Looking ahead: plans for 2007/8

The main points from last night's meeting:

County squads 2007/8

• The new U15 squad will run in the same way as this year's U14 squad
• Instead of one official U17 county squad of 25 and a semi-official "Barbarian" team, two official county U18 squads will be selected - County "A" and County "B"
• Each U18 squad will have 20 members.
• The two squads will train at the same venues on the same dates
• Variations in form, injury, or lack of commitment may result in players moving between squads
• Squad training (and hopefully fixtures) will run throughout the season, continuing on regional training for "A" and "B" squad members not selected by East.
• In major festivals - like the one at Westcliffe in December - both U18 squads will play, while on other occasions it may be that the "B" and "A" team may have different fixtures.

U12s 2007/8

• Training and development days for U12s will be run on the same days (and ideally the same location) as county squad selection/training days
• If other counties will be running similar schemes, inter-county games may be organised.