Surrey Women's Survey

SURREY WOMEN'S SURVEY

The 2023 Slam season has come to and end and in addition to gaining your feedback, we would like to share with you a proposal for 2024 and for you to provide an indication of what your team would likely do if it came to fruition.

2024 proposal

Whilst it is extremely pleasing to see the growth and improvement in the female side of the recreational game, we are very conscious of the growing challenge that presents for The Slam in ensuring that it caters for as many demographics as possible.

The Surrey Slam was always designed as an entry-level hard ball competition and therefore it is vital that offers an environment welcoming to those sides and players looking to graduate from soft-ball; come back to the game after a period away; or stay in the game when the alternatives are higher than feel comfortable or enjoyable.

With that in mind the proposal for 2024 is to install the rule that anyone who has been on a County Pathway at U14 or older in the last two seasons will NOT be eligible to play in The Slam, and then with that in place run the competition in two sections:

THE CUP

Aside from the addition of the County Pathway ineligibility rule above, all the current rules around player eligibility will remain.

THE PLATE

In principle it would run exactly the same as The Cup except for the additional rule that:

At least 50% of the team must be over the age of 18 as of 1st May 2024.

In the survey below could you please provide which of the two sections you would probably seek to participate in next year. NOTE that this does not constitute a commitment on your part, this is just for us to see if both parts would be sustainable in their own right and not cause geographical problems, which is a key consideration for The Slam, as journey times being too great are highly likely to undermine any other initiative.

THE SURVEY

If your club also entered a team in the Men's Slam then they should separately complete the GENRAL SURVEY.

Club / Team Details

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Team Name *

Based on the above proposal, Which section would you be likely to compete in in 2024? *

Do you have any comments on this proposal? *

Players Used

Approximately how many different players did you use this year? *

How many of the total were new to your team? *

How many of the total ONLY played Slam cricket this year? *

How many of the total were under 18? *

Match balls and playing kit

Taking into account the price point of £7.50, were you content with the quality of the match balls? *

If you ordered kit from our partner Sharks this year, were you content with the quality & level of service? *

What is your current kit position for Slam matches? *

Match parameters

How did you find the general playing level your competition was pitched at? *

How should tied group matches be settled? *

BASED ON A 16 OVER INNINGS, WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OVERS A BOWLER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BOWL? *

WHAT SHOULD THE (NOT OUT) RETIREMENT OF A BATTER BE BASED UPON? *

If based on runs, when should batters retire? *

IF BASED ON BALLS FACED, WHEN SHOULD BATTERS RETIRE? *

Ideally how many players per side would you like to play? *

Open suggestions on any element of The Slam

Please separate your suggestions into separate text boxes.

Suggestion 1 *

Suggestion 2 *

Suggestion 3 *

Suggestion 4 *

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, please now click below to submit:

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