The Club Cricket Conference Yearbook 2020

- 100 - Opening Season Dates We use a formula that the start date is either April 29th or the Saturday immediately preceding it. The formula was devised to minimise the clash with winter sports. We must emphasise the dates are given as a guide only. Our various member Leagues start their fixtures usually in Week 2 or Week 3. This means that most Saturday fixtures are already made for clubs, but there are still two or three weekends early season and post league season when clubs have to make their own fixtures if they so wish. As can be seen the Opening Season Dates move forward each year until when April 29th is a Saturday. Thus the next ‘jump’ year is 2023. Week 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 1 April 27 April 25 April 24 April 23 April 29 2 May 4 May 2 May 1 April 30 May 6 3 May 11 May 9 May 8 May 7 May 13