during games at TB to sell as much alcohol as is possible during the permitted hours . If this was banned overnight would the Club run at a loss I wonder!?
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ReplyDeleteYES - a whisky evening , followed by a BRANDY one , and then a GIN one etc until all the various top end alcohol products have been sold off one way or another and thus slightly reduce the embarrassment of the whole ill fated project ! I dread to think what the total cost was of setting up the SIX - not forgetting ludicrous amounts paid to various Top End Chefs. Who on earth ever thought it would become profitable? Not forgetting it was not open during the top revenue producing weeks in December. It all beggars belief. A vanity project that has , and still is , costing Notts ccc dear.
These clowns running Nccc have still
ReplyDeleteNot officially released that the six restaurant as closed as it's a total embarrassment to all involved
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ReplyDeleteTHE SIX RESTAURANT will probably become a dining room for the exclusive use of Lisa and Mick - with the General and Peter Moores allowed in now and again to sample the leftovers.
I said two years ago on here that the place would end up serving bacon cobs , burgers and pie and mash !
Sounds a damn good idea to me !
Noticed on Twitter Lords are promoting a food 🍱 evening with a DOUBLE Michelin Star ⭐️ chef 👩🍳
ReplyDeletePresumably, these are the sort of top end culinary experiences the now, somewhat illfated, Restaurant Six project was established for but it’s hard for Bread and Lard island to compete with St. John’s Wood
There's limit to the number of dinners Mick and Lisa can consume over the average week. Mick says up for the whisky challenge though.
DeleteDrones ? Evolution ? If evolution is so good, why did it produce the people who run (ruin) cricket ?
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ReplyDeleteHave seen one of these late night drone shows . Spectacular .Well worth it ! .
Can’t be any worse than some people at the club droning on (?) !!!
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ReplyDeleteMy pack arrived today - 1st April by special courier .
A most welcome and unexpected bonus was included . A free Sunday lunch with wine in the SIX RESTAURANT when it re- opens shortly .
Anyone else received the same ?
Courier was Mick Newell on his Lambretta with Lisa riding pillion, no doubt. He'll be doing his Deliveroos this afternoon, probably.
DeleteNo sign of my membership pack yet - a bit odd as I might want to use it on Friday….but let’s see.
ReplyDeleteI’ve visited Six when it was a restaurant almost independent from the cricket. It was superb! But I did think it was odd that it didn’t open when cricket was on
Now it’s reversed and is a hospitality venue - and for the women’s ashes last year i really enjoyed it. Not cheap though! - thick end of 600 I think for test matches this year
Jim G
Still no sign of mine but one of those “we missed you so come to the sorting office to collect” slips through the post today - so don’t know if that’s it but never had to sign for it before
DeleteProbably a speeding fine!
Jim G
Very late for sending out membership packs. I purchased my membership on the final day of last season and wonder whether I will receive it by the first day of this new season!
ReplyDeleteSpoke to a couple of Notts members yesterday when I got down to the ground and - hooray 😄 hooray 😃 their packs had arrived earlier in the morning
ReplyDeleteSo, presumably ours should be plopping through our letterboxes today or tomorrow
Have heard reports there had been issues printing the membership cards 💳 but dunno 🤷♀️ if true or not
Membership just arrived - but I note 📝 the traditional Members booklet/guide has not been included with all the guff - anyone else received theirs or is the club not producing one this season ?
ReplyDeleteThe club have confirmed the traditional members guide is now condensed on the back of the new A4 size cricket’s perfect day flier as they’re wanting to save paper
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ReplyDeleteMEMBERS views to be steam rollered?
Will Mr Hunt get a rough ride at the forum ? Does he actually understand the meaning of the word “ consultation”?
He was not chosen by the members
ReplyDeleteHe came though the nominations route
Reason the top table didn't want anyone who would rock their boat so engineered
Who they wanted to lead & not question their agenda & more than likely not to engage the members but follow the script
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What would you rather - be lied to, or to be ignored?
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ReplyDeleteLet’s face it - it appears that without overpriced beer sales Notts ccc would not be a viable business?!
The Blast matches are all built around flogging ale . The actual game doesn’t matter to many that attend those boozy Friday nights?