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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Relegation is a possibility'
Essex are bracing themselves for potential relegation to Division Two of the County Championship, according to the club's chief executive. The county are currently second from bottom in Division One and only have one win from nine games this season - the bottom two sides will be relegated. Advertisement Chief executive Dan Feist told BBC Essex, "It's definitely a possibility and you have to plan around that process. "But it's a possibility for a number of teams in that division, I've not known it to be as competitive as it is this year." Essex's only Championship victory since Chris Silverwood's return as director of cricket came in April when they beat Worcstershire by 28 runs at Chelmsford. They are also bottom of South Group in the T20 Blast, with one win in 11 games, with three more to play, starting with Friday's home fixture against Sussex, also their opponents at Hove when the Championship resumes on 22 July. Advertisement Despite their position, Feist said he is positive about what is to come. "We've got a good run of opportunities, no one knows quite what's going to happen in the next two rounds (of the Championship). "The one thing we do know is that we are very lucky with the loyal fans and the support we have as Essex." He continued: "I don't think it's just us, I think there's a group of teams in that division who are potentially aware of where they could end up. "We know we've got the players and with a little bit more fortune and consistency, we will be back up where we know we can be." Advertisement If Essex were to be relegated, having last played in the second division in 2016, there would be financial implications but Feist said there was no reason to panic on that front. He added: "We'd have to manage around stakeholders and partners, you have to be aware of that. "It's the same as any sporting organisation that has the opportunities around promotion and relegation, it's something you have to build on." Dan Feist was speaking to Victoria Polley on BBC Essex's Around The Wicket. You can listen to the full programme on BBC Sounds here.
BBC News
10-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Relegation is a possibility'
Essex are bracing themselves for potential relegation to Division Two of the County Championship, according to the club's chief county are currently second from bottom in Division One and only have one win from nine games this season - the bottom two sides will be executive Dan Feist told BBC Essex, "It's definitely a possibility and you have to plan around that process. "But it's a possibility for a number of teams in that division, I've not known it to be as competitive as it is this year." Essex's only Championship victory since Chris Silverwood's return as director of cricket came in April when they beat Worcstershire by 28 runs at are also bottom of South Group in the T20 Blast, with one win in 11 games, with three more to play, starting with Friday's home fixture against Sussex, also their opponents at Hove when the Championship resumes on 22 their position, Feist said he is positive about what is to come."We've got a good run of opportunities, no one knows quite what's going to happen in the next two rounds (of the Championship)."The one thing we do know is that we are very lucky with the loyal fans and the support we have as Essex."He continued: "I don't think it's just us, I think there's a group of teams in that division who are potentially aware of where they could end up."We know we've got the players and with a little bit more fortune and consistency, we will be back up where we know we can be."If Essex were to be relegated, having last played in the second division in 2016, there would be financial implications but Feist said there was no reason to panic on that added: "We'd have to manage around stakeholders and partners, you have to be aware of that."It's the same as any sporting organisation that has the opportunities around promotion and relegation, it's something you have to build on."Dan Feist was speaking to Victoria Polley on BBC Essex's Around The Wicket. You can listen to the full programme on BBC Sounds here.
BBC News
24-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Essex 'could not miss opportunity' for women's team
Essex chief executive Dan Feist says it was vital that the club was chosen as a base for one of the eight fully professional women's county teams that will make their debuts this former regional structure has been changed by the England and Wales Cricket Board, with Essex, Durham, Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire granted tier one status under the new will compete alongside the men in the T20 Blast and 50-over One-Day Cup competitions, with Essex playing their first game in the former away to Hampshire on 30 May."The biggest thing I've noticed from having the women's team is the impact it had on the female staff in the organisation in terms of them feeling there's a real connectivity, role models and inspiration, and we've seen that right through into the community," he told BBC Look East."It was fundamentally the key strategic point in terms of us being sustainable... with an area as large as the East of England, and Essex being a huge county as part of that, we couldn't afford to miss the opportunity of not having that representation."He continued: "From our work in east London, up through Essex and into East Anglia, that shows our potential, so having the women's team and being a hub for that was a real key part of our strategic vision moving forward." The ECB says the new structure will see "£8m of new funding per year being invested into women's domestic cricket by 2027 – taking annual investment in this area to £19m".And they hope it could lead to an up to 80% increase in the overall number of professional women's cricketers in England by bulk of the Essex women's squad formerly played for Sunrisers under the old regional structure and last November announced a partnership with the Essex Rebels basketball team so they can use their facilities as a training Feist said the squad were "so passionate, so engaged in terms of where we want to go".Andy Tennant is the Essex women team director and former Kent and Leicestershire all-rounder Darren Stevens is part of their coaching group."It's great that now, girls in the (age group) pathway have that option to think 'I'm going to be a professional cricketer for Essex'," said Southend-born all-rounder Kelly Castle."When I was growing up that was never really an option, that was all very unclear. It's really cool to have a bit of a full circle moment and look back and think 'I'm here now'."She added: "If you look at the way women's sport is going and has been for the past few years, we've still got a lot of work to do to keep pushing women's cricket and women's sport in general, but it's great that now we are getting the recognition for it. "All the training and hard yards we've put in, hopefully, fingers crossed, it will be a really successful summer."
