As there is no prospect of any cricket for the foreseeable future BCEW Competitions Director Dave Gavrilovic has organised a quiz tournament for blind cricket clubs to take part in. The quiz will feature questions on all sorts of subjects and will be held via zoom with teams of four players playing matches against each other.
Teams will be able to rotate their playing squad between matches & after the group stage the three group winners & the best runner up will progress to the semi finals.
Dave said about the tournament, “I’m pleased that nearly half of our clubs wanted to take part, the idea is for the tournament to be a bit of fun for the teams & a chance for players to keep in touch with opponents they would usually see on a cricket field or in some cases for clubs who have never played against each other to meet for the first time. I would also like to thank Paul Toplis & Clive Spencer from our scorers panel for volunteering to keep score in these matches.”
This article will be updated with results and group tables once the tournament starts.
Draw
Group A
Berkshire Stags
Gloucestershire Growlers
Sussex Sharks
Group B
Cheshire Cobras
Kent Spitfires
Staffordshire Wolves
Group C
Northants Steelbacks
Somerset VICC
Surrey VICC
Results
Tuesday 26th May: Gloucestershire Growlers 48-47 Sussex Sharks
Fixtures
All matches start at 7pm
Tuesday 26th May: Gloucestershire Growlers v Sussex Sharks
Monday 1st June: Cheshire Cobras v Kent Spitfires
Tuesday 2nd June: Somerset VICC v Surrey VICC
Monday 8th June: Berkshire Stags v Gloucestershire Growlers
Tuesday 9th June: Cheshire Cobras v Staffordshire Wolves
Monday 15th June: Northants Steelbacks v Surrey VICC
Wednesday 17th June: Berkshire Stags v Sussex Sharks
Monday 22nd June: Kent Spitfires v Staffordshire Wolves
Wednesday 24th June: Northants Steelbacks v Somerset VICC
Semi Finals
Monday 29th June: Winner of Group A v Winner of Group C
Tuesday 30th June: Winner of Group B v Best Runner Up
Final
Monday 6th July