Social Club facing uncertain future
Young Men’s Social Club’s Premier Division future is hanging by a thread.Rooted to the bottom of the league, without even a bonus point to their name, the club appear almost certain to be relegated to the First Division at the end of the season if they make it that far.A special meeting is being held tonight to discuss the team’s future, and skipper Rodney Trott said he had no idea what the outcome might be.The club have been unable to field a team in two of their previous three league fixtures, against PHC on June 4 and St George’s last weekend, and had only eight players available at the start of a game against Bailey’s Bay inbetween.“I don’t even know what’s going on to tell you the truth,” said Trott. “We’re having a meeting to try and sort something out and we’ll have to see after that.“I’m not sure if we’ll finish the season or not. Like I said, we’re going to have a meeting tomorrow and then we’ll find out. It’s all a bit disheartening.”Trott, Charlie Marshall and Garnell Hollis are carrying a team that was promoted from the First Division last season but are well out of their depth at the higher level.In the three games that they have played, Social Club have lost twice to Bay, by seven wickets and 239 runs, while Willow Cuts beat them by 10 wickets.Against Bay, Social Club were bowled out for just 27 in their most recent defeat after collapsing from 37 for three to 139 all out in the first encounter.Trott’s team are due to play fellow strugglers Southampton Rangers this Saturday at Wellington Oval, although whether that game takes place is still very much in doubt.Social Club’s struggles only serve to highlight the sense in the Bermuda Cricket Board’s move to reduce the Premier Division to just six teams.Before the current season started the governing body made clear their intention to create a more competitive top-flight which would help bridge the gap between domestic and international cricket.As well as introducing the bonus points system now in effect, they also revealed that they would be cutting the number of teams in the Premier Division to just six, with three going down this year and the First Division champions coming up.