From Alexholwczak

Hi everyone,

The draw for Cycle 1 (Open) has been made.

Small change to the format. The winner of each division gets promoted, the loser gets relegated - apart from Division 1A and 1B, where the winners play in the Final.

You may notice that there are 4 Division 3s, that's to realign the divisions. New counties start in Division 3. So, 4 counties will be promoted to Division 2, but only 2 will get relegated to Division 3.

Here are the groups:

Division 1A
Dorset
Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Norfolk

Division 1B
Lancashire
Gloucestershire
Surrey
Hertfordshire

Division 2A
Derbyshire
Shropshire
Durham
Herefordshire

Division 2B
Hampshire
Oxfordshire
Kent
Cheshire

Division 3A
Cambridgeshire
Leicestershire
Middlesex

Division 3B
Bedfordshire
Sussex
Essex

Division 3C
Buckinghamshire
Suffolk
Wiltshire

Division 3D
Devon
Worcestershire
Northamptonshire
Somerset

Here are the fixtures to be locked no later than February 4th (either county can challenge, it doesn't matter):

1A: Dorset v Yorkshire, Staffordshire v Norfolk
1B: Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Surrey v Hertfordshire
2A: Derbyshire v Shropshire, Durham v Herefordshire
2B: Hampshire v Oxfordshire, Kent v Cheshire
3A: Cambridgeshire v Leicestershire
3B: Bedfordshire v Sussex
3C: Buckinghamshire v Suffolk
3D: Devon v Worcestershire, Northamptonshire v Somerset

So our county will be playing Cambridgeshire.  Hope to see you all sign up :-)