Date: 23rd May, 2021
Venue: Spelthorne Sports CC
A combination of the weather and child protection meant we had to cancel this scheduled match on the day. I was coaching Sunday morning when I received a call from Spelthorne’s captain to say that the downpour they’d had that morning had made their pitch unplayable. We had our top square available (voted the best square in the MCCL Premier Division for 2020!!), so I immediately suggested we simply switched venues and he brought their team to ours (Spelthorne CC is only about 15 mins drive away from TCC). However, their captain ran the idea past their Child Welfare Officer who immediately vetoed the idea of driving some of their colts 15 mins down the road, due to the club’s SPC policy. Various other options were discussed to try and get the game on, but after two more phone calls, their captain eventually said that there was no feasible way of persuading some of their colts’ parents to simply drive their kids a further 15 mins away on a Sunday morning and so we eventually gave up on the idea and cancelled the fixture. Frustrating.
Author: Matt O’Toole