Members ballot

[Slogger]

Of course if the relocated for the season to Garons Park, then the open (and very fresh)  air would be ideal. Joke.

Lanky are pushing their opening up to supporters now.

Using an out ground and bring your own seats was suggested at the members' forum some months ago and rejected on cost grounds.

[Cricketmad]

Have listened to the Chairman's interview with BBC Essex, and he keeps saying the Championship game this week is a 'test event'.
This is not true, he is just trying to cover up the truth. we are legally allowed 600, it's purely the clubs decision to only have 200.

  ALL WE WANT IS SOME HONESTY

[Perov]

Of course if the relocated for the season to Garons Park, then the open (and very fresh)  air would be ideal. Joke.

Lanky are pushing their opening up to supporters now.

Using an out ground and bring your own seats was suggested at the members' forum some months ago and rejected on cost grounds.

It was me who suggested it, (for Colchester), as I could not imagine if you brought your own seat, it would cost them £15,000 a day.  Northfield ruled it out without giving it any consideration, which seemed more a political decision (don't bring back outgrounds), than a practical one.

[Valentines Park]

The club really are their own worst enemy at times.

Count me in as another one decamping to the Oval this week.

[Andy]

Of course if the relocated for the season to Garons Park, then the open (and very fresh)  air would be ideal. Joke.

Using an out ground and bring your own seats was suggested at the members' forum some months ago and rejected on cost grounds.

It was me who suggested it, (for Colchester), as I could not imagine if you brought your own seat, it would cost them £15,000 a day.  Northfield ruled it out without giving it any consideration, which seemed more a political decision (don't bring back outgrounds), than a practical one.

Perov. Your suggestion for Castle Park has merit but I think it'll only be used if/when the club finds itself a semi professional outfit in a second tier domestic league.

[Slogger]

At a slight tangent, my pal who was originally from Coggeshall but lives in Northumberland has purchased a third day ticket for the match at Chester le Street. He's not a member of either club (he teaches and he used to be an Essex member when there was championship and 40 over cricket in the school holidays) and said it was just like buying a ticket in normal times. The advantage of a large ground with lots of space, I guess. Just to let people on here know if they fancy making the trip.

[smandlej]

We are planning to go to the match at Chester-le-Street, weather permitting, and couldn't find anything on their website to say tickets were restricted to members only or even, in the bits that I read, about numbers attending championship matches.  Of course, it is a huge ground and, if the numbers who used to attend championship matches when we were members up there, are still the same then social distancing is not a problem.

Lynda

[Postman]

Kent have announced a capacity limit of 950 for their CC match this week. They don't seem to be differentiating between the CC and the T20 and admission is available on all 4 days. They have allocated priority in the ballot for tickets for the next match to Life Members and annual members who paid their subs for 2020 and didn't ask for refunds, and within that group have prioritised people who renewed for 2021 before the "early bird" deadline (similar to ours). Their website admits that things will be difficult re covered seating (not much of it) and parking (even less), and they do have a less cramped site than we do,  but at least they seem to have tried to be welcoming and positive instead of the miserable "we'd much rather you just stayed at home" approach from our own beloved club.

PS Meteor Way is NOT open, according to the email I've just got. But at least the Sandon and Chelmer Valley Park and Ride bus services are now running again every halfhour.

[essexfan548]

There are tickets open to the public for the Northants v Lancs match. Weather permitting I will go -  first 'live' play since Taunton day 4 in 2019.

[Valentines Park]

"we'd much rather you just stayed at home" approach from our own beloved club.

To be fair winning in that ballot is looking like a booby prize. 

[vim]

If Meteor Way was open, it would lead to the commentators coming out with the Brian Johnson comment, there are more cars here than people.

[Suffolk Richard]

I'll be interested to know if we are the only ground scheduled to be closed on day 4?  Wouldn't look good on the club if we are ?

[Andy]

Chelmsford has a Park and Ride? 

[nat]

Chelmsford has a Park and Ride?

Park and Hide.

[Markwhy]

Just received my conditions for attending the Oval on Saturday.Go into ground when you want,only conditions seem to be that you wear a mask when walking around and socially distance in queues for food and drink.Welcome to bring your own food and drink in,and I bet bags wont be searched.Glad I did'nt get a ticket for Essex now :)Almost like a normal days cricket watching.