WHAT'S THIS ABOUT
- To introduce a 12.30pm start as standard on Saturdays for the whole season.
- This avoids the shift to a 1pm start after several weeks of the season.
PROPOSAL
- Proposal is to start at 12.30pm (and stop at 5.30pm) all season on Saturdays.
- To reword Regs 20.1, 20.2 and 20.3 to suit this change.
DISCUSSION
In 2024, Regs 20.1 and 20.2 were amended to introduce the option of varying the start time shift to 1pm at a date determined by a Management Committee motion. Previously this was specified as will change on 31 Oct.
On the face of it, making a 12.30pm start standard is not actually a necessary change.
Simply persuading the Management Committee to exercise the option of not making the change is an option to pursue.
The old arguments about transfer times (end of morning junior game to start of play in the afternoon) and avoiding bad light at the end of the day's play are probably unchanged. I won't restate them again. Read this post from the 2021 Playing Regs Review https://tinyurl.com/2kz6y3an if you want a reminder.
The only new argument is that there are now several opportunities to pursue alternative day/night competitions. The possibility exists that 12.30pm to 5.30pm timeslots might be needed to allow a Super 20 game to be scheduled from 6pm (to 9.50pm) on the same ground.
This question boils down to what the players in the association want to do.
| OLD REGULATIONS | What does this mean?/Why does it need change? | PROPOSED NEW REGULATION |
| 20.1 In the early part of the season matches will commence at 12.30pm and finish at 5.30pm subject to conditions in Playing Regulations 20 to 34. |
Play starts 12.30pm in September and October. (One dayers and two dayers...) | 20.1 Matches will commence at 12.30pm and finish at 5.30pm throughout the season subject to conditions in Playing Regulations 20 to 34. |
| 20.2 The transition date for the change of start of play time is expected to be 31 October but can be varied by a motion passed by the Management Committee. | The date this changes is decided by ManCom. | 20.2 Nil |
| 20.3 Matches will commence at 1.00pm and finish at 6.00pm throughout the remainder of the season subject to conditions in Playing Regulations 20 to 34. | From November onwards, play starts 1pm. | 20.3 Nil |
ABM 5-Jun-2025
(Updated 24-Jun-2025)
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