League News
The Huddersfield Ladies League has published its 2022 fixture programme on Bowlsnet which indicates a loss of 9 teams from its pre-pandemic total of 60 teams. Of the 11 leagues to have published their 2022 fixtures to date only two of them, the Veterans 6-Man League and the Heavy Woollen Afternoon League, have reported an increase in membership over that period. Apart from them, we have seen drops in team numbers from 1% to 37% in a rapid continuation of the last 8-year trend.
We make this comparison as the best guide to numbers taking out the pandemic impact on the 2020 and 2021 seasons which caused the total postponement of the 2020 programme and directly impacted on numbers for 2021. There are still 8 local leagues to publish their figures for the coming season and we will add them to the chart below for your information as they become available.
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