mad wrote:

It's seeded. So we get the fixtures arranged that match up Somerset's set of fixtures last season as we finished 7th in 2024 as Somerset did in 2023.

So

We get to play top seed Surrey twice but second seed Hampshire only once in 2025. Notts who finished 8th get to play Surrey only once but Hampshire twice

And so on

We play Somerset (3) once but Essex (4) twice whereas Notts have it the other way around

We play Durham (5) once but Worcestershire (6) twice

We play our partner seed Notts (8) twice

We play Sussex (9) twice but Yorkshire (10th seed) once. Notts get the opposite to what we get

All teams play there partner seed twice and have three fixtures against the other set of partner seeds to make it as fair as is possible

Cheers. Didn't know that. Bit embarrassing considering I've been a member from when we had a mix of three or four day matches. 1988 - 1992 I believe. I blame the Brew XI addling my brains.

It wasn't obvious at all and not many actually know how it's sorted. If the table is exactly the same in 2025 they might change it and of course they might change the size of divisions again before the end of March so it would all then change. Seedings were not really used for the COVID seasons so they've only been in play for three seasons although they have used seedings in Div 2 when that was ten teams

In a parallel universe we finished 8th last season and ended up with Notts set of fixtures;
Surrey and Essex only once
Hants and Somerset twice
Worcester only once but Durham twice
Notts twice still as they came 7th last year (our partner seed)
Sussex only once but Yorkshire twice

Great to see three games at Rugby again and would love to see a Championship game taken around the County!

Surely they can see how ridiculous the Bears thing is now? I’m old enough to remember when we weren’t even nicknamed the Bears!